The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-03-07

i'se!t whether the system proposed Ly
this bill will not, when put into comp etc
operation. practically transfer the entire
| care, support and control OF 100000 Of
! emascip"ted slaves to agents. overseers
or task masters who, appointed at Wash
ingion. are to lie located in every County
! and Parish through out the United States
containing freedmen and refugees Such
system would inevitably tend to a con
, cen'r"iion OF power IN the Executive,
which wonld enable him il SO disposed,
to control the action of this numerou.
| class, and use them for the attainment Of
his own pointed ends.
cannot bat adj another grave ohiec
lion to mis- b,I'. The Constitution i'm
perarive'y declares. in conusc'ioa with
taxation, that each State shall have AT
least orc representative. aud fXss the
rule :or the number To which, in rn,ur.
times, each State shal! be emitted f.
also provides that The Senate Of tie
United States shall ba composed of tive
Senators from each State. and adds. with
peculiar force, that m Sta'o, wuhnut it's
consent, shall he deprived uf il. equal
suffrage in the Senate. The original act
was necessarily passed in the absence of
the SIa'eS chiefly To be affected, tec.n.o
their people were contum.Ciou~lv engaged
in the rebellion Now, the case is chaurei
ani some. at least, Of thos. States, arr
| attending Congress hv loval representa-
tives. soliciting the allowance of the Con
s'itu,ionaI right OF representation. A.
the time, however, of the consideration
and the pssS'ng "f this hrll there WA No
senator or Representative in Cunrre.s
from the eleven States which are t. III.
mainly affected hv i,s provisions The
vsrv fac, that reports we're and a-a made
! against he good Disposition of The people
"f thai porlinn "f ,hc country. is an adIi
nont reason why they need and shoud
have Representatives. of their own in
Congress IL explain their cnudiiion. rep'y
80 a"cnS''inuS. aud nssi.f .hv their focal
Hnow!"dg" in the r"rierrng of me ,sures
lmmeiia'eiy aii~cung themselves. While
toe liberty Of d-hheraiinn would then b-
free. aud Congress would have fnll power
Ia decide according 10 irs judgment, there
could he no uij-c,on urgel that the
a'rs most interested lad not been per
m tied Ia be heard.
The prucir'e is firmly fixed in the
minds o' 'hs American people that there
should hr no taxation wi'hnur rapr.Sen,
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abolish slavery within tho imns - ,ha;,
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