completely disproved the baseless allegations of the reverend
maligner, to the satisfaction of all. Rev. Mr. Blake has
published his discourse in pamphlet form, repeating his disproved
charges, whereupon Rev. J.F. Lovering of the Unitarian church
came out with a reply, in which he characterized Mr. Blake's
charges as "unmitigated falsehoods" and "an insult to every
member of the convention," and demanded of the author to "unsay
his words."

Brainard Cogswell, in his journal, the _Concord Monitor_, of July
2, 1870, published the following letter:

Petitions for woman's enfranchisement have been pouring into the
New Hampshire legislature, until at last they have been referred
to a special committee. On Thursday week this committee gave the
petitioners a hearing; and on their invitation, Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Churchill and ourself went to Concord to
give "the reasons why" women should have the ballot. The members
of the legislature came out in force to hear, and our good, tried
friends, Nathaniel and Armenia White, learning their intention in
advance, opened the spacious Eagle Hall for their convenience,
and that of the towns-people who wished to see and to hear. Warm
as the evening was, the thermometer up in the nineties, the hall
was packed, and great numbers went away that could not gain
admittance. Rev. Mr. Blake, a Congregationalist minister of
Concord, has done the cause good service by vilifying and abusing
it, until he roused quite an interest. It was partly owing to his
efforts that we had so grand an audience.

General Wilson, who twenty years ago was famed throughout New
Hampshire for his eloquence and oratory, was chairman of the
committee, and presided at the meeting, and very handsomely
introduced the speakers. Mrs. Howe spoke with more pointed and
pungent power than usual, dwelling on the deterioration of
American womanhood, showing the cause, and suggesting the remedy.
We have never been so impressed by her as on this occasion. Mrs.
Churchill read a letter from Rev. Mr. Savage, a Congregationalist
clergyman of the State, who advocates woman suffrage, and who, in
a late ministerial gathering, took up the gauntlet thrown down by
Mr. Blake, and defended the woman's cause and its advocates from
the slanders of his bro