The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-07
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The cry raised by the KepupuS.sa.sS "
usts,wa,ts !, class that the South was .i ac-
corded additional power BY the emanc'pa-
lion OF her slaves is a dangerous enc " ", pe
,,stare8s ,,r rs,.sis. or any other represe nsa-
tive 81 New England. The northern people
cosrced the southern States into accepting
twelve additional representatives IN tue lle
,ower House OF Cong ress-- that Is to say, tne
northern representatives in Washington
knew perfectly well that II the negroes were s
emancipatsd the basis OF representation IN
the South would be enlarged BY two NUNS
OF the number Of negroes. But they Tool
ishly imagined that they could themselves
control the negro vote ana tnus SCI
the benefit OF the additional repre-
sentatives. for their own party. They
did not force us to free our negroes ior our
own advantage, nor for that OF the negroes
but selfshly did it in the expectation t.'at
they would thereby aid in the perpetuation
OF the existence OF war party whose OUT.
RACES upon the southern people IN time OF
peacc have no parallel unless in the outrases
OF another sort which they committed upon
the same people in time OF war. 1t Wouiu
not, we suppose, be uncharitabie TO say that
not one single patriotic emotion ever stirreu
the breast Of any Radical in Congress when
he was advocating and voting for any
one OF the series OF infamous statutes
which are known as the reconstruction
measures. They were all concocted for the
punishment OF the southern people, and
for the purpose of beneiiting the Radical
party. and not in the belief that they would
rebound to the credit OF their orig'nato's
or contribute to the welfare OF the country.
The clamor lust now resounding through
4he North on the subject OF this additional
mower which those unprincipled men forced
upon the outraged, helpless, and unoftendlns
community of the South is, therefore, bet
ter calculated to expose the infamy OF tne
leaders of the Republican party than 10
bring condemnation upon the victims OF
their malignity.
We started out, however, to remark Inc
folly which characterizes those New Eng
land men who are joining in the cry TO
which we have called attention. The South
has no more strength in the United States
Senate than she would have had il the ne
eroes had remained slaves. and in the House
OF Representatives has acquired an addl-
ticnal strength OF less than one-tWcnty-
fourth OF this body. But New England
has nearly one-siXth OF The voting strength
OF the United States Senate, although the
population OF all six OF her miserable little
rotten boroughs docs not equal that OF the
State OF New York, which has only
oDe-,hirty. eighth OF the voting strength
or that body. Pennsylvania popula-
ton also is equal to that OF the six New
England States; yet she has only one-sixth
as much weight in the United States Senate
as those mcddlins, hypocriticaI, self-right-
eous busybodics who dwell in the land OF
the burners OF witches and prosecutors OF
ROGER WILLIAMS. Whenever the Constitu-
ton is again to be changed in those provi-
sions which regulate representation II
either house OF Congress, there will be
loud demand from all parts OF the Union
that New England be deprived OF all
but her fair share OF representatives
in the United States Senate. So long
as this was a confederated government
OF cccqual soyereignties, it was right and
proper that each State should have equal
weight in the Senate. But New England
has changed all that. She has converted
the Government into consolidated central
despotism, and she should be made to feel
the effects OF her uniustifiable warfare
upon the rights Of the southern States par
ticularly, but, as will appear in the end, OF
all the States 10 the Union. In the face OF
these facts, it'little becomes Mr.. BLAINE OF
any other New Englander to say u word in
regard to the one-twenty-fourth part OF the
members OF the House Of Representatives
which his section forced upon the unwilling
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