. What is real democracy? Answered by an exposition of the Constitution of the United States . a citizen, wasadmitted to representation in the constitution of the UnitedStates. The question we now have to ask is this,— havewomen, who are everywhere acknowledged five-fifths of humanbeings, and also citizens, less right to representation than theformer beast-men ? That they are already represented by themen, as is often asserted, of that the constitution says not aword, possibly because the fifth question puzzled its they are, according to the constitution, placedeven below
. What is real democracy? Answered by an exposition of the Constitution of the United States . a citizen, wasadmitted to representation in the constitution of the UnitedStates. The question we now have to ask is this,— havewomen, who are everywhere acknowledged five-fifths of humanbeings, and also citizens, less right to representation than theformer beast-men ? That they are already represented by themen, as is often asserted, of that the constitution says not aword, possibly because the fifth question puzzled its they are, according to the constitution, placedeven below the former slaves, that is, not represented at all,neither directly nor indirectly, and yet they belong to thegoverned,— aye, they are nothing else but governed, thegoverned par excellence. If this shameful conclusion, that theglorious republic places women legally even below the formerslave, or beast-man, is not to be drawn, there is but one wayto save its honor, that is, the acknowledgment that theirquality as citizens of the republic comprehends the completeequality of their 65
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