Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-04-01

tdllicS Ill tiIc Lteisi" NJ "a
I cnn, against the Bill Re-dis-
trictins the State.
W e, the u ndersigned, numbers Of
THE House of Representatives Of the
State of Ten hesste, claim our con-
istitutional ri. ht to enter tlis our
protest agaii list an act passed at the
present scssid Ia, ''entitled an act to
apportion th { REPRESENTATION in the
General Assem mbly Of the Slate ior
! the following reasons:
/ Because wq believe that the whig
party, haying K a majority in each
branch of th4 present General As
sembly, have disregarded the consti-
tuition OF the Etateb by leaving a large
fraction in some Of the counties un-
represented, and by giving to others
a representation to which they are
not entitled Because they have
done manifest injustice to the East
Iern and Western divisions of the
State, in d dlsfranchising large num-
Der of the voters of those divisions;
while in the Middle division they
have given a Senatorial representa-
ton which the census returns will
not justify. To ps it is manifest
that requirements of the constitu-
ton have been disr egarded, and per-
tions Of the voters OF many counties
disfranchised, for t be sole purpose Of
continuing the pow er in the hands OF
the whig party, t hey have steadily
refused to admit az y amendment to
the bill as originally prepared by the
party, except in al lw. instances, when
il was necessar y I'D conciliate mem
bcr5 of their pwn party, and thus
enable them to pass the act OF which
we complain.
/ The constitu tion Of the State re-
louites that wheh fraction is lost to
any county in the apportionment to
the House of Representatives, it
shall be made up in such county in
the Senate. we will not take up all
the cases of injustice to the demo
cratic party, and partiality to the
wings, but we present instances sui
fcient to ia stify US in asking that
this protest be entered on the jour
nal.
The census returns show that
there are 159.270 voters in the
State. There being 2G Senators, +
go votes are re qulred tbr each sena-
torjal district; the Cd senatorial dis
trict, by the act referred to, is made
ND asfollows: II awkins, 2,25 | voters,
beino Alb under the number re-
ouired for a senator. The 81 dis
trict Is made up as follows Greene,
3.ll0. Cooke, 1904, Sevier ,202,
and Ilount >, ,2G2-in all 7,95S vo-
ters. being l.9S0 more than the
number required. If Greene coun-
f. had h been placed with IIa4cock, all
a,lioihipe and jefferson substituted
for r G Greene, the Sd district would
number C,S39, and the ID 81 10
This would have made more equal
the voters of the two districts, bpt it
would have made the ID district lem
ocratic, hende the necessity Of max
iug one Of those districts with an
excess of ,Go9 voters, and the 9TH
er wit h a deficit Of, 473; the county
of Gre reene is entitled to but one rep
rescntative. 1t has, however, a sur
plus of more than l,l00 voters,
which is not made1up in the senate
rial district. The wing party placed
Greene county ma senatorial us
trict having larger excess than any
other in the whole State. The coun-
ty Of Jefferson with an excess of on
" 27S, is placed in a senatorial dis dis
trict where there is a deficit OF 4 .,
and there comes into the same float
inc district with Greene, in this way,
the 3II0yoters of Greene are not
60 f,llv represented as the 2,26S vot-
ers of Jefferson. Greene county
Gives the democratic party $40 ma
iority while Jefferson gives 1850 to
the wbirs; hence the cause Of disIran-
chisine so many of the voters Of
Greene and bestowing favors to JEFF
ferson.
The 4th district is made up as fol-
lows: Knox, voting 3,054, and Roane
voting 1904, in all 5,04S, being . y
votes less than required. Knox has
a i ess fraction than Greene; this lrac-
ton ia Knox, is not only made up. IN