The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-09

whereas the principle of the rule GU
requires that property, the Legitimate -
subject of taxation, aud not num- on
bers, be the thing represented. 1t was do
for the safety of property that the act was C
.',,:u,sa, e,p,.or,,.,,+ ,.l;cl, sbould 70
look to property as basis of representation su
as we'll as taxation, should have leglsia- at
ture, or at least one branch OF 1t, chosen e1 10
ciusively by property-holders, and the con- "
stituent should have number OF votes pro- >.
! portionate to the aggregate OF his wealth. q
| This Drinciple we see carried out i'll joint u
stock companies, where property and not L
| persons are taken into consideration IL a
must be obvious to every one that. nnd-r s.
our institutions there is no attempt to car
nv the rule into practice. The reason of It,
in fact, has failed. The people control the {
whole government instead OF eontrolng' as
in England, a single branch of 1t, and there
no prerogative to be resisted, no privileged
class to shift the public burthens from It's
own shoulders to those of the people. Al
the dsrartments of the government are elect
ed by the people, and ali are alike RESPONSE
bIe 70 them. The only sense in which rep
resentation and taxation can be sald to go
+ one. that the people are all represented anu
: that all property is in the hands OF the Peo-
= nile But such is nowhere the tact lhe
neopIe are not all represented and even IL
! +oay were. there would stiQ remain much
/ +oxoIle property not represented 10 say
1t nothing of the property of unmarried wo-
% MOI, of the separate estates OF married "o-
mon nor of the very large amounts OF prop /
ertv always held by minors; there Is III an
~ the States and more especially In 'ile NC
l. opes much landed estate held Dy reslueh'S
Sc of other States, but all taxed IN the states
where it is situated. The strained ny Po'no-
sis that State Legislature represents tno
whole neoDle of a State, does not cover thlS
coso If notwithstanding these consldera-
he t;ons if he still insisted that representation
e- ood +axation are inseparable, then the rule
- ,,.+ bo Subjected to some such interpreta-
- +ion as this: Property taxed but not III lact
onraSanted being so situated i'll reference I"
au otbor nronerty which is both represented
ne and taxed. that no discrimination can DC
att r,ade AGAINST it. must be held and deemed
to he itself represented. There can, III tact
or. he no such discrimination all our o'"'e
= Constitutions requiring uniformity Oh lesls-
mr. Iatiop. and the Constitution OF the Chi'eu
o1o States giving to citizens OF each STATE al
md privileges and immunities OF citizens III 'h0
ous several States.
did On the subject oil the lish' Vi ,:..I,
hat control the qneS1loh ol sum t1,o+
of needs be said. Indeed, simply to say tha'
lere there Is no grant oi power W
, II termeddle with it, ought to be decisive
If the matter. Not only is there no such grant
= in but the Constitution expressly recognize
ted the power as existing in the States anu III
this cor1,orates it into the system is one Oh ti
lom elements Of the general organization linus
rom in the election of members OF the HOUSE, i
-ties Representatives, it is provided that IN IN
onp. electors in each State shall have the guam
iage cations requisite for electors OF the mos
,ris numerous branch of the State Legislature
al Other clauses mi ght be cited to the same eec
He but it is not necessary to accumulate eVloeh'
upon point which has never been contr'
vorted. | have said that the rule OF the m
il at iority is the fundamental principle Oh rep"
,,.o,, Iicanism but what is a majority Clear
not a majority of the whole people, ior 'he
revar was a community in which Wom'
Ih'on and minors were admitted 10 pellIlc
and 60. a,d tbev constitute majority oft
and ,rhn,o nnonle everywhere. There must,
"ar the nature Of things be governing Gas
Sum- ,1 +1a+ class is whatever the organic la
and declares it to be- In mo
or to -, Co. o,d ours amongst them til
Ison- class consists of free white males OF u
aoe oftwenty one years and upwards Hai
lite of the States admit men of color INTO IT, d
board some annex property quallhe
v are thov are not considered more or less rep'
merce lican on these accounts.
aecbes We have now seen that the duty of q
nee of rress to guaranty a republican form
at the | Government to each State is one to be 7
y tbev formed only upon the requisition OF the
. s.id oislature or Governor Of the State thrt
of the enel with revolution the legislature I
mod governor are presumed to represent the
that iority of the governing class, though not
bigger majority of the people that Repubh
erce- form of government is not lncompati
a res with a very restricted basis OF represel
,oisted ton. and may, in fact, partake LTgeiy
, mer- the nature of an Oligarchy that uudef
as the State Governments there Is no cohnec'
of the between taxation and representation
# Me- that the States alone have control Oh
en as- whole question of suffrage. The fair dec
he fol- tions from the whole premises are, that
of the State constitutions having once passed
some ordeal of Congress, and been deemed rel
Hcan. must still be so construed. That
# [ can body is precluded by its past action +
Glands now declarir them otherwise and has
nd the -, 90. fare in matters of State mol
--.ors until called upon, and then only to pres'
d that or restore constitutional government IN
suffer State. That the changed condition OF
tanning -, into +be freedman and his conseql
out of ~ -. a., ,,,4 oorr,- wit
the right of representation, because we
cocnize in our State governments no
o<,a.;on nection between them. And also becauS
"A from such connection do exist, he receives
said to beneht OF II as women hi'iiois anu n'.
imental ident landholders 90 III h"'lns inc"
+hough placed on the same footing as those OF
annlica sons actually represented. The same
rgIa he he said of their personal rights Ghe
and tbA cannot discriminate to his van
,nded to hut furnish him the same relief : lnJ
v exac. to person and property as are accorde
lore and the white man.
lois anu The idea of Republican Governmer
we're the distinct from that OF Democracy, ant
and the stitutions may properly be called Rel
hands of can which have very little OF the democ
-. element in them In my opinion, the
eSE'ohs ocratic principle has already been ca
Sc 1t III too far and shall endeavor, on anothe
and en- casion to show that there Is more reaso
ncroach- contracting than for extending the rig
). there suffrage.
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