Holly Springs gazette., 1842-11-18

n~9 zZA mdiJiNl ONCi tlC SUI
aoo1.ar Loco FOco in it, elect
.luor and majority Of the
lThey bad 80 to 36 ID the
neir opponents bad I5 to l2
Oa this Legislature devol-
a-g dl.y Of electing two Mem
States Senate, both seats from
vacant, aad Tennessee with
atl,ion Ia that body. The
III uol The positive law
a,e-,ri5el az election on Joint
..r3 Houses, anl besides il was
else,.on could be made by
.-llv oooosed il 10 other way
I-,be wig House promptly pas
.eign u ~ into joint Ballot
Jf,r mItie Senate, after much
,fv c5acg-red in it-ihe Loco
-f.fa5 represents a Wing Dis
wal tbe Wings to carry Il.
DO did the Whig Members
gsgses. SD did some of the Lo-
tstas mlss oftheir Members, es-
Jts Senate, refused 70 BE- present
election; and a law Of the
tv5 .hiu:s Of each IIoese 70
.s1 l Joint Ballot, 10 business
.,sc.ed, no election mlde Re
were made, with this i1enti-
u m ibe Wings had to give II up,
Ne State without representatives
n Of the Union, where measures
ng her interess Were CON
discussion. The L0cofocos
umr unless the Wings would
The two Senators, and take
i such a quasi Whig as they
sila to secure an election, based
s0i The majority. was contem ptu-
L The Locos fist banteie cd
aI resignation Of the Senate and
\ % .hc people. The Wings agreed
an The challengers changed their
Y Nd aid ;he House must resign also
aI the Wings, suppose we con
eve up the clear majority IN the
Joint Ballot that We now have
al. against nothing demand
.miaon of vou-nameIy, if we beat
--In, YOU must assure US that YOU will
ans Iut0 Joint Ballot and allow us to
5lr senator's" mo, sirs," said the
y -Ue viii make no promises
v what use in our resigning," said TIA,
Y -xe will stand where we are, an,
YOU perform your duty"
Nss a simple resistance of the mi
uI.ug thems lives Democrats } L
! OF the majority, both Popular un'
iye There Was no reSigning-n,
\ a .he People. The minority, elect
ro wears, determined to keep th'
rsi long uarepresenled in the Sen
:. the mai0riiy woalI spccunb +,
catioa And how much has thi
-isu hurtthe Loco Foco partyl No
vote, locally. or any how.
lease uc, wholly dlssimiIar has sfnct
presented ia Ohio. There the Wing
IN a minority IN the Legislature, CT
m the Senate, 50 to 81 in the Hlusr,
ga claiming majority on the poPuld
This Legislature assemblies TO Di:
he State for members Of COngres!
aIoriiy themselves a majority onl
tle Of most unfair Legislative Al
asa;.) devise with great labor and triI
|al plan which will give them, VIII
an half the popular vote. il to Z
l,m5ers Of Congress. TO do this, the
breed % make the Districts grossly IN
n population and shamefully dlstort'
.uanarous in Shape-some ofthem nea
hmirel miles long and of slender wIi
fiay crooking aud skipping here al
\ IN order TO pile the strong Wing ccu
ngeiher, and bury the weak ones und
atonger Loco FocO.
.ha Wings, after resisting. protesting,
israilng against this hagrant injustice
virtual subversion of the first princip
Republican Government, were at Il
.sn 70 the extreme step Of resiguinr the
IS and thus leaving each House witho
aorum-oi course, incompetent to CO
innate the meditaied iniquIty. They {
d" There Is no urgency about this IN;
me Dis:ricts may Just os well be ma
lAe next Legislature 50 soon to be ca
aud the members elected at the ne
ar election, two months before tht
y requred TO take their seats:
We SIMPLY appeal from fraud to the D,
!, iai by a step which we have each
Y 70 '1'le--that Of resigning the tru.
! .l.ai..'ed 10 us to the people.-W hat har
-leTe be IN this r.
N9W We sec in this a precedent whir
I! e gioSsiy, dangerously abused: \
'l'aA ne hazard ofthe step must alwa
great that its repetition is lutte like
y Heqlent We might or might 4
\ sounseled its adoption; having be
y without our knowledge. we wished 0
" lnends we'll out Of IL and would ha
yea them through If in our power. y
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