Every State must legislate in regard to restriction on suffrage according to the character and condition of its inhabitants. But a citizen of the United States is one thing. and a voter in a State quite another. The educational qualification may be irn- Distribution of the foregnbar populationfor the lostive decades. the destiosed on sfrago the ground that a citizen who is absolutely nation of immigrants for the last three years. and the distribution of the pose~on sffrae on he goundwhite forcignbe napaupers and criminaZsfor 1330. compared. ignorant is not qualified to judge of the capacity of the law- - e __a_____an _criinal r compare d t makers and the rulers who offer themselves for position. If Distributhere is any danger to the elective franchise from illiteracy. the Distribution of the foreign- Destination of tion of States can remedy it by adequate legislation. born population. immigrants. white forThere is a clear distinction between a citizen and a voter. The Geographical inborn division. n180 quali ty of being able. through a selected agent. to make laws and d 820. provide rulers is different from the quality of quiet obedience. y.50. ISCO. 1870. 180. 1890. 1893. 1894. 1895.
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