Which of the following options correctly restates the meaning of this excerpt from Anthony's "On Woman's Right to the Suffrage"?
I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged
crime of having voted at the last presidential election,
without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work
this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only
committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my
citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States
citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of!
any State to deny
O A. I can't stand in front of you tonight to speak because I have been
charged with a crime and am in jail. If I were present, I would
explain why what I did is in fact not a crime, because my right to
vote is guaranteed by the Constitution, and no state can take that
away.
B. As I stand in front of you tonight, I have been charged with a cripling:
illegally voting in the last presidential election. This is a crime