The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-12

note we'll what they say. The following con-
densed view Of the political effect Of slavery
upon the North, by Northern man of great
power, should be read, therefore, by all of us:
"By the Constitution OF the United
States, in the apportionment of representa-
lives to Congress, five slave, count the same
as three freemen. This is provision
unknown in former national codes, resting
on a principle un-democratic, detrimental to
Liberty, and hitherto unheard of. the princi.
pie OF allowing parts Of nation political
power in proportion TO the number of men
which they hold in bondage. 1t would
have astonished the Heather Democracy OF
Athens long centuries ago. BY this ar
rangement from 1889 to 1892, the South
gained seven representatives in the first
Congress from 1895 TO 1S13-foureen
from 1913 TO 1S2S-nineteen; from 1923
to lS33-twsnty-two; from 1888 10 1913
twenty-five. BY the las. superintendent
bill. one representative is allowed for
7O,6S0 free men, or a propOnionate mum.
Der Of slaves. By this arrangement, in a
House of only 225 members, the South
gains twenty representatives on account of
her slavss--rnore than one twelfth part of
the whole. ...
At present the North has l3S representa-
lives for 9,72S, 1922 souls; Or 9.T27, 1913 Tree
men; ONE representative for each 10,492
free men. The South has 81 representa-.
lives. There are within the slave States
1 ,S4S, l05 free men; they have one repre-
sentative for each S., 125 free persons.
I'm the next Presidential election the
Nouh will have loo electoral votes; the
South III. The North mas an electoral
vote for each 81, $40 fee men; the South
one FOR each 41,4SG. Part Of this differ.
ence is due to the fact that in the South
there are several small States. But twenty
electoral votes ara given by the South. on
account OF her property in slaves But if
slaves are merely property, there is no reas-
on why Southern Negroes should be repre-
sen;ed in Congress more than the Spindles
of the North.
"But the South pays direct taxes for her
slaves in the same proportion. A direct
tax has been resorted 10 only four times
since 1889 by the General Government,
viz. in 1898, 1913, 1914, and 1916. The
whole amount assessed is $4,000 900.
Or this about Sl2,75O,0O0 was actually
paid into the treasury Of the United States,
though part in deprecated currency. OF
that, the South paid for her slaves. il the
computation be correct, only e1,256,j5
"ln 1887 the surplus revenue OF the
Union, amounting to S37, i6S, $50 g, was
distributed among the several States in pro-
potion to their electoral votes. BY the
census OF 1880, the North had 1,008,4 51
free persons, and the South but 3,S23, $50.
The free States received S21,410,77 y,
and the slave States s16,05s.O62 IS.
Each free man Of the North received but
50 o., while each free man Of The South
received 81 20 in that division.
"At that lime the South had one nun
bred and twenty-siI electoral votes, Of
which twenty Eve were on account of her
slave representation. She, therefore, receiv.
ed by that arrangement s3,1e6,121 30 on
account of the representation Of her slaves.
From that if We deduct the 2 l,256, 55S
paid by her as direct taxes on her slaves,
there is left Sl,929,514 30, as the bonu,
which the South has received from the
treasury of the Nation on account of the
representation OF slaves-So1ihern property
represented in Congress. To this we mus
add 957 $50, which the South received il
1912 from the sale Of public lard on &C.
count Of her slaves, the sum is 1887,
$50 50. Mr.. Pinckney w,s right wher
he said the terms were not bad for tn
South.
SLAVERY diverts the freemen from Indus
try, from Science, from Letters and the Ele
CANT Arts. 1t has been said to qualify hin
, ior Politics. As political matters hav
been managed in the United States in thl
century, the remark seems justified by tn
facts. Elections are not accidents. U
the eight Presidents elected in the nine
teenth century, SIX were born in the South
children Of the slave States. No Northern
man has ever twice been elected TO tn
highest office Of the Nation. A similar re
suit appears in the appointment OF import
AIT OulCtIS ny uIO L icSiuoIS HhiSSh'
From 1889, to 1915, one hundred an
seventy appointments were mace OF mlni'
ters and charges to foreign powers; OF thes'
q seventy-eight were filled from the Nortl
n nnety-tw0 nun Tire pUu,h. or ,i'v -~~e-.;
; four ministers plenipotentiarY sent to Il
rope before 1916, foIty-three were from tn
!. slave States. There have been iiltee
, Judges of the Supreme Court flom Il
e North; eighteen from the South. III
e Office of Attorney General has been fo'
1t times filled by Northern men, fourtee
!, times by men from the slave States. U
d of thirty Congresses, eleven only have hi
e Speaker from the North. These are 81
v ni6csnt facts, and plainly show the aP
n tude of Southern men to manage the P
In litcal affairs of America. There are /
lots for fair weather; Pilots also only tfu
v ed in a Storm" ..s
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