, 1870-06-25
TIE suPp11nTT.

THK suPr1aN1IT.
The usnsl supplementary sheet will be
found with TIE TRIBUNE Of today which
goes outside the city, and with TIE Sus-
pA1 TRm1SE tomorrow morning.
THE REAPFoRT1oHMEHT BILL.
The reference of the Appostionment bill
to the Judiciary Committee Of the House
of Representatives, with the expectation
that the committee will not bo called ngnin
during this session, and with intent to Kill
he bill, is ono Of the most despicable, COW
ardly, and unjust acts Of legislation ever
perpetrated by one section Of the Union,
with tho help of handful Of traitors,
against another. We use those strong
words adrisedly, and because this event
dsvolves upon the Western States the
necessity Of taking action IN this matter in
their Independent capacity as States which,
# resisted, may entail important conse-
quences to both partiea. This action is
despicable because it proposes to wheed1e
the Western States ON Of about forty mem
bers IN the House Of Representatives to
which our right is not disputed It Is cow
nrdly, becnuse it has been done by suhter-
fuse and pretence. The ahlest census bill
ever framed by Congress, and one whieh
would have. given the country valuable in
formation re1ative to all our industries, In
stead Of meagre statistics Of a
few, was killed outright in the
bat hn3
not strike out the reappo1tionment
clause, and had not the integrity to pass it.
Finally, this action is unjust and revolu-
tionary, because, BY the same tactics by
which the West can be excluded from addi-
tional representation for two years, it can
be excluded for two hundred years We
can never have reappordonment by the
operation Of the constitution alone. It
requires law Of Congress to carry it out
in its details. IF Congress can refuse such
Law for two years, it can postpone reap
porhonment indefinitely
We are not disposed to see this refusal Of
Congress 10 enact legislation which it is ex-
press1y commanded by the constitution to
enact, tarnely submitted to. We believe
that, with proper unxnimity and energy on
the part of the States wronged by this
action, who constitute mora than half the
Union, and especially On the part Of the
Northwest, the wrong can be nghted
by the Sdhtes themselves, without ask
ing Tue eossea. VI LUG Pteeen' eoa-
efeaa we Know, oea1iy eooosn
1of all PraeeeA PURPOSES I" no"
many members the constitution entities
each State, as compared with lts present
ratio, if as may be assumed the number OF
the next congress DO med At 3oo menoefs-
Let the dofefnofs OF those otates ofoef tne
provisional election OF the number OF aaa'-
honal members 70 *n'en tne o1a9es ase en-
titled let me peop1e OF eaen o.ate So'e 10.
them, ;pfosaSaonans on usenefa. i1sSAe'' au4
eieet tnem anu hnen 'e' VIC "se"3oe's 81 &C.:
ga p7f*f'et ".ea"@esses' a''o 4e''s1A 0''"'
sonce a. a 'a9a' oetongl"g 70 'Ne'r o1.1..ss.
aents' aeFe % es'etu pussy, Inv
all oan unite opon-a po'ac9 ootsoeo ap'n
democ'auc equans5 anu io1nau.1oio - 1ueste, .,
Hav1ng oeela1eo, ~ 'ue neAs -, Hoas.e-o s, ~n
be oongeo TO- 'na. We Ae ene1lea ~ saoee
seats, 1Aey VIII not oa1e ~
admaltance p" US i' ,..
to MI them. 10 re'nse 10 ulnls
them ~oolo oe oei'oela'e A'o'1p' y
transient ma3os1's N enhe'a ~ ..
ZOE 'ne1nss'se1' eaaeseu ~
LEE Peop'e' " o''colh.'sus u''u p1@'1'
po~e3, "nlcn, unoes .Ass' ee'S'at1..AA'o.
tney nao 1os'. Il &ocn pfo1one ~
minority rue Ii 10 oo eo4ansee a', ~.
mlt9ed TO- then "e a1e AsS' 'osue' aaoe1
the chains OF rotten borough syS1em'
The states OF the NORTHWEST are so-oay GU
titled to ~ new members, "n1ch
the States o1 the Hoftneast propose
t" take from US oy s'ra1agem' IneF
hare displayed the desa1e, ous We oeny
that they possess the courage 70 COL
sumInate the fraud 1t Is Tor the states
that are injured by it alone to decide
whether they will submit to this jugglery.
We believe they viii not be long in making
their voice heard and their power felt, and
in teaching that section which has now six
times as many Senators, in proportion to
her population, as Illinois, that she cannot
also retain and usurp twice as many men-
bers in the House. There, at least, the
constitution intends TINT the people shall
be represented in proportion to their num-
hers, and that the readiustnsnt ahall take
place as soon as practicable after the decen-
nial census.
1t would be useless to disguise the fact
That the Bessemer-steelers are at the bot
4,~r, ~ +h;a oraot ,,~,7y,otion and outrape
Their invis1b1a- but potent. influence &C
counts, undoubtedly, for the course Of
Blair, Of Michigan, who had the tamerity te
vote to disf1anclise his OWL State OF one
third of her 'rightful power and influence
m the House Of Representatives. This II
famous ring s*e, and know, that the Wes
is destined to take their plunder away from
them In their estimation, every ne7
member Of Congress from the West Is
police officer, with wnrrant Tor tne'f ~
rest, to erade and batde whom oy ~
means, fair OF foul. as their constant e1
deavor- Can any othes reason oe con'e, ~
ed for this dastafoly vote ~ VIC
Aeappo1aonnent Dill Ii sen' ~ 'ne 'o1.lo -.
the JUDICIARY CoIDm1iIEe, Ou LIE Gfo III IL