The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-12-01
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The New Congressional AppoEtSoHs
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The dIlfge}t land INSCRIPTIONS q an
fkees Of New England are looking a
Hong way ahead in order to retain their
preponderatiHg influence in theE4Aeder-
al Government under the new census,
which wilEshsow that,tKey are NOT emit
tied to the number of representatives
they now,have IN Congress. The Puy,
itans regard the loss of a represents
tive as SO much property Illegally taken
from them; and their present concern
is to so change the law of 1850 as to
largely increase the number of represen-
tatives in the lower House Of Congress.
When New England controls, she is
in favor of limited number of MEM
bers of the House; when the drift of
POI ulation westward shows that q. fair
.apportionment of members will reduce
her influence and power, then. the pa
triotic Puritans favor an increase in
the whole body Iris notorious that
the six little States of New England,
represented by twelve Senators, with a
population less than one or two of the
great States, have controlled the Sen
ate of the United States during the
last decade. securing all the-iRpoftant
committees, and forcing threushEsen-
gress all the ingenious laws whereby
the Yankees were enabled TO cheat! all
other sections of the country pIrt:S of
their rights and earnings. The same
cannot be retained inithe House
if the old apportionment Is continued,
as each. New England Stateh will, I'M
der the census of 1850, lose one or
more representatives. For causes fire
quently alluded to and well .knoYR,
there has been little or no increase IN
the population of these States, The
intolerance and .exclusiveness Of their
laws the selfshness and fanaticiSm of
the people, which almost exclude. the
settlement of foreigners. among them
and the infusion of: new vitality in the
people, have beef aided by the wicked
i~ngenuityof Yankee quacks byprevent-
ing the natural INCREASE hofsthe Active
population. The States west of this
exclusive section have been ia al man
ner exempt from the causes andssfects
of Puritan ideas, and have NATURALLY
increased iu-populatioh, and maesenec-
essarily augment their influence in the
popular branch of the Federal Con-
gress. To defeat this self-evident and
just result the Puritans have begun
their scbeming, and will make q ldes-
perate fight to retain their present un-
Just strength under the apportionment
to be made bp the new census. A care
fully prepared article, which we, copy
elsewhere from "a. Providence, Ri,
newspaper Of loyal proelivities, is sig
nificant4upon this point, and we invite
the attention of. Western men and pol
titicians to it as something worthy of
preservation. ~ nes OF s.s.H ~
Unfortunately tho West is now rep
resented in Congress by a majority of
men whose idolatrous adherence. TO all
the baleful Yankeeisms render 1T q
doubtful question whether orTnot, this
section car protect itself from the
schemes of the Puritans. Our Adolf
ton Congressman have universally 5ve-
ted against Western interests at the
dictation of New England, which COW
cred itself under some false pretense
of philanthropy, or some bogus theory
of progress, morality, or freedom; and
by reason of this subserviency to East
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