As sovereignty cannot be forfeited, relinquished or abandoned, those from whom it flows—the citizens—are equal in conferring the power, and should be equal in the enjoyment of its benefits and in the exercise of its rights and privileges.
Woodhull asserts that citizens should be equal in both conferring and enjoying the rights and privileges of sovereignty.
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