Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-12-12

I'll N @ L anu .ni.' o'1st s1',s IN defiance
should he elected NV d,.,is,s - "'''''"s "'' "'
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ssn,ioO. Of ~ ..S a" o,. nave circulated great meo
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,led under This up,or,onn,en, shall hc r,c,h s D,,'
compo,,J OF contsuou. ,vtr, equal In nnn,b,r =, ,h
number of epn,scSta,ive. 10 which AID Sa, ,,, h. ;
led no one district eeetiny mon, than one
| Tdets of 1874 c. IL S2l
Let any unbiased thinker road This nm eonn.,ia, ,,h
the lat clause, section article Of IN. United St,t.. Cor
neutrality-suspicious. Congress to make or ait,r an,
State regulation. of The ,y,s ol,.s. AMI .,. ~ ~
ing elections for R,prrsena,iyes he ranna,
doubt perfect warrant Tor the Act before quoted
The objection TO that Act H. that il does only ,a, al
what Congress. empowered do aud requires the State
legislatures do the IL simply declares that re
senatiycs shall be elected by Districts: leaving IL TO the
State Legislatures 10 lay oil those Districts they like hest
And il this JobsaroHes do what the States can do
TAR better, and would Tar rather do Tor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and never should suc another power do for hem-that
Is complained OF mperious, BlaRdafe
ct Congress to the States is branded with tho odous
name OF the md"dsmns act: and Is contemporary
Pied upon by majority OF the Peoples Representatives!
In making the regulations authorized by tire Consul.
tution Congress IS not obliged To make complete of
them. IL may make ever So small part oi those which
are necessary, aud let the Ststes make the This
would DC wi'hn both the letter and spirit of the clause
have cited
The power to alter such regulations, clearly
implies that Conges II II chooses. may act but in part
inc SUBJECT may make partial not total change, in those
when he states have made This Just what the Act in
question mas zone IL mas merely altered the existing
regulations IN Tour OF the Sates aimuaung ihem in sin
se particular 10 oso winch exist In the other twenty-five
S'sNs' g.,
NO candid ana rational Hnnd eau help asserting ~ these
pfupsiuons Nnu et estaollh tue consutuuunality oi
the law Being constitutional, is 'ihe supreme law OF
'ie laho' lNVI.I u - Ar. W. c Here then, j.
me constitution h'ganuS' pa'paby outraged. by the party
,a, 'IiS 10 DC, m's' ''nn'ny It, aeendcr and preser
Wna' parry ever u'd OF ever "iii exist That did not
Isl, nae o'' M p''-'n' Vsc'u "' the " mig par
y N's NOR "ea'u's w inc sacred instrument but none
% n - s'S none 50 s'aiins q. TINS 1t Is Tar more en-
othouS IMAM Tue NpuTge or the New Jersey outrage; be-
cause hee 10 INFINITELY less possibility OF doubling its law
u, - II,
!, - i.s Np'"e"ey " ue pisulc'-ia". thcre Is hard
y as Se me- % opinion any "here' More than tive
,,,J 80 , PRE-, ~ '"sil Hacuce' the DisrEcI
o. e'eSuoh Is SAID TO nave been ably supported
py M an buren, as u. . senator In speech made in
-. " NeE snoNn " ne inc uuest and most
'"O'"'u WI, VI CARVING ,"t hn hrpcsont7nVc princi
~ y, 80 piuin''' ol Ht marked by sig
'"' expansion o' N'W' ana power oi n'aSonug-l, an
huinoe N'.e have Tar les humians consciousness OF
- ~ 's ' ''u I'SI ''uen mere 'A' pariakor IN
w E'u''u'' ""'' loon 10 my single representative,
WI" cares LOT NV support and M pay some respect 10 my
f ~ ~. W ,', ''"'u no. IL Iost ln the mass at
t"eNe hundred thousand constituents 81 whose IL Joint
"ePiesehAuNe perhaps NOT one would know me.
men, mere ough, In be Districts should Congress
the state Legislatures lay them of
IL the latter, no doubt frequent uniarncss would he
pTactised Wrggling mauauyeterS, who mistake utrg.
itc' = suit Peronsl ambition, party interests. But
these imusuc,s, now on this SIDE that would bal.
ancc each other IN the main; ia taking the country
through there would be approach justice. Local ccun
els too, coud beet mango those local details And sucr
accountability would aNatIacm Bat ii Congress were L.
frame the districts, one sweeping Pcrynandcr would per-
wade the Union The majority - tar ~ durt aud could
would mpartiiS own hue 10 every future representative
Party zeal would have only rival principe-th netson
al ambition at the members. regular traffic would 90 ON
among them those ut the State barteTng county for
county, district for district; and husc of different
states negotiating for mutual aid according the various
emergencies OF the day For all these nisdeeds CLOSED
over they would be by plausible pretences responsibility
would be distant aud unccrain as TO be- in fact npu
nifty.
II Congress occd fairly uniairness would he i'm
pued, and discomfort, prevail. Ii could not niedde with
such local coHccm without seeming tread ntisi,rIy
upon state ground. Inevitable ,alosc~ would foster far
and widely; and complaints would DO a thousand time.
louder lhun
Congress then. displayed consid,rae .orLearanco and
wisdom ia going just far il went-and no farther:
enactng the district noihud hat leaving to IN. Stat. u
apply It, by laying oil the di-irc- they wished t. he
represented.
The manner in which that Act has been received j. ,
,,ed
PARTY IL ever reodv tn force her .nves I, ,.,,,L -
OF the happy fruits Of sided newspaper rending Tbi"