CHAPTER XIX.

THE KANSAS CAMPAIGN--1867.

The Battle Ground of Freedom--Campaign of 1867--Liberals did

not Stand by their Principles--Black Men Opposed to Woman

Suffrage--Republican Press and Party Untrue--Democrats in

Opposition--John Stuart Mill's Letters and Speeches Extensively

Circulated--Henry B. Blackwell and Lucy Stone Opened

the Campaign--Rev. Olympia Brown Followed--60,000 Tracts

Distributed--Appeal Signed by Thirty-one Distinguished Men--Letters

from Helen E. Starrett, Susan E. Wattles, Dr. R. S. Tenney,

Lieut.-Governor J. B. Root, Rev. Olympia Brown--The Campaign closed

by ex-Governor Robinson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony,

and the Hutchinson Family--Speeches and Songs at the Polls in every

Ward in Leavenworth Election Day--Both Amendments lost--9,070 Votes

for Woman Suffrage, 10,843 for Negro Suffrage 229

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