New-York tribune., 1867-03-08
NEW-YORK UAIEY-rKIBV]
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LUCY STONES AFctaEsf hErosE TIE NEW.

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Wednesday evening Lucy Stone addressed Com
mitte of the NcwJersey Legislature in behalf OF tho
disfn.nchised classes--women and negroes. por-
ton of what she said was as follows:
We osk Won 10 submit TO the people OF fNewJersey.an
cndment 10 the Constitution Of the State, striking out
the words white male from article p section L. thus
enfrancbIsng the women and cOlored men who Jointly
constitute a majority OF our adult citizens. You VIII
thereby establish republican form of government New
in her State Constitution In the very first section
~ the first article afs that, IAN men are by nature
free and independent and have certain natural ana In
alenable rghts among which enjoying and defend
ing life and liberty acquiring possessing ana proteeng
property and OF pursuing and obtaining safety and nap
pinessp Again. Article AL political power Is inner
en the people, Is ss Saye fof ha saS SpS
at all times To alter, reform the same whsneser M
public good may require IT, & anT s, T FOR the ac
II political Inherent II IN tine ReoPe
the State no political existence y ,.,a....o Tn
Holland women who are 1s aS voSe "aampe
nearer home In New-Jersey women and negroes voted
from ls tG0 period G 81 SSi law confined the
privilege Of voting to ,.r mas n Tsst or ESQ cu
lsn. IsG ncnsS y df fna The proynos
estate" and during the whole OF .ne d Solon,st ma
on s I'd Of July i7Te-two days before tine Decarotion
Of indspendence-- Provincial Congress OF New
IsmsES.d JseE e n BesS fSree sSn s which sscSn
follows; OF esc%Is c @ag Of mi age
o ars Worth esc PROCLAMATION money. clear estate
in the and hayc resided within tho county In when
The electIon shall be entitled vote for Representatives
in Council and Assembly and also for aii 9tner pD p@Dtc
at large Sec provides that the Council and Assembly
Jointly shall S ,S N i TsSms uns
Thus by deliberate ShsSss Sr 5ns 20 apd ability to
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on women and negroes In 70oa committee OF the be s
o reported ab regapg e1eeOn thus l ayna
isaSe Endorsement to fe alleged meaning o. the Cons
tuition In l1? the Gasssa STorsons ss
openly and full SsS ds's, ss s,,ss. @ =. %
oes.or r,o, or psrsoS for whom he or vOs ETC.
,S who are Worth iss go ,r rS@ ssa
Immediately preceding q, & 'S' sS a. ssa Of S ~. act
and no person ss be entitled Other township Of grss %
which he 'hs doth ioa'J reside ''' u~'
Women voted But catastrophe, social or EonticsI
s t their domestc duties Indeed the whole char
aeer and exalted patriotism OF the women OF
t,I az c,asx wy The later immigrants into NewJersey
were lar inferior the original Puritan ana quaker ere
ments Under these circumstances UNIVERSAL suIHage
was an anomaly The Revolutionary impulse sn9siaeo;
Society retrogadcd Slavery smotheed .c she ss sd
in Essex County 10 decide upon the location OF court
house And And rs Elf and s
peighborhood striving 10 remove them 70 Days Hill
excited much interest, Naiue OF
mans property was thought 70 be involved; Not
only was every legal voter. man or woman White or
black brought out but both sides gross frauds were
praoficod The property qualification was Eenoraiy ds
regarded aliens and minors participated, and many per
sons voted early nnd voted often" In Acquackanonk
Township thought ca contain AOout 300 legal voters over
500 votes werc pOllod all but In the interest OF
Newark II does not appear that either ,comen or Negroes
were more especially implicated In these frauds hsn inc
VyhIfe mon fut the affair caused great scandal ana
they seem TO have beeu made the scapcgoats- When
be Ipgslaro assembled. they set aside the election
rs fraudulent, yet Newark retained the buildlngs
Then they passod an net (Noy. IS, 1901 restricting
the suffrage TO white male, adult ctzons, residents
in the county for the twelve months preceding ana
worth go Proclamation money But they wont on and
provided that all SUCH whose names appeared on the lat
dupcnte Of state County taxes should De cohsdcrcd
worth s5n thus virtually Rholilhng the properly quai
cation In 1870 the provisions were repeated ana
maintained until 1885, when thc pIceSht oAs'o SV's"
was substituted. <.,.., -
Thus i'm defiance of the letter of the Constitution and
the uniform statutes and practice or generation women
and negroes dsfrnDchcd by an arbitrary Act oI the
leg stature without discussion and almost without com
ne Vel the very Act which voters Hho-o
only Grimes were Isx and COLOR set aside the ptoperJ
qualification, and admitted 60 tho polls 81 sNhile
male tax pAyorr however ignorant or degraded There
fore We tnme before you. here In
New -Jorsoy with peculiar and SpecIsl claim We have
had this right VIC have etcrcledu II has been ufnusf
takou away without consent, without our being nj
condemned unheard not by the PEOPLE but y tue $50
lature To-day ask you, after tho apae % moro than
half century, to give the people OF N"~-icrsr M op
portuny of recymg act of strooious pohtlcnl usu-
ihe coup d[;at Of Louis Napoleon. He Rt least. won't
through tho of subIuittng the question to rrtic
OF fhc peOpIc Our dsf anr >ctnent can ony nc 'Just'd
ON The fob6er's plea that "might makes right"