, 1873-06-19
SUSAN B. ANTHONY.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY.
She In Found Guilty OF Violating tho
Election LAW OF Now Eork"--Tho
Charge Of Judge Inunt""I'rinl Of thc
inspectors OF Election who Received
1Tcr Vote.
OANANpA1auA, N. T., Juno 18-Judgo Hunt,
in his opinion In tho oano Of Suaan D. Anthony,
eays:
Tho right Of voting or tho privilege Of voting
il right or privilege arising undor the oonstl-
tuition Of tho State, aud not Of the Unftcd Sates.
is boca1lse such peraon ia untitled to It rs oit
zor of tho State. whore no ofTora to exercise 1t,
and not bocaune Of citizenehlp Of the United
Statos. # tho State Of Now York should provide
roachoa tho ago Of 81 years. or nftcr ho had
roached tho ago Of 50, or that no person having
gray hair, or who had not possession Of oil his
1imbs, should be entitled to vote, do not 500
how It could bo hela to DO q, violation 81 any
the United States. If tho Legislature Of tho
State Of New York should require higher quail
itication in tho voter for Representative IN Con-
gross than tB required for voter tor member Of
iation Of a right bolonging to ono as citizen Of
tho United StntoB. That right is In rotation to g
Federal subject or interest, and eau DO guaran-
tcod by tho Federal Constitution. Tho ina
bility Of State to, abridgo tho right Of
rqsdS ppeviens ~ condition o Of % sorSltudo, is
federal guaranty. Its violation would bo tho
denial Of q. Fedoral right. TLat is right DO:
longing to the olaimantaB ctizen Of tho United
Fifteenth Amendment only. II tho Fifteenth
Amendment had contained the word "aeI" tho
argument Of tho defonao wouldlayo boen potent.
She would have said 1t was anattompt by State
to deny the right to vote, because ono is Of
Ia hi kyrf f1ct
amondno1t. Tho amor lment, however, docs
not contain that word. It Is limited to race,
color, OF previous condition Of Horvhudo. Tho
Legislature Of tho State Of Now York has soon
shall bo limited to the malo sex. IN
no violation Of tho letter or Of the spirit of tho
Fourteenth Amendment. This view is assumed
in the second sootion Of tho Fourteenth Amend
mont, which enaeta THAT # any right to vote for
Federal officers is denied by any State to any Of
tho nalo Inhabitants Of such State, except for
crime, tho basis Of representation Of such State
shall he reduced In the proportion apecflod. Not
only doea thia section assume that tho right Of
tho male inhabitants to vote vas tho especial
object Of itB protection, but 1t aBBumes and nd
miss the right Of State, notwithstanding tho
oxistonco' Of that clause, under which tho de-
tenant th @ o1Ts tG the contrary to dny to
is allowed to other male inhabitants. Tho
regulation OF tho suffrage is conceded
to tho statos as stato's right. Tho case Of
Myra Bradwell, decided at tho recent torn of the
supreme Court OF tue United sf"soe, Hlstains
both these positions.
a woman to vote, and tho voting by Miss An
thony was In violation OF tho law. II she bo-
!soVod she haa rlBht 10 vose, uoob tlnt reitoVo
her from tne penalty, II is aoknoW!odgoa TINT
te hnow41ag1 teic9s1a To ~ ~. Lao nce rn!erleo 70
1oatos 70 net hno"4euBo ~ tno ntosaHty u Ing
- -4n1 ms..1.
anp anp;x ls, %era aoo 'nA$ 'no 'o''a "o
f"a1-Iho ignorance OF the Ia" o1cases no
ono.
neco'oLn9ely ono ~ psssan!eu ~ u.uGlAtanu I:
anu u 4n1eno LIZ noco66"t3 en'o'6 u h1s UNI
1ss hnenony kno" .nas ah sng was w91an, ana
thas tho Cohes.nt1on OF 1his state pronlDits nor
IRON Young. ono HItenueu ~ eiolate tnas Pl1-
VISION 1ntonoea 70 test ~ 10 perhaps, out certalnly
1htenaea 20 Vlolate IT, Inc necessary oIecs OF
hor act was to violate IT. and t. then ahe ID pro-
sumod to have intended 1t: There was no igno-
rance Of any fact but all the facts being known
she undersook to settle pr1nclplo Ill her o"n
person. sho takes tho risk, and She ought not
to 81 slrlnk from the consequences;
! Inc Court dec'lneu to submit tho case to tho
| jury upon any question whatever, and directed
1e4aant. ,,u r
Judge Seldom, counsel for Hiss Anthony, then
requested the Clerk to poll tho jury which re-
queat WAS denied ny tho court, and verdict OF
guilty was rendered.
Tho uofendnnts counsel excepted to the decroe
the construction given to tho law by tho doci-
alon, there had beon only violation OF State
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