The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-19
The Fourteenth Amendment Gives No
Right to a Woman to Vote.
HISS ANTHONY's ACT A VIOLATION OF LAW
Exhaustive Opinion on the Force and
Scope of the Amendments.
A VERDICT OF GUILTY
The Champion Of WOman's Rights Awaiting
Sentence and MartyrdOm.

CANANDAIGUA. N. Y, June Is, 1878.
The court room was again thronged this morning
u the hour Of opening by an attentive audience as
spectat0rs In the further progress Of the trial OF
Miss Anthony.
70 argument Judge sclden III earnest eiec
He BY STATING that in his View d The
ss %P o1s ne co
the Court TO give such instructions TO the jury upon
S s 81 he %n deem 4
Se S nor the
aS s
Inc right Of franchise upon the insane he convict and
III absurdity. lie contended that
.SEisiss which in their nature and
atiSn q s The propery right
sf ssS N
si.asisa e the s!as il when the light son 5
the constitution Of the State confer the right Of
and q states Ssi' that
s
women must look to the Legislature and not
hs a ss as a rS e. e s
condinon Of and in these respects alone, and
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conventional neither natural nor nsliensbls; that
of New York makes the limitation to male Citizens alone
and that that right had extended By the enact
2 the decision Of the United states Court in the Of
u which claimed that the intent and meaning Of the
aSS ssaed and "a enc
6ow ease ontspS Sp that aes %s not IN int
fnownsiy used in the statute, Was only That he
snssseq sSs at voting. and insisted That this
Sremnary examination before Inc Commssioner that
SSss vSo. It,
he 's BE aS e.
a W m saas and plead aat h
u the facts may sometimes excuse but mistake OF the
Mr.. Crowley was listened to with marked atten-
lion, and made calm but earnest and cogent ar
At the close OF Mr. Crowey's address His Honor
Jndge Hunt delivered the following opinion and
decision
IN. Y indicted under the act for having
to TS Without me aSs makes s to
chafged that the defendant thus Voted She not having
right vote because she is woman. The defendant
his @ nrs
S Of as Emitted ss
pToissdon Of the newly emancpatsd nesro sa;
ss
iry applied this provision would enough 70
and o
pressiye in their nature as that coorsd persons were
s that The hey We're ha Ss a sys e
,uss fy white man was they
p a ned h the
this Of things the fourteenth and eenth amend.
menis were The anne ldment created
been commended and has been held by many learned
NO sucI THING AS CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES
State. No mode existed, It was said Of obtaining
czen STATE h question 0y Is r noW az ne
The fourteenth amendment defined and declared who
born in the United States ana subject 10
'tf this
declared % 0Gn nc cae" the 6"tsd States
sRa sns defining he As
The amendment provides that no State shall make or
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10 c ii o s az Ssr
that IS rights existing or belonging to that condition
dc srsyisas psrssSaPh are eaSslSy emitted I ssre
f sS 81 the % nj. ns limited
That tine Citizen q each State shall be entitled to iii The
States The rights citizens the states and
OF the United states each guarded by these different
RIGHTS SEPARATE DISTINCT
in s nese rights Were separate and distinct was held
United States Supreme Court at Washington The rights
ton n the fourteenth amendment They stand as they
and s@ fe ne en By ne
citizens OF the states have been the subject OF judicial
on ol 'aa one srss
there 4 the pr rs'Hs Or Mn le
bel9nsing Of right e the ci1ens o. al free
and possess properly transact business to pfoears
government may adjudse necessary iOr the gent
In Cromwell VS. Nevada, Wallace, 80, is found a
satement Of some the rights OF citizen Of the United
s w &c Rs s
transact any he may with III 10 seek its
rs s To Il:
ports through which all OF foreign commerce
courts of justice IN he prn
70 demand se e and p 1Re
lection OF the federal his life liberty and
property when the high wi hin the jurisdiction
OF foreign government The right to assemble aud
ton for redress Of grievances the privilege OF the
Of habeas corpus, he says, are Fl
CITIZEN
guaranteed by the federal constitution The right OF vot
Ing the privilege voting right privilege arising
under the constitution OF the state and not OF the United
i he
ssI nied 30 ssssass
ofk should provide that no person should vote until he
reached the age OF ffty, or that no person having
era gray hal. or who had not the possession OF MI
Soa DC ned TO be violation Of any right derived
say that such regulations were UNJUST tyrannica
unnt for the regulation OF Intelligent state; but II
~ sbs ss class derived from mis- position citizen
MIN as citizen OF the United states and such was the
aecison in Corneld Carryell The United
Snaes ar 70 s subject are these