, 1867-03-08
Tara,,on yyithout Renresen1elIon.

lie government that should never be Host
sight of The great principle forwhich our
fathers fought, and the violation of which
paved the way for the revolution, vas that in
a free government taxation must be accom-
panied by representation. 1t was for this
principle that our English ancestors strngr
gled for nearly century, and it vas for VIC.
lating this great right that King Charles
head was brought to the block. The strife
thus settled was again renewed by King
James, and resultei in his being. driven
from the throne of his ancestors, From
that date to this, now near two centuries,
no English King has ever dared TO inns
pose the payment Of taxes without the con-
sent of his people represented in the two
Houses of Parliament. The only departure
from this rule was in the case of George III,
who claimed the right to tax tie colonies,
and it was the endeavor to force this claim
upon our ancestors that led to he Revolu.
ton and the severance of the thirteen colo>
nies from the English crown. We refer to
these historical facts for the reason that in
our day, in the full sunshine Of the Mines
teenth century, great party proposes to
deny over ouo-fOurth the States of the I'm
ion all right to participate in framing the
laws under which they are to live, and at
the same time time applies to the people
thus excluded the most rigid code OF TAXA
ton that ever was devised. Recollecting
that our fathers, when numbering but little
over three millions, refused to surrender the
great principle that taxation and represen'
tation must 90 together, is it safe to infer
that their descendants, numbering over ten
millions, will consent to be deprived of this
right +? For the moment, it is possible that
this outrage, like any other outrage, may
be enforced by the strong hand of power,
but We have studied history in vain if we
have failed to learn that such submission is
in its nature temporary, and that sooner or
later means will be found to resist the inva
sion Of this, the dearest right of freemen.
The radical proposition to reduce the REBEL.
ious States 10 the condition OF Territories,
having no voice or vote in Congress, amounts
to nothing moro nor less than the assertion
of the right of taxation without representa-.
ton. Let the student of history remember
how earnestly Burke denounced this usurN
patton when attempted by British sover-
eign, and applying the same rule that gov,
erned then to the existing state of affairs,
let us be prepared to oppose and strangle
the revival of the heresy, and declare as did
Jul fathers before us, th~t tszatIon aud rep
resentation are inseparable.
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A RADICAL VICE PREsIDENr.-The teler
graph brings the news that Ben Wade, Cen.
ator from Ohio, has been elected President
pro tenn. of the Senate, and thus virtually
becomes Vice President of the United States
The new Vice President entered the Senate
in 1851, and has served continuously in that
body down to the present date. In politics,
he is the most radical of the radicals, and
his election to preside over the Senate, is
supposed to look to the impeachment and
and removal of the President In manners
rough and uncouth, he is the last man that
would have been selected for the mere plr,
pose of presiding officer, and hence his elecl
ton can only be regarded as a standing men>
ace to the President. During the four years
of Mr.. Lincoln's Administration, Wade be-
longed to the small band of republicans who
were constantly eudeavOring to thwart the
measures of the Executive. In this policy
he was moro particularly associated with
Henry Winter Davis, and will be recollected
as one Of the signers to the address in which
President Lincoln'L measures were SO severe
ly criticised. In 1864, he was one of the
| leaders in getting up the Cleveland Convenr
ton, and figured prominently in the moves
ment which brought forward John c. Fre-
mont and John Cochrane as candidates for
President and Vice President, in opposition
to Lincoln and johnson, the regular repub>
lican nominees. When this movement was
squelched, he gave a reluctant support to
President Lincoln, and down to the assast
sinatiOn was regarded as a personal and DO,
litical enemy of the President. In the
whole radical party there is not to be found
man better fitted to play the role of Dan.
ton, and should the country be precipitated
in another revolution, he will take his place
as the impersOnatiOn Of the spirit of destruc.
tion. An infdel in religion, a mocker of all
that most men hold sacred, of infamous life,
and reeking in debauchery, he Of all men in
the Senate is best fitted to head the threat>
ened revolution. Evidently the country has
fallen upon evil times, and fortunate will we
be If we escape another bloody war
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RAscALs IN oFFIcE.-Nearly the whole Of the
last session of Congress- was fritte-ad awav in