The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
THE BLAI E DEBATE
SENATOR VILLAGES MASTERY sPEEc
FACTS AND FIGURES 10 SHOW THE UTTER
FALLACY OF BLAINE's Principal STATE


FALLAcY OF BLAINE's PRINCIPAL STATE
J MENTs.
Senator Wailtce, in hs reply to Mr.
Blaine, held that no pracF cal results could
possibly follow the pro goed investigation.
/ aud that Was " hy he (W4iace) oDDaSed the
resolutions. H read the fourteenth
amendment, and the cour's decision there
/ upon, to show thai no SIae can be deprived
oil any OF it. representation because II the
/ act. OF individuals The remedy tor all the
grievances complained o by Mr.. b aine j.
in contest before the House. He then
showed that only twtny representatives,
were allotted u the Stuttern State because
/ of the eniraHchis~d negr, p, and not thirty
/ five "a Blaine had stated. He said il was
| uoJ true that the white voter OF the South
/ welded more power than the voter OF the
/ North. The first ftiisrY.' he said. "iu
| BlaIne's theory Il the bod assumption that
| the colored voters haa no 20 &c or power in
| tn recent elections. WHO gives any one
! authority 20 say this! Is IL true that the
/ Republican party possesses an indetca~ibie
1 estate in every coioreu voter ia those States
/ Have they no lihertv Of hought or right
/ luGe aende4t action Are IN IT votes not 10
/ be counted uulrss thet vote the Repub lean
! ticket? Such statement a. this j. terly
| unwarrauttd BY facts, for we all know that
/ in very many fnsfancesthe c"lored voter =
/ independent iu action. l. pom the Presideu-
/ tai vote of 1876 in those states the seven
| teen Democratic members elected
/ had total Of z72,SGb votes and their
/ opponents had total Of 2l9Gl0.
| The minority were just as much rep
| resented as hey are Ia any Cougre-siOu al
( district in The North. They voted and ia Y
we're out-voted. How uutairl, the coutrast
/ Is puf. Iowa and Wisconsin, had, in 1876,
voting population of $40 los OF tn s.,
| 296 go. r. presenting about 200 eco people.
were Repub leans, and 2l3 SOB representa-
about lGU0UO0 peoples ere Democrats If
tn negroes WHO voted for the X pm flican
candidates in the Southern states named are
n To b. counted, the Democrats who
vofed for their own candidates in Iowa and
Wisconsin ought not 20 be counted. The
Democrats elected i'm lie South represent
the minority there just a. much a the Re
public elected in the North represent the
minority there. 1t ignores Democratic
votes and population North, and Omits the
pregnant fact that the cnlOrrd voters South
btTh voted ana were coHnted III making
up results. II negro are voters. and -uti-
tied Co presentation (3ud the Republican
party has made them 90, then they are as
much entitled to be counted as are the
mnorities in any district in the Union. In
every close contest since 1872 their votes
have given the State OF PeHnsy lVaRia to the
Republicans They hold the balance OF
power there, and invariably cast it against
the Democrats. Ii th. Senator from Maine
~ill have one result, he must accept the
other"
Quoting Mr.. Blaine's assertion that the
seizure OF power by Democrats in the
/
lace continued: lit he 'wantun usurpa-
zion and violent perverSjon of the whole
/ theory of K publican Government what
snail We call the wholesale dIstranchl-c-
ment Of the Democratic masses North by
skilltul manipulation of political power?
| IHdara. With = Democratic plurality Of
Owe 5 900 in 1876, sent 20 this Congress
Repu l,caus and but Democrats; 23l2O
votes. or $4,000 population, could choose
Il publican To Congress, while it required
%. 2l9 votes or 265,0O0 population to elect
Democrat. TIE home OF .Senator-New
England witt its SIX State,-sends To TINS
Congress, y Republicans aGd Democrats;
I6 69l vote, or 50 600 people, can elect
Republican mem Der of Congress there,
vtaiiIe fIires 1921 vvt-~, or about 250,
/ 900 people, 10 -,'tct a Demo erat. To the
Senate, New Englant send zen Il publican
/ and two Democratic S,GRstas. Ulou III
basis o. the vote OF 1876 EFquireS 36,72l
votes, or IS5 900 people. % Moose R"pub-
/ lican Senator from New England. while
! I47.963 votes, or 10000 people are
! required to elect a Democrat, The six great
/ Mi.dle States-New York Pennsylvania
/ Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa-contain
| 3,650,0O0 voters, or about 100000 OF peo-
| pie, YET they have but twslve senators Is
against rqu1ri BtrTfDe' "a -iNr's England
tor 663 600 voters and attut 3, 100000 people.
| These are the results OF or pOitJlcal system.
and there is JUST as much reason to fiud
! fault with it ia New England As in the
| South. W. must abide is IN lalitieS and
! impeIttctiOns for the much greater good it
| contains. Sweeping charges or partisan
/ com parsons can de- 10 good and must do
harm. The only imp RANT question Is,
/ have elections, North Dr south, been carried
| by fraud or violence? If they have, the IN
cum bent holding by such q title should be
| elected. The remedy i by confess under
/ the statute Orderly methods, sworn testi-
m ouy, Judicial inquiry, nom partisan juig-
/ mtnt, These are The processes the people
approve.
/ .'The invective hurled at the seizure OF
! power by a solid South may be fully an
| swered by grouping the six great Middle
/ states | have named and examining poitti-
cal results there. u this Congress (and it
| is worse in the neX,) rhe-e States upon
| total vote of 1912 III Republicans in 1876,
/ have seized IS Coug.cs,meuA while on to-
! tai vote of lS04,34l the Democracy get
/ hut 46 Upon a Vo ing m jority OF
| 37,S7l the Republicans have seized % Con-
/ gresSmeu. Ii we AID To these States New
| England. we find that 2.209,43l Republican
voters ger % Congress men, while 2,l0O,26S,
| Democratic voters ct 81. 10 these twelve
! = ates 100 1913, Republican majority enables
| that pal ty 10 seize 10 Congressman. If We
| call democratic white voter North The
| equal of a Republican white or negro Vot'r
| North, and as such entitled TO equal political
power, * appears that each 2.425 black or
white Republicans North have chosen one
| of theSe45 Republicans to Congress Or,
| upon the same basis OF equality, each $4,000
| peDf,le who are represented by these voters
/ nave SttLfA Il AtfpubllCftu AObS Aiiu~
| Or. ii we generalizs The whole, we find tn
| in these twelve States 22,777 black aui white
| Republican voters representing ll3,SS5 peo-
! pie 'Seiz-' a Congressman, while it requires
| As 612 Democrats voters, representing 233-
| 800 people, 10 elect one.
"A re not these denialS an abridgment OF
| the right 10 vote so fully guaranteed by the
| fourteenth amendment, II the Interpretation
| contended tor tv the Senator from Maine
| Is correct? The negro voter was provided
| with a Tax receipt, paid for by the men vino
| claim to own nun North and South. and
| the white man 90 poor to pay his taxes
was driven from the polls Federal author
| ity iutrenched Itself on the election ground
| in the room of the official whom common
| right and ancient custom places there
And the L. mocratic party polled at that
election bui $4,000 votes. against more than
$4,000 poiled Ia 1876. Would it be just to
deprive Pennsylvania of her fair share OF
representation in Congress by reason OF
these deeds of INSCRIPTIONS political man
ayers? The remedy for these wrongs must
come through the wrath of an outraged
people. 1t may come tardily, but it will