Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-21


made through ignorance or design VIC do
mot pretend to know. The first, that but
khree-ffths of their eolorqd poprdatiQn are
counted in their spporticsiihesss of men5e rs
Iof Congress, ady Hchool be an detsct by
burning to the tliird section pE the frs Az
Eticle Of sks. GapstitutioF f-the' etlpHfsd
lStates. Fhe fact is that the free c6lored
lponulation not only of Pennsylvania and
the Northern States, hut also of-tfe South
lern. is fully represented in .theaPpla tEon-
,sef,= 4,ee- members of Congress, and 1t IS
Ionls tie slave population that IS limited to
=. .ab,as.f ths.- .-reprssentation. The seeoad,.
that IN Pennsylvania we do the voting for
one hundred thousand negroes, Is altogether
unpardonabiIt:e. :e On page I33l Of The pFqliral
mary report of the census of 1860 1t Will ps
found that allitiIe negroes in PennsylVanis
al shat time land tits on thisreport thagt our
p1rsesent TrdIfpaFiasentation il basedl numbered
bat 56,S4p, on thelsame pageit viii be found
'ttao the whole number of free negroes in
the United States at chat time was but 476,-
$50 Of which but 225, ,879 were in the tree
states while 259, ,7S7 The larger number We're
in the slave states and as fully represented
as those in the free states. We said further
that now Northern doughfaces and copper
heads combine with Southern rebels to de-
mand for these same slave drivers each
about three times as much power as each
Northern white man.
The slaves have been freed and instead Of
the three-ffths representation Of them as
formerly the South, unless the Constitution
be amended as proposed by the Union party,
will hereafter have the whole negro form
erly slave) population represented, thus CIV
ing twelve additional representatives to the
Southern States and again increasing the
proportionate power Of each white man in
the South to q times that of each Northern
white man. Thus South Carolina will again
have five representatives with her white
population of 291, 1888 or one to each SIS, 277
while Pennsylvania viii get but p for her
2,S49, ,529 or one for every 1873, 700 Of her
white population is THAT EQUALL-
TY FOR WHITE MEN WHEN So, ,277
WHITE REBELS IN SOUTH CARO-
LIMA ARE ALLOWED AS MUCH
POWER IN THE NATIONAL GOV
EMINENT AS TWO AND ONE
THIRD TIMES AS MANY LOYAL
WHITE MEN IN PENNSYLVANIA?
Is that the way to punish traitors and make
treason odious? The Gazette may attempt
to deny, this, and forts edifcation quote,
what the Gazette seems to be quite ignorant
of at present. the Constitution as It as, y
Art l, Sec. 5 Representatives and di
rect taxes shall be apportioned among the
several states which may be included with
in this Union, according to their respective
numbers; which shall be determined by ad
ding to the aCbole number Of free persons, In
cludiDg those bound to service for term of
years and excluding Indians not taxed,
three-fifths of all other persons. " As above
stated this viii give full representation to
over four millions of negroes to, be welded
by the Southern whites and making each
South Carolina rebel equal to q free loyal
white men in Pennsylvania 1t is this gross
injustice and inequality that the Union par
ty desire to remedy by the proposed
amendr.,nnf In the Cnnstitnfinn And wa
reiterate let copperheads and rebels cease
their cry of NEGRO Equality until they
are willing to acknowledge, that rebels and
traitors are no better than loyal white men,
by adopting that amendment.