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HOW no THE Pn0PLE sTAEDs
II is claimed by the Radicals who are
regardless Of facts that the present Con
gress represents the sentiments Of the
people, and that its acts are to be re.
garded as an expression Of the will OF
. majority Of the people Of the United
States. But a few plain figures, tlefiv.
ed from the returns Of the elections of
1857, will show that the Fortieth Con-
gress represents only minority of the
people, and that in its present high
handed measure of impeachment it is
acting adversely to the Willldf'a major
ity of the citizens of the North, to say
nothing of the Overwhelming adverse
sentiment Of the South. The strength
of Radicalism in Congress is admitted.
It is irresistible. It has majority
more than two-thirds in both the House
and Senate, so that there is no obstacle
to its acts. It can override the Consti-
tuition by its Legislation, and can carry
that legislation over the veto Of the
President. But in doing so it does not
represent the people. And we show it
thus The House of Representatives is
composed of l94 members. The Radi-
Gals number l44 and the Democrats so.
A two-thirds vote is 100, and the Rad
icals have this number and fourteen to
spare. But sixteen out of that LA Rad
icals do not represent the peopleof their
districts, and if they did their duty they
would resign and let their places be
filed by Democrats. The following are
their names: ~
Bingham, of the Sixth Ohio District; Buck
land, fthe Ninth Ohio District Clarke, ofthe
Sixth Ohio District; Halsey, Of the Fifth and
Letchum, of the Twelfth New York Dis
trict; Kountz, of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
District; Meyers, of the Third Penney lvania
District; Payne, of the First Wisconsin Dis
trict Plants, Of the Fifteenth Ohio District;
Robertson, of the Tenth New York District;
Schenck, Of the Third Ohio District; Taylor.
Of the Fifth Pennsylvania District; Thomas.
of the Second Maryland District; Van Wyck.
of the Eleventh New York District Wilson.
Of the Eleventh Ohio District aH
These Radical gentlemen were elect
ed in 1866, the aggregate majorities of
their districts being 1858. But in
1857 every one of these districts was
carried by the Democrats, the aggre-
gate Democratic n@orities being
20,749. If these Districts were rightly
represented in Congress, the sixteen
Radical gentlemen we have named
would be superseded by sixteen Demo
Gratis, representing the sentiment of
their constituents as expressed In the
Democratic majorities of 1857. But
then what would become Of the two
thirds majority of the Radicals ? Six
teen. from LA leaves 1913, or two less
than two-thirds vote.
If Congress were reorganized at this
moment so as.to represent the senti-
ment Of the people in those sixteen dis
tricts, it would be shorn instantly Of its
power to carry unconstitutional legisla-
ton over the veto of the President. It
holds two-thirds Radical vote now
only because very considerable num-
Der Of the members misreprssent the
people.
But more than this ! in 1866, the fol-
lowing States, to wit !: California, Con-
necticut, Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Massa chusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont, aid. West Vir-
ginia; cast l, T31 .99f Radical votes, and
Ass, 546. Democratic, q Radical major
ity of 273,545. In 1867 those nineteen
States cast 1, 622, sT3 Democratic votes
and l,567,s66 Radical votes, . Demo-
cratic majority of SIS, I0I, showing .
change in the sentiment of the people
represented by the figures 328,562. IfI
Indiana and Illinois were added to these
States the Democratic majority would
be still larger. But those States had
only local elections, and we have not
their aggregates. The summing up Of
the majorities Of the different counties
in those States, however, was reported
at the different capitals as showing
that the States had gone Democratic. |
The nineteen States we have named
are sufficient for our purpose. They
show that in the great mass Of popula-
ton in the grand States Of the Union
the Radicals have sunk into . minority |
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