I was told that they had the power
to take any thing that I owned if I would not exert myself to
pay the money. I felt that fought to have some little voice in
determining what should be done with what I paid. I felt that I
ought to own my own property; that it ought not to be in these
men's hands; and I now come to plead that I may have the same
privileges before the law that men have. I have seen what a
difference there is, when I have had my cows sold, by having a
voter to take my part.
I have come from an obscure town (I can not say that it is obscure
exactly) on the banks of the Connecticut, where I was born. I
was brought up on a farm. I never had an idea that it could be
possible that I should ever come all the way to Washington to
speak before those who had not come into existence when I was
born. Now, I plead that there may be a sixteenth amendment, and
that women may be allowed the privilege of owning their own
property. That is what I have taken pains to accomplish. I have
suffered so much myself that I felt it might have some effect to
plead before this honorable committee. I thank you, gentlemen, for
hearing me so kindly.
REMARKS BY MRS. ELIZABETH L. SAXON, OF LOUISIANA,
Mrs. SAXON. Gentleman, I almost feel that after Mrs. Wallace's
plea there is scarcely a necessity for me to say anything; she
echoed my own feelings so entirely. I come from the extreme South,
she from the West.
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