New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Tuck on LOcO-FOcO Gerrymanderins In
New-Hampshire-The Contested Eiecuon
Correspondence Of me Tribune.

Case.
Correspondence Of me Tribune
W.smScroS, Friday, Jan 10.
The New Hampshire contested Election case i.
will be seen, was decided to day by the eoAnrnlA
tion Of the occupant, Mr. MoRRIsoS, OPP.
Ofthe speakers who took part IN the voilm.n
GUS discussions TO which the case gave rise' MI
TUCK of y. II. seems to have presented the clear
est. most concise and comprehensive view, aud he
gives chapter in the history Of Loco Foco Gerry
Wandering in that State quite unique aud SPICY
Foul corruption, outrages upon the political right
If voters. and gross violations Of the fundamental
laws of the land with regard TO representation
stare YOU in the face at every sentence
But TO the merits Of the case as they appear
from the statements Of all parties concerned
They are briefly these;
vacancy was occasiOned last SIMMER 0y
the resignation of General WILs0S, Wing. Pend
ing this resignation the State was redlstrct-
ed Though IL had been Gerrymandered once
before in 1876, since the last census OF lefo,)
four Loco Foco towns were added belonging
IN Mr. PEAsLEE's district. The Governor then
ISSUED his precept 70 til the vacancy. The
candidates were Mr.. MORRISON, l.. +. and Mr. PER-
v1Ns. Wing. In the district made vacant by Gen.
WILSON'S resignation the Wing received malo-
ritv but with the four Loco Foco towns added ne
was in q minority.
Every sane man knows that no town or county
can have two representatives in Congress az the
same time Consequently, 50 far as what remain
ed of Gen. WILsONs term was concerned those
four towns had nothing to say in the matter, as
thew were already represented by the member
from the district 10 which they formerly belonged
Gen. PEAsLEE
Ofcourse there is no farmer or mechanic in the
country whose common sense will not at once
settle that point, whether or not ne nave any
knowledge Of Constitutional iaw
But let US look ct Mr.. Tuck statistics, w1'ch
Give a tolersbe fair idea of New-Hampshire Ger
Tvnanderiuc under the late act Of 1850, under me
OPERATIONS Of which the Opposition member Mr.
NoRRlsoN. obtained his seat. Mr. TUCK says
In order be- able to lay before Inc ouss scn ,acs
az would xrose he merits OF the act Of 1891 have as 'r
famed from Tho Marshal of tho Sate' VINO compee 'le
Genus soon after tho late ac. was passed ue o'o"mg
The population Of The several Districts formed by The
act ofJay H. 1850 is as follows Dist contains o55l;
II contains 81 1885, III contains 95443; ~ contains tO
The two Loco Foco Districts contain as II APP
pears, q population OF l36,30s. The two wing
districts contain H. 1923. Difference, 42,927.
The ratio of representation is 706Sl, and the
two Loco Foco Districts, Nos. and 4, as viii be
seen. contain less than this, while the Wing Dis
trcts contain about 10000 more, enough to entitla
them TO a fractional representative according 20
the provision. By this arrangement one third OF
the State sends two members, and the other two
thirds send two members. Upon this Mr.. TUCK
pungently remarks
In the South five slaves equal TO TWO white persons
in right OF representation In New Hampshire our Demo
cratic brethren have embarked in the enterprise OF giving
two Democrats the weight OF representation as thee
Wings"
Inste ad of giving the New Hampshire Loco
Foco three out Of four Of the members from that
etutv, tloy e-sht az lauV governed to be deprived
of those they have representing districts composed
of less than the fixed ratio
Ii was painful to see Southern w higs to-day
voting against the Wing contestant because Lo-
CO. Focos started the story that PERKINS was In,
clined to Free. Soilism, while MoRRlsoN they SAID
was sound on the black question The fact is that
PERKINS is a sound, reasonable conservative
Northern man, whose supporters were legitimate
Wings. and MORRISON whatever he may be, de-
pended very largely upon Free Soil professions
ior his election. AS | understand you will have
the Ayes and Nays, it will be well to mark those
who voted against PERKINS, as well as many
present who lodged. There may be day OF
reckoning for these laithless sectional Wings
This is q game at which any number can play.
Would Democrats have done this Not they
Had MoRRIsoN been another GlDDINGs they
would have swallowed bin. ..
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