American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-28
The Census of 1870 and it's Transfer
of Power
TOURIST.

From the charleston Courier.l
The census of 1870 will entirely
change the political power Of the
country. In the last ten years the
West has developed wonderfully in
material prosperity and in popula-
ton. Thousands and thousands of
the hardy sons of Europe, with their
industry and little means, have
sought our shore, here to east their
lot and spend their future, and the
result is, u land on this side and to
the West of the Mississippi, which
has sprung as if by magic, and which
now forms the very centre and power
of the country.
The Mississippi is no longer the
Western boundary of the Republic.
1t is now merely the dividing line
between its Eastern and Western
shores.
According to the Constitution,
q Representatives and direct taxes
shall be apportioned among the sew
eral States according to their respec-
tive numbers of persons"
A new census, for the purpose of
determining their representation,
takes place in 1870.
Now New England is supreme in
the councils of the nation. Her dense
population has given to her an I'M
due proportion of representation i'll
the Lower House.
,f
the power. Not only by immigra-
ton, the most prolific, but by in
creased facilities of travel and inter
course, and by the fertility of the
soil, the West, lately the pioneer, has
become the the representative of the
population of the land. Its fields,
a few years ago lying barren and
waste, are now covered with flourish
ing villages and cities. The farm
and the schoolhouse, the church and
the manutactory, are everywhere to
be seen side by side, and the wonder
OF this vast eXpanSe seems as magi-
cal as the exhibitions of Aladdin's
Lamp.
These are, however, realities, and
a part of the history and progress of
the country.
1t is now reduced to a certainty,
that when, according to the coming
census of 1870, the representation i'll
Congress is apportioned among the
several States, according to their
respective numbers, the Sceptre OF
the empire will have departed from
| /, Of nd
1t will be tranferred to the West by
reason of its vast aecesslOns by I'M
migration And to the South be
cause the whole of its population
will now be estimated for Congress
siOnal representation. Heretofore
the colored population counted only
for three -fifths. In other words, five
colored persons counted but as three
: of population for representation
Now all count. And this must o
f course (the whole number of repre-
r sentatives in Congress Throughout
, the country being the same,) detrac
, from the New England States, ant
2 increase the proportionate represen
; tation OF the West and the South.
| And this the New England State
!. perceive. The same principle b.
| which they have heretofore ruled til
|. land now adjusts the aleselsewherC
0 And now the proposition is mad
:, that the Constitution should b
e amended.
L 1t is just discovered that populs
S ton, as heretofore, is not the tru
c element of representation, but tina
Il taxation OF wealth should form on
of the essential elements.
|, Hence we find in the interests {
II New England, the following protes
J. from the Providence Press. 1t says
/. "The West is superior in numerics
d strength, the East is far superior /
i financial Importance. This fact wi
u nccessitate the consideration of tn
II Just basis of apportionment, that tn
e section which contributes of its cap
(, tai to promote the material growt
II Of the country, may not be compelle
e to be satisfied with a small minorit
n in the House of Representative,
l. while the West, dependent, at leas
in the early part of its history, upo
n the favor and patronage of the EaS
n may not have IL controlling voice i
If Congress, and so distribute the cap
g tol which they do not own as to eI
/ hance itself at the expense of tn
n rest of the country"
n Westward and Southward the gt3
is of empire holds its way. And thcr
Ii ultimately, will rest the sceptre {
T. authority.
Ut Representation is fixed by IL
II Constitution. And there it will r
lc main. The States upon whom it col
I fers this legitimate authority wi
le never consent to release it.
'e The census Of 1870 will shake Il
+ the dry bones and form new ell
d mcnts. both OF material and polite;
= supremacy.
~ And IN this revival the South III
a nothing to fear.
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