franchise which is possessed by any other
citizen--to regulate, not including the right to prohibit
the franchise.

3. That, as the Constitution of the United States expressly
declares that no State shall make or enforce any laws that
shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of
the United States, those provisions of the several State
Constitutions that exclude women from the franchise on
account of sex, are violative alike of the spirit and letter
of the Federal Constitution.

4. That, as the subject of naturalization is expressly
withheld from the States, and as the States clearly would
have no right to deprive of the franchise naturalized
citizens, among whom women are expressly included, still
more clearly have they no right to deprive native-born women
citizens of this right.

5. That justice and equity can only be attained by having
the same laws for men and women alike.

6. That having full faith and confidence in the truth and
justice of these principles, we will never cease to urge the
claims of women to a participation in the affairs of
government equal with men.

Extracts from the Constitution of the United States, upon which
the resolutions are based:

PREAMBLE, We, the people of the United States, in order to
form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States of
America.

ARTICLE I. Sec. 2. The House of Representatives shall be
composed of members chosen every second year by the people
of the several States, and the electors in each State shall
have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most
numerous branch of the State Legislature.

[Illustration: Virginia L. Minor.]

SEC. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections
for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each
State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may, at
any time, by law, alter such regulations,