, 1876-09-02
Declaration oil Rights 81 The
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patriotism, and all hearts are at.uned to
raise. it ia with sorrow We come to
nike the one discoldant note, on this
hUndrcdth anniversary Of our country ;
,.rth, When subjects of Kings, Emrcr-
or>, and Cars, fom the OIh World, join
m uur National Jubilee shall the women
otthc Republic refuse to lay their hands
with bcncdiCtiOns on the nations head [!
Surveying Americas Exposition, sur
uassing IN magniticence those Of London,
Paris and Vienna, shall we not rejoice
ut the success of the youngest rival
gmong the nations of the earth May
not our hearts, in unison with all, swell
with pride at our great achievements as
"a people; our ir,s speech, free press, free
schools, free church, and the rapid pro,
.rcSs we have made in material wealth,
trade, commerce, and the inventive arts
And we do rejoice, in the success thus
far, Of our experiment OF selfgovern-
mcnt. Our faith is firm and unwavering
in the broad principles of human rights,
proclaimed in 1916, not only as abstract
truths, but as the corner stones of re-
public. Yet, we cannot forget, even in
this glad hour, that while all men of
very race, and cline, and condition,
have been invested with the full rights
ofcitizenship, under our hospitabe flag,
I'll women still suffer the degradation OF
dsianchisement.
The history of our country the past
hundred years, has been series of as
,umptions and usurpations of power
over woman, in direct opposition to the
principles ot just Government, acknowl.
cdsed by the United States at its foun-
datOn which are:
First. The natural rights of each
Individual.
Secoad The exact equality of these
rights.
Third. That these rights, when not
delegated by the individual, are retained
by the individual.
Fourth. That no person can exercise
the rights of Others without delegated
authority.
Fifth. That the non.use of these
rights does not destroy them. a.,
And for the violation ot these funda-
mental principles of our Government, We
arraign our rulers on this 9TH day of
July, 1S16,-and these are our
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
BILLS OF ATTAINDER
have been passed by the introduction of
the word male" into all the State con-
stitutions, denying to woman the right
of suffrage, and thereby making sex
crime An exercise of power clearly for
bidden in Article lst, Sections 9th and
10th of the United States Constitution.
THE WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS,
the only protection against lettres de
cacaet, and all forms of unjust imprison-
ment, which the Constitution declares
"shall not be suspended, except when in
cases of rebellion or invasion, the public
safety demands it" is held imperative in
every State in the Union, in case of
married woman against her husband
the marital rights of the husband being
in all cases primary, aud the rights of
the wife secondary.
THE RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY OF ONES
PEERS was SO jealously guarded that
States refused TO ratify the original Con.
stitution, until IL was guaranteed by
the 9th Amendment. And yet the wo
men of this nation have never been al.
lowed ajury OF their peers-being tried
in all cases by men, native and foreign,
educated and ignorant, yirtuous and
vicious. Young girls have been arraign-
ed in our courts for the crime OF lnfant;-
eide; tried, convicted, hung-victims,
perchance, ofjudge, jurors. Advocates
while no wOman's voice could be heard
in their defense. And not only are wo-
men denied "a jury of their peers. but in
some cascs, jury trial altogether. Du.
ring the War, a woman WAS tried aud
hung by military law, in defiance of the
9th Amendment, which specifically de.
clgrcs "nO person shall he held IN an.