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we only have to ask: if the genius of mankind can become
darker and more degraded, than it already has become
in the secrets of the Vatican in Rome where
no women is admitted. And when I appeal
to men of weight and high position personally and
by letter to be true and no longer be [word unclear] to
themselves and the whole race, and further I appeal
to men of distinction to be true to the spirit
of their ancestors, the fathers of our nation and our
pride [?], who proclaimed liberty to all and in all, which
principles they obeyed in their earlier days, when it was
for their own interest,--I would spare the blushes which
shame will cover their faces, when triumph now
& soon shall crown the strength of our demands and
the power of our inalienable rights.
We entered the [?word unclear] of the worlds history with
those great working days of last year in the Capitol of Wash.
and no power on earth can erase from its pages the
names of E.C. Stanton and Sus. B Anthony. The great
West believes in You, in universal freedom, foun-
ded on the corner stone, Universal Suffrage, Suffrage
for women!
Accept the salutation of my German country women,
in the wish and the assurance of my most sincere
regards
Yours very truly
Mathilde Franziska
Anneke