Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-23

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the l Caiisl States. An1 expressly
forisSiiIRg the state from making
aHy such distinction, 10 these words
Sc The eiilzens of each State shall he
entitled to all the privileges and M
nunIiiss Of citizens II the several
States" The States, however, dis
regarding these express guarantees,
disfranchised their female citizens
by inserting the word male in their
Constitutions, aud refusing to re-
ceive the votes OF the women. 1t is
the duty of Congress to right this
wrong; and it is hoped they will
soon 10 so. But as it is easier to do
a thing right in the first place, than
to right wrong, We hope our dele
gates will frame TRUE REPUBLICAN
CONSTITUTION making no distinction
in the political status Of citizens on
account of sex; and for their better
understanding of this subject We pen
these articles. Let us then inquire,
what is a Republican government,
and how formed? In answering
this question. we hope to convince all
unpreiudiced readers that the rights
of American citizens are. the same
irrespective of sex. Webster defines
a republican government as one in
which the exercise of the sovereign
power h lodged in representatives
elected by the people. This is the
ostensible form of our Government,
not the real one, for we all know
that our representatives are elected
by only q part of the people, else it
were unnecessary to write these arti.
cles. How is o republican govern
ment formed? In order to fully un-
derstand the answer to this question,
we will imagine company OF people
thrown together in q wilderness,
having no la,cs, no government; be-
ing entirely in o State of nature,
subject only to such laws as belong
originally and inseperably to their
Constitution as intellectual, moral,
and physical beings. Now from
these laws Of nature, or natural laws
as we call them, the rights Of nature
are determined and regulated. The
term right signifies consistent with
law, and the term wrong signifies
inconsistent with law. 1t is, there
fore, plain that right and wrong in
state of nature depend upon the laws
of nature. Duty and obligation are
determined in the same way. To
illustrate: If we are subject to any
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obey that law. The term law car
ries with it this Specification. II
it is a physical law, then it is a
necessity of our being, and we
cannot help obeying it. If any
other law, then it is a matter OF
choice, and must be determined by
motives. In this consists natural lib
ety. Thus you see that each indi'
vidual composing this company
which We have supposed as thrown
outside Of the pale Of all govern
ments, would be governed solely by
moral obligations. They having q
yet contracted no engagements with
each other, nor acquired aoy right'
which nature does not confer equal
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