New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-10
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Mann. Massachusetts,, ConHechcHt, term0M'
,.,,.,ors. virginia, Norh Carolina, South Car
r.o louisiana, OHIO, Kentucky, TeaHesse''
IL, Illinois. Michigan, and Arkansas-
- If the twcnty-six-have hitherto eiectea
.L.,r Representatives TO Congress IN single p''-
II. precisely as i. requmed by the ApPor''o"'
Law as it has passed the House. WIZ"
Ia therefore, except Michigan, the new La"
Ill make no change
~, c,o,.. of Neg York, Peunsylrmta, and
u,,v1and also elect by Districts but New orK
-. ono ouadruple, and three double Districts
p..u.,,ys,;, one treble and one double District
uarylsnJ one double District. All the rest
II ar. single Districts. This irregular Dis
,,,,iog opens door for unfair and party plS''"''
40 Technically known as Gerrymanderihg.
N, J;s ,vstem. and the Wings OF New'Jer-
.av for instance, could make single DISTRICT Vi
cn..e, and Warren Counties and two treble us
-. 6 the ro.t Of the State, and secure to them
,,l,,. nr of the serea RePrese"'aH'e'' eve"
nonch The aggregate popular majority "owa
I.ro;.,, tLeu. But with single Districts tins
.,,,ot be done And il is because 1t checks Yer
rymandering that Loco-Focoism so desperately re-
.;.,. and its organ The Sun SO bascIy boles, TINS
nroyi.ion Of the New Apportionment law.
The State. Of Ner-Hampsh,re, (5) Rhode 49,
and on Ne,c- Jersey (6) Georgia (9) Ms"'sPp'
(2l and M,,sour, (2) have hitherto elected their
Representatives by General Ticket. This gives
the States adopting it much greater political in
ersrce than their sisters while the inequality
,ball continue. New-Jcrsey has nor much greater
,:rI, an Congress, on political gsestions than
Nor. York or Pennsylvania. Is thi. right Its
.aec, if persisted in, will inevitably be to drive
III the States into the General Ticket system
Whom this ia done, New-York with her forty-cight
REPRESENTATIVES can govern the legislation Of the
r,;on these will in effect be made by a few man.
aging leaders who govern the caucus which nomi-
,a,e. them They may be elected by less than
Thousand majority. Permit this system, and
majority of two or three great States may govern
tho Union in defiance of an aggregate popular
majority of q hundred thousand in the whole Union
against them
The State of Aiabama has always till last year
chosen her representative. by single Districts as
n,ov;led by ,hi. law But her last Legislature
.ow chance to turn her Wing Members out of
Conpre. and elect an entire Delegation OF Loco
Focos BY adopting the General Ticket system-so
thew did it, The people condemned this manGu-
yre and by decided majority directed the resto-
ration of the Districts; but meantime its end vas
Accomplished 1t is to prevent such Jugges that
tho Di.,rie, amendment WIS added to the new
Law.
Each State is to be Distributed by it. own Lee
gisla,ure; fifteen Of the twenty-siH Legislatures
are Loco-F0c three are divided, and several
are doubtful. The Wings will not have the Dis
tributing of more than six States. Need another
word be sid in refuaton of the talsehood that
the Wings seek TO gerrymander the State. =
All they ask is that there be one fair uniform sys
TEN throughout the Union. This We trust they
have power to accomplish
A. TO the Constitutional cavil, it does not de-
serve serious attention. The Constitution ex-
prcs.lv SAYS that " The times, places and manner
=" Of holding Elections for Senators and Repre-
"scntativcs shall be prescribed in each State by
the Legislature thereof; but The Congress may
Eat any dWe by lax, mafe or dHer such reg"Id-
tons, except as to the places Of choosing Sena-
"tors." IL this provision does not give Congress
full power over the subject, neither does IT give
the Legislatures such power, for one is as broas
As the other Indeed, the leading opponents OF
the Disrictine provision in Congress were driven
10 the necessity of con,ending that any District
inc was wrong, and that each citizen OF any State
had Constitutional right to vote for all the Hep
resenstivcs to which such State is entitled, which
could not be modified
such are the plain facts in thi. case. Perfect
equality and fairness throughout the Union IL the
sheet and end of the District Amendment. What
the object of its opponents is, the reader will
Judge
10 Our friend in Green County, Wisconsin,
who write. rs postage unpaid) in vindication OF