hom I adore and reverence above all others!" Through all
this ordeal her father sustained her position, saying: "My child, I
think you have done absolutely right, but don't put a word on paper or
make a statement to any one that you are not prepared to face in court.
Legally you are wrong, but morally you are right, and I will stand by
you."

Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ellet, author of Women of the Revolution and other
works, cared for and protected the unfortunates, obtained sewing for
the mother and helped her to live in peaceful seclusion for a year. She
was placed in the family of a physician who watched her closely and
testified, as did all connected with her, that she was perfectly sane.
According to her letters still in existence, the husband took
possession of her funds in bank, drew all the money due to her from her
publishers and forbade them to pay her any more from the sale of her
books, as he had a legal right to do. In this extremity one of the
brothers sent her some money through Miss Mott, who stood as firm as
Miss Anthony in the face of threat and persecution. At length, feeling
safe, the mother let the little girl go to Sunday-school alone and at
the door of the church she was suddenly snatched up, put into a close
carriage and in a few hours placed in possession of the father. The
mother and her friends made every effort to secure the child, but the
law was on the side of the father and they never succeeded.

[Footnote 29: At Miss Anthony's request only such speeches are
published in the appendix of this biography as were prepared entirely
without the co-operation of Mrs. Stanton.]

[Footnote 30: In a letter to Miss Anthony regretting that no action was
taken on the suffrage question, Mr. Colvin wrote: "The more reflection
I give, the more my mind becomes convinced that in a republican
government we have no right to deny woman the privileges she claims.
Besides, the moral element which those privileges would bring into
action would, in my judgment, have a powerful influence in perpetuating
our form of government."]

CHAPTER XIII.

MOB EXPERIENCE----CIVIL WAR.

1861--1862.

The beginning of 1861 found the country in a state approaching
demoralization. Lincoln had received a majority of the electoral vote
but far from a majority of the popular vote. The victory was so narrow
that the Republicans did not feel themselves strong enough for
aggressive action, and the party was composed of a number o