The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-10-24
The Late EsPCtion-EnequalitY of
Representation MiROGity
Eu.e tsse Majority


Since the formation of sectional party in
the North, sayst the Cincinnati Enquirer, the
result Of elections has ceased to be any in
lication of the will of the people Of the
United States, or, rather. it has placed it in
the power OF minority to permanently con
troll majority. Thus, in 1862 Mr.. lin
coin received for President, in the North
ern States, 100000 votes. There were
given against him, North and South 2,S00,- :
900 votes, and yet had Trey a been concon-
trated upon one man, instead OF three, nev.
eth ,ess Lin.oln would have been elected
Yes, elected, although his competitor had
received 1.0)0, 0OO the most votes! This
state of affairs has not been changed. At
the present time our voters, aS we learn ny
tie light of late elections, are thus divided;
Twenty five per cent. of them are in the
lately seeded States Or the remaining
sevcnty-fve per cent, in the North, the Ja-
Goblin party has majority Of about ten per
cent. Thus, in the whole United States ,
the Jacobns have forty three yer cent OF
the voting population, and the Anti Jaeo-
bins fftyscven per cent. The%hole power
of the Government is now in the hands OF
the former, who are using it to Cypress. the
iattcr. In the Federal Congress the forty
three per cent. is represented by one hun,
and forty members Of the House, and by
thirtv-SiX members Of tie Senate. The
fifty seven per cent have fourteen Senators
and some forty odd members Of the House.
TEs is in country wh2re we pre- end to be
governed by universe! suffrage! This is in
country whose cardinal political maxim
has been that a majority shall rule Talk
about the rotte borough representation IL
the Parim ent of Engiand-it is far and
equal in its results, mpAred to this mon.
styous state of things iii the United State,
Either our Constitution and laws, in thei
professions OF democracy, were originally
shams, or else they have been 81 peryerted
and warped as to cease to answer the end
for which they were designed
We think it will be generally agreed tina
when ,80O, ,00) voters can elect Presiden
although 100000 vote for another MAI
and when ffty-seven per cent. Of the poula
ton have only sixty Congressman in botl
branches, while forty-three per cent, have
two hundred and sixteen members, it i
about time that something wa, done in thu
in the way Of radical reform. Whateve
leads TO this state of things should be tori
up by the roots Vigorous war should be
levied against the cause or,hjs suppression
Of the popular will, whenever it be In
trenched.
The elections are said to have gone agains
the President; and yet his is 'he only dc
partment Of the Government that at all a
this moment represents majority Of the
people. He. stards forth the champion of ;
policy that is favored by fully iitty-sevcf
per cent. of our voting population. Yet he
is threatened with d position and remova
from Office by the forty-thrce per cent. Of the
people, who, in any event, it Constitutions
forms are to be preserved, have reduced
him to mere cipher in the Government
We used to have motto that "Ameli
cans shall rue America This motto
should be amended so as to read that ;
minority of Americans shall rule majority
Of America.
We make these reflections for no ahstrac
purposes, but we throw them out as the ba
SIS OF, action They indicate an outrage
upon representation and upon popular Coy
ernment that it behooyes the people il
some form to correct for it is likely to leaC
tn serio6s trouble Whatever there is left
of the majority principe in our Government
is now vested in the hands Of the President
Fifty-scyen per cent Of the people sustain
his policy Forty-three per cent. are
against him. Which ought to give way?--
the minority Of the majority?
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