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of Tun Lyckpii : That
•-govcri in louts derive their just
power from the consent of the
srovemieii" has become a self evi-
dent truth in this country, and
should have the sanction of all
Republics which desire to protect
the rights and secure the liberties
of their citizens, or protend to
have the good of the mass of peo¬
ple in view.
With us tiie vote is the only
mode of expressing this consent,
by making known through the
ballot box the wants, wishes and
grievances of the governed. But
certain classes have always been
denied the right to exercise the
elective franchise, on account, of
want of mental capacity, moral
fitness, or liberty of action — in¬
fants, idiots and lunatics for lack
of intelligence and reason ; felons,
because they have disobeyed the
laws, and incurred as a penalty
the forfeiture of the light they
might otherwise have enjoyed ;
and women “from mixed motives”
but mainly, because in the rela¬
tion of marriage I hey were sup¬
posed to be under subjection to
their husbands, and presumed to
act under their influence.
When our pioneer fathers,
driven to rebellion by tyranny
and oppression, threw off t lie bur¬
densome British yoke, sacrificed
the lives of their noblest sons,
and purchased America liberty
with their own blood, they estab¬
lished a Republic whose sovereign
power should forever be vested
in its people. But in construing
the national constitution this fun¬
damental principle of our govern¬
ment has been violated, by vest¬
ing the sovereignty of the State
in Hie men, and not the people,
since the commentators on this
subject say that the sovereignly
is vested only in those persons
who are permitted to vote. Neith¬
er the Declaration of Independ¬
ence nor the Constituion contains
even an implication that women
should not be enfranchised. The
Fifteenth Amendment, Section l,
enacts that “The right of citizens
of the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any States on
