CHAPTER XXII.. National Conventions--1869.

NATIONAL CONVENTIONS--1869.

First Convention in Washington--First hearing before Congress--Delegates Invited from Every State--Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas--Debate between Colored Men and Women--Grace Greenwood's Graphic Description--What the Members of the Convention Saw and Heard in Washington--Robert Purvis--A Western Trip--Conventions in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Springfield, and Madison--Editorial Correspondence in The Revolution--Anniversaries in New York and Brooklyn--Conventions in Newport and Saratoga 345