Daily Republican., 1878-12-14
The I.sue PisiaIy Presented.

ted Yesterday, presented the re-
leading issues in such a plain, practIe'
manner that the whole question
easily comprshended and understoo
by all unbiased minds. II is remark;
BILE in its array of rudimentary fac
underlying the more superficial aspe
of the issue as,ssSA .thssaeh the publ
press discussions. As Mr.. Blaine pr,
ssnts it, and who can say that his preset
tation Of it is not o. true AZ 1t is l0gica
The wrongs done to the negroes Of III
So1th comes home with two fold create
force upon every citizen of the Nortl
He very clearly shows that by virtue {
the disfranchisement Of the blacks il
the south, in total disregard of th
Fourteenth amendment, the politica
power welded by Southern whit
man is equal to two white men II
the North. For example Georgia ant
Alabama with white population 0
l,l5s, 900 and colored population 0
,020, 900 have seventeen representa-
tives vi whom eight we're appor,ionet
on account of the colored population
but the colored voters in those state.
are virtually disfranchised, the Demo
Gratis electing the whole seventeen
members, while Michigan, Minnesota
Nebraska ana California having al
aggregate white population equa. to tn,
whole combined population Of Georgia
and Alabama, also elects seventeen
Congressman only. Another strikiuq
instance Of this glaring inequality is
shown by Mr.. Blaine grouping South
Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana thu
three most bull-dozed states of tn,
South together as compared with
the Northern States of Iowa and
Wisconsin. In the three sou herlr
Sta,es named there is population OF
1885, 600 whites and /, ,224, 600 blacks
there being nearly 200, 900 preponder,
auce in favor Of the blacks. Thes,
States also elect seventeen mem bers Of
Congress of which nine Were abportion-
ed on account Of the colored vote and
eight on account of the white vote, and
yet III the election Tor Congressman Til.
colored voters have had 40 voice, the
Democrats by outrages;frauds and init
midation electing every one OF them.
In contrast the two Northern States
named with white population great, r
than the combined population of the
South ern groups elect only seventeen
members, showing that in those states it
takes 1872, 900 OF a white population to
send representative to Congress Will
in South Carolina, Mississippi and
Louisiana i, takes but $4,000. The
entire addition to the Southern repre-
sentation ON account of the negro popu-
lation is thirty-fye, and this has been
almost wholly secured by the Demo.
Gratis through colored disfranchismeut.
Take away the thirty-fve member,
that the Democrats have secured
through murder, fraud and intimida-
tions, and place 1t where it belongs the
Democratic majority would not onlv
disappear from Congress, but the Re
publicans would b- left in a majority
OF fifty to seventy-fve all the tim..
Readjust the Southern representation
on the basis of actual voters which OBJ
tans at the North and the COMPRESSION
al majority would still be Republican.
The iniquity is too hagrant to endure,
and what IS more the loyal people who
fought TO save the nation are not going
to endure it much longer. There are
too many industrial interests at the
north at stake to submit to the legis.
lation of Congressional majority elec,
ted by murdec and fraud. The Repub.
licans simply insists upon equality and
Mr.. Blaine's resolution is to devise
method by which this object may be
secured. That is all and nothing more >.
and who will say that this is not right'
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