The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-02
was wicked. and rebels ought to be pun
ished and excluded from Congress.

III the war was lust anu necessary.
why did the Sons of Liberty conspire IL
overturn the State Government, release
rebel prisoners, seize arsenals, murder
the Executive, and preeipitate Indiana
into rebellion?
Ii the war "was just and necessary,
why did not these men encourage enlist
ments, enter the army themselves, con
tribute to the Sanitary Commission, help
to support soldiers families, and unite
in doing all those things which should
be cheerfully performed by every loyal
and patriotic citizen?
If the war was '.just and necessary,
why did Democratic politicians 60 to
Chicago in the midst of the last great
campaign of 1864, in the very crisis OF
the fight, and there resolve that the war
was wicked and unconstitutional on onr
part; that it was q failure, and we ought
to lay down our arms and sue for peace?
And, in short, if tie war was Just
and necessary" why did Democratic
politicians refuse to proclaim the fact,
until sixteen months after it was over:
and after they had done all the harm they
could, and when their adhesion to the
Government would do no good?
After the rebellion had been suppress
ed-after the victory had been won
after every enemy in the field had been
conquered, and every obstacle at home
had been overcome, and the nation had
been preserved, without the aid of the
Democratic party. and in spite of it, that
portion of it which inhabits this Con
gressional District came together in con-
vention in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty six,
and resolved that 1.-the war was just and
necessary to prevent the disruption of
the Union and the overthrow of the
They never discovered the fact until
after success had crowned our arms, ard
defeat had overwhelmed their allies, and
their every effort to secure the success
Of the rebellion had failed; and the
question Inow submit to you, and which
is already present in your minds, is,
whether these men have had an actual
revelation of new truth, and have rea
lied q change of heart, or whether only
,he circumstances have changed by which
hey are surrounded, and to which they
ire now, for selfish and political purpo
'es, seeking to adapt themselves.
When Democratic leaders now resolve
hat the war was just and necessary
on our part, they stultity all they have
said and done for the last six years, and
and nullify every other plank
n their platform, but they cannot blot
out the story of their misdeeds, nor
erase from the page of history the
record of their crimes against the
EoUALIzISG REPRESENTATION.
There are two kinds of representation |!
II Congress-the representation of the |
states and of the people Each State
las two representatives, or Senators, IN
he Senate. while it is intended that the |
,eople shall be equi.ably ard equally |
epresented in the House
In the original formation of the Con
titution representatives were appor /
ioned among the several States by add |
ng to the whole number of free persons, |
Indians not taxed, three
ifths of all other persons" These +
hree tifths of all other persons were
laves, and, in effect, every five slaves /
we're counted as, three free persons in /
making up the ratio of representation. |
This was very hard provision for the
,eople of the free States, but ii was de /
handed by the Shareholders, and con
eded by our fathers in compromise, |
hey believing that slavery was fast
quarter of q century, and it became
inally an almost intolerablc burden and |
INJUSTICE, and it gave to the South q rep
esentation of twenty-five votes in the +
House of Representatives and in the /
College for President and Vice /
President on account of their property. /
According to the census of 1860, the /
leven rebel States, not including in their /.
lumber Kentucky. Maryland, Delaware /
md Missouri had a white population of
'.oo2,oo1. and had negro population of
}, oo,e31. By the last apportionment, /
which allowed one representation for /.
very l25, 900 people. the white popula- /
ion of these rebel States would entitle /
hem to forty representatives, and |
he colored population. now that slavery
5 abolished. and each negro counts as
me person. would entitle them to thirty
representatives more, making seventy +
wo in all
By the same Census, the seven North
western States had negro population /
IF $4,000, 1000 of whom lived in Indi- +.
ina, and altogether making but half
enough for one representative And /
low in these eleven rebel States the /