The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-04-22
From the Cincinnati Gazettel
Woman Suffrage and Citizenship-Su-
preme Court Decision.

| If the declaration of the Dred Scott
| decision were true, that the term citizen
/ has always meant one that had the elec-
! tive franchise, then the l4th amendment
| to the United States Constitution, which
declares all persons born or naturalized
! in the United States citizens thereof,
| would, in connection with the other,
make voters of women and children.
! Upon this many woman-sutfragists have
! made strong assertions and formal argu-
ments that the 18th amendment did
affirm that women have the right of sut-
irage. They left out the children as
being rather heavy weight upon the
women to carry in this cause, but of
course their turn would come next. 1t
was upon this that Susan B. Anthony
and the Judges OF the election detied the
! New York State law in the casting and
receiving of her vote, for which she was
fined. An eminent jurist made an argu-
ment on the law in the case, shown Z
that the doctrine of the Dred Scott de-
cision, and the l4th amendment together,
made women voters; he also leaving out
the children. Many able essays have
been read by women to prove that they
are already voters, and in truth, but lit
tie effort has been made to answer the
argument. Democrats could not with
out declaring the Dred Scott decision a
! lie, which was once the leading article OF
their party faith. And the Republicans
were reluctant to characterize fraud
perpetrated in the form of traditional
| reverence.
A case was raised in Missouri, to bring
this question OF woman suffrage to judi
cial decision, which has lately been gwen.
The decision atfirms that which was we'll
known to every person of decent intelli-
l. 1, ,,l,
has been repeatedly affirmed by this
journal, in connection both with the
Dred Scott decision and the woman suf-
frage claim, namely, that the term citi-
zenship did never mean the elective
franchise; but that all persons born n
the soil, or naturalized, male and female
black and white, old and young. always
were citizens. 1t might have said free OIL
slave; for the slaves were citizens, and
were entitled to the protection of this
government in any foreign jurisdiction
as citizens Nor is this u matter OF doc
trine alone; for it has been recognized by
the government, 10y the issuance OF a
passport as a citizen to a slave of John
. Randolf when he went abroad as Minis
ter The doctrine of the Dred Scott de
= cision would limit the protective duties
of the government to the voters, anC
would abandon women and children a
OF 40 country. The late decision atfirm
that which could never have been
!. question among intelligent and homes
overwhelmingly that the Dred Scot
decision was bundle of lies, and that
falsified all our history, trampled upol
= the Constitution, and abandoned tn
duty OF government to the free people
in order to carry out a Democratic plo
to make judicial decision to overthrow
the dodge of popular veleignty, an
fasten slavery upon all.the Territories.
This is only one of the many example
in our history that to the Democrat
}. party. slavery was the supreme law whic
overruled alike the Constitution, Stat
rights, human rights, and the sovereignt
=. of the people Having this work {
70 slavery extension to do. the whole part
degraded the Supreme Court to make
tool for the work, with as little remor: