itution in the citizens of the
United States without regard to sex," that right can be
established in the courts without further legislation.

The suggestion is made that Congress, by a mere declaratory act,
shall say that the construction claimed in the memorial is the
true construction of the Constitution, or in other words, that by
the Constitution of the United States the right to vote is vested
in citizens of the United States "without regard to sex,"
anything in the constitution and laws of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding. In the opinion of the Committee, such
declaratory act is not authorized by the Constitution nor within
the legislative power of Congress. We therefore recommend the
adoption of the following resolution:

_Resolved_, That the prayer of the petitioner be not
granted, that the memorial be laid on the table, and that
the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the
further consideration of the subject.

Forty-first Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives,
Report No. V., Part 2, Feb. 1, 1871, ordered to be printed.

Mr. LOUGHRIDGE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted
the following as the view of the minority:

_In the matter of the Memorial of Victoria C. Woodhull, referred
by the House to the Committee on the Judiciary, the undersigned,
members of the Committee, being unable to agree to the report of
the Committee, present the following as their views upon the
subject of the Memorial:_

The memorialist sets forth that she is a native born citizen of
the United States, and a resident thereof; that she is of adult
age, and has resided in the State of New York for three years
past; that by the Constitution of the United States she is
guaranteed the right of suffrage; but that she is, by the laws of
the State of New York, denied the exercise of that right; and
that by the laws of different States and Territories the
privilege of voting is denied to all the female citizens of the
United States; and petitions for relief by the enactment of some
law to enforce the provisions of the Constitution, by which such
right is guaranteed.

The question presented is one of exceeding interest and
importance, involving as it does the constitutional rights not
only o