The French obtained a measure of acquiescence among the propertied classes. It distinguished between the propertied "active" citizens and the poorer "passive" citizens. In South Carolina, "regulators" were not rebels, but a vigilante force of propertied elite men. A communal society is established, despite the objections of the propertied class. The poorest of the propertied men of the city comprised the fifth class. Members were elected annually by the propertied citizens of the towns or counties. The Volunteer Corps typically drew its members from the propertied classes. In time, women of the propertied classes copied these outfits. Propertied men voted; in no colonies was there universal suffrage. Propertied women in the colony of South Australia were granted the vote in 1861.