Elizabeth Cady Stanton Speeches & Writings File Drafts of Resolution for Suffrage Convention of 1875 147 1875 [?] 1 Resolved, that to deny the right of suffrage [to?] the women of the nation [is} is a dangerous [violation?] in the rights of all citizens; Since the assumed [right] power to deny this right to one class is the [implied?] power to deny it to all others, Acting on this principle. New Hampshire abridges the rights of his citizens, by forbidding Catholics to hold office. Rhode Island abridges the rights of his citizens by forbidding foreigners to vote except [*in a property ?*] & the military [are] mind of the government now abridges the rights of all men in Louisiana by [forbidding them to choose their own rulers] choosing their rulers 148 .7. Resolved that our thanks are due to the twenty senators who voted for woman suffrage in Cambria & to the 40,000 brave men who went to the polls, & voted woman suffrage in Michigan. [ Jan. 1875 [*1875*] 150 Whereas it a recognized principle of our government that rights not delegated are retained by the people & whereas by the genius of this government no person has a right to act for another without delegated authority & whereas the women of this country have never delegated [man] men to act for them. Therefore Resolved that the votes cast by [Catharine Stebbins] Annabelle Gardner, Susan B. Anthony & other women in various parts of the country, were a just exercise of their natural rights of self government . which no judicial decision [yet rendered] can reverse. Not having the fear of Judge Hunt or any other judicial despot before our eyes we shall continue to cast our votes, [believing] in the full belief that woman has a constitutional right to an equal share in the government, [*1875*] Resolved. That as the duties of citizens are the outgrowth of their rights, a class denied the common rights of citizenship should be exempt from all duties to the state, hence the Miss Smiths of Glastonbury Conn, & Abbey Kelly Foster of Worcester Mass, who refused to pay taxes because not allowed to vote suffered gross injustice, & oppression at the hands of the state officials who seized & sold their property for taxes. 149 Rough drafts of resolutions for the Suffrage Convention of 1875. Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.