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From Frederick Douglass's Paper.

REPLY TO GERRIT SMITH'S LETTER TO
MRS. STANTON.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS: DEAR SIR:—In your is-
sue of December 1st, I find a letter from the Hon.
Gerrit Smith to Elizabeth C. Stanton, in reference
to the Woman's Rights Movement, showing cause,
through labored columns, why it has proved a fail-
ure.

This article, though addressed to Mrs. Stanton,
is an attack upon every one engaged in the cause;
for he boldly asserts that the movement 'is not in
proper hands, and that the proper hands are not
yet to be found.' I will not deny the assertion,
but must still claim the privilege of working in a
movement that involves not only my own interest,