Show ii political t boal R eights ond comical poli ical lego td assion 6 ar 7 wounds woun ns rights abich just now is attracting attention ea eat cast t vr ardly the claim for farre is ir in sifted on as 08 one of there rights in tb of the several territories olies for nd ad mi mission aion into tho the union politicians politician t and orn ora torn tore dwell largely upon ilia ho right of tilt th not only to bo be represented in congles Con gres but to vote for rational in tho latch rebel states thoe who tried to recede im who battled against the juniou protest nann t and clitia the right I 1 vote tote whether bether tho the government will it or not in the enfranchisement of the freedmen man main i place e it upon tho the score or of personal rl right ii obeso and in many collur instances people ns they aro are very tery opt apt to do rights with therein are lei lee into arny errors in a recent lettjr judge axtell of califor nia liin notes the distinction between cir rights which are inal inalienable genable and politic privileges which are arc merely recognized 01 conferred by lair the abo former cannot bo be takei away aray ky by legislation the latter maybe may be sait rot not to exist except by it political rights at an inherent and cannot be taken irony am ay excel for crime of which the person has been dul duh convicted political privileges anthe on tho oth licud mity may bo be conferred or denied ky by the am W making power in its discretion subject to the constitution it is the political rigl of every person to enjoy tho the fruits of his cwi earning earn ingi to be protected in life liberty nut nm property and to woi ship god according I 1 the dictates of conscience these there and bucl as these are inherent rights pertaining to evet person male or female femal 3 native dative or foreign rei ii born they are recognized and guaranteed not con fari ened d by our constitution hen heil tho the exercise of any of these thee the e rights militates against the common well weal cm they bo be rb abridged ridged in the least leas but n politico icil privilege is ia a lery e ry different thing every per xon has hae tho the right to travel along the public highway but lio ho has no right to obstruct it to the detriment of others if in the ho elemi of his bis right he does so obstruct it ho be may b punished by law and aothia to this extent his iab i in ia infringed upon but tho the right to iny a anil road trat ic the and run ruil can upon it is r political politic al privilege or fr anelli conf conferred elred by law no mail inan can call claim it tic as n p right light but the government for the common good may glint tuo tho privilege so too su sit frago if it were a 1 political light every pelson ronde fonalo nud and minor citizen and alien could erciso ex it iut it is no more than i I 1 political privilege lego heretofore in this thi S caunt it has been conferred upon fice white malt mal ci above tho the age aga of twenty one year feurt that it is i not rt a political light but a ik privilege ri is apparent from the several restrictions eions noted the voter must be let i freo paron ad a veite w bite ad ii a male mala fth I 1 t citizen by birth or and ath twenty ono deais old in tile the district Distri Lt of columbia rud and in the terri territories tories congress ha bw cliflon to expunge cane one of these restriction I 1 and enlarge ala trl echio by out ont thi th vord old white thus on the blacks tl it e political privilege of voting io in the exorcist if its power to admit new states congles h abst also required as a condition of such ad that thoy they boball con coa feron on the blace blacas s I 1 aba privilege of vot voting ilig 1 I tha holding cf office is another political ival privilege a as contradistinguished contra distinguished from a ical rig it is iu in the pr province otince of the legislature I 1 subject to the constitution to condei or restrict this privilege as it pleases which it could not rightfully rig ht fully do were ere it a political right light the privilege of holding the office 0 01 I 1 president or vice president of the united states slates in ig restricted to native born boni citizens A foreigner no matter how bow wise mise able or pop iala alar ii u excluded none but citizens ove years yeara of age can cali be senators tors in congress Congre ac them nud and such fir as these are political t privileges find and iu ill no sense political rights Con congress gross might confer on the females or un nn naturalized aWed foreigners of ilia ha territories the privilege of voting nt at elections but it would oot ba a political igal right ItT it would rould bo a merely conferring a privilege congress refuses to admit utah into the union and wo oll n hoar bear complaints that it thus deprives her inhabitants a ts of their political rights lut but in fact it is simply saying thai wo we decline for reasons well understood to confer ou on y yon pu the privilege of oaf la in tuo the case of Kc braska recently admitted I 1 Con congress griss attached the condition that negroes should be allowed to vote in tho the now state in artho tho taw easo of utah it says polygamy is tin ill of fence against tho the laws while you yon defy those laur you need neither ask nor expect tant further farther political privileges will bo be conferred in the me caso of the tha public lands ands 1 it i t has long been we policy of the government I 1 to if 0 graut grant a fee mindla title to every citizen who should loeata locate upon and improve them but bitt no ire havo hao nr ver heard beard it contended that thia var TOB a right of the citizen or doubted that it would be competent for congress to repeal al its ito pro and bom homestead estead laws the public domain belongs nation and ith rep have tho ilia right like I 1 owner oner to say on what it will be given I 1 way away a or bold if at all it h it now bow granted on ca I 1 V f certain among which are that the ho I 1 person asung it ha has performed certain re quire ments such as m sarvey curvey filing decleva ion I 1 baldin asung a prescribed oarb making certain improvements prove ments and paying a certain pries per acre the that conditions may inay bo varied made boors F Ei I 1 rin gerit or less seong f tobe clear without infringing tho the least laut wi rm tha riSh tg of anybody it Is merely a i in ii at di discretion nna policy condic Cong sq I 1 yaa a y say y that no person thell be entitled to tile fetn beliva tR of preemption pre emption ullo bils li is left alio led states find remained absent for five firs or who has been convicted et ed of cri crime me iwho r igal be is iq not 1 ae legal voter or who cannot 4 P IL 1 the ll 11 u itah language 11 or nho lie poa 6 dessos tt t t halt 0 11 it dozen cowser cows or br horses horse or sheep nud and ni v re jl irelle applicant to 6 w car that be lee los G not 1 belong to cil elt berof nd d yet rights would bo infringed t V arl rr puia eriv lego CRO abc I 1 A Cong doea djoi bot chorbi to confer pon them it v hardly be A fair d cut to object that midi an act vaas ans ofT offering ering 1 to poi jure or requiring inen fineu to siar air theus themselves elv because giua r of tho rang to to pro empt laud land have bare been absent abent ra I 1 M the alu L 1 states were not legal voters r wore veto in of a half dozen CON 8 or borses M the preemption pre emption law now we be leve iceo sl to swear afi ans never bah iah talen pilo a en up a PT pro 0 e m lailand imand lAi lA arrand tile tho in of 0 tho the fail falsely sely taking r such mch oath yet it is ou oil croone gron ridi i as theao that senator stew i it va bill regarding pre emotions in iii utah it us as am juide jui 11 Dg on the tha rights rig bt 6 of the 11 cormons lor amons mons that bill bays that 10 0 patson living in open di disregard regard of the la blaip f the united states or tho the polyn my can call avail hunell aimse hun elf arof of the benefits of the pre 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