Mr. Stillman, of R.I., had no doubt that the result of this agitation would be to secure the universal franchise of all women. Women would be admitted to all colleges of the land, and to the study of the arts and sciences.
Miss Anthony said that Senator Pomeroy’s being here to advocate woman suffrage, might be attributed to the fact that he had a constituency to sustain him. Let the people of other States make as strong an expression as Kansas, and their representatives would quickly find their places here too, She wanted women to emigrate to Wyoming and make a model State of it by sending a woman Senator to the National capitol. She would go there, if she had time, but her mission was in the States until this great reform was accomplished. She desired women to become members of the National organization, and to pay their dollar, or twenty-five, or twenty-five hundred dollars. She requested the Finance Committee to take their pencils and paper, and canvass the hall for membership and money, commencing at the door, so as to catch every fugitive. She invited all ladies who visit New York to call at the Woman’s Bureau, and her own sanctum, the editorial rooms of The RevolutionAt the second evening session, letters[1] were read from Senators Ross, of Kansas, and Carpenter, of Wisconsin.
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Washington, Jan. 19, 1870.
Miss Susan B. Anthony—Dear Madam: . . . . . Accept my assurance of full and cordial sympathy with the movement to extend the right of suffrage to the women of the country, and my pledge to make that sympathy active on the first and all occasions that may arise for my official action.
Very respectfully your obedient servant, E. G. Ross.
Washington, Jan. 19.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton—Madam: Your favor of the 18th instant, inviting me to address the convention now In session in this city for the promotion of the cause of female suffrage, has been received. I regret that my official duties will not allow me the time to comply with this request; but I assure you, and the ladies with whom you are associated, that I am heartily in sympathy with the efforts you are making for the success of the cause which you especially have so long and so ably advocated. 1 beg further to say that the bestowal of the right of equal political suffrage upon the women of this republic can not, in my judgment, be much longer withheld, and that whatever influence I have shall be exerted, at every proper opportunity, to hasten the consummation for which you are laboring.
I have the honor to be, very truly, yours, Matt. H. Carpenter.