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Suffrage for Women and Children.

The strong sh holt Of the female suiffagists
nowadays, is the declaration that the Constitu-
ton slreaiy gives to women the right to vote
They put it thus, in brief: The Fourteenth
Amendment says no State shall abridge the PRIV
leres or impurities Of citizens. Voting is a
privilege or immunity, and women are citizens,
ergo. woman may vote This line Of argument
has been adopted by the Woodruff, Ben Butler
Titon and others. Mr. Hton saved time
enough from his labor on the life of woodruff,
the other day. to write to Senator Carpenter OF
Wisconsin, enclosing a statement of his views
on the constitutional question, and asking if the
case was not proved Mr.. Csrpent er is in favor
Of granting to women the right to vote q; but,
having some reputation to sustain as lawyer,
he does not accept the theory that it is already
granted He says in reply to Mr.. Tilton
The FIRST section of the Fourteenth Amend
ment declares, - ." No state shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges or
" immunities Of citizens of the United State
And had the Fourteenth Amendment stopped
with the first section, | think the right OF sll
citizens,L black and white, male and female,
to vote and hold Office wonld have been secured
because | believe that upon the whole constltu-
ton, thus amended, the elective franchise or
privilege would have been held to be one of the
pririleges Of q citizen of the United States.
But the second section Of the Fourteenth Amend
ment puts the matter at rest by clearly rec0g-
nizing the right or power Of any State to exclude
a portion Of the citizens from right to vote
and declares that when the right to vote shall be
denied to = portion Of the male citizens Of the
United States, or any way abridged, except as
punishment for crime, the basis Of representa-
ton in such State a" shall be reduced in the pre-
portion which the number of the excluded
% male citizens shall bear TO the whole number of
" male citizens twenty-one years Of age in such
State 1t is evident from this section that a
| State had the power after the adoption Of the
Fourteenth Amendment to exclude portion OF
it's citizens from the right to vote from which
ii follows that such right is not one Of the "pri-
yileges and immunities'' which the first section
declares no State shall sbridge. And again, thi.
section, by reducing the basis Of representation
in such case in the proportion borne by the eI-
cluded citizens TO the whole number of male
citizens in such State, proceeded upon the
theory that females are no part of the voting
population of any State.
The Fifteenth Amendment is equally damag-
ing to the right Of female suffrage, II, by the
Fourteenth Amendment the elective franchise
had been secured to every citizen, the Fifteenth
Amendment would have been wholly unnecee-
eary. The Fifteenth
Amendment was not intended to repeal the
Fourteenth. The two stand together in the
constitution, and must be construed together.
The Fourteenth Amendment recognizes the pow
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Massachusetts all Right.

Whatever may be the result oil the eecu0n IL
Massachusetts we see no reason to au'ici-
pate sny thing but a full Republican victory as
usnal-tbe chief danger there is over. That was
that the Republican party of Massachusetts Oh
New England, and Of the Nation, should have
to bear the stigma of carrying the name Of
Ben Butler on 8 regular Republican State ticket
1t has been sufficient disgrace TO the Re puoli-
cans of Massachusetts that Butler, in single
congressional district, and before he was SO well
known for trickster aud demagogue, as he is now
.hould have .ecured a Republican nomination
and election to Congress. 1t would have been Tar
worse one, if he had actually carried the State
convention, and .tood forth with it's endorse
ment, the regular Republican candidate for
governor of the Old Bay State, and her pros
positive candidate for the presidency We doubt
if he could have been elected, even then, for We
believe that there are Republicans enough IN
Massachusetts who under no circumstances
would vote for 80 recL.sss, unprincipled, able
and dangerous an adyenturer as Butler, to pre-
vent his election /; but bic simple nomination
would have been heavy load for the party at
large to carry into the next canvas.
We have had little hope Of Buffers bolt
ing if not nominated. He has too keen an sppre-
citation Of what bis fate is likely to lie outside Of
the Republican camp, too strong love for the
losves and ishes of federal patronage, which he
and his friends are sharing, to bolt. We wish
he would, for it would rid the party Of the most
thoroughgoing demsgogue in it bat he will
not. As has been said, however. "whether he does
or does not, concerns him much more than it does
the republican party 1t is much better that he
should bolt hundred times, than be nominated
once. 1t is thousand fold less an evil that be
should bolt the party thsn that the party should
be obliged to bolt him. There was some fear
Of such disaster, chiefly by reason Of the
divisions of the Massachusetts, Republicans
between other candidates For the patriotic
unseldshness on the part of Mr.. Rice snd DR..
Loring, which subo7dinated their own personal
aspirations to the good Of the party, and per
mitted hearty concentration on Mr.. Wash
burn, republicans everywhere give them hearty
thanks; aud we sre'confient that the Msssachus
etts Republicans will see to it that they lose
nothing in the future from their withdrawal
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er of State 10 deny the right to vote 10 any
citizen for any cause srhGterer. But the TN
teenth Amendment narrows the power Oh the
State in this particular 80 far that such exciu-
sion cannot be made on account Of race, eoioT'
or prerious condition Of serritude In every
other particular the power Of State 10 deny
the elective franchise to its citizens, 10 as prosu
as il was before the Fifteenth Amendment was
adopted. And have no doubt, 80 far IS these
Amendments are concerned, of the power OF
any State to exclude citizens from the rignt Oh
suffrage for any other reason or account ,nan
race, color, or previous condition Of serVitude.
This seems to be tolerably clear but Mr..
Titon cannot see it, and in the last number OF
his paper be devotes five or six columns to
reiteration of his positions. One point IN all
his deluge Of words is worth noting The BIZ
ographer of Mira Woodruff says
If now YOU should say that, according to my
reasoning. the right Of Suffrage belongs not
only TO men and women, but also to children, l
admit it. Citizenship, Qncluding the right OF
sufFrage.) is conferred at birth. 1t is birth
right But as with certain other birthrighr,
the exercise Of the right Of suffrage Is reservoir
till its possestor becomes Of age.
This is the first acknowledgment from that
side that we remember to have seen, Of the force
of the point often Insde OF the other, that the
logic Of the sui1rsgists would extend the suit
rage to children, as we'll as to women. Mr'
Tilton admits this; only, he says, the right is
reserved till its possessOr becomes of age -
or. in other words till its possessor is no longer
a child Wha; is this but a confession that the
comforting Of the suffrage is a question oil
practical expediency, Of what consequence
is it to assert that the child has the abstract
rigbt. if it is conceded that be must not exer-
cise it till he is no longer childl And SO OF
women, if it is not best, on the whole. looking
at the tastes, occupations and capacities oil
women, that they should undertake the burdens
and responsibilities Of political ife' what is the
use of beating the air by assertions oil their
right, under or over the constitution. to vote nd
/ hold cfice?
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ascertained that the six men reierred 70
were not mustered in until January
9th. 1864, so that as matter Of fact the pla,n-
tiff, with his four comrades were the nrsl mus-
tered into the service to the credit Of the .o.n.
The defendants plea is the general ISSUE ca nins
that the selectmen never promised the Pts'n ~.
and his associates the bounty voted. anu siso
that when they divided the 5000 among .ne
five, giving each man $40, it was given IN iui,
settlement of 81 demands which they nsu
against the town. The case was tried a. the last
April term, when the jury were unable TO agree
Mes,rs H. II. Tslcott and Henry Ballard for
plaintiff, E. R. Hard, L. L. Lawrence and G. W.
Kennedy for defendant. The case will probably
occupy the court till sometime tomorrow
At eleven o'clock the jury in the case OF Ozier
and wife against the Town Of Hinesburgh, re-
turned sealed verdict in favor Of the plaintiffs
for 81 900 damages and their costs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06
Hon. George w. Benedict.

We give a most cordial endorsement Of the
above brief but feeling tribute [from the st.
Adams Messenger. j to the Hon George WHY'S
Benedict, from the pen Of one Of his pupils, who
knew him well and appreciated fully the noble
ness of the manly character Of his former in
structor. We regret that absence from the state
prevented tribute in our columns to one who
has rendered such service to the state IN the
education Of her sons, in the editorial ranks and
in her councils II is also a source OF sadness
that we were unable to tender our personal es-
tenn by presence st his funeral service The
bes; evidence Of the impressions and appieeis-
ton Of his former pupils, was manifested 70 Us
on the morning the telegrsphic columns OF tne
news prints of distant city announced DIS at
cease as we walked the street we met one after
another Of the slumni Of the University Of Yer
mont. each of whom paid, in tender WORDS an
almost flisl tribute to the memory of one whom
they yenersted as the instructor Of other years
The scenes of a busy life, residence ilr from
labors, or the multitude of pressing daily do-
ties had not oblitersted the man or their reneul-
brsnce, for his virtues, we're fresh IN memory
and in mournful language they spoke Of the seu
event which made thousands OF appreca-i'e
mourners, outside the gifted family circle
Mr. Benedict was a man of more than ora4-
nary strength of mind and nobility Of charsc-
/ ter. The tribute which has been published IN
our columns, prepared undoubtedly by loving
| hand, has given but small part Of what may
| be said Of him, as college professor, public
man or a private citizen, and We trust some f.
| ting hand may write a record Of HE public,
scholastic, literary and poli;calife for the Yer
mont Historical Society, Of which he was long 81
active and honored member and officer.
Long will his memory be honoret by the Uni
yersity which be 20 long served in various ways,
d. and by the people of the State, in which he
spent the years OF his maturer life and hnds his
grave. It is fitting he should rest amid
the people among whom he dwelt, and IN the
beautiful cemetery where rests the valiant old
hero, Allen, whose fame, the pen OF Mr.. Bene-
diet so often and so ably welded to defend from
the wan,on attacks OF historical iraducers-
Rutland Herald
In politics Mr.. Benedict was a fra and IN
wAyeriug republican, and one Of the founders II
the republican party in this Stste, being mem
Der Of Chttenden county convention IN 1901
which we think was the first convention IN INC
State looking to the formation Of the republican
marty in Vermont, aud his death takes from oui
State one Of her noblest and best men.-Bei!ori
| Falls T'imes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

LAUNCH OF THE FLoATIso Draw BRIDGE
AT TIcoSDERoGA.-Nesrly thousand people
assembled last Saturday, to witness tne iauncn
of the floating draw of the Ticonderoga briige.
Tbs structure, which ia 800 feet long, was ouiit
to launch sideways; and by some fault IN coz
struction or management only one end mo'ed'
and slid shout % feet. when the blocks were
knocked away. This postponed the lHunOH
till repairs could be made, much to the disap-
pointment Of the crowd On Tuesday the 2oth
all preparations were ready for another attempt
to launch, but the rain prevented large crown
The railroad officials wers there and hid
taken brief shelter from the rain in the uni'ed
States Hotel near by, waiting the hour n1eu
and while they were specializing on the prooAo'-
lily Of better success this time, and possioiy
''tossting to that effect, the balky structure
whose bearings we're probably fabricated by the
falling rain, started on lis own hook without
waiting for the word 60" breaking
the f,steuings designed to prevent Hs
rapid decline, ror waiting for the
Imperial Judges 10 Wltuess IT. - P-1s
tine lake thus, again wilfully Disappointing those
who had intended to zee the show. one oil the
workmen was standing about midway OF the
bridge, on the water side, when it started in It's
downward career, thus placing him IN great
/ peril he at frs; tried to run around one emu
but finding bis time too short and his territorial
limits rapidly lessening, he plunged into the
lake, and dexrously dove 10 the bottom "hen
the bridge passed over him, and he came up on
the and side of it, wiser, yet thoroughly
frightened man. 1t was after8srd ascertained
that the depth OF the water where the msn was
living was less than four feet, while the draught
of the float is two feet when lying STILL and the
mans escape fron being crushed beneath the
ponderous structure VAS almost MIRACULOUS
The rails are laid on the tressell work on both
sides Of the opening for the float, aud it is An
nounced that cars will run from Whiting, Vt,
to Port Henry, n Y, OF Saturday Of this
week, but this s quite doubtful, as there is con-
siderable work yet to be done in fastening the
] ..--
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

The Conkling men carried the organization of
the New York State Republican Convention,
eecting their president BY 81 msjority. The
Convention held stormy and often disorderly
session Of twelve hours, on Wednesday, the chief
result Of which was the reputation of the Gree
icy City Committee, as tainted with Tanmanyism.
The action Of the State Committee in reOrgsn-
hing the City Committee was sustained but
s a slight sop, the Greeley delegates from New
York City were admitted to seats in the conven-
ton, as well as the other delegations, each mem
Der casting half vote. But this did not suit
the Greeley men they withdrew from the
Convention, and on Thursday the Convention
proceeded to nominate ticket without their
assitance, putting Fenton man, Mr. scribner,
on the ticket for Secretary Of State. The
speeches male by Senator Conkling and his
friends, and the action Of the Convention, intend
ed to be conciliatory to the Fenton men but
the opposition to any and all completely with
Tammany was very decided aud uncompromis.
ing. II on such an issue the Tribune and Tam.
many Republicans undertake to bolt. they will
hsw very slim following in the State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

GeAND LODGE OF QUEBEC. - The Grand
Lodge Of Quebec assembled il annual conciave
Wednesday, in the British Masonic Chambers
at Montreal Among the American visitors
present, we're Hon. josiah H. Drummond' oil
Portland. Grand High Priest of the General
Grand Chapter Of the United States Ira Berry,
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge OF Name ;
F. S. Tisdsle, Grand Lecturer Of the Grand
Lodge of New York; Past Master Hon. Leverett
B. Eurlesby, Of this city; Grand Master Park
Davis. Of St. Adams Major n. P. Bowman, Of
St Johusbury William Brinsmsid, N l. Mer-
rift, Uzal Pierson, William Henderson and I. ::
Currier, Of this city also }. l.. MACK oil
Mortified, Grand Lecturer Of the Grand Lo1ge
OF Vermont.
Divine Service was celebrated in the evening
at the Church of St. james the Apostle, aud was
attended by the members Of the Grand l.odge oil
Quebec. The prayers were intoned by the Rev.
Edmund Wood, Of the Church of St John the
Evangelist The lessons were read by the Kew
Canon Euegood, Incumbent of St James
Church The hymns sung were $50. loo anu
325 The anthem was taken from Inc oith
Psalm. The sermon was preached by the rev
C. P. Reid, of SherbrOoke, Chaplain OF the
Grand Lodge of Quebec The text was from
Nehemiah, chap. =, verse Is 4; " And they said,
Let us rsise up and build So they strengthehed
their hands for this good work" The reVerend
gentleman dweIt in impressive terms upon the
duty of charity and brotherly love, and referred
to the life of St John, whose life and example
are especially looked up to by Mssons A col
lection was taken up in aid Of the funde OF the
Montreal General Hospital.
A magnificent banquet Was given Thursday
evening, a. which Hon L. B. Englesby, Of this
city, made an eloquent response to toast COM
plir seutsry to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

ARREST OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. - Brigham
Young was arrested on Monday by United
States Marshal Patrick, on an indictment found
by the Grand Jury Of the Third United States
District Court of Utah for lewd and lssciyious
Constellation with sixteen different women, under
the statutes of Utah providing against offences
against morality and decency. As he was un-
well the United States Marshal accepted his
parole to appear before Chief Justice Mexican
on Tuesday, to plead guilty to the Indictment
The penalty provided by the Territorial law,
in cases Of conviction, is imprisonment not ex-
ceeding ten years and not less thar six months,
and fine Of not more than 81 600 snd not less
than 500. or both. Il is to be noted that
Brigham is to he prosecuted under the laws Of
the Mormon Legislature and not under the laws
al Congress-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

The NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-At a
meeting Of the Directors of the Northern Paci-
fc Railroad Company, held in New York on
Thursday, the contract Was let to Payson, Osnda
& Co, Of Chicago, for the construction OF the
road from the Red River to the Missouri Kiver'
200 miles, to be completed by the lst day OF
July next. At the same time the contrsei was
Let to DeGrad & Co, Of St. Paul, for the cen
strpc,iou Of the ST. Paul AID Pacific road from
Sauk Rapids to Brainard, to Se completed by
December l also the line from St. Cloud to
Pembina. to be done before the first day Of Jsnu-
arr, 1873, distance of about $50 miles The
completion of these contracts will put the Ter
ritories of Dakota and Montana, as well as the
District Of Manitoba and the great valley OF the
Saskatchewan, in direct communication with the
railways of the United States and Csnads anu
make grand total Of about $50 miles OF rail-
way under the management Of the Northern
Pacific in Minnesot, and Dakota
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

SUICIDE OF Ca PT. DurBos.-Capt Salmon
Dutton, formerly Of the Seventh Vermont resi-
ment. a son Of the lste Hon. Salmon +. Dutton
of Cavendsh, and q bro,her-in-lsw OF COL
Red6eld Proctor of Ru tland, committed suicide
in New York city, on Friday night. He was
for some months Deputy Collector Of
Customs at Rchford, b ut resigned in August
last He then went toNew York where
he was appointed deputy BY U. $. Marshal
Harlow. The Tribune ives the following &C
count of his lamentable end:
He was found, last Frid ay, on the street near
his boarding house, appar ntly grossly inte1i-
Gated and almost insensibl,- He WAS taken to
the Charles street Police station and placed in
cell. Early on Saturday the doorman found
him dead. An inquest was he'd, and the post.
mortem examination indicated that he had died
from corrosive poison. 1t was shown by wit
nesses that, during the recent war, the deceased
was an officer in Vermont regiment that his
dependent position hsd preyed upon bis mind
that for several days before his death he was
almost constantly under the influence OF liquor,
and that ON many occasions be had threatened
to take his life. A verdict Of suicide By poison
ing was rendered. Lieut. Duttons ~ WAS ~
years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

Defaultiug PAymaster Hodge was srrsigned
before the court martial Tuesday and pleaded
guilty. to al the charges against him. His SEN
tence will be promulgated by the War depart
ment The exsct amount which Hodge IS CHI
cisllv charged with embezzling is Si45, 4O6.6O at
various times from September, 1863, to sepiem-
Der. 1871, in sums from 5000 to $4,000
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06
The REsULTs

OF the Convention will, we think, justify the
course taken by the msjority. As between
square republicans the convention Identified IL
self with no faction, and strove to concihaie and
unite all IN support Of the common cause As
between the true and the Tammauy republicans
in New York city the. convention made clean
work Hereafter there will be no tools OF The
Ring in the organization of the party, snd i
the Tsmmsny crew choose to leave the party II
will be much the stronger for their leaving
There will be we think no general split 10 the state
The boilers from the convention made no nom
nations, sud will probably content themselves
with issuing an address to the people. The IN
6une accepts the ticket, though clmmentins BIT
terly on the action of the convention in reference
to the New York delegations. An olive branch
was held out to the Greeley delegation by lesying
three places vacant on the State COMMITTEE
(which consists of thirty-one members, one from
each congressional district) to be filei by nom
nations made by the boiling delegation II they
choose. We trust that after the irritation OF the
hour has subsided, wiser counsels will prevail
and that the Republicans of the Empire STATE
will uuitedly move upon the enemy's works
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06

recent meeting of the Windhsm County
Anti-Masouic Society, resolutions were adopted
declaring all secret societies as hostile to repuoli-
can institutions and dangerous to our civil snd
religious liberties pledging the ufe Of all the
power and influence they posses to effect by all
fair, open and legitimate means, the abolition Of
secret societies and resolving to carry this
question to the polls, not only as individual
i-eemen, but as political party.