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Furthermore, by the Declaration of Independence the ex-
istence of government hinges upon "The consent of the governed".
This consent is to be given through the forms and provisions where
by the governments are made and administered. This consent goes to
the framing of the constitution, to the enactment of laws under
that constitution and to the administration of those laws; and
there can be no consent without representation. Hence the dis-
franchisement of half the people and a large proportion of tax
payers and creators of wealth is tyranny pure and simple, even
though it be under the shadow and in the name of liberty and free
government.

But we seek not to weary you with the recital of axioms.
What we desire is that we may uphold your hands in revealing them
to the world and making them effective in human government. Jef-
ferson laid a deep foundation for human freedom in planting equal
rights at the roots of the tree of liberty; but it was given to
Lincoln to make those principles most effective, and to cause them
to shine as the noon-day sun in the firmament of American history.
To you, gentlemen of the Utah Constitutional Convention, it is
given to make other deep and fundamental principles of our govern-
ment effective in the administrations of law. We do not doubt
your ability and willingness to do so. But we come to greet you
in behalf of the women of Utah, to strengthen your hand and to as-
sure you that we are keenly alive to the importance and far reach-
ing consequences of your labor in our behalf.

And above all we would impress you with the fact that
the women of Utah are by no means indifferent spectators of the
drama that is now being enacted. We believe that every age has
its rising and its setting sun. We believe that the woman move-