Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-01-24
NUMBER 81.

Even now the Capitalization Of power and
patronage at the National Capitol causes
uneasiness in those States which are now
or will soon become the most populous.-
The Senate can prevent the passage or
repeal of laws by the House, which rep
resents the popular will, and at the same
time can control the power of the Execu.
tive BY rejecting treaties formed or nomi.
nations made by the President. At this
time it assumes to dictate the organizs.
ton of the Executive Department. This
body has also the advantage Of longer
tenure of Office, while it is furthe. re.
moved from popular control. 1t is in
this powerful branch of government that
States have an equal representation with
out regard to population. Even under
our present Union, it is for the interest of
the small States to centraize power in
the National government, as they enjoy q
disproportionate control in the most intlu.
entail branch Of that government. All
now acquiesce in that compromise Of the
Constitution. 1t is the best adjustment
which can be made between the larger
and smaller States. So long as all the
States Of our present Union were repre-.
sented in Congress, this tendency was
checked by the existence of States with
small populations distributed in different
sections of our country, and somewhat
equally among the agricultural, CONNER.
clal and manufacturing regions. Hitherto
no injurious or irratng results have been
caused. A division Of the Union, or the
dlstrancbisement of the Southern States
by putting them back into the condition
OF mere Territories, or representation
dictated by the military power Of Govern
men', would make inevitable readjus,.
n1ent of political power. If the Southern
States are cut of or disfranchised, every
map of our country will constantly sug-
gest this to the public mind. In the north.
ern Union the group of six small New
England States, with New Jersey and
Delaware lying on the Atlantic coast, far
removed from the central and western
sections OF our country, with united pop
uiations only about equal to that of this
State, would balance in the controlling
branch Of the National Legislature the
great producing States Of New York.
nnsylvada, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. In few
years each of these States will have popu-
iatlons greater than that of ell New Eng.
land. This disparity Of political power
would be increased by the fact that the
population and pursuits of New England,
confined within very limited boundaries,
have the uniformity o: one community,
while the larger States have diversified
and distinctive pursuits to prevent them
from acting SO readily in concert.
The danger OF controversy, would be
increased by our vast national debt. This,
mainly held by a few Atlantic States, di.
vides our country into perilous sectional
relations Of debtor and creditor regions.
The ownership of this debt cannot be dit.
fused over our country SO that tie same
communities which pay taxes will re.
ceive incomes. The incidental advanta.
ges of protective tariffs, growing out Of
thls debt, would be largely gained BY the
creditor States, which also enjoy this dis.
proportionaie share of political power.-
The great producing States would be com.
PEELED to pay a heavy taxation to other
communities, al time when the division
Of our Union would deprive them of their
most profitable markets, ard heavy duties
would tend to diminish the demand of for.
eign countries for their productions. No
enc can look forward to such agits,ions
and discussions withou. the deepest con.
Germ.
The smaller States grouped on tho
shores OF the Atlantic were all original
parties to the Constitution. They are
gloriouslv associated with the history Of
the revolutionary struggle. They bear
names that are houored, and have memo
ries that are cherished in every part of
the land They. must not, through the
folly of blind and bigoted leaders, lose
the great special political powers which
are given them by the compromises Of
the Constitution. They must not suffer
that instrument which secures to them
peculiar advantages to be weakened or
destroyed The Union must be restored.
There is but one way to save us from de-.
moralization, discord and reputation.
Our Union must be restored, complete in all
its parts. No section must be disorpan.
lied beyond the unavoidable necessi,iss
of war.
All must be made to feel that the miph
ty efforts we are making to save our Union