is the liberty of
the female citizen denied.

But reverting to the first resolution in the Republican platform, so
satisfactory in its sentiments, we beg to suggest that its value will
depend solely upon its interpretation, and that its authoritative
interpretation must be given by the leaders of the Republican party.
Therefore to you, the chosen head of that party, we address ourselves,
asking that your letter of acceptance of the nomination to the
presidency of the United States be so framed as to indicate clearly your
recognition of the fact that the Republican party has pledged itself to
protect _every citizen_ in the free exercise of "the supreme and
sovereign right" to vote at public elections.

It appears to us that the application of Republican principles which we
seek must be in harmony with your own inherited tendencies. One familiar
with the history of the English-speaking people, during the last two and
a half centuries, with their struggles for conscience, and freedom's
sake, must deem it a matter of course that by this time the sense of
individual responsibility has become strong even in the hearts of women;
and the descendant of one who in the name of individual liberty stood
with Cromwell against the "divine right of kings" and the tyranny
consequent upon that obnoxious doctrine, can not be surprised to find
himself appealed to by his country-women, in that same sacred name, to
stand with the most enlightened portion of his party--with such men as
Morton, Sumner and Lincoln--against the divine right of sex and the
political tyranny involved in this doctrine, which in a republic
presents such an anomaly.

Hoping that the question suggested by this appeal will command from you
the attention which its importance merits, we subscribe ourselves,

Yours with high esteem,
SUSAN B. ANTHONY,
_Vice-President-at-Large N. W. S. A._

MAY WRIGHT SEWALL,
_Chairman Executive Committee N. W. S. A._

CHAPTER XLIII--PAGE 785.

DEMAND FOR PARTY RECOGNITION.

_Delivered in Kansas City at the opening of the campaign, May 4, 1894._

I come to you tonight not as a stranger, not as an outsider but, in
spirit and in every sense, as one of you. I have been connected with you
by the ties of relationship for nearly forty years. Twenty-seven years
ago I canvassed this e