Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-04
A NEW DEAL NEEDED.

that it was intended in the first place to
be a white mans Government and that
they are in favor Of having it remain SO.
We conclude therefore that they will bein
favor of having it based upon white men
and its representation in the councils OF
the Nation based upon white men and
legal voters, and not as at present and
heretofore based, to a great extent, upon
~non-voting black men and When
you hear a Democrat therefore say that he
is in favor of having this a white mans
Government, just ask him if he is really
in earnest, and if he is in favor Of basing
representation on white men: He may
never have thought of the matter just in
this light; but if not, it is time he was
doing so. II he reflects a little, ne will
| see that in order to have it a white mans
Government, it will be necessary to re-
| model the Constitution a little in one re-
spect-in that defining the basis Of Con-
g~ressional representation, so that some
| fourteen or fifteen States shall not be al
lowed thirty-two or three representatives
and as many Presidential Electors, based
upon some four millions of black people,
who are not allowed any vote or voice in
matters of government. Of course, to be
consistent, our Democratic friends, who
are so strongly in favor Of having this a
white mans Government, must go in fol
this change in the Constitution, and we
hope they will, for it is a much needed
amendment.
What right has South Carolina, for in
| stance, with three members in the Ma
tioual House of Representatives, who go
there simply on the backs Of four hundred
thousand black men, who have no more
voice IN the elections than so many cattle
| of the FIELD: South Carolinians cant
about "a white mans Government" and
protest that they cannot endure any other
kind; but they send as many representa-
tives to Congress on the strength of their
black men as they do on that of their ,ohitt
men. Is not this a beautiful state of at
fairss
Vermont, for instance, has twenty thou
sand more white people than South Caro-.
lima, and everybody knows they are twice
as intelligent and civilized; yet Vermont
is allowed but three representatives in
Congress, while South Carolina is per,
mitted to send sir! And the same dis
proportion is allowed in the election Of
Presidents Is this fair? Is it right? Is
this the way to have a "white mans gov.
eminent :"
Previous to the rebellion, the Slave
States had fifteen representatives in Con-
gress, and as many Presidential electors
based solely upon their negro slaves
Now, that the negroes are free, instead OF
three-6fths of the whole will be counted
in the basis Of representation, which will
give the South some Mirty-tco represent
atives, based solely upon black men But
as these blacks will have no more voice in
the government than so many cattle, we
of the North might with the same propri.
ETY. count an equal number of our horses,
or mules, or cattle, in making up our ba.
sis of representation, or add an equal
number of imaginary population to the
census; for if the negroes are not allowed
to vote nor to have any voice in the affairs
of Government. why count them in the
basis of representation any more than sc
many cattle They are a purely imagin-
airy population, so far as voting is con-
cerned, and what makes the matter still
worse is the fact that this increased repre-.
sentation which is assumed to be for their
benefit and based upon their population,
is their enemy instead of their friend
There can be no question about this.
| These Southern gentlemen claim that their
black population are human beings, and
are entitled to representation in the Ma
tional Congress; but instead of allowing
| them to have a voice in selecting these
representatives or in sending men that
would be friendly to them and their inter-
ests, the tchite men do the selecting and
electing, and the men that are thus sent,
as representatives Of the colored people,
are and ever have been-and ever will be,
so long as the same system Of electing
| representatives is contipued-adverse to
the colored people-adverse TO their inter-
ests, and instead of representing them,
nsisrepresent them, invariably. 1t has
been so heretofore, and it will be more so
hereafter, now that slavery is abolished
and the colored people are made free.
Instead of legislating for the colored men,
these thirty-two representatives, based
upon the four millions of colored popula-
ton of the South, will do all they can
against their pretended constituents and
their interests as a people. Does any one
doubt this: The remedy is to base rep
resentation upon the actual number of
legal voters in each State. Shall it be
done:
FIRST PRIMARY GUN. - The Union
County Convention OF Churchill county
met on the 10Th of this month and elected
to the State Convention their two appor-
toned delegates-both avowedly in favor
of the nomination of Colonel Charles A.
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