188 NATIONAL WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION. some would have it, even, that the woman should be subject to the man, and the wife to the husband, you will find that in no other position will woman attain her dignity; for God has never dropped an inadvertent thought, never penned an inadvertent line. There is not a law, or principle of his being, that whoever penned that Book did not understand. There is not a right which that Book does not recognize; and there is not a duty which man owes to woman, or woman to man, that is not there enjoined. (Here Mr. BARKER put a piece of writing into the speaker's hand.) MR. MAHAN continued the question handed me, don't concern the audience. (Several voices.) The question; read the question. MR. MAHAN. (Without reading the question.)-It is my firm conviction, that there is but one thing to be done on this subject-if the women of this State want the elective franchise, they can have it. I don't believe it is in the heart of man to refuse it. Only spread the truth, adhere to Woman's Rights, and adhere to that one principle, and when the people are convinced that her claim is just, it will be allowed. It was moved, seconded, and passed, that Mrs. Pauline W. Davis be appointed Chairman of the Central Committee for the ensuing year-Antoinette L. Brown, Secretary, and that the other officers and members be re-elected. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON presented, on behalf of the Committee, a declaration of sentiments, a draft of which was referred again with that of Seneca Falls and the letter of Wm. H. Channing, to the Committee for final action. LUCY STONE, followed with an eloquent and earnest appeal to her sisters, especially those just coming to womanhood, to act in the living present, learn lessons of self-help, and go courageously onward in all the ways in which the good God had fitted them to walk. Living out their highest and best natures as immortal, responsible creatures. The audience manifested great interest throughout, and closed at a late hour. The Convention adjourned sine die. |