New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-18
The Difference.

nessee By 1924 majority over the strongest and
most popular Loco-Foco in it, electng their Gov
ernor ard majority OF the Legislature lhev
had 39to Sc in the House, while their opponents
had 10 10 u in the Senate.) On this Legislature
devolged the imperative duty of electing two Mem
bers Of the e. s. Senate, both seats from the State
being vacant, and Tennessee without any repre-
sentation in that body. The uniform usage, if not
the positive law of the State, prescribed an cleo
non bv Joint Ballot of the Two Houses; and be-
sides i; was obvious that election could be made
by Houses politically opposed in no other way
Accordingly the Wing House promptly passed
Joint Resolution to go into Joint Ballot on
specified day, and the Senate, after much
deluy ultimately concured in 1.-THE Loco
Focc Speaker (who represents Wing Dis
,ricn voting with the Wings to carry it. The
day cane; so did the Wing Members OF the two
Houses: so did some of the Loco-Focos; but the
mass Of their Members especially of the Senate,
refused be preseato TO go into an election and
a lax Of the State requiring two.thirds of each
House to form quorum IN Joint Ballot no bus-
ness could could be transacted, no election made
Repeated attempts were made, with this identical
result, and the Wings had to give it up and leave
the State without represen tatives IN the Senate o.!
the Union, where measures vitality affecting her in
terests were constantly under discussion. The
Loco.Focos would do nothing unless the Wings
would give them one of the two Senators, and
take for the second such quasi Wing as they had
selected.
Every effort to secure an election, based on the
rights Of the majority, was contemporary re-
iected. The Locos first bantsred for ageneEal re-
signaton of the Senate and an appeal to the Peo-
pie. The Wings agreed to it; but then the chal-
lengcrs changed their ground, and said the House
must resign also! "Well," said the Wings;
uaunnose we cnnaant piua
Ito stake all against nothing-we demand one
condition Of you--namely, it zoe beat yon again,
you mast assare ass Nat yom scil THEN come into
Joiat Ballot and allow to elect Senators.
No, airs, said the Locos; we will make no
promises, :. Then what use in our resigning7"
said the Wings: " we will stand where we are,
and insist that you perform your duty"
Here was simple resistance of the minority
calling themselves Democrats to the rule of the
majority, both Popular and Legislative. There
no resigning-no appeal to the People. The minor
ity, elected for two years. determined to keep the
State for so leng unrepresened in the Senate unless
the majority would succumb to their dictation.-And
how much has this anarchism hurt the Loco Foco
party Not the first vote, locally or any how.
A case not wholly dissimilar has since been
presented in ONO. There the Wings were in a
minority in the Legislature (l7 70 10 in the
Senate, IS to 81 in the House,) though claiming a
majority on the Popular Vote. This Legislature
assemblies to District the State for Members of
Congress. The majority themselves majority
only by virtue of mos; unfair Legislative Appcr-
tionmcnt) devise with great labor and tribuaton
plan which viii give them, with less than halt
the Popular Vote, fourteen 10 seoen of the Mem
bers of Congress. To do this they are forced to
make the Districts grossly unequal in Population
and shamefuly distorted and monstrous in shape
some OF them nearly hundred miles long and
OF slender width-many crooking and skipping
here and there in order TO pile the strong Wing
Ceuntes sogether. and bury the weak ones under
stronger Loeo-Esco The Wings, after resisting
protesting, demonstrating against this flagran, IN
justice-lhiS virtual subversou Of the inst princ
pie OF Republican Government, were at last driven
10 the extreme step OF reSSgmimg their seats, and
thus leaving eacA House witheu, a quorunl-o
Course, Incompetent 70 consumn.ate the meditaied
lniquity. Iney argued There is no urgency
about thls matter; the Districts may just as we'll
: De made bJ the next Legislature 50 soon 10 be
chosen and the Members elected at the next
regular Election. two months before they viii be
required 10 take their seats We simply appeal
IRON 'sa9d To the People, and by step which we
nave each u right to take-that OF resispipe tbs
trusts committed to us to the People. Wbat
hara can there be in this a
Now We see In this precedent which r,, y,
grossly, dangerously abused; YET we think the
hazard e the step mus, always be SO great rhs, i.
repetition Is little likely TO be frequent. We
mght or nigh, not have counseled ;,s ,do,,;o,
having been doae withou, our KNOWLEDGE wa
wished our Ohio friends well out of il, and would
have helped them through if in our power. ya,
this step, little escvptionable in ITSELF has cos,
the Wings The STATE The cry Of I" Treason y, SO
fercely raised and reechoed BY our opponents has
alarmed thousands of Wings. they dreaded to be,
drawn into sanctiening a dangerous or anarchical
precedent; they have said little, but withheld
their influence and in many cases staid away from
fhe foiis-and thereby given temporary triumph
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