oman the right of representation in the government
which she helps to maintain; a voice in the laws by which she is
governed, and all the rights and privileges society can bestow,
the same as to man, or disprove its validity. We need no other
declaration. All we ask is to have the laws based on the same
foundation upon which that declaration rests, viz.: upon equal
justice, and not upon sex. Whenever the rights of man are
claimed, moral consistency points to the equal rights of woman.

I hope these few lines will fill a little space in the convention
at Philadelphia, where my voice has so often been raised in
behalf of the principles of humanity. I am glad to see my name
among the vice-presidents of the National Association. Keep a
warm place for me with the American people. I hope some day to be
there yet. Give my love to Mrs. Mott and Sarah Pugh. With kind
regards from Mr. Rose,

Yours affectionately, ERNESTINE L. ROSE.

A new paper, _The Ballot-Box_, was started in the centennial year
at Toledo, Ohio, owned and published by Mrs. Sarah Langdon
Williams. The following editorial on the natal day of the republic
is from her pen:

THE RETROSPECT.--Since our last issue the great centennial
anniversary of American independence has come and gone; it has
been greeted with rejoicing throughout the land; its events have
passed into history. The day in which the great principles
embodied in the Declaration of Independence were announced by the
revolutionary fathers to the world has been celebrated through
all this vast heritage, with pomp and popular glorification, and
the nation's finest orators have signalized the event in
"thoughts that breathe and words that burn." Everywhere has the
country been arrayed in its holiday attire--the gay insignia
which, old as the century, puts on fresh youth and brilliancy
each time its colors are unfurled. The successes which the
country has achieved have been portrayed with glowing eloquence,
the people's sovereignty has been the theme of congratulation and
the glorious principles of freedom and equal rights have been
enthusiastically proclaimed. In the magnificent oration of Mr.
Evarts delivered in Independence Square, the spot made sacred by
the signing of the Declaration of Independence which announ