Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-26
USEoTAL REORGANIZATION.

The Press and Times states that
Hawkins p. Murphy, who represented
johnson county in the late Legislature,
ais candidate for re election, and viii
be endorsed by large majority Of his
constituents" The presumption is legi-
innate, from this announcement, that tie
Radicals have determined to elect Repre-
sentatives to the next Legislature upon
the basis provided in the schedule to the
amendment to the constitution ratified on
the 22d of February, 1865. The eighth
section of that schedule fixed the appor.
tioument of representation in accord
ance with the act of February 10, 1852.
with the following proviso:
Provided, that said apporiionment be
so modified as to give the counties of john
son, Carter, Campbell, Anderson, Union
Sewer, Macon, and Hancock each one
member, and the district composed of the
counties of Fentress, Mofgan, Scott, and
Cumberland, one additional member in the
House Of Representatives"
The constitution Of the state provides
that the House OF Representatives shall
be composed of seventy-ive members
and the act of February 10, 1852, APP
portiOned the representation upon this
basis, but under the proyiso to the eighth
section of the schedule, nine additional
members We're selected, and served
throughout the Legislature, nothwirh-
standing provision was made for only six
Thus Carter and johnson elected three
Campbell and Anderson three, and knol
and Sewer three, whereas they were au'
thoriaed to elect only one each. Thu!
We find these six counties electing nine
Representatives instead of six, and they
were admitted without hesitation ltseemi
evident that this same game is to b.
played over by this nice arrangement
East Tennessee gets eight more Represen
tatives than that section is entitled to, anC
the House of Representatives is eomposeC
Of nine more members than is provided
for in the constitution.
Now let us look at the inequality q
this representation which the Radical
have foisted upon us in defiance of thC
constitution. Under the appointment &C
Of 1852, the counties of Carter and John
son would eleet one Representative
| Campbell and Anderson one, Cock
and Sewer one, Knox one Hanaoek
and Union being entitled to none, but Il
vote with the counties from which they
were detached. Under the proviso t,
the eighth section of the schedule, thest
counties elect as follows: Carter anC
johnson each one and jointly one, Ander
son and Campbell each one and jointly
one, Knox and Sewer each one and
Jointly one, Cooke one, Hancock one, and
Union one. Here we have nine cOuntie!
electing twelve Representatives, Will,
the law Of 1852 gives them but four. The
total population of these nine counties IL
1860, according to the census of tina
year, was 81 ,404 Davidson, Robertson
Montgomery, and Cheatham elect five
Representatives, and they had a popu
lBtiOn in 1860 of 90,473 Thus our foul
counties, with 5000 more population thar
the nine East Tennessee counties named
elect seven Representatives less than the
latter counties This is the unequal rep.
resentation which our Radical rulers
graciously grant to the people of this
State VIII Tennesseans perpetuate this
iniauity?