Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-10
FREMONT CLUB MEETINGS !!
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syERY TUEsDAY EVENING,
AT MARION HALL!

- verdict - shs Resple In ths ~:
senA Csagressissaa District - 1swa
This Is one Of the largest Congressional Dis
p;ets Ia the U. States. II lies upon territory
49, vas made sacred TO Freedom by the Ms
souri, Compromise. II polied 1888 votes In
August, representing probably populsiion OF q
su,r,er Of million. II there Is larger mum
- Of voters, or Of people, in any Congress.
ionsI District In the Union, we should be glad
% know Il. Arkansas and Texas, at the Presi-
dsu,iai election in 1852, did not together poll as
many votes a. this District gavein August. YET
shose statee haye four votes In u. 8. Senate and
four In the House Of Representatives, and eight
votes 10 the Electoral College that chooses the
Pecsiden. Of the q. States. And yet the Anti
Republicans are willing that the system Of Sia-
yery shall be extended under which .his gross
Inequality 10 originated.
The Slave States In 1852, at the Presidential
election, polled sl0,sls votes, and gave 100
votes In the Electoral College. The Free States
pollcd At tho same time 2,4ol, sos votes, nearly
three times the number Of popular votes given
By the Slave States, but gave only l76 in the
Electoral College. Had they number Of votes
in the electoral college corresponding with those
Of the Slave States. a. proportioned 70 the pop
ular vote, they would have nearly twice as
many as at present. Let these facts and figures
be eandidly considered by every person Who
qaestions the political justice and cxpcdiency Of
prohibiting Slavery extension.
9 The whole number Of votes pollcd in this
s.atc In August is 1885. Only Ave Of the
sAve States polled . larger number at the last
Presidential election. The great States Of Ala
hama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Mis-
souri poIled less number At that time. But
each Of those States have from two to six more
votes in the electoral college than Iowa.
II IL gratifying 10 notice the increase Of poll
teal power in Iowa. At the Presidential eiec-
tiouin ls4s, there were polled 24,429 votes in
this State. Mr.. Gass obtained our electoral
vote, but failed by 1870 Votes Of apopula- major
Ay over both Taylor and Van Buren,. In 1865,
there we're cast 85,4l3 votes, and the majority
for Pierce over Scott and Hale was SOB. In
1854, there were As, 500 votes cast for members
Of Congress, and the Republican majority in this
District was 1851. II now only remains for the
friends Of liberty to poll full vote in Novem-
Der. Let every man who believes it his solemn
duty to hia country to give his influence and
bic vote against Slavery extension discharge
that duty faithfully, and the aggregate vote and
the Republican majority will be largely multi.
Piled. The fact Is not very creditable to the
public virtue and sagacity, but it is fact, that
Null vote is always more favorable to Freedom
and right than small one. We believe that
good citizens ought always to 60 to the polls.--
Eerc they more sagacious and circunspect OF
public affairs, they would not SO often have &C.
csson to sigh over the political corruption of
tho country. No good citizen can now be blame
less who fails to cast his vote against Slavery
extension.