Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-06-23
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A few days ago we made few remarks
relative to the effect the annexation Of Gu.
ba would have upon the Senate Of the
United States. Lo. us consider what would
be its result on the House. The South
have now 90 members in the lower House.
Sixty-seven thousand Of the people Of the
Southern States have a representatives.
Il takes one hundred and Eve thousand
people Of she North to send one. We now
take the estimate Of the population for the
year 1854. Thus we perceive a citizen Of
free State has two.thirds us much polti-
cal power as the citizen Of Slave State.--
Each Northern man is but two-thirds of q
man. The Southern States have now
twenty three more members than they are
entitled to, on principles Of pure justice,and
pure republicanism. These twenty three
men represent nothing, repres mt nobody.
The constitutional provision that allows five
slaves to be counted as three freemen, was
a concession, boon, gift, a compromise
"a concession that would not be listened
10, if new convention was called 10 make
a new Constitution, net for one hour not
for one minute. The South ought 70 be
grateful and esteem themselves too fortu-
nate, if the North do not question the wis
dom and equity Of provision so radically
subversive Of equity and republicanism.
But what we now complain Of is the in
solent and audacious attempt to increase
this inequality, by the conquest or purchase
of foreign Slave Territory. 1t is said there
are 100000 blacks and 500 1000 whites in
Cuba. On this estimate Cuba would have
nine representatives, four Of whom would
represent nobody. While it would take
more than an hundred thousand people in
Ohio to supply Representative, little
more than half that number mostly Gre eoles
in Cuba can send one. To the whole
State as State, the Representatives are
apporL;oned, but the voters cast their indi-
vidual ballots only as in other States. A
free citizen Of Ohio would enjoy half as
much consideration and influence in Con
gress as mongrel who could not speak
our language, or know any thing about the
interests of our common country. Farm
crs, Mechanics, Working menl of Ohio,
how do Jou relish the idea of being equal
to half Of mongrel Creole.
We know it strikes some men with ter
ror, the idea of questioning the nfallibility
of any provision Of the Constitution. We
have no such squeamishness. Inquiry has
just began. We trust our remarks the 9th
er day showing that in the Senate each
Northern voter was but two-f fflhs of a man
and that these remarks showing that in the
House he is but two-thirds of man, will
reach some slumbering, sleeping, plelhoric
brethren, who have been wondering for
years by what kind of machinery, and ap-
lianees, the South had ruled the nation with
rod Of iron for half a century.
We have no reverence, no, not even re.
spect for the principle on which such rep
,esentation is based. Let US analyze it
Five negro babies in Cuba will be represen-
ted as fully in the House, as the three most
venerable citizens of Toledo. Worse yet,
five Of the stolen and imported Africans
landed on the coast of Cuba last year, fresh
from Africa, speaking YET their native Ian
guage only, afford their chivalrous masters
as much political strength as the three
most respectable men Toledo possess
What say you. fellow citizens, are any
three of you willing to be neutralized and
extinguished by five niger babies, or five
native Congoes? If you like the amuse-
ment follow your leaders. and launch into
this crusade for the seizure of foreign
land.
Let US awake then to the atrocity about
to be committed by the annexation OF Gu
ba. Let US resist to the last extremity,
any action calculated to degrade the North
still lower, and give greater power to those
who already possess an undue and inordi-
nate share. Let us remember that il is a
subject OF boast all over the South, that
Cuba must and shall be obtained, to en-
sure the perpepuation Of Slavery, and
clothe. the institution with more political
power Toledo Blade.