▁woman ,' ▁in ▁Miss ▁[ Har ri ett ] ▁Mart ine au ' s ▁book ▁on ▁' So ci ety ▁In ▁America ,' ▁which ▁I ▁read ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁She ▁there ▁p ith ily ▁states ▁the ▁subst ance ▁of ▁all ▁that ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁said ▁respect ing ▁the ▁logic ▁of ▁woman ' s ▁right ▁to ▁the ▁ball ot , ▁and ▁finding ▁myself ▁unable ▁to ▁answer ▁it , ▁I ▁accepted ▁it . ▁On ▁recently ▁referring ▁to ▁this ▁chapter ▁I ▁find ▁myself ▁more ▁im pressed ▁by ▁its ▁force ▁than ▁when ▁I ▁first ▁read ▁it ." ▁While ▁campaign ing ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 3 ▁Julian ▁invited ▁Frances ▁D ana ▁B ark er ▁G age ▁and ▁Emma ▁R . ▁Co e , ▁early ▁advoc ates ▁for ▁woman ▁suff rage , ▁to ▁lecture ▁in ▁his ▁h omet own ▁of ▁Centre ville . ▁Julian ▁was ▁also ▁close ▁friends ▁with ▁Lu cret ia ▁M ott , ▁co - organ izer ▁of ▁the ▁Sen eca ▁F alls ▁Convention . ▁Following ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁Th ir teenth ▁Am end ment , ▁Julian ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁woman ' s ▁rights . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁he ▁proposed ▁a ▁constitution al ▁am end ment ▁on ▁women ' s ▁suff rage , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁defeated . ▁ ▁Julian ▁was ▁det ested ▁by ▁Democr ats ▁and ▁many ▁moder ate ▁Republic ans , ▁who ▁saw ▁in ▁him ▁a ▁fan atic ism ▁embar rass ing ▁to ▁the ▁Republic ans ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁"