Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-24
A yICKSBURG WOMAN
Thanks Wendell Phillips for the Work
He Has Done for Her Sex.

The following letter appeared in the
Nicksburg Herald, OF Tuesday. AS will be
seen, it is addressed to Wendell Phillips,
who is in that city in attendance on the
Cotton Association Convention rs the
principal orator of the occasion.
To the Hon. Wendell Phillips:
SIR--Tuur appearance among ne is Ieap-
ly significant. Time was when the pres
ent hearty welcome extended to YOU
would have been impossible.
Prejudices engendered by different in
terests make men SLOW to acknowledge
those characteristics which should, under
all circumstances, inspire respect. 1t is
source of mutual congratulation that ami
mosities, apparently deep-rooted, have
passed away, and that any citizen of our
great republic is to-day rs much at home
in Mississippi as in the midst OF his native
State, no matter how far distant.
Claiming as we do share in the fame of
our public men, every phase and incident
of your career is of interest.
Doubts that your sympathies were ex-
tended to our particular section and its in
stitutions, which before made sensitiveness
and distrust, have given way entirely to
admiration for the consistency and courage
with which you have advocated the cause
OF human liberty.
While other classes are eager TO acknowl-
edge their obligations to you, come for
ward believing myself not alone) to
tender thanks for the services you have
rendered in the cause of the emancipation
Of lComen.
In the face OF that odium inseparable
from the advocacy of new opinions, you
have encouraged the awaking and ad-
vancement of that large part of humanity
called by the e.dIdring names of mothers
and sisters. wives and daughters. You
have shown a deep interest in their social
elevation and higher education. Striving
hard to adjust the laws to their peculiar
needs, you have studied their position in
the body polite, and their attitude toward
the general government. You have en-
couTaged all schemes for their aggrandize-
| ment, have shown patient indulgence for
their ineXperience, and given respectful
attention to their committees and repre-
sentatives. Finally proclaiming that
women all over the civilized world are
ripe for enfranchisemenf, you have, with
soul-stirrng eloquence, congratulated them
| on reaching their maj ajority, inviting them
to claim the privilege of free institutions,
and the rights of citizenship.
Though there is no organization in our
own or contiguous States to advocate the
| Acknowledgement of women, we would not
have you suppose that we are insensible
to the word great movement in that dl-
rection.
Some peculiarities in our sociology have
been unfavofable 70 such Development
but the startling experience OF the last
quarter of a century has forced the con-
viction most fully upon us that women
must be educated to meet all the great re-
sponsibilities of life, and that they can
only have full protection from the laws
when allowed voice in their making and
execution.
When, therefore, their political equality
becomes question before our own pub
lie, it is safe to say, it will never find here
the opposition that it has met with else
where
Realizing fully that you have been in the
front ranks of those who have inauguIated
the attack and stood the heat of battle in
this crusade for the right, 1 and many
otners, wifo sfiaif Urio day ferl tlsr borufits
OF your labors, tender you our affectionate
homage. MARIA l. JOHNSTON