At Olean, not a church or schoolhouse could be obtained for the
    lecture and it would have had to be abandoned had not the landlord,
    Mr. Comstock, given the use of his dining-room....

At Angelica, nine towns represented; crowded house, courtroom carpeted with sawdust.  A young Methodist minister gave his name for the petition, but one of his wealthy parishioners told him he should leave the church unless it was withdrawn....

At Corning, none of the ministers would give the notice of our meeting, which so incensed some of the men that they went to the printing office, struck off handbills and had boys standing at the door of the churches as the people passed out.  Who was responsible for the Sabbath breaking?...

At Elmira, took tea at Mrs. Holbrook’s with Rev. Thomas K. Beecher.  His theology, as set forth that evening, is a dark and hopeless one.  He sees no hope for the progress of the race, does not believe that education even will improve the species.  I find great apathy wherever the clergy are opposed to the advancement of women.

In February Miss Anthony suspended her canvass long enough to go to Albany to the State convention and present the petitions.  In response to her request to be present Horace Greeley wrote:  “You know already that I am thoroughly committed to the principle that woman shall decide for herself whether she shall have a voice and vote in legislation or shall continue to be represented and legislated for exclusively by man.  My own judgment is that woman’s presence in the arena of politics would be useful and beneficent but I do not assume to judge for her.  She must consider, determine and act for herself.  Moreover, when she shall in earnest have resolved that her own welfare and that of the race will be promoted by her claiming a voice in the direction of civil government, as I think she ultimately will do, then the day of her emancipation will be very near.  That day, I will hope yet to see.”

Her mission accomplished, Miss Anthony plunged again into the ice and snow of northern New York.  At Albany a wealthy and cultured Quaker gentleman had been an attentive and interested listener, and when she took the stage a few days later at Lake George, she found not only that he was to be her fellow-passenger, but that he had a thick plank heated, which he asked permission to place under her feet.  Whenever the stage stopped he had it re-heated, and in many ways added to the comfort of her journey.  At the close of the next meeting to her surprise she found his fine sleigh waiting filled with robes and drawn by two spirited gray horses, and he himself drove her to his own beautiful home presided over by a sister, where she spent Sunday.  In this same luxurious conveyance she was taken to several towns and, during one of these trips, was urged in the most earnest manner to give up the hard life she was leading and accept the ease and protection he could offer.  But her heart made no response to this appeal while it did urge her strongly to continue in her chosen work.