e poor and sinful woman, woe to
that nation which should dare, by that single act of destruction,
to purchase this advantage to the many! It will do it at its
peril.

We entreat our friends in America to renew their alliance with us
in the sacred conflict. Union will be strength. The women of
England are beginning to understand their responsibilities. Like
yourselves, we are laboring to obtain the suffrage. The wrong
which has fallen upon us in this legalizing of vice has taught us
the need of power in legislation. Meanwhile, the crusade against
immorality is educating women for the right use of suffrage when
they obtain it. The two movements must go hand in hand.

Altogether this was an impressive occasion in which women met heart
to heart in discussing the deepest humiliations of their sex. After
eloquent speeches by Mrs. Meriwether, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Leonard,
Mrs. Thompson and Rev. Olympia Brown, the audience slowly
dispersed.

The closing scenes of the evening were artistic and interesting.
The platform was tastefully decked with flags and flowers, and the
immense audience that had assembled at an early hour--hundreds
unable to gain admission--made this the crowning session of the
convention. Miss Couzins announced the receipt of an invitation
from Mr. John Wahl, inviting the convention to visit the Merchants'
Exchange, "with assurances of high regard." The announcement was
heard with considerable merriment by those who remembered her
criticisms on Mr. Wahl for his failure to deliver the address of
welcome at the opening of the convention. She also announced the
receipt of an invitation from Secretary Kalb to visit the
fair-grounds, and moved that the convention first visit the
Exchange and then proceed to the fair-grounds in carriages, the
members of the Merchants' Exchange, of course paying the bill. The
motion was carried amidst applause. An invitation was also received
from Dr. Eliot, chancellor of Washington University, to attend the
art lecture of Miss Schoonmaker at the Mary Institute, Monday
evening. In a letter to the editor of the _National Citizen_, Mrs.
Stanton thus describes the incident of the evening:

The delegates from the different States, through May Wright
Thompson of Indianapolis, presented Miss Anthony with two baskets
of exquisite flowers. She referred in the most happy way to Miss
Anthony's untiring devotion to