Fourthly, in New York, where the Constitution conferred the elective franchise upon “every male inhabitant of full age who shall have personally resided,” &c., “if during the time aforesaid he shall have been a freeholder,” &c.,--without any discrimination of descent or color.
Sumner points to New York's Constitution as another example of non-discrimination in voting rights based on descent or color.
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