The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-29


were allowed to be represented by a
combined number. for a particular pur-
pose. Such force is always superior
10 double it's numbers representing varied
and diverging interests. Thrown into
the political scale it always gives pre-
pondeTance one way or the other which
cannot be successfully resisted. | shall
not enter Into a close calculation to shaw
the results; suffice il TO say, that there
are thirty three Senatorial Districts To g
lect thrty.fve Senators, one District cleo
ting three. Now, every man If common
sense will see, at a glance. that this liiplc
District, all other things being equal,
will Enld the balance. aud control every
thing Just as its Interests may dictate.
THIS dls'rlctlng is prUfessedly made per.
manent and self adjusting, and by sec.
tion IL. the Governor, Auditor and Sec
Ietary Of State, or any two of them, are,
every tenth year after 1851. to determine
and declare the number of Senators aud
Repre-en atives each County or District
shall be entitled To elect, and the Cover
nor is to Cause it to he publiShed.-T The
ratio for a Senator is 20 be- ascertained
by dividing the population by 35. This
is only specious aud descriplive-il
makes the word Of promise to the ear
aud breaks 1t tn the seDse. SO, in sppor
tioning Representatives, the population
is Ia he divided by One hundred. VIVA
then4 Is every lhirly fifth part of The
population To elect nne Senator, aud ev
cry ne hundredth part one Representa-.
tiveY-Are there to be always thirty five
Senators, and just one hundred Repre-
sentattvesl Neither the one nor the 9th
er. Section 9 reads: Every county
having a population equal To one half o
said ratio shall be entitled to Repre-
sentative.
Here is u county represented on a ra
Ito that would give a house of two hun
dred members. But read IN. Every
comfy containing said ratio aud three
fnurIhs over shall be entitled to two re
esentatives.' Now, here is between
them a county having a ratio aud a hal
win u representative, a ratio which
would give a house of sixty members
Now, ii these men represented citizens
one would have full three times as many
constituents as the other. But as the
principle adopted is that they represen
the c0unties-l am not aware that {
large county is any more OF a county
than a small county; just as a large man
is no more of q man than a small man
True, it is recorded that a very impor
tanl bill was once passed in the English
House % fLords. by the ~telIers counting q
very fat Lord as two; but that was ther
considered az an exception.
Under this constitution however. stran
ger thin g thar that will be the rule, in
stead ofthe exception. For in one coun
~ a very lean man may vote for IL Leg.
%isla:0rs at one time-while in another
the latest man alive can only vote fur
one aud one third. Such absurdities
are men driven To whenever they depal.
from the right. Well may the authors o
this scheme exclaim:
20 what u tangled web we weave.
When first we practice To deceive"
! Lonk at the result. Pike county, will
1855 Inhabitants, and Guernsey, will
3O,473, standing ever on the floor uf the
house. This is one case-the.e are 9th
ers equally gross. But | shall be toe
that this is eqnnlized, by giving the coun
ties short represented one session, an in.
increased representation at another. i
one thing more than another could prove
a bungling set Of workmen. this scheme
dues it. Could no mode be- found b,
which all the counties could participate
in Legislation but by ride and liel Du
ring the next ten years the House will
lncluate from 90 10 Ill members. 1t i.
the offspring of a system Of floats which
| hoped had beendrnwned down forever;
but under another form is here attempt.
ed to be rendered perpetual.
FRIEND.
NO. Y.