e used during the winter of 1857 are the following:

Object of meeting; to consider the fact of 4,000,000 slaves in a
Christian and republican government.... Everybody is anti-slavery,
ministers and brethren. There are sympathy, talk, prayers and
resolutions in ecclesiastical and political assemblies. Emerson
says "Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be
executed;" so anti-slavery prayers, resolutions and speeches avail
nothing without action.... Our mission is to deepen sympathy and
convert it into right action; to show that the men and women of the
North are slave-holders, those of the South slave-owners. The guilt
rests on the North equally with the South, therefore our work is to
rouse the sleeping consciences of the North.... No one is ignorant
now. You recognize the facts which we present. We ask you to feel
as if you, yourselves, were the slaves. The politician talks of
slavery as he does of United States banks, tariff or any other
commercial question. We demand the abolition of slavery because the
slave is a human being, and because man should not hold property in
his fellowman. The politician demands it because its existence
produces poverty and discord in the nation and imposes taxes on
free labor for its support, since the government is dominated by
southern rule.... We preach revolution; the politicians reform. We
say disobey every unjust law; the politician says obey them, and
meanwhile labor constitutionally for repeal.

Accompaning these notes are many special incidents illustrating the
evils of slavery. With Miss Anthony's strong, rich voice, her powerful
command of language and her intensity of feeling in regard to her
subject, it may be imagined that her speeches were eloquent appeals and
roused to action both her friends and her enemies. Some meetings were
successful financially, others failures, and her report to the
committee in the spring showed that she lacked $1,000 of having paid
the total expenses, including salaries of speakers. A few of the
committee were inclined to the opinion that meetings should not have
been held in places where they would not pay, but that noble woman,
Maria Weston Chapman, said: "My friends, if all you say is true,
regarding this young woman's business enterprise, practical sagacity
and platform ability, I think $1,000 expended in her education and
development