The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-09-17
Re-plslrIetlng ihs slale,

IL NY nnjaas unequal and incoassAarni @
,,.;sa n shs as.s iaao dislsisas wAirk rs mAAs
b tk< D1ssrr.sis Legiasiuss 4 1873. rs
s-sa ssiisr q veg gre conlaaius. - aaly
hecsuss e IL dirers yiolslioa - lhs RrTuliiean
msrim thai m.isriies musi rar. hus heraazs e n
csmnrsdag IasrshrE cosnlies having 10 comma-
u.s,y q iHAansas IN dissra q unsrrmly lengths.
.or.e ef lhrm ssrr,rhed Sut in Iines q more than
on hsnared and iiiiy uiilss. TIE Stale : ua-
sses,isaaily Wig; ths popular HoiOs has = as-
odd IN every elreiiOn lor GOtemOr siEoe The -
l.rsisa q lhai ofiorr has bsrn oonkacd 10 tls
,.esPse, b. msj miiirs varying from ihHs 10 twehe
t,,oasaAL W Or panty purposes. he nsmocrats
having de power, they % Gsugmsnaered The
dissreis = % secLre 10 ihsunselses fire represen-
lsiiyes in congress 20 our Jours in the PresrHi
cOngrrs. shey have ar % our ihrss. Nhsrehy ths
Republican Tuinciple i subycre'l, and a minasify
Of The PeOPle cleo > naiaiiy of the Tspnsrnta-
Iixes
Oder esik grow gu, q dis iniquitous schsme.
which might hc avoided b more eOmpsrs ar
rangemcn, ofshe aitlIiets. We will sPeak OfOar
own disinct-OraRge, Person. Granville, Warren.
HaIifaI-One hundred and iily miles in lcngth.
!, j. too great . lensth 10 " conveniently can
Vassrl. Fhere Is loa Iiiile intercourse between
the extremes 10 produce unity Of iecling; and loo
little knowledge u s4ch CHER % create commit
nifty Of interests. What We say Of our own, may
lslid Of most Of Inc other districts. For instance.
oar neighbaring district. which commences with
Guilfard county, and extends across The state 10
the South Carolina line; and the casweIl district
extending up 10 Ashe,.. In fact the whole arrange
ment Of the districts Is a.gross SioIsiiOn Of justice
anil ofshe nights aud convenience Of the people.
This thins was - raIpsbly unjust, ,hat-ai a
meeting Of the Wing citizens q. 0nngs, held in
tlr Nasonic Hall in this place on the .sth Of
My, 1913. The following resolution was adopted,
unanimously: .-..
Rs@lrtd, That, in the opinion Of this meeting
as the power ia ncOntes,ibIe. 50 the duty Is impe.
ra,ive upon the next Legislature, 10 rcmoid the
Congressional districts upon principles Of equality
and justice, and with due regard To the popular
scntimeGt Of the state.
This resolution, We lelicsr, expressed tho gen.
eraI sentiment Of the Wing party throughout tho
state at tina, time but the Legislature which sal
in the fall Of that year was not faSOEably consli
tused; for though the Wings had majority o
twenty-five in the House of Commons, the par
,ics were equally divided in the Senate. Nothing
therefore was done,
The election which has just terminated, not on
" shows, a. heretofore that the state Is thorough
" Wing. hnt has given TO Us . majority in boil
branches Of the Legislature. The question Q
rc-,iistricling The state has therefore again com
up AMI has excited considerable interest in pr
va,e CYCLES. We zee also that il has been hrougf
before the public in an editorial article in the New
herman Of The slh instant, and in the Raleigh y,
sis,cr Of Friday last "
Two questions prescn, themselves in conneciis
with the subject: l. il constitutional. Is texp'
dent And first, Is il constitutional Gu .h
question the action of the Legislatures Of the =
cral states has been sufficiently free, We shoul
suppose, 10 relieve any doubt; none has ever e.
listed in our mind. II any should yet doubt, "
refer them to the article which We copy belo
from the Register; we think tho arguments a
clear and convincing. #.. @
As to the cxpcdiency of the action. We thin
oil objections must be dissipaied by the consid
ration Of its bearing upon the Presidential ele
ton. As suggested BY the article in the Regi
ter, il is probable that there may be moro thu
two candidates in the field, and consequently th
the choice of President may be casa upon d
House Of Representatives. II is known that
that event the vote is given by states, and If q
change proposed be not made, we should witne
the preparation Of the glaring Inconsistency
giving tho vote Of Wing state TO Dcmocra
President. We will say no more noS, but Gle
with the following from the Raleigh Register
First, as fothe po,cer: The constit
lion Of the United States. (Article |, Sc
ton 2,) pro, tiles ih., Representative
aud direct taxes shall be appo'tioned
mong the several States according 10 tho
respective Numbers, &c. The actual Ell
meralion shall be made within three yea
after the first meeting Of the Congress
the United States. and within every su
sequent term Of ten years, in such ma
ncr as they shall by law direct" BY u
clause, representation is to be allotted e'
ry ten years, according TO Census TO
directed by Congress and thus, the i"
Portionment' of lis Representatives
eaeh STATE is required to be made for 4
years, and when made, it stands. of cour'
Cor ten years: But how are the Rep
sentatiyes 10 be chosen! Does the ca
shtutioG. in any manner. require or in
mate, that the manner of choosing. sh
be deters,ined for ihe period Of len,