ution they
hold an equal footing with ourselves, and of right are
entitled to all its privileges, but from the more important
fact that it is a recognition here of those principles which
are now claiming recognition in the political institutions
of our country. It is in the natural order of events that
this "equal rights" movement should meet with opposition.
All movements of a novel and radical character at their
commencement meet with opposition. This is the ordeal
through which they must pass, but their success or failure
depends upon their intrinsic merit. Nothing is to be feared
from opposition to any movement that possesses these
elements. Whatsoever idea has its origin in the recesses of
human nature, will, sooner or later, become embodied in
living action, and so we have this assurance--that as here,
so also in the political institutions of our country--this
principle of equal rights, both to man and woman, will at
last prevail.

In 1871 the _Sunday Journal_ offered the association half a
column, which was gratefully accepted, and Mrs. Sarah Langdon
Williams appointed editor. The department increased to a full
page, and the circulation of the paper became as large as that of
either of the city dailies. When there was danger of its being
sold to opponents of the cause, Mrs. Williams purchased one-half
interest, and by so doing kept the other half in the hands of the
friendly proprietor. In the _Sunday Journal_ the association had
a medium through which it could promptly answer all unjust
attacks, and thus kept up a constant agitation. In November,
1875, the sale of the paper closed for a while direct
communication between the association and the public. But soon
becoming restive without any medium through which to express
itself, the society started _The Ballot-Box_ in April, 1876,
raising money among the citizens in aid of the enterprise. With
this first assistance the paper became at once self-supporting,
and continued thus until April, 1878,[299] when it was
transferred to Matilda Joslyn Gage, and published at Syracuse, N.
Y.

The convention for the remodeling of the constitution of the
State, in 1873-74, afforded an opportunity for unfl