From Mrs.Stanton, overwhelmed with the cares of many little children, came this pathetic message: "I can not go.

I have so many drawbacks to all my efforts for women that every step is one of warfare, but there is a good time coming and I am strong and happy in hope.

I long to see you, dear Susan, and hear of your wanderings." Paulina Wright Davis said, in discussing the convention; "I get almost discouraged with women.

They will work for men, but a woman must ride in triumph over everything before they will give her a word of aid or cheer; they are ready enough to take advantage of every step gained, but not ready to help further steps.

When will they be truer and nobler?
Not in our day, but we must work on for future generations." Lucy Stone, enjoying her honeymoon at the Blackwell home near Cincinnati, wrote in a playful mood: "When, after reading your letter, I asked my husband if I might go to Saratoga, only think of it! He did not give me permission, but told me to ask Lucy Stone.