Win. Lloyd Garrison said: "I have seen many tumultuous meetings in my
day, but on no occasion have I ever seen anything more disgraceful to
our common humanity." Samuel F. Gary led in the opposition to Miss
Brown, offering a resolution that "women be not allowed to speak," and
afterwards declaring in his paper that he did it "because she tried to
force the question of woman's rights upon the convention." To this Rev.
William Henry Channing replied in a public address: "If any man says
that, _he lies_. She stood there simply asking her privilege as a
delegate." The New York Tribune said: "This convention has completed
three of its four business sessions and the results may be summed up as
follows: First day--Crowding a woman off the platform; second
day--Gagging her; third day--Voting that she shall stay gagged. Having
thus disposed of the main question, we presume the incidentals will be
finished this morning."

This was not an exaggerated statement, as practically nothing was done
during the three days of the convention except to fight over the
question of allowing Miss Brown, an accepted delegate, an ordained
minister, a young, beautiful and modest woman, to stand upon their
platform and speak on the subject of temperance. Miss Anthony was a
witness to these proceedings, her Quaker blood rose to the boiling
point and she registered anew a solemn vow within herself that she
never would relax her efforts for one single day, if it took a
lifetime, until woman had the right of speech on every platform in the
land.

The mob which had begun with the anti-slavery and gathered strength at
the temperance meeting, now turned its attention to the Woman's Rights
Convention in Broadway Tabernacle. The president was that lovely
Quaker, Lucretia Mott, and the speakers were among the greatest men and
women in the nation: Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Rev.
Channing, Rev. John Pierpont, Mrs. Rose, Lucy Stone, Frances D. Gage,
Miss Brown, Mrs. Nichols. In Miss Anthony's address she reviewed the
action of the recent teachers' convention at Rochester and closed by
saying: "A woman principal in that city receives $250, while a man
principal, doing exactly the same work, receives $650. In this State
there are 11,000 teachers and of these four-fifths are women. By the
reports it will be seen that of the annual State fund of $800,000,
two-thirds are paid to men and one-third to women; that is to say,
two-thirds are paid to one-fi