The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-14

Tho Census.

r,r soa,,v ,,1oatl,s past it mas Rsen es
&, :, ~. -. nor,fern Republican papers ana
- ~ we're determined to impress u
.,.,a, ,na minds OF The people OF that seq
,,,rr thst The south would after the re
.snnortioament Of representation unoef tug
census Of 1880 be relatively weaker In the
House Of Representatives than at is now,
Indeed. every northern Republican aournai
IN which we have ever seen an ar.ic'eon
The snb,ecs assumes as an sndisputaDie pro-
,,os,t;on that such will be the fact. Ihesc
are bad Indications. They are OF "a q piece e.
with the counting out OF MT. 7IilDhN "a
,sTa and the Fixed purpose Of the statwafts
- have the next President, even II eaey
have 70 elect General GRANT, who has al
-raaf,v served two terms. They seem te sup
nose that they could insusurate h'm
whether elected or defeated. With GRANT
in the presidential chair and Aouse Oh
REPRESENTATIVES to back up the aosI eA-
sreue claims OF the stalwarts, the aepuu'
cans would sit down contented In tue nenei
ashot they had adopted measures when
would perpetvate their power dor an IN
definite period OF time. !
Rrt The census must come to 'ssae reiiet OF
our northern !" BRETHREN" Ae" Enslana
has no doubt lost population since Ae''e
rather than sssaeds but that IS to make no
difference. The South must be counted
!. out OF her due proportion 'es representa-
.;ves. yirgiaia has now papRiation enetg Q
: IA en,;the her 10 ut ieas. eleven represent
: 9ises each based upon 1SsjoUe OF population.
No matter, She is to becut down to1caSnt.
Texas hss increased in population more
A,ban MI The New Engtsnd:and Middle states
:, ,rayer together. No matter; she shsa' nave
: ou,v so many representatives as census
taken by partisan oaIetnis shall aecfSre her
tn be entitled to. The North is to be count
ed,u, and The soath $50 be counted down.
Arkansas ought to l'ase large increase Of
..repnesentatiTes. No s.atter. Her voting
strength must be cut down se-sMt the ne
cessities Ut the Republican PARTY.
Our attention was recalled to1his suject
bv tile reportia the 8a'timsre- afnerican OIL
what Senator CA.rEETER OF Wisconsin had
had tosay sbe.rt itiaan inssrview held With
him last Tuesday. After telling what nor
j -rib]c crimes the Democrats hat in contem-
: n.ation, as reported in our issue OF yester-
day, he added: "' -.
-4.Foregarned is foreGmed. One reason
syby believe these ttiags may all occur is
tie knowledge the Democrats have-the
same as we baye-that the next census will
.materiallv alter the relative sectional
strength OF The two parties Us represented
in the Rorse, connecting, OF course, that
the parties are sectional, rs they really are,
and as they are likely to continue to be FOR
some time to come. Tbs alteration, or
ehnnge. according 10 the best information
can Get, will be favorable 10 the Republt-
cans. That is, the increase Of representa-
stiyes in the House will be irom the North.
Texas is the only growing State in the
South: the others are falling otf OF at Il
stand.s,ial. But the ha!f.dlozea, or more od-
,ditio7aa! .:aeenbers thtt acIt be, due to Texas
!. and The South after the next ratio OF rep
resentation shall have been fixed, will be
more than ovcrshad0wed: at ,riU be OCei-
qchelmed, IN fact, by the increase OF, say,
.titiy or SIXTY me,tte Ts f.ag, the North. OF
= these the greater portion will come from
the Northwest, ali inspired and prompted
: by the political prineir pies which have given
us our recent great success in that region.
These facts stare our Democratic brethren
iu.l in the face. They CLEAN from them the
/ certainty that unless they ilauguruLe their
next candidate they will be relegated to the
minority in every branch OF the Govern
- ment, for they will not be able to withstand
the pressure soon to be brought to bear for
the admission OF Washington Territory as
aStatc, and perhaps Dakota; the consum-
nation OF which events would make the
Senate Republican beyond doubt or cavil."
There's fine prospect. ga half-dozen
. or more additional representatives will be
due to Texas and the South, but the North
will haye fifty or sixty more1 Look at the
dist 81 the DISTINGUISHED States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky. Louisiana, Maryland, Mississip-
: pi. Missouri, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West
Targinia-siXteen IN all, and to have only
six additional representatives! They had
population in 1870 Of fourteen millions, or
14-3sths OF the whole population OF the en-
tire eauntry; but they shall be cheated out
of ali increase. II the basis of representa-
tion be allowed to remain as it is New Eng
land will be entitled to hardly single new
Representatives; whilst Texas would OF her
self be entitled to at least eight, Arkansas
to several Virginia to two more, Mis-
souri, to four or five more; and so as to
Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee. and Ala
-bams. The southern States are sparsely
settled, aud have room for more proper.
,tiouate increase than any Of dthe densely
:. peopled States an the East. The north vest
eern. and extreme western States are the onls
States that ean compete with the southern
States in the matter of increase. 1t would
be a crying shame if the experience OF the
.Soath in 1870 is ais wed to berepeated. Shit
was cheated then. Let the Democrats If
Congress see to it that she is not cheated
again. Remember 1870. Remember the
electoral commission OF 1877. Remember
New York this week. Perhaps it will be
permissible to close with the following tee.
gram tosthe New York Horld from Albany,
dated November IL:
,"An attempt at irsasdllent cooking of
the election returns has to-day been dis
covered in this county, in the town OF Wa
1steryliet, embracing the village OF West
: Troy. The fraud was discovered before
:. the signature OF all the ins paetors had been
obtained to st5e spurious neturns. 1t bad
been signed by one OF the inspectors and
increased the:Sote OF the following Repub-
Iican candidates as follows: Carnell's vote
by 8 votes only, Hoskns's vote by Al,
Wadswortifs vote for Comptroller by .4G,