Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-12
more comprehensiye generalization. Tn,

Hons Col0feu. On this aggregate popu-
lation seventy three Representatives in
Congress were apportioned to those
States-forty-two or three ut which were
by reason Of the white population and
thirty or thirty-one by reason OF the
colored population. At the recent elec,
ton the white Democracy of the South
seized seventy of the seventy-three
districts, and thus secured Demo
cratic majority in the next House ot
Representatives. Thus it appears that
throughout the States that formed the
late Confederate government seventy
five thousand white-the very people
that rebellcd against the Union arr en-
ablcd to elect a Representative in Con-
gress, while in the loyal States il re-
quires one hundred and thirty-two
thousand of the white people that
fought for the Union to elect II Repre-
sentative. In levying every tax, there
fore, in making every appropriation Oi
money in fixing every line OF public
policy, in decreeing what shall be the
fate and fortune of the republic, the
Confederate soldier South is enabled to
cast vote that is twice rs powerful and
twice as influential Us the vote oi the
Union soldier North.
But the white men of the South did
not ACQUIRE and do not hold thi, supc-
rior mower nv reason oi law or iusti,r
but In disregard and defiance oi both
The fourteenth amendment to tbs Con
stitution MAS expected to bc aud Was de-
signed to be a preventive AMI corrective
of all such possible abuses. The reading
of the clause applicable 10 the case is in
structive and suggestive. Hear il:
Representatives shall be apportione,i AMONG
the several states sccoriing Ia their respective
nunbsns, counting he whole nuan', OF iTrI9nS 1i,S
ssbcn ,h" T,bi to Ya,e ai any si,ct,on i,r Ih,
choice oi electors ior President aud Vice Prt,i
dent Of ihe United states REPRESENTATIVE III
staie ar ,be mrnbcr, of he f"rislatmr' thereof
Is denied to any OF the male inhabilauts "i such
stair being tnen,y one Sfa'' o' ', a"i ,tl,%r''
s,ccnt fnr nartici,,,iinn in n.IclIinn or "Ihrr
crime, the basis OF representation therein shall
bs Teipoed In The prop"r,iomi rhna i',s nelnhI5 n
NJ number Of male citizens twenty one yearS OF age
ia such State.
The patent, undeniablc intent oi this
provision was that if any clas, ui voters
we're denied or i'm any way abridged ia
their right ol suffrage then the class So
denied ar sbridgrj should uut hr
ronntad in the basis ui rrurr..nt,tiou.
ar in other words that n, state ar
States sbouId vaiu a larJ. increase oi
representation III '"'gT'ss ny reason 'I
counting any ,iass o' lolu'a''"" hI
perm'lteh 10 ake part III e'e'''i'e su'h
representatives. p"' !'in '"'St'u u.''"n
gNe, I" '"iS prov 'iS'" Is u'a' "''he",'.
forfeiture 7" rtP'tSeh'a!1h 'a'. y"
eNior'c" the ue'ia' VT a"'"'ee,''''t :"
SUFFRAGE t,'"St !" uhS ie'u' VI
ia" spe'iii'ailS eh''tt" Nv ''l' ''"'''
Under this construction over! hrs,"
I"tef NAV nave MS '91faSe "',H'""'c''
denied or ia'ai'y aprinGeh ~ 'I'' N'"-
thcci ".ua' "I ''it"'G'''"' !" "'csP'"
sipie MODS, "' ny "a""e "h' "'''l''""S
{" Hta'e on'Ters '""' '''r s"Nt'n"' """"
!" '''' ''s' ''''''"" ''''N' an" ''''"' u'
less some ntaVe Ia" !a'' '" s'"mh '''"'
authorizes inc o','"' "T apr"'s''n"';
tht S'aio escapes All i'h'i's OF peru "'
reduced representation in'S CON
structi"h may bc hph'lu hN the '"itlS'
ruling on the letter oi the law, which
kllleth, hui the Spirit "i justice c'i'S
ai"uu against 'hS eS"SNc All" "''""'"H
conclusion 'h"' 9taiS 9u' "PlitSs''".I ~
.ie ',i'lnte, a''' s'''ei's '''' gun :i,!i :i,,
tue 'cs''''!'a'e Consequences W "'''''''
'ramss'ess'oh; 80.
me coi"re'i ',''LS" u .''"s ,'',,sl "''
n"Ppiis situated ms ''s'.' "' s"'!"~T -
but a hoilo" m"'kery IL h"''s l" ms
ear the "or" "i promise ""' o't"AS
always 10 ms nope anu ne ei"s ON. III
being made the unwiliins instrument oil
increasing the pohucal s'rength OF t'at
party from which he received ever
tightening letters when he Was aaNe
ana contemPtuons refusal "i 'i'il r'EHtS
since he was made tree lie resembles
indeed those unhappy carnVes IN the
rast VINO, aePri'eu ni Ihei' n"'h' 's""
are cohipeiien l" !ieii 'i'e'r s'rr"St" l"
'he uppuiiul's q, VI, '""''"',', ,'"'''
whose tyranhi's me! nave n'"s' !" ,va''
anu !" hght against 'he inSet '"''
when alone hei''siahee n'ght :" uN
pected ne franchise i'I'ehn'i' .i '"I li', 'nr
shield ana ucichsc ui l't ll's'o l''AS ''VH