Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-06-23

upon the principles oil equality, as provided by the
preceding article. We apprehend that ali circum-
ought to be taken into consideration TO de-
termine a representation founded in equality and
that neither the number Of rateahIe polls any
other circumstance sing considered determines
such a representation. This State is constituted Of
great number of distinct and unequal corporations
| which are The immediate constituent parts of the
! State; and the individuals are only the remote
parts in many respects. In all Of the Legsla-
ture which respect particular corporations each
poration has distinct and separate interest clash
Jog with the interests OF all the rest. And, long
as human nature remains the same it now is, each
representation Will be under an undue bias IN favor
Of the corporation he represents; therefore, any
! large corporation. having large number of repre-
| sentative viii have large and undue influence in
determining any question in their favor
! Should the number Of raIeabe polls in any particu-
lar corporation increase till they overbaance all the
others, they would completely tyrannze all the
rest, and every degree OF inequality gives power for
the same degree of tyranny. History of Lincoln,
| page 302.
! That resolution, think, throws rome light as to
the idea which was entertained Of this matter Of rem.
resenlation in 1850. How does the State deal with
the corporations2 In the first place your taxes
are levied on and through the towns They are re.
| quired by the Legislature Of the State to maintain
! your system OF public instruction. They have the
authority, and is one Of the highest acts of SOW.
ereignty in any State, 10 establish highways and
take private property for public uses. Have you
not established, in the whole history Of the State a
! policy which regards municipalities and recognizes
their independence, to extent at least say,
then, that while one branch Of the government OF
tins Commonwealth is based anon The s,nole idea NJ
the equality of men, if we follow the theory If .onr
institutions and the psaoe of twenty vears he o,bor
branch should 10 some extent be iaased unon ,ouni
clpalItes communities OF the people having sep
arate and distinct interests which ought to be rep
resented in The LEGISLATURE With tbesa rn,,;o;nal
I =. 4 H., Il 40
Of representation most certainly is of sotne vio 70
the towns In the first nlace il is means &c od,
eating the Deople Ii is NOT necessary for mo 10 o
into detail or illustration upon this noin hecans
is annarent 10 everybody tbat he onnorni,y yybch
each mniciDality has Of sending one del,nate 10 Tho
General Court. is means of giving to Thai town in.
formation upon the GREAT opinions and affairs nj
Stale and that if YOU take from the individual
town The RIGHT Of representation van dpnrjve ~ iii,
liens in great degree of the means ri self edca.
tom-an education necessary to them as men in or
der that they may understand the wants and cbarac
ter of the State-an education necessary to them as
citizens OF the town, in order that thew nav from
time TO time discharge the essential duties which
must devolve upon some Of its citizens
The value of this right, if vested and suffered io
remain in the town. is of very great Importance 10
the public as a whole. In the FIST place it is an
accurate means of ascertaning and testing the pub
lie sentiment upon any question which NAV arise
and hence your government is more cirectly a repre
sentation fthe Will of the people, Ii makes our
population homogeneous in characters gives to It
that unity which Is SO desirable, and il deprves all
parts oil the commonwealth Of any right 10 complain
that they are IN any respect neglected by the State.
ana, ~ ADDITION TO inns, IL gives you representa-
Ton mat Is personally responsible to the people
compare at TINS moment, or at any other period OF
your history, the relation which Senators and
Representatives sustain to the people, II happens
mat IN any small town 10 THIS Commonwealth san in
Hn fha aai,,
upon him Tor lnlormat'onE Is ne made the channel
OF communication between the Government and the
people! by no means, unless IN some unusual and
extraordinary case. L he channel OF communication
between the people and the Government, is the rep
resentative oil The town have further TO say, that
municipal respectabIliiy and strength are the chie
elements OF freedom ard power m State, and have
ever been So In the earlier periods OF the history
OF ciVllizatlon ana freedom, we see that munclpa
ties took the lead, and that they were always for
iresses OF hoerty. ASK my Trend from ,hl2si,on,
y Is no M m1e5 ynfuenr England The chic
means Of resistance IN the Norman invasion? And IT,
from the close ofthe 1lth century to the commence
ment OF the l3h liberty not actually restriclet
i'll England, under the oppression and annihilatio
to which the municipalities Of that country sui
jected by the Nor man invader! And if what
in the outset war of rares, did not finally, unde
the pressure Of circumstances, become, on the pal
of the invaders, war for the determination of th
municipalities OF that country2 take it that thi
is the true state of the case, so far as history throw
any light upon the subject.
Orr system Of renresenfatiou. as II exists in Ma.
sachnseits has been compared 10 be borouoh svs,e
IF Enoand. II NAV. in some respects. have n sl;ob
| anaogy in that system but. in most nartcnIarS i;
has none whatever. Those borouabs were i,stituie
b,, charters from the monarchs. wiibont any reGs,
e1ce 10 the peope. They did NOT include tn an
| considerable extent The pupuation ol Enoland IN
many Of them we're entirely without ,nhabitant.
heinz comnosed of unoccupied territory. which wa
renrescnted in Parliament BY the agents Of nohl,
and other landed proprietors. AT The same time. n
| ,mnorlant nlaces of Manchester. Leeds. and sam
nor,ions of London. had no represenlation At ali
! Lash If in The borough system of Great britain
there i anv considerable analogy to The system,
! representation which exists in Massachusetts Tn
system Of representation in Massachusetts. ventu,
to saw, is not the representation of place as III
/ gentleman from Boston informed us This mornino
Rut il i representation of men formed nto dist;n,
Communities having SEPARATE and distinct Interest,"
,h,ch Il their estimation are important N i've nre