The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1866-11-10
From me Charlottesville W. Chronicle
The Spelling Of th--vsnquished.

ncn N l.0t 81 about mae millions Of whom
three snillons and half were negroes --
They hsd i',y sevea rrpeess ntatives in The
lover house Of Congress. Tn. non srcrd-
ING Safe. hsd a population Of tweniy-,~o
riIii.Ds. snd one hundred and seventy six
representatives. lss.published in the eeosus
.eiurps) IN me lewer house Of Congress --
Thrss sscsdsng S.s'es. h.ys. By the events
r April. ls65. been compelled 10 renounee
their acton OF secession. and 20 r@cngnizs
ne spihoniy Of ,h- Fscsrsl CEinn. They
have oil. also. ratified The CSn-ii'oti,nsl
Amendment sbol shing slavery Srexw ex-
csPred) II their slaves. p ior 20 The war.
hsd hem entitled 10 full representation. in
s,esd Of fry- sevrn nsmbrrs cf The House
Of Representatives. the eleven seeesding
Sts,es would have had sixiy Fight rspr-srn-
ss'ivss- They iss, eleven representative,
because the negroes were slaves. The
South eontrnded -,rrouonsiy in 1871, that
the nesroes Of The Souih should count man
fer man With the isboring populs'ion of
North in fx'ng the bs.ls Of Representation.
But il wss oseuulsd. and the tnrse-fiths
principle vss adopted
No.. having isid down their arms. and
formally admitted the Northern doctrine.
that no States can seeece fr.m rhs Urion.
Vi. Southern State register themselves
sgain % members Of The Uniar The
number OF Northern rspres eu'ssiv-s in Con-
grrss. " the I.p-s Of five years. BY the 3D.
mission Of ns~ S.stss..sns ~ correction o.
the csnses returns. hss increased irrm one
hundred end ssvsntysix TO Que hundred
end eighty Eve. The Southern slaves be.
irg sasnsipatsd. and becoming cit z.ns o.
the Usised States. The sscediag States snd.r
the Federal Constitution becomes entitled to
sull Representation for this population. srd
inssssd Of fty seven representatives. 70 'he
lower house sf Congress saght ~ haze
.xiy eight. The North unexpectedly. how
ever. .sys-~No-yos shsn't h.ve sky
eight representatives," They 20 farther.
they tell W, that NOS only shall IN negroes
not receive full representation. but 'hs'
they shall not receive three fl,hs repre-
sentasisr; nsy. that they shsl not be repre-.
sentsd q all Under The oil state 81 shinss
they we're not allowed iuli Representatives.
because they we're bondsmsn; under The
new sts,s Of things. they are NO, allowed
ssy representation because they are freed
men We Loot eleven representatives, be-
cause they were slaves; - Les six'e<s
more b~esass thsy are emsneipsisd. a.
s,esd 81 sixty-sigh'. Or fifty seven. repre-
sestatiyss. the South Is 10 have ~, forty
enc.
I Ths North hss ONE HUNDRED AND EisHTY
FIVE they bsgrndge the poor crippies South
IriFTY sfsEH they think, ~e would b.
too powerful. Isey tell u. hossses. that
We may Increase cur REPRESENTS ion on one
cosii ion; namely. that ~ shall extend ~
elective franchise 70 the negroes. Thu i.
% rev sliisg hat they know We csanos o.
Il. Bot II we should DO IL. our additions
Representatives, thsy calculate. would be 81
element 81 strength 70 themselves. Tnsy
tell " hat ~e sre Indignantly wicked TO
msks mouths q such . proposition - this.
Their best papers snd moss s,rnsst prssrls-
ere argue cur dsv:ish temper from our hesi
stslios- The Consiisuiionsi Anne ndment de-
'clsres that. when any male citizens 81 The
United S,s,es (2l yesrs Of sgel ere excluded
\ By sny State from the ballot. the rspvessn-
ssiiss Of such Sisss shall be diminished IN
The proportion that The number Of such
malls ciiizsas shsll besr The whole nsmbsr
lof male eiiizens 10 such State (swenty -ons
yesrs OF ses.> This does not deprive New
\ York o. Massachusetts Of counting the
svsrms Of foreigners that come 70 them On.
nusliy from Essops-Sscsuss the ingsuicu. u
lphiIanihrephist Who drsughsed this pspsrI
have used The term -ci,ixsns. '---ssd these
limmiersn,s ere not "cisizsss" But ,hel
first clause Of the same amendment declares
that -sll persons bern 10 The United S,sss.t
are cisizeBs- which saves New York end
strikes Virginia. They. on their part, never
give up anything The very ssmc people
|Go nearly I'll Of these Statss) viii NJ a
lev the handful Of negroes among them 70