St. Mary's gazette., 1865-07-06

;; - - - r ,i,,. S.a'"s--th" F"fora'
Government thc Scr2'y "t tie EHi'e
Stat, :. the Supreme Eonrt Of the l IIt-d
S'a'.s. a" very hari ard harsh upon the
EInpir" State. ani vrry an'i-iemHcra'ic-
sni il Nv Eng'.nd be brut up,u a
charge, go De i.
This il grv.rnmen: now of 80 Mates
--of which il takes some l2 or Is o'
the le-s.r ones to nske New York -
AMI yet Nv Yark hss only two Se"a-
n'or- in '',ngrc-s, whll" those Is States
have 81 Serainr. in Co1gr"eA. y y,
the Seps,e Of IT," Cri:-.! S'l:es is ne
gres. puwcr of this g..2-tnmen.. |: mon
ic.;i1n Of Executive appointments. the
iuiiri.! p2rf Of The i:nprachire power. -
indeed. the President hin>ef is only .
recOoo-rater. in comparison ui'l thc S.n-
ate. Two Senators from lille. tiny. IT.
rnoaee Rhode Island. arc a. big pptAn-
.a-es in the C.itrd Stat, S"na:", as the
two pvtena,cs f-"m the nearly four NIL
lions Of New York Why. we bave
more pnople under cur side walks than
live iu Rhoie l.!9ud. We have thous.
and 10 QUO in ouI atic heaven to everc
ei"e'e Rhode I.land"r on the ground -
THUS. 80 suh'crrancans. snl certainly
70 s,y uoihing % tcrr"str;a,s W. eclips'
this little. tinv Rhoie IslaId. thonsau l.
and tens Of thousands, and Sc: tho tit-
mouse is =. tall iu the Senate as the
giant. Liiiipu,ian there IS as BIZ as Brro
lignag.
Now. nothing can b. more sn:i-iem-
ocraric or scarcely 50 little republican. as
al this
Then. there is The Supreme Conrt Of
the United States, which m kes and w.
makes acts OF Congress or acts # Pros
iden,s, ard which can make or unmak-
States. This body consists of bur t-n
men. and these ten men are not Great,
acc,rling to roru'a,ion. but according to
(prosrmed) merit. Aud why should rot
NV York have her proportion Of the
ten?
Then. the President of the United
States is el"cred bv the Electoral Collage,
and thia crl"g" i. So crra'ed. that N"w
Enclard has twelve Electoral votes to Nrw
Yr.k's (SenatoIiaD two. What can be
more anti Democratic
AMI next, if the President of The Uni
ted States is not elected ny this Electoral
College, the .Sn.s in the House Ct Rep
rrsen'ativ"s, elect him-aDi in this vote.
Rhode Island has just as uuch OF the vote
as NV York
Then again. th" President may be, aud
sometimes is (as President Lincoln was
the first time } elected President by large
minority Of the people. What more anti
democratic
The fac, is. there are Frea, m,nr
things in the Cor s'itu;ion tha: may b.
changed. and when Massqchs"t:s men
shufaa, why no, shuf1i" with her?
Th-n, in Constitutional Convention.
We can consolida,e New England into Que
State and give the Western States their
proncr influence in the Senate.
If this is To K cons, liatei govern
n,rnt- New York. the Empire State. has
right 70 at least ,hir,seu Senators III
Coogr proportion Of her popula-
tion-aud two Ju'vcs of the Supreme
Court Of he United S's'es--a slxth part.
too. Of the Foreign Ministers and ConsI-
lstes. ard e ,rh" sroils.' g-reral'y-say.
two Cabin: Minister'S all the time, or
urarl5 all tha ,ima.
The rcvolu'ionis's Of Boston. who arc
now again scrking 70 snhper, this govern
m"n'. tu' li;,!e conp-rhvnd 'he job they
have on hand. if orce We b, gin To ob-
lin the n-er"-sufFraga victory thy ar.
COW struggling for. at tie expense Of ~
States Of the South, will COST hem. if w.
All pi their principles of government. the
supyrCssi n Of their own S;ste.