And yet, whatever the lexicographers and the courts have said, it is evident that citisenship, in the eyes of the lawmakers, has not been held necessarily to include the right of suffrage. And here we reach the vital point. Without, however, attempting to decide the vexed issue upon which the learned doctors are so thoroughly disagreed. We believe it will hereafter be quoted as high authority and will bean arsenal from whence the champions of female suffrage will draw some of their most formidable weapons in the baffle before them. We cannot close this article without saying that, although not entirely convinced of the tenableness of the position taken by Miss Anthony in asserting her right to vote under our present laws, we are in full accord with the general movement in which she is engaged and in which she has exhibited so much of courage and independence -has done so much to entitle her to the thanks of her American sisters in whose behalf she has fought, and is still fighting, such a noble battle.
Woman suffrage is only a question of time.
It is coming for the republic, bringing blessings in its train, so surely as the sun to-day illumines the earth. If the law is against her it will be amended. If prejudices emcompass her they will vanish. If she is the victim of injustice she will rise superior to its thraldom. All men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.