The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-02
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Memorial to, Gonqress. 4

Below will be found a memorial, ad-'
dressed to, the House Of Representatives
of the United States, which is signed by:
Hon. Vim. Henry Trescot, Of Pendleton.
This memorial clearly sets forth the ne
cessity and. .propriety Of Congress Tefus-
ing to grant representation to this Cons,
gressional District, on the ground of its
illegal construction, and until 1t is prop
erly and. legally arranged. MI. ,Trescot
emphasized this point before. the, people
lsst summer gin an address, to the voters
/! Of the. Third Congressional District, and
he has undertaken the task Of ,enlighten-,
ing Congress upon the peculiar manipu7i
lation of,the State Legislature for parti-
zan purposes. His efforts deserve hearty
commendaton: from every one interested
in the preservation of law and order in
this country, and We ara gratifed ;; to
know that he Will be assisted in the work
by patriotic citizens in every portion Of
the Third Congressional District, to say
nothing of the moral support from other
quarters. This question is certain to
attract much attention when presented
to Congress, and we have every conf
dence that the unauthorized andiillsgal
construction of the Third District Will
be set. aside, which will result in order.
ing q new election at no distant day.. IL,
To tho. Honorable the Roase of Represeata.i
tives of ke. United States Of Americd: q
This, memorial of the undersigned,
William Henry ;Trescot, q, a,citizen of
South. Carolina, and q resident and voter
in the, Third Congressional District of
the said State, respectfully y;sheweth.: ~
1. That by an act, approved 1872,
and entitled "an act for the apportion-
ment of Representatives to Congress,
among the several States, according to
the ninth census" it was enacted by the
Congress of tho United States, "that
from and after the 8rd day of March,
eighteen hundred and seyenty-three, tho
House of Representatives shall be COM
posed of two hundred and eighty-three
members, to be apportioned among the
several States, in accordance with the
provisions of this act; that is to say,
R = to the State Of South Carolina,
five. r."
2. That by the second section Of said
act, it was further enacted, "that in each
State entitled under this Law to more
than one Representative, the number to
which said State may be entitled in the
Forty Third and each subsequent Con-
gress, shall be elected by Districts com
posed of contiguous territory, and contain.
ing as nearly rs practicable an equal
number of Inhabitants, and equal in
number to the representatives to which
said State may be entitled in Congress,
no one district electing more: than one
representative: ~.
8. That in pursuance of this act, the
General Assembly of the State Of South
Carolina, upon the 3rd Of March, 1874,
passed an act entitled "an act to divide
| the State into five Congressional Dis
tricts," by, which it, enacted Chat the
State of South Carolina shall be, and the
same is hereby, divided into five Congress
sional Districts, as follows, to wit: =
The Third Congressional District to be
composed Of the counties of Richland,
Newberry, Abbsvile, Laurens, Ander.
SON, Oconee and Pickens. = X" -. ::
| 4. That the said 'Third Congressional
District is not, as required BY; the afore- fore
said act Of Congress, composed OF con-