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U-Addrcss CHICAGO TE1BCNE" Chicago, III.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY II, 1865.
B14AaNEss AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTRUCTION.
There is an evident intention Oh the part Of
Congress, and desirc on the part Of the Poo
pie, 10 amend the Constitution In respect to
the basis Of representation in Congress. As
slavery Is aboaished, the three.ffths rule nc
cessarily ccases, and the late slaves Will here
af1er count a. free persops. II Ia maniicstly
unjust 10 the North to permit I've millions Of
whites IN the eleven seeded States to claim
representation in Congress for nine millions
OF people, after having dishanch,scd four mil
lions cf their fellow citlzcns. To correct this
groa Injustice, resolution is bctore Congress
TO arend the Constitution, making su&ers the
hass instead Of population. But this propo-
sltion soems to encounter some opposition In
TIC Eastern States. 4 Washington despatch
Etateu that
which WIS referred 10 the JOINT commit,ee on lie
tpnspnc1ion, psopoziuE 70 Hmend The Constitution
20 that Arttcae !, sectacn chuee g. snaI rcad as
follow 10 the aEst period:
~ Representative and direct taxes shall be
appoeaoned among the aeveI7I Shies which NAV
be included within this Union according 10 their
respective numbers. which fhAli be determined BY
aaking The whole number OF per*oua Eroepf noseto
taaoM poltsea szghts o. pfspsteges are de,zied Of
a1r.dad BY eon.tttxtoa oFia,as y oas SOD On &C.
coaat q rice Ct e0lot.'"
Mr. Blaine proceeded to argne that II the
voting basis were adopted the grpsscst Unequal.
tics would result among the loyal States.
California and Indiana would gain members
Willie New York and MASSACHUSETTS, would
lose. The East would lose and the West
would gain.
The statement is undoubtedly true,
Taking the census Of 1860 and the Presiden
tial election of the same year, We can form
pretty correct estimate Of the respective gain
and loss. The yote-lo several Of the New
England States was comparatively light
Tho Coppetheads made 30 feeble = contest In
Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and Rhode
Island TINT q full vote WIS not call-
cd out, while in California, Indians.
and Illinois there was great political excite.
ment and extraordinary efforts made BY both
partiea to poll the Inst vote. From these
causes proceed part Of the greater ratio Of
votes in The West than in the East. But It is
nlso true That there are moro men In the West
10 n thousand people than In the East, he.
cause arcat .nnny unmarried rncn ,poye t,,a
East and settle in the West. But this ine-
qnalt,y Is chiefly In the pioneer States. The
ratio o, voter. ia Ohio Is no greater now than
III PENNSYLVANIA, and the ratio in Indiana
but very little exceeds that of New YORK.
Dolh Of these States are now losing large
numbers Of their young men, who are emil
grating TO newer regions. A few years hence
viii be but 1ittle lsrrer Than IN tbe Eae,a-o
States. California and the other rnld n,In,no,
s1.tes possess a much lsrerr nronort,on or
men tbau women, ThIs ineoua1itr = + corres;.
fnp pitscaf.. When 4bn Pacific r,t,r,.a Il 49,,
pletea. fa,uale ponulatIon In the f.ryv.sta,n
States viii rapidlv increase. The law NJ
equilibrium viii ssser4 itself and reetona ,t,a
ratio Of the sexes. The next censns viii find
California in possession of a fa ,,,.,.tor 1,,,.
portion or femates f1,an was ,b.rr ~, ~.
Last census vas taken.
We have made a carcfua ca1cn,,.;,, .,d
Ind that the West on the ro,cr basi. vii, MT
gain from the East to exceed sir members
and perhaps not more than four nr fire.. MI
nols will cain one: Iowa ope. California i,ne
or TWO, more likely one; Wisconsin. PERHAPS,
two. The fractions NAV happen ia rive Nick-
ican ono, but the chances are the other wav. :,
On the other hand, New York NAV 1ose one.
and tho six New England States among them
two or .hree. and the run of the fraetions mar
take ono member from Ohio or Pennsylyania.
or froru both. This ia absolnfelv the etteni
of the Il eross yneo a1lty,s of the vote, Ia s,s
which 70 seriously af1licts the fmapination of
the member f,om p.ssanaopoadv.:
In What wny VIII tbe lass of four or fre
members 10 the "nId folks nj home'' In The
Atlantic States. and a cain of a like number
fy their enternr,ssnp q boysn - ont West in
one hundred and siIty members. fn,urr the
.old fo,k.,. ,n lhe Eastt
Rnt VIZ taEc h,cbcr crounde 1r ,be ,..;o
If voters IN The We, !. ,,rr.,er than IN 4he
E... 4be wcst sbould h.ve thr h.naf,t ~
y .rhe .ov.,o,,7, 7,owar =, tb,s n.nnh,,c h
rrnosra IN +ho hand. of ~. ,,,.rs Th.
vniers nre the rrinrin,,s and Con1re.s1nen
ara their aoente. A tronssnd Wextern
roten should weigh In Conrreas AZ
much as a thousand voters In the East.
The oorxrp;no power of the union IL
in the electors. not in the women and
chfldren, or In aliens or distinguished ne
croes, There Is where the soyerci.uty of
The nation ts 10 be found. and one man or
that general Sovereignty" is entitled 10 nm
eoual weight with any other man. regardless of
geographical location. Dnrine the l.te Ear
tbe Eastern States insisted that each State
mnd furnish onotox ~ soldiers m ,1,nortion
n 4hc,r resnecfiye number Of a1ile-ho5icd
WON and -ef,1eed to furnish mrn m IN. los,k
or Donnl.t,on. r. thr West hv r+eson ef her
1.rt,er rat,o q, men than the Fast i. y
o,;2ad tn cont,shut. . 1,rcrr M ce,t ~
H. national dcfcnce. uhv sbonla sbc MT
have renrr.ent.tion in rronortson 10 her
,ncn.
A. d,nct taxes a,c a,nor35one6 cccora,,r
IN representation instead nf nroncrtv the
N,est wNn1d toxe tn ,,ea, tbe brrnf IN ra,s,no
rrvcnpe nj wel1 Ar in raIs,n,, f,pht,np men
encb be,pe the case. how Ia The East tarmed
ard 1rhcrefn IA f1,t s. rroas ineona1,tvs,,
R,t re hare another and . ve,v sa,,ore ,7,.
facs,on In NJ. R1atne,s reso1ut,on TN h.
comc a mart ofthe conatitnt}on n cnaranteea
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