Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-11-19


the majority? No; tn Sc vetoes we
hurled against Congressional maiorIllrs
bu not a-d:ns' ma orv of 'he people
10 prove tbs fully we have only TO SUI
nit he FLOWING calculations extracted
from a recent c'.inmunlca i "a in tie Globt
,pneI Justice" Mr.. CLAY sail al In
d.anlpoIis. that the pre- ent Congress. are
The true exponrnts oil The will OF the na'lol
on the Is ak and Tariff q estions. Sup
posing Mr.. CLAW and his trends t. be
ri ht intis the f'liowing ex'rac 81 !"
thai 'prrsuming (as tie author sayS) erery
~aig mem5cr Of oagrc$S TO represent
his constituents riti ftelty. Gcre hare
nat been enough paig rotes giDen in Con,
gress in faror Of single ~h'g measure
t. represent Il majority of tie P'ople."
Here are the cxtracfs-read them:
1.-The total nilpriiy of The popular vote
fer General III ,rIIsou in 10 10, was l43.-
401; aud this is exclusive al South Car"
Ina, whose electors were chosen hN her
.cgls atare; and who, heiug almost ex.
ciusively Democratic, woi'd have thrown
almost her entire vote against General
Harrison, and thereby redured very m tie
rialI, his majority. II ,rris"n'S m 'rIy,
lurtherm pre, was much larger thu was
,e ,eived by the VIII G members If Con-
,h,,ir In A
the st ,trs il was twice rs large. Is It lei
that p,>,; AMI let us take IL IRIS n mn
lnIty as the true criterion OF the popular
s,reng nt The Wing par,y.
'Tnc pop liar v"le tor President in 1910
was 240!7li. The total numaer of Re-
pt essen alres in Congress was 24!; st"
thai the average nHnber of voters repre-
scented by "a mcnner was aim ST exactly
l. % o. Now, Ihhn, the Wings, with ii
majority Of l43, i07 votes. would be en-
tItlcd 10 lii,le mpre lh,n IA OF II m, jp
rlty ia the House Of representatives; and
We; in that body their majority Exclusive
ii Smih Carolina) was 50 or Al mue
tn II their popular vote cntItled them 10
have.
Now let us consider the consequences oil
This en- rmously di>pr"porti"nare repre-
sentative p"wer The greatest muster "i
VIII strength in Congress, the highest
woe gwen by them in that hocy. was on
their great sine qnh nan, the hank hill, on
the 6lh August, 81. in the extra session.
Their m "ity was 81 un or ten VOTES
I,,..u I'm & ,I.aIr I.,-
tive over their popular power. Seven
teen Wing members rein,cl 10 vote FIR
that hiIl; and these seventeen represent
10000 voters, which lar exceeds the
IN riiy IF General Harrison, even leav-
ing So nh Carolina ont OF the calculate
1t Is ihns proven concu-ivelv, dem
stra,ively, alter ALLOWING the Wings the
highest maj0rit\ ilev can 81 nm, aud max
ing ~ deduction TOR SnuIh Caroina, that
the merpbers Of Congress VIII, voted for
the baak bill represented a constituency
tina, wanted nearly 10000 votes OF beng
a majority of The people.
But Mr. Clay tells us that Congress,
represents the will of the people; and,
undoubtedly, the Congressional election
OF lS4O is more Correct criterion of the
strength OF paItics than the Presidential;
for the contest for Congress came first, AMI
having shown which was the weaker par,
~, lctt that party no motive 10 rally for
the President. Accordingly. in Olin, the
aggregate nHlnrt!y for the Wing Con.
gIesSmen wa only 1905, or abnni hal
Of The Wing Presidents mi riiv; al h ,
the Aggregate votes at both elections were
nut 1000 different have MT The re-
turns of other Congressional elections
b, re me; hut, il they were similar IL,
result, he oggrcga,e Congressional IN,
lrrity OF The Why popular vote cpnid M,
have exceedaI 10000; and thus, when
seventeen Wing ,nembers, representing
10000 voters, refuse t. supper, nlIi'n
Al naDk, it proves that darling Wing inca.
SIRE t. be 100000 votes in Il minority:
mi thus The President. m veioing thai
measure, has acted IN accnrlan"e with the
will Ut ii IN ritN o! the people almost a.
large as that which elected Gen. liarri
son. And vel the President is con,inu-
lily denounced ty Mr.. Clay tnr dete ting
the will Of the people by the one nan
p"wet!
As tor the ether leading measures of
The Wings which the President vetoed,
and also those which, unfortunately, he
did not veto, they we're all carried hy
such meagre IMPURITIES (of one 10 four
votes) a 10 he according To the toreg ing
statements, the will ct a minority ot less
Than one third of the people of the United
States. The bankrupt law and the tariff
-buIh of which pissed finally by mi
iority Ut one vo,e-were carried CONTRARY
IN the will Of u majority OF about half a
million of vIiers.
The Wings have delighted in stigma