▁moved ▁from ▁Harm onia ▁to ▁Battle ▁Creek . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁she ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁western ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁visited ▁with ▁Amy ▁Post , ▁and ▁continued ▁travel ing ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁East ▁Coast . ▁At ▁a ▁speaking ▁eng agement ▁in ▁Florence , ▁Massachusetts , ▁after ▁she ▁had ▁just ▁returned ▁from ▁a ▁very ▁t iring ▁trip , ▁when ▁Tr uth ▁was ▁called ▁upon ▁to ▁speak ▁she ▁stood ▁up ▁and ▁said ▁" Children , ▁I ▁have ▁come ▁here ▁like ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁you , ▁to ▁hear ▁what ▁I ▁have ▁to ▁say ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁Tr uth ▁tried ▁to ▁secure ▁land ▁gr ants ▁from ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁to ▁former ▁ens la ved ▁people , ▁a ▁project ▁she ▁purs ued ▁for ▁seven ▁years ▁without ▁success . ▁While ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁she ▁had ▁a ▁meeting ▁with ▁President ▁U ly ss es ▁S . ▁Grant ▁in ▁the ▁White ▁House . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁Battle ▁Creek , ▁became ▁active ▁in ▁Grant ' s ▁president ial ▁re - e lection ▁campaign , ▁and ▁even ▁tried ▁to ▁vote ▁on ▁E lection ▁Day , ▁but ▁was ▁turned ▁away ▁at ▁the ▁pol ling ▁place . ▁ ▁Tr uth ▁spoke ▁about ▁abol ition , ▁women ' s ▁rights , ▁prison ▁reform , ▁and ▁pre ached ▁to ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Legisl ature ▁against ▁capital ▁pun ishment . ▁Not ▁everyone ▁wel com ed ▁her ▁pre aching ▁and ▁lect ures , ▁but ▁she ▁had ▁many ▁friends ▁and