This article proposes that granting universal suffrage without some voter qualifications is detrimental to the safety of our government. The writer quotes from the Logansville, Indiana, newspaper an account of the sworn statements of voters in a contested race. The sixteen men said they could not say for whom they voted, mostly because they could not read. Some states required that a man own property in order to be allowed to vote. The writer does agree that although the property ownership restriction may not be the right one, some qualifications are needed. The Gazette & Mercury was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 27, 1837 to July 13, 1841, when it changed its name to the Gazette & Courier.
Greenfield Gazette and Mercury. “Article about universal suffrage and freedom of elections in the Gazette and Mercury newspaper.” October 17, 1837. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-120/. Accessed on December 4, 2024.
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