The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-02
CUEJJMBIA. IS. Cy..i e..
Saturday, Mornihs, October 2, 1889.
Ths Power OF New> >Ensiand--The West
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We hold that twill be fortunate era
in tho history Of our country when ,tha
aceptre shall have passed away from New
England. When men of the school of
Sumner and Wendell, Phillips shall be
laid aside. we may have return ot fra
.ternity and ha rlhSonsy hSony IN The, country.
Nor. IL il unlikely that this dsy-is-aees-at
hand. We transferto our columns some
figures and some comments On this sub
jeet from3the Mchnpnl aQmrp1 rUS-
der the heading OF 1870, it says:
We dc not believe that the majority of
our readers viii be sorry to hear that by
the census OF, 1870 The six New England
States, which in 1910 had SO representa-
Gves in, Congress, win have only %. The
Chicago i1fibxns I've rather like the Iri-
5nreS because Of this fgurationj and be-
cause OF It's manly course on the test
oath question gives the following:
z; MRine,f 8; New Hampshire. s.:
Vermont 5; Massachusetts,, -; Connec-
ticut.. 8; Rhode Island. 2; total, 80.
1870. Maine. a; New Hampshire, q;
Vermont. -2;t Massachusetts,, g.; Rhode
Island. I; QonneDticut, 4; total, 90.
The, North western, States, which in
1s4O had 81, in 1870 viii, have s3, as fol-
lows: - ~ -
1s4O. Ohio, e1s; Indiana, z; Illinois,
3; Michigan, u Missouri, 2; total, 80.
187O.-Ohio, -; Indiana, IL; Illinois,
10; Missouri, H. Michigan, z; Iowa, 8;
Wisconsin; z; Minnesota, 8; Kansas, q;
N "a eI 1s Ia 81.
But, says. the Tribune, we must add
cal strength of the West, and they will
have z members making in all 90 mem
bers for the ''great West" If to New
England's % We add New York 20,
Pennsylvania 25, New Jersey 5, Della
ware 1, and Maryland 4, in all GA, we
shall have for these Eastern and Middle
States in 1870 sc representatives-leav
ing Q majority OF z votes for the West
ern States in contest between the East
and the West. We beg leave to subtract
Maryland and class it with the Southern
States. And now, from the foregoing, it
is plain that power has passed from the
East, and that. the West and the South
can govern this country. Washington
will not be the capital of the United
States ten years-perhaps not five. The
Tribune has some thoughtful remarks on
this point. 1t says:
ut is this fact which the shrewder
Eastern politicians and journalists have
taken, into consideration in estimating
the probable success of the agitation for
the removal Of the capital. The West
might attain to twice the superiority, in
both population and wealth, which it
now has, andIits relative Influence in the
national councils would not be felt SO
long as the capital remained on the At
lantio seaboard. Thedesire that the capt.
tai should bei'brohEht to the centre of
population, ana shall ~ be eo placed as to
naturalize its spirit, tone and legislation,
is as natural as that the owner,of a mag.
ni6cent private estate should wish his
own residence TO be in the most tasteful
and conspicuous site on his domain, in
stead OF in the corner where nhe resided
when his acres were few and his aspira-
Gons meagre,'f THIS is 30 natural, that
any failure on the pRft Of the great bulk
Of the, population of the country, now
gathered in the valley of the Mississippi
and its tributaries, to embrace the ad-
vantage to which tRair numbers and DO
sition entitle them, would be as anoma-
lous as it would be weak r...'isa
We wish to invite our readers to think
of these things. because we Git ia so with
all Americans) are too prone to look on
the present moment. In O very few
years American politics will have entirely
changed-new combinations will have
been formed. Now, we at the South are
at the mercy of New England interests.
Then, New England will have dropped
the sceptre. There will be q new deal
ell around, and our section may get fair
share of the benefits Of the national 90.
vernment. If we do not like high ta-
riff, we have only to strike hands with
the West, and the great Democratic
principle of free trade will be the law of
the land. We attach, however, more
especial value to this-that the soreness
Of the South in consequence of the
events of the past fonr years will be mol
lifted by the wrestling OF power from the
New England politicians, who have been
so merciless in their triumph over us.
With the capital at st. Louis, and new
policies, there is o new future and o new
world. We pray for the census and the
apportionment Of 1870.
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