Anthony; gratifying, we bear witness, it is
to her friends, that in her maturer years we see this cause, long
hated by others but by her always loved, now respected by all; and
herself, its representative and exponent, revered, loved and
honored by a whole nation.

The main address was made by Mrs. Stanton, who responded to the
sentiment "The Friendships of Women," in an oration full of humor, and
closed:

If there is one part of my life which gives me more intense
satisfaction than another, it is my friendship of more than forty
years' standing with Susan B. Anthony. Ours has been a friendship
of hard work and self-denial.... Emerson says, "It is better to be
a thorn in the side of your friend than his echo." If this add
weight and stability to friendship, then ours will endure forever,
for we have indeed been thorns in the side of each other. Sub rosa,
dear friends, I have had no peace for forty years, since the day we
started together on the suffrage expedition in search of woman's
place in the National Constitution. She has kept me on the war-path
at the point of the bayonet so long that I have often wished my
untiring coadjutor might, like Elijah, be translated a few years
before I was summoned, that I might spend the sunset of my life in
some quiet chimney-corner and lag superfluous on the stage no
longer.

After giving up all hope of her sweet repose in Abraham's bosom, I
sailed some years ago for Europe. With an ocean between us I said,
now I shall enjoy a course of light reading. I shall visit all the
wonders of the old world, and write no more calls, resolutions or
speeches for conventions--when lo! one day I met Susan face to face
in the streets of London with a new light in her eyes. Behold there
were more worlds to conquer. She had decided on an international
council in Washington, so I had to return with her to the scenes of
our conflict.... Well, I prefer a tyrant of my own sex, so I shall
not deny the patent fact of my subjection; for I do believe that I
have developed into much more of a woman under her jurisdiction,
fed on statute laws and constitutional amendments, than if left to
myself reading novels in an easy-chair, lost in sweet reveries of
the golden age to come without any effort of my own.

As Mrs. Stanton concluded, "The Guest