The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) / Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years

by Ida Husted Harper

Two great necessities forced this nation to extend justice and equality to the negro:

First, Military necessity, which compelled the abolition of the crime and curse of slavery, before the rebellion could be overcome.

Second, Political necessity, which required the enfranchisement of the newly-freed men, before the work of reconstruction could begin.

The third is now pressing, Moral necessity—to emancipate woman, before Social Purity, the nation's safeguard, ever can be established.

Chapter XXXV—Page [642].

OPEN LETTER TO BENJAMIN HARRISON,

Republican Nominee for President.

Indianapolis, Ind., June 30, 1888.

Dear Sir: We, representatives of the National Woman Suffrage Association, respectfully ask you to consider the following facts: