rovided. But whatever may be regarded as the correct basis of
suffrage--character, education, property, or the inherent right
of the person who is subject to law and taxation--women possess
all the qualifications required of men.

At this dawn of a new century are not the sons of the
Revolutionary Fathers sufficiently progressive to remove the
barriers which for more than a hundred years have prevented women
from exercising this citizen's right? We appeal to this great
national delegate body, representing the men of every State,
gathered to outline the policy and select the head of the
Government for the next four years, to adopt in your platform a
declaration approving the submission by Congress of an amendment
enfranchising women. We urge this action in order that the
question shall be carried to the various Legislatures, where
women may present their arguments before the representative men,
instead of being compelled to plead their cause before each
individual voter of the forty-one States where they are still
disfranchised.

We make this earnest appeal on behalf of the hundreds of
thousands of women who, from year to year, have petitioned
Congress to take the action necessary for their enfranchisement;
and of those millions who are so engrossed in the struggle for
daily bread, or in the manifold duties of the home, that they are
compelled to leave this task to others. We make it also on behalf
of the generations yet to come, for there will be no cessation of
this demand until this highest privilege of citizenship has been
accorded to women.

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, } Honorary Presidents.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, }

CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, President.

HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, ANNA HOWARD SHAW,
Treasurer. Vice-President-at-Large.

LAURA CLAY, RACHEL FOSTER AVERY,
First Auditor. Corresponding Secretary.

CATHARINE WAUGH MCCULLOCH, ALICE STONE BLACKWELL,
Second Auditor. Recording Secretary.

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