The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-29
Communicated.
A GLANCE
Helpers Impending Crisis.
BY INV STI G A TO r /.

BY INVEST GATOR.
Helper would have the people believe
that his sole object,in the publication of his
book, is to enlighten and convince the
whites, both slaveholding and non- slave
holding, of the South, that they are COM
mtting great error in every light in
which the subject can be viewed, by not
abolishing slavery at once, in toto. Ii
this were true. the query heretofore made
questioning the propriety of circulating
the Crisis in the Free States which are to
decide the next Presidential election, wo'd
be very opportune. No man. acquainted
with the character of the work, can be
gulled by such flimsy pretext. 1t was
designed for the Northern market, aud in
it finds ready sale. That it win ever be
the means of convincing one Shareholder
that he is {. murderer ''cut-throat,"
an assassin" and worthy of the thou
sand other bullying epithets with which
the Crisis abounds, is not expected by
anybody.
His object is to cater to sectional strife,
jealousy and hatred. The North is extol-
led beyond the power of man to conceive,
while the South is bemeaned into the low
est depths of poverty and degradation.--
We should like to know what advantage
the following is to Southern men:
"Sixteen free States, with a white pop
ulalion of 1885, $40, have thirty-two
Senators. Fifteen slave States, with a
white population of 6,l86,47 have 80
Senators. So that 4l3,7 7O8 free men of
the North enjoy but the same political
privileges in the United States Senate, as
are given to 2O6.2l5 slave propaganda
ists."
Can any of the Helperites tell us why
the author made this statement to men of
the South? If they. with about half the
population of the free States of the North,
have the same representation in the high.
est branch of the government, they GER
tainly cannot complain. He, as a citizen
of the South. certainly would not agree
that the representation from his State and
part Of the country should be curtailed;
and as the North is not asking an increase
of representation in that branch of the
government, of course it would be folly
for the South to tender it, even if it had
the power to grant 1t. Fortunately, this
IS matter over which Helper and the
whole Republican crew have 10 power,
and will not have as long as the Constitu
tion remains.
The system of representation above re-
ferred to. giving to each of the States two
representatives in the upper, or frs: house
OF Congress. was adopted by the trainers
of the Constitution, in order to preserve
the balance of power. 1t the number of
Senators was determined by the popula-
ton OF the States, the Senate would be on
an equality with the lower House. The
equahty OF the States, is here recognized
In its fullest sense. Minnesota, with one
hundred thousand inhabitants has the
same representation that Virginia has with
population of over million; Vermont
is equal to New York. DC. Helper talk
ing that way to Southern men bob ! IL
is done merely to inffame Northern minds.
1t is just the kind Of talk Greeley, and the
abolition leaders generally deal out to
Northern abolitionsts, and ia as improper
In the South, as it would be for business
man to sell an article of merchandise for
less than his customer had offered him for
1t. The representation was adopted by
the patriarchs of the revolution, whom the
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