Session #46 · 1879–81

Speech #460024953

Colorado. and Nebraska over the right to prescribe the qualifications of voters is to give place to a statute enacted by the Federal Government. prescribing a rLle like that of Massachusetts. What more potent argument as to the fallacy of the existence of national elections can there be than the fact that qualifications for voters differ in every State. and that by universal rule the States have absolute control of the subject? The laws of the United States require a residence of five years within the country before a foreigner can be naturalized. This makes him a citizen of the United States. but he may be a voter for members of Congress. or for electors for President. or for the members of a State Legislature who elect a United States Senator. after he has resided six months in the country if he lives in Kansas. Nebraska.
Keywords matched
naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM WALLACE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
460024953
Paragraph
#2
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