Nothing is said about qualifications of electors. not one word. Of course. we have the thirteenth. fourteenth. and fifteenth amendments. I am perfectly sure that this was the meaning of the Constitution on the question even before the passage of those amendments. but it is made more definite by the fourteenth amendment. as follows: All persons born or naturalized in the United States. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. nor shall any State deprive any person of life. liberty. or property. without due process of law. nor deny to any person within Its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Mr.
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