The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-09-11

18000 Su0 nR0Sos
"The Black Repablicsn sazcais,' - the New
York Herald calls them. are busy representing
the South ~ having great advantage over
the North In consequence Of thrce-iifths repre-
sanitation Of the slaves In our national legisia-
turs. The Democrats have no. hitherto COB
sidsred this lie worth answering, but now. just
for the sake Of showing the falsity Of nearly
oil their stories, We will show that tho South
losss instead Of gaining by that arrangement
Of tho representation. The negro party will
not Of courss deny that the negroes are human
beings, and part Of the population ofa State,
and arc counted - such 10 the census tables
We quote then, from an exchange. the Cleve
land Plas.dsaIsy,) 70 show that the South loss
instead Of gainisg BY The thres6iths rule
There Is = great misspprshcosion In the
North about the three afths representation o.
the slaves Of the South.
The South loses by the three tiiths repre-.
ssutAtion twelve Congressmen becausr. IN
making up the Inhabitants Of the South for
repr, sentatlon, two hfths oi the slaves are
thrown out. II takes 0o.7lo inhsbltants, N ORTIZ
and south. TO make . Congressman In The
North, whites. blacks. women. children, idiots
all who are persons are counted IN the
South, all are counted except two fifths Of tho
slsyes. Tbus twoGI,hs are a dead loss to the
South 10 thsir count.
"9upposs . Shareholder has 90 slaves does
he cast 81 votes One for himself and GO for
the 100 slaves, Manifcstly no. lie gives
but one vote. Bat in making up the basis Of
Congressional representation 100 slaves
count .iI'y persona. Thus the South LOSES ny
this clause In the Constitution.
"A man In the South may own one hundred
or Que thousand slaves be goes 10 the polls
and gives his vote on one slide another, ~
poor NJ ',Job's turkey il you please, differing
from him 10 political sentiment, votes on the
other aide, and kills the first vote as ciicc,uay
~ he does II Ia any Of the northern States"
And IN rgard To tho extension Of slavery, a
low facts will show the constant lalsehood Of
the negro Republican journals and orators We
quote from tue same paper
The Republican leaders aud editors are con
stAn,ly harping upon what they are pleased to
term thc horrible extension Of slavery which
has occurred since the organization Of our eoy.
rnmcnt let vi look u, the facts When our
Constitution was adopted, the Union consisted
OF hesiue iape States aud ons t'es State. Now
We have fifteen alavr States and ,,riee" free
oucs The advance OF freeslom has been aa
nice, 10 three, OF five 10 one, a compared 10
slavery A further fac, can he shown. Gays the
Orauel Era, that ,cs hats isa daDant NJ stare
iurto,y--- Mates and al. " ,su~ than ws
had trisn the Old confederate Gopf,np,rnt ipd'
o,gan,Esi. notwithstanding the vast increase
III our territorial dimensions and in the face
of all this, men, pretending 10 bc homes, and
intelligent, go around the country mouthng
about the aggrossions oi slavery when they
very well know, bu, arc not honest enough to
admit, that by No acr. LrdisiArlvs oa "rnrR
WISE, on rak FART on THIS GOVERNMENT. MAS
SLAVERY ngxs INTENDED To FREE TERRITORY,
but, on the contrary, TERRITORY ACQUIRED A.
SLAVE mas nKrS MADE feyw ~ AT on rus
rNorlr The relative dimensions Of the slavc
and fr~ territories, compared with the period
Of the adoption OF the Constitution. will show
an overwhelming prepondemuce in favor Of the
latter