The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-04-03

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zen. The United States has ~ voters
aud nO QUO can vote for federal with
out being CONNECTICUT ~ vote for state
officers. The elective officers Of
the United States are chosen
directly or Indirectly by the voters Ut
the states. The amendment did not
add 10 the privileges or lmmunlllcs of
the cltlzen-lt simply furnished addi-
tlOnal guaranty for the protection NJ
such as already had the right Nor h
the right Of suffrage coeXtcnslvc with
citizenship Of the states. When the
federal constitution was adopted NIL the
states but Rhode Island had constitu-
lions of their own, In not one Ofwhich
were all OF the citizens recognized as
entitled to this right, and under all
these circumstances II can not be, I, r II
moment, doubted that II IL had been In
tended to make all citizens OF the uni
ted States \Oters the trainers Of the
constitution would have 80 expressed
that intention, and not have left 50 inn
portant II change in the condition of
citizenship rs then existed 10 impli-
cation, but If f,lrthereVidcnce II needed
II Is to be found in another provision
of the constitution. IL suffrage h nee
essarily II part of citizenship, then that
provision of the constitution which
gives the citizens of each state all the
privileges Of citizen in the several
states would entitle citiZens ofeach state
to the right to vote in the several
states precisely us the citizens OF those
states. There are other provisions,
among them those relating to the APP
portionment of representatives. to the
same point; but still again after the
adoption of the fourteenth amend
meht IL was found necessary to use,
in the Fifteenth amendment the fol-
lowing language: "The right Of the
citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any state on a.
count of race or color or previous con-
dton of servitude." The fourteenth
amendment had provided against any
abrdgement of the privileges or anu.
mites of citizens, and if the right of
suffrage is one of them, why amend
the constitution further TO prevent its
being denied on account OF race, colors,
etc. Tie duty of the United states to
guarantee to the states II republican
form of government is discharged in
protecting those governments which
were recognized as being republican in
far hN fhn G'iit'tlnn whom
adopted. The governments of the
states being then accepted, il must he
assumed that they are such no are TO be
guaranteed. The admission Of new
states il then considered. IL is found
that there is nothing to favor the idea
that suffrage is n right of citizenship
but everything to repcl, also the resto-
ration of the states to the union after
the war, none of them having provided
for female suffrage. Besides, IA person
who has simply declared his intention
to become u citizen of the United
States may vote under certain circum-
stances in Missouri and other states
and this could not he if suffrage de
pended upon the right of citizenship.
The court are unanimous in the opin-
ion that the constitution of the United
Suites uOtS IUU tbIltl tllt w SUI
frage upon any one, and that the con-
situations of the several states which
commit that trust to men alone, are
not necessarily void. The decision
is affirmed. The iefjustice deliver
ed the opinion.
NEW York, March 3l.-H. ii. Stat
ter who killed Michael Husscy mt the
Schuetzen park about n year ago and
plead guilty of manslaughter on the
10Th instant, was to-day sentenced to
four years in the Albany penitentiary.
PARIS, March 3l.-The Public pub
fishes the following: "The emperor of
Brazil proposes to abdicatc in favor of
his eldest daughter, Countess Deem
The emperor on his abdication will
make tour of Europe; after which he
will proceed to the United States where
he will make his home"
BERLIN, March 3l.-Dr. Henry Fors-
ter, bishop of Brest, has been sum
moned to resign his bishopric, because
he promulgated the papal encyclical
against the ecclesiastical laws.
The council of the Roman Catholic
bishops Mt Fulda is held with closed
doors. The object of the meeting is TO
discuss and issue pastoral letter con-
corning the bill before the PruSsian
diet withdrawing the state grants from
the church.