Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-29
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Power. In, the House Of Ekepresen.

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Shall the e'rebel States derive d gain or
power In the House of Representatives as
the efruit of their rebellionS Weyery often
meet that question in Radical papers, and
1t is there put SO emphatlcally that one, .
might be tempted to believe inthe sincerity
of the question: We therefore Will looka
little closer into the matter nIsGiuJS. r9d'
Duringthe existence ot slavery the slave
population, in, calculating the number OF
Representatives TO which a. state was en-
titled, was put to account for three-fitthS
A state with sixlhundred Chousahq WDlte
Inhabitants and four hundred tnQpsanq
slaves dld not elect as many Representa-
tives as a State with one million or free
(whlte or 6lack) lnhaDitants, put onty as
many as aState with elght hundred anq ior--
ty thousand souls. ms is three3rlHghs H calcu-
latlon, ABOUT which worth ana Soutn al,
ways quarrel--the latter because u waneeu
70 count me slaves ior loll, 6he FORMER pc
cause IL ulu noC WahC 10 count theih aC an
inns three.1liths calculatlonr sihce Tue
ADolitlon OF slavery, Is ehtirely aprglgtptt,u6
every state Is now 10 De represehkeu IN Ghe
House according 10 the Whole huhloer' OF
lts lnhaDlCants, no maCter Whether. one
state mas greater surplus OF voters Ihah
another In the Northern states, Wnere
there rs numerous 1ofeign pQpulaGl.on,
tllese lorelgners are @ couhCe1 IN. Aec0Iuing
10 the census Oh lSoO, Vhe' N orChern STATES
had at least population OF TWO mpllons OF
not tnaturallzed foreigners ior Whoni tney
mad TO elect corresponding NUMBER OF
RepresehtaClVes-JusI as the ooutherh
states were allowed 10 count Cnelr slaves
WlGhln the NUMBER ol Gleir pop.liatloh'
California, for instance that IN compar-
lsoh 10 mel populaIloh mas more VOTERS Cllah
any other State IN the OhlOll, was never
thelesS ehGlIied IoIho more nepIesenCatlsesS ~
Chah she shoulu haYe accorulllB t2Iny GoLal
numoer OF ner lhhapiUanls. Nh tills
simple ana UNIFORM Dase OF representation,
Whlch Is III perlecI harmony g,C1 Cle
essence OF any feuerai Union, uleiAaulyals I51s
are 0nenued because Ille oousi lroni loIo
would De entltlea respecClyely 10 more
hepresehtatives than she was wren Ht11d t slaveIy
was stlil IN existence. FROM lS'O Ine lree
neSroes nave 10 pe cUunIeu Ina ,n tnG PoRHtho
tl0h just as they hau Oeeil counlea III al tle
oCher oIayts' anu as lVlels.lelS' ililliols a'lI
women VINO We're not enClCleu 10 Vove, nau C
10 De CalculaCeu as PaIC w .ne PSPuIf'',iTn ,in
Oh oGaIS' Ii Cne PopulaCloh' y al Iilc
oLateS hsu renalneu Llle Salle, tIe iprlngI lni
nICeen Save states IneleDy Wou1r m FAN s.I
ABOUT uozeh hePresenGatlVe1iS.. 40 Snls
circuihstahce Che hauicaIs % i, an!uo I'.I Nnon
C,ley' WlC'i hyPoGllslohlu uo
5hat the So4t9 Is To- pront a ,;an PGntlcalLy py
having repelieu against Ille oni9. A'1S M! 9s
SNOW up Cne laliacy U. VilelI positlo',i H., iiIls
alleged gam III Ine llrsC piace @ Is nos Ino re-
sun vi Che IeucliI0I' p,Ib Vno "auuiai |V...
| sequence ol Cne aooli'ioi VI ola.e'yn Wy
WHICH geItaln PIECES VI Piopei'y "sie
chanSeu illIo men. 10 A.,
II IN Vlle nouse vi nePreSe"IaoiSes S tSc snni S.1
5unloeG vi men III eacn VI t Cno So 500. flaa
oCaCes Is 70 oe rePresonte,' e Hne" 'no IIee &c