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IS. .Ju.l-e Hunt in his .ip.-nin- in the case of Su-an l. Anthony, fays the ri-ht nl vtitiug or the privilege of voting, is a j right or a privilege arising under the ! . .jn-titulioii nf a State, and imt "f the j l. nit.-d States. If the right U-luiigs in any particular pn-son it is because such person is entitled to it. us the citi zen of the State where be oilers to e-erei-e it. and in it because of citizenship citizen-ship of the Tinted Stat''.-. If the State of New York should provide that no p.-rson should vote until he had reached, tin age of Ml years, nr aflcr ho had rcach.il f0, or that im person having gray hair or who had not the possession nf all his limbs slmuM be entitled to vote, 1 do imt .-ee how it could be held to W a violation viola-tion of any right derived or held under the constitution of the I'nitod Si lie.-. If the legislature of the SiateofNewV.uk should require a higher qualification in a voter tor representative re-presentative in Congress than is required re-quired thr a voter lor in em her of the A-seiuhv, this would, I conceive, be a violation ni the right belonging to nne or a eitien of ihe L'uitod Stales. That right is in relation to a Federal subject or interest, andean hognarau- teed hy the Federal constitution. The 1 inabilitv of a State to abridge the I ri-ht of voting on account of race, eolnr or previous condition of scrvi-Ulde.-isa I' eileral guaranty, and its violation vio-lation would he a dqnial of the Federal Feder-al right that it is a right belonging tn the claimant as a citizen of the Tinted Stairs. The right herein exists hv virtue of ihe l'nli amendment only. " If the l-'ttli amendment had contained the word "sex." the argument of the defence de-fence would have been patent. She would have said an attempt by a State to deny the right to vote because one is of a particular sex, is. exprcssly prohihited by that amendment. The amendment, however, does not contain con-tain that won I. It is limited to "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The legislature of the State of New York has seen fit to say that the franchise of voting shall he limiti-d to the male sex. In saying this, there is. in my judgment, no violation of the letter or spirit of the Mlh amendment, which enacts that "if the right to vote for federal olfieei-s is denied, by any State., to any male inhabitant of such State, except for crime, the basis of representation representa-tion shall he reduced in the proportion propor-tion speciliod." Not only does this section as-iune that the right of male inhabitants to vole was the special object of its protection, but it assumes and admits tlie right of a State, notwithstanding notwith-standing the existence of that clause under which the defendant claims to the contrary, to deny to any male inhabitants in-habitants the right to vote which is allowed to other male inhabitants. The regulation of the sutVrage is conceded con-ceded to States as a State's right. The ease of Myra JJradwell, decided at tlie recent, term of the Supreme Court of the United States, sustains both these positions. . The Hth amendment gives no right to women to vote, and the voting by Miss Anthony was in violation of law. If she believed she had a right to vote, does that release from the penalty? It is argued that the knowledge, referred re-ferred to, in the act referred to, relates re-lates to her knowledge of the illegality of the act, and not to the act uf voting vot-ing ; tbr it said that she must know that she voted. Two principles apply ap-ply in her case: The tirst, ignorance of the law, excuses no one; the second, every person is presumed to understand, and to intend the necessary neces-sary ellccts of his own acts. Miss Anthony knew that she was a woman, wo-man, and that the constitution of this State prohibits her from voting. She intended to violate that provision provi-sion ; intended to test it, perhaps, but certainly intended to violate it. The necessary etlect of her act was to violate it, and then she presumed to have intended it. There was no ignorance igno-rance of any fact, but all the facts being known, she undertook to settle a principle in her own person. She takes the risk, ami she ought not to shrink from the consequences. The court declined to submit the case to the jury upon any question whatever, and directed thcin to render a verdict of "Guilty" against defendant. defend-ant. The counsel for Miss Anthony then reouested the clerk to noli the iurv. which request was denied by the court, and a verdict of "Cuilty'' was rendered. Tlie defendant's counsel excepted to the decree and the action of the court, and insL-ted that upon the construction given to the law hy the decision, there had 1-cen only a violation of tlie State law. and that tlie I'. S. court had no jurisdiction. The sentence ha not yet been pronounced. pro-nounced. Canaudaigua, N.Y.. IS." At 2 p.m.. to-day. the case of the I". S. against Tom-. Marsh and Hall, inspectors of election, who registered the names laud received the votes of Miss Anthony An-thony and her co-defendants, were placed on trial. The proof on the part of tlie prosecution was similar to that in the case of Miss Anthony. The de-fen-e proved the good faith of the parties accused in receiving the votes, and rested. The ease was argued on the part of the defense by Van Voor- 1-ies. uf Kochcster. At the close of hi argument, the defendants' counsel coun-sel asked to be permitttd to address tiie jury in their behalf, which request w;is reiused by the curt. He then asked the court to charge tlie jury that if tiie jury lclieved that tiie defendant de-fendant acted honestly and according accord-ing to their best judgment, and had j .uV erred in judgment, they should , lv acquitttd. Tins the court refused. .Indue" Hunt then announce! his de-I de-I eis-ion, overruling tiie defense, and i -taled that in a ease o:Urmg a Ver- i diet of guhiy. as he d:d m th.c c;isC oi j ML-s Anthony, he would submit the ' case to tiie jury, with instructions j that tin re was ::o iust::icaUon lor the ! acts of the defeneiai-.t-. a::d that in ci-i ci-i feet they were ail guilty; aud stated to I tiie jury tiut they could agree hi their ; :-iaeesor retire lor at Iteration. T.:c i urv ciio-c tnc .aiier ;c..: n.tircc. T;-c court I.- k a recess of ha if an hour, at j the end of which time the jury came were '''U aga.u. with hi-trm tion 1 that ttnl'Si- i':-y agrttd wi;:mi a f. w minute-. the t"'.m w-hd adj-urn till m. 'ru::ij. Fire. N..w Y.-rk. "-. Nt:'-planing and The- Uool Harkel. hnimi-s v.:t.: -j . nl . i ;i -r ii-' ii-' crva-d inq-iuy iL-r nieces. iX-iirs are di.---i!i of Coif' Tina t- 1 ui oi'if.e t-ir- rs a- fi-t it cm,.-- to ' i. it..l. .-.d.7. of Mfh-.-an. thi... i ! I. tin-. !;wii.i ih.-'.-s l.axe U'Mi J.'. M ..r ni i nto 1"..'. Al-.ut a buiido-l ii. -n-ai:.! l-.m,f- -I New York w--t-.... and N.-w Finland tl-.o w-re , .k- u to three !,u,,h.d , '! -.ndp..'U,U of -pnn-Caiilnna .it t.. .w".. j:,. 'u iu,- .i 1 - -lit a nun- ,..l th. ..t-..nd -.ut.d- !' ' hoi.-.- : no.i. ..t : fall Cd f. -nr i l"'-. -1-1 i-i.il-l.-J:: 1 a . i. l.-r o; i if ioi-ruii W...1 ...t.ier :i..r I- ,g 1,1 . a , p. t ! but bur w.-.U an- held aU.xe the 4 In.l. rH. M.-iiilMii-. lv TV sve.obn ha-U-.-.i g.-iiei.i;i l.-ar (..-.iay. and ir thr li. -t d:iC wir.llll two Week- llo iMtn fell. Tin- p-ople are more liope- ful in icganl to f. l.oh-ra. and many . helirw tiiat a few davs of clral ! weather w:ll hrhi- a n l'-a-e from all 1 danger of the di.-ea-e. There were tifteeii interment-to-day. eieven U'lllg victims of choleni. Cincinnati, lv Two deaths honi a disease, with cholera symptoms, were reported t.nl:ty. Kntli new" ca.scs. one Iwin- sick onlv a dav. Nashville, Tcnn'., bv The cholera is not abating'. There is a considerable consider-able ex.idus' froin (be city. To-day three lravmen were aitack.tl on ihe streets, aiid ninetv convicts im-down with disease. m-V-tiv with clmlera. Thedeallis fn.m cholera, to-. lay. were thirty, nf which eight were whil.-s and twentv colored. Business is almost al-most entirely suspended, and commercial com-mercial interests are sutiering badly. (.uoil lor Hit Women. Washington, IS. A large number of promotions, ba.-ed on competitive examinations under the civil service rules, were made in the patent ofliee to-dav, tograduates of the tirst. second sec-ond and third assistant examiners, Among the clerks promoted to be third assistant examiners, was Miss Anna K. S. Nichols, of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, who is the first lady that ever received such an apMiinttneut. four ladies cralitably passel the examination, examina-tion, which was strictly of a scientific nature, each standing almve the minimum. min-imum. The commissioners hail given notice, however, that only one lady would lie appointed to try the novel experiment. Miss Nichols stood highest. 1 tin it's I.hU'M I.iitI Suit. New York, IS. The late grand jury of the Court of Oyer and Terminer Termi-ner found an indictment for libel against Chas. A. Iana, nf the Sun, on the complaint ofWm.H. Kemble, who had him indicted in Philadelphia. Iana claims his ability to prove his allegations: against Kemble. Crime. Alfred, Me., IS The jury in the case of Wanner, the alleged Isle of Shoals murderer, to-day, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Tho prisoner heard the verdict without with-out moving a muscle. Counsel for Wagner will file exceptions on jurisdiction. juris-diction. The sentence will not he pronounced until this question can he argued at the term of a full court in Julv. lielfast. Me., IS. A Coroner.s inquest in-quest in the Gordon tragedy was summoned sum-moned to-day. It was intended to have the suspected murderer present, but the popular indignation against him is so great that his removal from jail was regarded as unsafe. The little Ih.iv who was wounded is recovering, and says his uncle John struck him on the head with an axe. This evidence, evi-dence, although regarded as conclu-ssvc conclu-ssvc tf the fact, is not admissible from his tender years. .A pair of socks and a woman's switcn, both saturated with blood, have been found in the prisoner's room. The funeral of the victims took place to-day. in the presence of fully five thousand people; nearly a thousand carriages being in the procession. The prisoner pri-soner maintains an indillorent demeanor de-meanor which has marked his conduct con-duct since nis arrest. |