Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-09-13

winds law and order to destruction all hail the
Vrants power might shall make right and liber-
~ ooW 10 dTo'rdry lat0 Driven to a last necessily
ellheI 10 let the majority rule, or to bare excess
OF power in the Legislature which the remisness OF
the Wings allowed them TO temporarily obtain, by
which in dsticting the State the voice of the ma
jory can be stined, they will hesitate, for no con-
sideration whatever, to adopt the alternative and
bully forward the infamous project At present, as
above stated through the remissness ofthe Wings,
the Ocos have majority in two-thirds Of the State
Legislatures yet in but six states in the Union have
they an actual majority of voters as was fully shown
in the presidential contest Of 1910 and we doubt
not they count the distrcting of the States God
send" chance to crafty their inherent love of re-
venge and plumber, as the Arabs do vessel ship
wrecked on their coast
Our readers already apprized of the Ohio az
lair. In that state is an immense majority of Whg
voers-clean OF. 900 in 1910 we think i, vas
but through gross negligence on the part of the
Wings the locos obtained bare majority in the
legislature, and as the Governor, though a Wing
hasno Ucto power, they were proceeding with
all the coolmpudence imaginable to arrange the
districts in such manner as to secure themselves
large majority of members Of Congress There
was no redress in the case-the abuse must be
tamey submitted 10 or the Wings must vacate their
seats and leave the banditti without a Quorum and
consequently without power to transact business
They did vacate their seats; they returned TO their
constituents and to their decision submitted the
question. They did right Their constituents tri
umPhanily sustain them as they did Joshua r. Gid
dings in similar conduct in Congress But the To-
cos defeated in their plans and enraged at the de-
feat, are pouring out their btterest maedictions on
the Wings, and holding up this transaction as an
unparalleled instance political depravity. They
have forgotten the Circumstance in the Legislature of
Tennessee, where the loco senate refused to obev
the requirement of the United States Constitution and
meet the House in joint ballot for u S senator's in
consequence of which the State was unrepresented
during the session just closed. And why did they
refuse Was there any pretence of unfair or illegal
representation or any thing else 10 serve as an ex-
cuse No-not thing The sole reason was.
the House 'oGs Wing, had Wig majority in JOINT
ballot, and they toouid elect Wings to Congress "a
precedent, without a shadow of Justification which,
II carried out, would virtually amount to dissolu-
ton of the Union! The truth is, it is not Justice
but Uictory which is aimed at by loco focoism, let
that victory be obtained by whatever means it NAV.
In the New York legislature, too the same despe-
rate game playing up and the most rascaly gerry
Wandering of the State is under full Roadway. 1t
is not improbable but the Wings in that body may
be driven to follow the example Of Ohio. In both
cases all the trouble aud the consequences to come
are chargeable to that unacc ountabe reluctance of
the Wings to turn out to the polls. In N. Y. as in
Ohio, they have heavy majority. When will tho
Wings learn wisdom by the things they suffer T.
when will they learn the value of their privileges as
voters and free born Americans5
The chain of dependencies from the single tote of
every man runs unbroken through our whole system
oil government-not link is gone IT'S like a
complex machine ;---act upon one wheel and that
acts upon another-that on another still, till every
part feels and responds 10 the influence BY depos
ltlng one vote, the scale may be TUNED and one wbig
town representative be choSen-that one represent
alive may give one majority in the legislature-,bat
one legislator may vote down such Districtinp
schemes as those we are complaining of, save a
State from being msrepresented and secure Wbip
majority IN Congressman that States members
may defeat The mad schemes of loco focoism and
promote the welfare Of the whole country. 1t NAV
pass U, s. Bank bill and save the precious tariff
we have got. For want of that one uote, powerless
and Insignificant as it may seem, the reverse of all
this may be the case.
Our own State is fortunately secure from loco
loco gerrymanderng, but had they obtained the
power, would they not have played up Ohio and
New YORK with US And may not the tremendous
efforts made by them this year to gain the ascendan-
cy have owed one half their unwonted life TO the
hope OF Districting the State in this manner
UTWe learn that some lokies in Chtenden Co
provided themselves with tar barrels and ,o,,oo. a.,