The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-01

casts II II then said that the four
leenlh amendment did not affect the
citizenship Of women any more than
y did OF men, aud thus Minors rights
DO mol depend upon II, She has al
ways been u citizen from her birth, Gu
lllled loall the privileges immunilles,
eloy of citizenship, The amendment
prohibits the htate ia which she lives
nom Ablldglng any Of those rights.
Tho right of suffrage Is not made in
terms one Of the privileges OF the cili-
zen, The United States has no voters
ana no one can vote for federal with
out belng competent 10 vote for state
officers, Tho elective officers of
The United States are chosen
directly or Indirectly by the voters OF
The states The amendment did not
add TO the privileges or immunilies Of
the cllllen-it simply furnished addi.
llonRl guaranty for the protection OF
such ~ already had the right Nor IL
the right Of suffrage oOeNtpnhlyo with
citizenship OF the states, When the
federal constitution was adopted all the
states but Rhode Island had cOnslllu-
lions of their own, IN not one Ofwhlch
were all Of the citizens recognized ~
entitled 10 this right, and under All
these circumstances II can not be, for n
moment, doubted that II II had been In
tended 10 make all citizens Of the Uni
ted States voters the trainers OF the
constitution would have 40 expressed
that Intention, aud not have left 80 I'M
p0rtant change In the condition OF
citizenship ~ then existed 10 impll-
cation, but II further evidence IN needed
II h 10 loo found In another provision
of the constitution, II suffrage n nee
essarly u part Of citizenship, then that
provision Of the constitution which
gives the citizens of enCh state all the
privileges of citizens In the several
staieswould ontltlo citlzens 0fcaoh state
10 the right TO vote In the several
states precisely M the citizens Of those
states, There are other provisions,
among them those relating 10 the ap-
porllOnment OF representatives TO the
same points but still again after the
adoption OF the fourteenth amend
ment II was found necessary to Use,
In the lliiheeuth amendment the fol.
lowing languages '1he right Of the
citizens of the United States 10 vote
shall not be denied or abridged 10y the
United States or by any state on ac-
count Of race or color or previous con-
ditlon of servltude.n The fourteenth
had provided against any
Of the privileges or anu.
mites Of citizens, and If the right of
Is one of them, why amend
the constitution further to prevent It's
being denied on account Of race, colors,
etc. Tie duty of the United states to
to the states II republican
form Of government Is discharged in |
protecting those governments which |
were recognized Us being republican In
form, 10y the constitution when |
adopted The governments Of the
states being then accepted, 1t must be
assumed that they are such lis are to be
guaranteed. The admission of new
states Is then considered. 10 Is found |
that there Is nothing to favor the idea
that suffrage is right of citizenship !
but everything to repel, also the resto-
ration Of the states to the union after |
the war, none of them having provided |
for female suffrage. Besides, n 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
States does not confer the right of suf-
frage upon any one, and that the con-
stitutions of the several states which |
commit that trust to men alone, are
not necessarily void. The decision
is affirmed. The chief justice deliver
ed the opinion.