Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-27
RECAPITULATIoN.

The above calculation iymade on the to :
tai vote for President In 1860 which was
4730193 estimating South Carolina at 90
0OO), thus giving fraction over 10000 to q
Representative, under the rule OF the act
Of May 23, 1850, to divide by 233, and as-
sign additional menibes to the largest frac-
ti0n. so as TO make the whole number 242,
as at present. IL will be seen that while
the voting basis amendment Is the better
for the North, New England would lose
.fOur representatives under it, while on the
ahlendment proposed she gains tte0, making
difference of sic, while Ohio, Indiana, IL
linOls, Michigan and Wisconsin, by this
amendment, in effect, lose seoeR representa-
tives they would have otherwise 1diRed,
making difference of thirteen against in
favor Of New England. .N
1t has been a matter of complaint that it
took three votes North to equal two South
in electing representative, and an exami-
nation will show that the same thing is true
concerning New England, compared with
the six Western States Of Ohio, Indiana, IL
linois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa,
where sixty-two representatives in the
vote of 1860 required 24,024 votes apiece,
while the twenty seven New England rep
resentatives took 1S,909 apiece, difference
Of over 5000, making an aggregate advan-
tage on their twenty-seven representatives,
OF 10000 voters in proportion to the West.
To scrutinize still closer, on the figures in
Greeley's Almanac for 1860, results thus,
under the proposed amendment:
No. Reps No. Vo,ers. Av. per Rep
Massachusetts. ........n IL lG9l75 1880
Vermont ......... God. D,S4i A,2Sl
Rhode bland .......... 1851 9,g75
Making on sixteen representatives and
23l, $40 votes an average of l4.4S2 piece
t.. oupL' MT "a ~ hpt Of
the Southern States, according tO the same
authority, is only 1920, being lower av-
erage for these States than twO-thirds of
the Southern States considered even in
djUtdlni5J. The only remedy against this
inequality is to equalze the whole system
on the voting basis, striking down all con-
Structige representation; and not ST. elk to
substitute one unequal system for another, as
the proposed amendment does. -.
The tariff and questions of finance are the
future topics that will divide the country.
The great West fought for the unity and
Integrity of the nation, and not to gain any
selfish advantage for any p theory Of poll
tiles. Ohio has no interest in seeking to
force an apportionment, which iol her 442,-
44l votes will require % l42 to each r. pre-
sentative, while Massachusetts will elect
eleven on her vote of l69, l75 at 10 $40 vn'el
a difference of 1000 to District, making
1900 votes in the aggregate. The duty OF
the great valley of the Mississippi is to
compel all sections to obey the Constitu-
ti0n and the laws, and in amendments to
the Constitution OF the United States to re-
quire uniformity in their operation. The
Union State Convention, on the 2lst of
June, 1865 composed of men fresh from
the field as well as home politicians, resoly-
ed "that President Andrew johnson. by his
unwayering devotion to the Union, through
years OF the severest trial, has acon our
highest confidence that we cheerfully in
ldorse the pOIicyof his Administration. look
ing to the restoration of peace and civil Or
der, in the so-called seeded States, and
that as Union men of Ohio, we will give
him our hearty and uldiyided support
That pledge the honest masses will keep,
and politicians will find out in the Con-
gressional canvass, that candidates who
have refused to abide by it, and who now
dodge all the practical issues of the coming
campaign, in reference to the admission of
loyal RepreS entatives, will have hard
road to travel. The paper platform may
say negro suffrage is not an issue, but if the
Congressional candidates have made it so by
their Ol1n record, independent OF the sane
ton of eithera State or National Convention,
they can not complain if Union voters who
adhere to the party platform, Uote as hey
please on these questions. Congress has
come doUn greatly from its original pro-
gramme, but the elections this fall will
teach some men that Andrew johnson,
who, in 1912, proposed the voting basis, in
the Tennessee Legislature, will yet carry
his point by the present proposed amend
ment being referred back by the States for
further action at the short session next
winter. The people will not be cheated in-
to the belief that the proposed amendment
is the same as the voting basis when they
understand its practical operations. Figures
seldom lie. 1s .t ~ n.u... ~ lr
An ONO REPUBLICAN AND UNIoNIsT.
June Is, 1866. Up .if9..a. |f t.