Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-06-29
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Ag. Dos. IrrLE-Ib.- may re sn, bat my
amendment provides ,or the representation being
based GA tle voters as returned Py Oh, census,
Ed th.t there viii be uo mistake about that. II
Vermont Lls iLe voter, I'll, VII not lose repre-
sca.lt9.. Every voter iu Vermont has Just as
much iisht % he represented as voter 10 "is-
c-r-'n- TIE calculation gn which am relying
is basel upon tie actual vote cast III ioop.
Air- LrHuNI>.-l am SATISFIED that my irlehi
iIon s-ous.u Is entirely IN error m respect 10
the number Of voters in the state Of Vermont
ie bases himself merely on tie election returns
Of the election Of lelO. 1t understand him.
The population Of Vermont Is more taan
sl5,5JJ; and ii my recollection is n9' very
much cut Cd JOINT, IN times gone by when con-
tests were approximately Close therei We cast
more than ulsVpo votes; ana nave 10 uo1ot
to-day that the number Of male citizens q tae
state q Vermont, Of that population OF al''oeO
and upward, IS more than u9,VWl; So inst IN
the particular instance that be rectcs as to that
state there is an uudouht1d error IN his hgures
OF more tilh lu,VjJ voters ALl IL as IL vi'eu
happens in states where the contest is no; close,
similar differences exist, the value Of his tables
is OF course tally destroyed. Mathematics Is
one Of the sciences where, II You leave out one
lax or make one error, the result ho~s through
lie whole problem, and therefore 1t viii uu-
doubtedly turn out that there Is no reliance
whatever 70 be placed upon the hgures which
NY friend from Wisconsin has so ingeniously
/ framed
But, Mr.. President, the question Is broader
and deeper than the mere selfish one Of gain 10
this State or thai State Il Is question which
5uters into the proioundest philosophy ofgoyern-
ment whether It Is true principle that the
mere accident OF the right 10 vote IS TO deter
mine the representation Of a community. The
| fathers who founded this Government acted
I upon the idea not only that the representation,
as principle, in general vas 10 be based upon
Plll'.' % ol'.1-Isuip' ~ D.S 'AeIe NAs eiso at
psrt Of the country. that other pr8ei1le. that
direct taxation, the involuntary burdens which
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it was provided that representation and direct
ta1aiion ... should always go hand IN hana IN the
Now. the proposition Of nv friend from Wis
eonsin Is that We shall discard this time honored