who believe that claim to be just and right, for
the following, among other reasons:

Taxation and Representation should go hand in hand. This is
the very corner-stone of our government. Its founders
declared, and the declaration cannot be too often repeated,
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure those
rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed." The man who
believes in that declaration, cannot justly deny to women
the right of suffrage. They are citizens, they are
tax-payers; they bear the burdens of government--why should
they be denied the rights of citizens? We boast about
liberty and equality before the law, when the truth is, our
government is controlled by one-half only of the population.
The others have no more voice in the making of their laws,
or the selection of their rulers, than the criminals who are
in our penitentiaries; nay, in one respect, their condition
is not as good as that of the felon, for he may be pardoned
and restored to a right which woman can never obtain. And
this, not because she has committed any crime, or violated
any law, but simply because she is, what God made her--a
woman! Possessed of the same intelligence--formed in the
same mold--having the same attributes, parts and
passions--held by her Maker to the same measure of
responsibility here and hereafter, her actual position in
society to-day is that of an inferior. No matter what her
qualifications may be, every avenue of success is virtually
closed against her. Even when she succeeds in obtaining
employment, she gets only half the pay that a man does for
the same work. But, it is said, woman's sphere is at home.
Would giving her the right to vote interfere with her home
duties any more than it does with a man's business? Again it
is said, that for her to vote would be unfeminine. Is it at
all more indelicate for a woman to go to the