Note 137 — Chapter XIV · (continued 5)
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Women's Rights Petition.
To the Honorable, the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York:
Whereas, the women of the State of New York are recognized as citizens by the Constitution, and yet are disfranchised on account of sex; we do respectfully demand the right of suffrage; a right which involves all other rights of citizenship, and which can not be justly withheld, when we consider the admitted principles of popular government, among which are the following:
1st. That all men are born free and equal.
2d. That government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.
3d. That taxation and representation should go together.
4th. That those held amenable to laws should have a share in framing them.
We do, therefore, petition that you will take the necessary steps so to revise the Constitution of our State, as that all her citizens may enjoy equal political privileges.