Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-09-07
Our CongresslonnI District.

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A few facts aud figures in relation to the out
rage committed against the citizens of Meigs and
Athens counties by the Democratic Legislature Of
last winter, will show that the Cleveland Plain
dealers opinion of this 'benighted district" pre-
vailed pretty generally among the legislators.
On page 207 of the new claws of OHIO" we
find can act to a~pportion the State of Ohio into
Congressional districts" Ohio, by the census oil
1860, contains 1880, $50 inhabitants, and, by the
apportionment of representation is entitled to Il
Congressmen-one for every 94,33l. The first
district contains a population of SO,3l2; the Sec
ond, 1888; the third, 80, 1859; the fourth, sO,S59;
the fifth, 7 1926, and so on, ranging from 10000
to &C, 900 in all certain Lecofoco districts, and
where it was necessary to overcome large Wing
m a~jorities, running as high as 10000, in order
to make sufe work of it.
This of itself is sufficient to show how utterly
devoid of common honesty were theseleglslators.
But as no one has ever charged them with COM
mon honesty, or any other kind Of honesty, or
even ~decency, we PASS that by, and come now to
examine our own district.
Page 20s, we find: THE counties Of Fairfield,
Hooking, Perry, Athens, Vinton and Meigs, shall
compose the Eleventh district"
Page 209, "Abstract of Congressional Districts
we read: ''11th District-Peny, 20,774; Athens,
1927; vinton, 1858; Fairfield 30,257; Hook
ing, 14,119-tl0,2S0."
MEIGS county is not mentioned in this abstract
and yet, leaving out the population Of MeigS. j
is considerably larger than any other district il
the state. Meigs county had, in 1850, a popula
Ii n Of 1860. Add this to the total given in tn
(stAbstract," and we have a population in thi
Congressional District of 12S,24O.
Before we 60 any farther, reader, suppose yo'
draw a comparison between this district and tn
: First and Second districts; both together contain
.e ing a population, Accord ng to the same abstract
of only 1856, $50, or 28,610 more than our ow
district.
And this outrage was committed, for what2
order that Meigs and Athens county should not
a, represented in Congress. In years past, they hay
been well represented there-their Congressme
have welded an influence there which was al
thing but agreeable 10 Ohio Locofocoism. Al
Is so they tell US we shall not be represented the
at all.
at Why was not Meigs county mentioned in t
a abstract of population2 Did our "wise men, &c
S. get that there was such a county as Meigs? w
then was it mentioned on the preceding page
for one of the counties composing the Eleventh d
trict? Or did they think that the voters in tt
Dr. 'benighted district would not find out their II
"a cality? This appears most likely, considered
25 connection with the Plaindealer's opinion OF
and the acknowledged Ignorance of the legls
tors. But, what object did they expect to acco
plish by emitting Meigs county from the abstra
{. The answer is plain. They determined, at
lall hazards, to give us a Locofoco Congressman.
lis do this, it was necessary to nearly double
population of the district. Yet, the Unjust
was too evident, and needed additional rascal
to conceal it from the public. Therefore, Me
lro- county, with her population of 1850 was
eve out of the official ab~stract-still leaving the
oers trict considerably larger than any other in
state.
Leaving Fairfield county, containing 3o,257
odel ,oh;,.nts' trro.tlv Iocofocos> ont of tbe dist
ong altogether, and it would leave a population
'hs0 81, Extraordinarily more than the average IA
now But then Fairfield was needed to insure a Lo
the foco Congressman, and 1t was therefore ado
eve Now, we solemnly protest against all such
aph. cality, committed by the leaders of any party;
aaae if we ever detect any thing of the kind in
nee. Wing party, we shall certainly expose it, and
lseu deavor to defeat the object intended. 1t is
o"l in its practical workings, a party matter.
people of this county have important local IL
ests at stake-interests about which the pc
of Fairfield and Perry counties know nothing
az care less. Yet those two counties choose our
Inc resentatives for US, and we must submit.
There is one remedy, and one only. Let
III voter, Wing or Democrat, who repudiates
III aS villainy, unite to defeat its object, and teach
'c'eu' authors that the people-the masses con
"honesty the best policy"
with