If, in accordance with your call, you ascertain "the bearing which the circumscribed sphere of woman has on the great political and social evils that curse and desolate the land," you will not have come together in vain.
May you, indeed, "gain strength" by your contest with "difficulty!" May the whole armor of "Right, Truth, and Reason" be yours; Then will the influence of the Convention be felt in the assembled wisdom of men which is to follow; and the good results, as well as your example, will ultimately rouse other States to action in this most important cause.
I herewith forward to you a "Discourse on Woman," which, though brought out by local circumstances, may yet contain principles of universal application.
Wishing you every success in your noble effort,
I am yours, for woman's redemption and consequent elevation,
Lucretia Mott.
Philadelphia, 4th mo., 13, 1850.
Letter from Lucy Stone.
For the Woman's Rights Convention:
Dear Friends:—The friends of human freedom in Massachusetts rejoice that a Woman's Rights Convention is to be held in Ohio. We hail it as a sign of progress, and deem it especially fitting that such a Convention should be held now, when a State Constitution is to be formed.