The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-19

ms aggregate population seyenty-th,
Representatives 10 Congress were app,
in toned TO thoss States forty-two or thl
OF which were BY reason of the VIII
population, and thirty or thirty-ons
reason OF the coiored population. At 4
recent election the white Democracy Of q
SOUTH seized seventy Of the seventy .thr
districts and thus secured a Democrat
a majority In the next House OF Represent
." tives Thus it appears that throuRho
The States that formed the late Confedsra
Government sixty-fve thousand whites
the very people that rebelled against II
:, Union are enabled to elect q Represent,
tive IN Congress, while in the loyal Stat,
1t requires one hundred aud thirty-tv
thousand Of the white people that fcuQt
Tor the Union to elect Representative. /
ieVying every tax, therefore, in maxim
every appropriation of money, in f1in
every line OF public policy, in decreein
what shall be the fate and fortune of tn
Republic, the Confederate soldier South i
enabled TO cast a vote that is twice a. DOW
erful and twice as influential "a the yote O
the Union soldier North.
But the white men Of the South did M
acquire and DO not hold this superior POW
- or BY reason Of law Or justice, but in di.re
- gard end defiance Of both. The fourteenth
y amendment 70 the Constitution was e1pec-
ted 10 be and was designed to be proven.
\ i've and corrective Of ali such possible
!. abuses The reading of the clause applica.
bic to the case is instructive and suggestive
Hear it:
. Representatives shall De- spportioned among
= the several stsies acco' ding 10 their respec,
, tive numbers, counting the whole numb Der of
= persons n each state, excluding Indians not
rltxnf Tn.
election for the choice OF elector. tor Presi-
dent and Vice President ofthe United states
8 II pre- sentativ@s in Congress, the executive
Ard Judicial Officers of lac State, or the mem
bers OF the legislature thereof, il denied IN
any OF the male inhabitants OF such state
being twenty-one years OF age, and citizens
| ofthe United States, or Ia any way abridged
kept ior participation Ia rebellion, or
other crime, the basis of representation
therein shall be re-iuc d in The proportion
which the humber Of such male citizens shall
Dear 10 the whole mum Ter of male citizens
'"eh'y one years fsge In such state.
The patent uGdeniable intent Of this
provision was that il any class Of voters
were denied or in suy way abridged in their
| right OF suffrage, then the class so denied
or abridged should not be counted in The
OASIS Oh Representation or, in other words. |!
that no state or States should gain q large
Increase a representation IN Congress by |
reason OF cOuuting any class o. population |
not permitted - tske part 10 electing such |
Representative. But the construction given
to this provision il that before any forfeit
ure OF representation can be enforced the
denial or Arrangement Of suffrage mus. be
the result Of a law specifically enacted by
the State l nder this construction every
negro voter may have suffrage ABSOLUTELY
denied or fatally abridged BY the violence.
actual or threatened, Of irresponsible mobs'
or By frauds and deception. o. State officers
from the governor down 10 the last election
clerk, and then, unless some State law can
be shown that authorizes the denial or
sofidgeIoent. the Stale ecspes all penslty =
or peru oil reduced representation. THIS
consiuciicn may he upheld by Tie courts, !,
ruling on the letter Of the Law, which
kiiieIhp but the spirit at Justice cries aloud !,
against the eyasive and atrocious concl; =
sion tina: deals ont oppression to the iuno II
cent snd shields the guilty from the legiti- y
nate Consequences OF wiliiul tran. erection =
L he coiored citizen ia thus most unhap.. y
1ily situaied; his right Of sugrsye il but a y,
hollow mockerv; il holds 10 hiS ear the ~
'ord OF promise hut breaks i, ALWAYS to /.
iis nope, aud he eudz only in being made Z
re unwilling instrument OF Increasing the =
'oliticai sirongth OF that party from which !!
e received ever-tightening letters when he
as slave and contempiuogs refusal Of Sc
WI rights since he WAS made free He | Ia
esembles Indeed those unhappy caDtivas ! In
the last who deprived Of their biribricht ,nr
re compelled f. viai! their strength 70 the ~
pDuIlding .; I!y monarch from whose vi
r"nu!ts they nav" iaG-. 20 fear, aud to hi
;ht agsIIst the power from which aIor. on,
'iIvcranc- might 10 expected The fran. in,
lIse Intended igs The held 8nd defense O. cor
e negro has bsen turned ag.iu-, him and all
'ain-t HE friends and haz vastly increa-- res
The power q those f:0m whom he has am
thing 10 hOre and everything 10 dread. "a
he political power thus appropriated BY no,
lthern Democrats by resson Of the negro Ell
pulation amounts to thirty-fve Represen- lis,
ayes IN congress l. Is massed almost can
holy s#rh Offsets the greet State Of New at
'rki or Pennsylvania and New Jersey To- ms,
her; or the whole If New England; or | h;
no and Indiana united; or The com bined BE- I
myth Of illinois, Minnesota, Kansas. Of .
i'i1rhIa' >tvads, Nebraska, Colorado, iron
4 Oregon. The seizure Of thi. Dower is ali
nton usurpatinn; II Ia fragrant Outrage: Tba
: violent perver-ion Il TIE whole THEORY r.so
republican government Il inures solely II =
''e i"e''H' advantage ahG Vel. believe, VIII.
he permanent di-hOror of the Democrat oonr
IL i ny reason Oh 'hl- traini Ing been
v" Vi I'lfh rights ihls ruthl.ss -eiznre sny
aus i""eI that TIE Debccraiic par the
holds .hs popular branch Of Congress to. WA
- W.! ~ F's 'h'h niEct' Gays nave 10 ar
troll OF this body aiso, thas .Sp;ug the ii
re i'siatiSe pertment OF ihe dcv- fully
ment through The unlawful capture Of rivb,
Southern SGat,s. ii the prescribed vote Who'll
ne South we've east a Its ls"tGi owners whet
re, The Democratic party could not gain Sal.
'eE. Nay, II II We're not COUNTED on the citi,
eF aide agaiD4t the instincts aud the in h. d,
-ts. against the principles and the pref tbst
,es vi its lawful owners, Democratic yerv
'cSs would ,s hopeless. u l. not enough, resol,
!, for modern Democratic tactics that mich
negro votes -bail be si!enced the de. q q
'd 2"~- farther and insists that il shall NAV
ountcd on their side, that nil the Rep ,oIs
ntstives III Congress ami sil the Pr.si- oras.
isl electors -pporiioneI ly res=0n Of c.. :
negro vote rhs!l n 80 east and go GOV. two n
n - q - ~ a''c soccFS--I'- propr
u yu-si'c: 40 oTn 7hce o! l2" is!s;i
nd this injusliC- is wholly unprotected. ION ,
uh' II II ls IL the pGEsr Of the most no iii.
,h'"s ih'es"Ia','h e" 'hoF nat 10 sny csilec
hcrn State during the period Of he y..1ic
iSsn ',htro' shS i'ga' voter wss make
uFc,s' 'en 'Ioth 'n,' ir'c-' exercise OF nay, i
ruuIdRe LStn tue frNt1yeS which fhirp
a have lesped into lie with many who ;r,nii
ised the regro were brriad on, Of .i,h, 81 r;
= m7Cnauimity which the "-uperior set;cn
!"'' !" Hollow shn sem reiucfsnt to ilv.
,riza. know 1t il said in rotor, of rs-orB
'HA's'7 Hshiiie' 'ne "atherh elections la u
sm now reviewing that uu:airuess ci .neacI
! gravity prevails In northern elections. rn,,;n
'T IN many qudTitTs snd read il in dsfepc
spers that in the late exciting election Of III
massachusetts, intimidation and bull This a.
q. # not 70 rough end rancorou. a. in no, an
cu'h, we're We, ~ widespread spi e. neople
moutl,
ave read and set | refuse 10 believe repeat
the distinguished gentleman, who clear
IN energetic but unsuccessful can. could
Tor :he SenatoSship Of that Stale. has formed
sed ana approved these charges, and there Y
c accordingly made my resolution North.
enough to include their thorough in that a
,stion. am no. demanding fair cleo unjust,
IN the South without demanding fair try ney
ors in the North also. Dui yentur- il my |
-ISsk for the New England s,s,.=, that {
o-e laws and customs know some Tia, Il
! dare ASSERT that in the late election voters
ssachufetts, or any OF the neighboring OF it
it will be impossible to that?
ven one Case where a yotlr was driven Que sh,
the pollr, where the voter did not the ne
the fullest, iairest, ireest opportunity from Y,
the ballot OF his choice and have il cratic
ilv and faithfully counted in the r. owing