History of Woman Suffrage: 1861-1876Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage Susan B. Anthony, 1881 |
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... persons , for whom the National Freedman's Relief Association of this District partially provides , are at this time in very great destitution , many of them in extreme suffering for want of food and fuel . The Asso- ciation has ...
... persons , for whom the National Freedman's Relief Association of this District partially provides , are at this time in very great destitution , many of them in extreme suffering for want of food and fuel . The Asso- ciation has ...
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... persons " in- stead of " males . " " That will never do , " said another , " it would enfranchise all the Southern wenches . " " Suffrage for black men will be all the strain the Republican party can stand , " said another . Charles ...
... persons " in- stead of " males . " " That will never do , " said another , " it would enfranchise all the Southern wenches . " " Suffrage for black men will be all the strain the Republican party can stand , " said another . Charles ...
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... person . This debate in the Senate lasted three entire days , and during that time the comments of the press were as varied ... persons under guardianship , of the age of twenty - one years and upward , who has not been convicted of any ...
... person . This debate in the Senate lasted three entire days , and during that time the comments of the press were as varied ... persons under guardianship , of the age of twenty - one years and upward , who has not been convicted of any ...
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... person in the second line of the first section of the amendment , reported by the Committee on the District of ... persons whose appointment is now vested in him . The power that confers in each case has the right to withdraw . The ...
... person in the second line of the first section of the amendment , reported by the Committee on the District of ... persons whose appointment is now vested in him . The power that confers in each case has the right to withdraw . The ...
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... persons above the age of twenty - one years the right to participate in the city government . Is any one afraid of it ? Is my honorable friend from Maine afraid of it ? He says it shall be confined to the males . He and my friend from ...
... persons above the age of twenty - one years the right to participate in the city government . Is any one afraid of it ? Is my honorable friend from Maine afraid of it ? He says it shall be confined to the males . He and my friend from ...
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Page 288 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
Page 722 - Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech or of the press, thus incorporating into the organic law of this country absolute freedom of thought or opinion.
Page 273 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning ; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 621 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Page 629 - The words people of the United States and citizens are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They both describe the political body who, according to our republican institutions, form the sovereignty, and who hold the power and conduct the Government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the "sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent member of this sovereignty.
Page 729 - In elections by the citizens, every freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the state two years next before the election, and within that time paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector...
Page 667 - to come to the seat of government to assert any claim he may have upon that government, to transact any business he may have with it, to seek its protection, to share its offices, to engage in administering its functions. He has the right of free access to its seaports, through which all operations of foreign commerce are conducted, to the sub-treasuries, land offices, and courts of justice in the several States.
Page 456 - The right of a citizen of one state to pass through, or to reside in any other state, for purposes of trade, agriculture, professional pursuits, or otherwise; to claim the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; to institute and maintain actions of any kind in the courts of the state; to take, hold and dispose of property, either real or personal; and an exemption from higher taxes or impositions than are paid by the other citizens of the state...
Page 135 - Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man...
Page 667 - Another privilege of a citizen of the United States is to demand the care and protection of the Federal government over his life, liberty, and property when on the high seas or within the jurisdiction of a foreign government. Of this there can be no doubt, nor that the right depends upon his character as a citizen of the United States.