Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-10-16
NEW YORK.


AtnOugn Dotn the hepuDllcan anu
Democratic nominees for Governor in
New York have written letters an
nouncing that the present canvass in
that State would be confined to the
consideration of state issues, Senator
Conkling, at Brooklyn, declared that
"Wboever narrows and beclouds his
reason with the notion that the cleo
ton before us is to begin and end
with State affairs, will one day be
startled by discovering that, in 1879,
New York decided how much or how
little was settled and achieved by the
greatest war and the greatest sacrifice
of modern times.
"Next year presidential election
is to occur. 1t will be the last under
the present census-the last at which
q solid south will need but AZ north
ern electoral votes. Before a sue
ceeding election happens, the sceptre
will have changed hands. Before
1884, the great West will have been
counted again, and her growth since
the present census was taken, will
give her preponderating weight in the
House of Representatives and in the
electoral college. But now, and next
year, the south lacks but AZ Of ma
jority OF all the electoral votes.
There is wrong in this--a grierous
wrong. The. constitution ordains
that if the right TO vote is denied to
any who arc entitled 10 it in any state,
the representatives of that state shall
be reduced accordingly. In violation
of law and right, the blacks of the
south are in many states, in large
numbers, denied the right to vote,
and in violation of the constitution
they are Notwithstanding counted to
swell the number of Representatives
in Congress and the number of the
electoral votes. Thus 4 900, 900 peo-
pie are used as football in the game
of national politics.
"Nhen the blacks were slaves the
evil was not largest. They did not
vote then-they do not vote now.
When they we're slaves each soul was
counted three-fiftls of a person.
Now they are all counted each as one
person, and because they are so
counted, a body Of Representatives
sit in Congress, who do not rightfully
sit there, because the ballot is denied
to those they profess to represent"
In speaking Of the last congress,
Senator Conkling asserted that neither
Calhoun, nor the nullifiers of his time,
nor the secessionlsts OF late day,
had dared to do what the Democrats
in the last session of congress did.
God forbid that he should in this
speech, undertake TO stir up the old
war feeling, or fan single shoulder
ing ember of that greatest conhagra-
tion the history Of political govern
ments has recorded.
"After the war a number of men
went towards the gulf of Mexico with
valises these were dubbed carpet
baggers.' Most of them were good
men; some doubtless, were adven-
turels. He hoped to see the emigra-
ton of these men kept up, us it was
the best thing for the south. In the
State of New York men were well
coraed from all parts of the country
and from all parts of the world. But
if man took his baggage and emf
grated to a southern state and then
offered himself tor office, he was
looked upon as an intruder"
Mr.. Conkling then discussed con-
gress. "Can't he give us rest on
that?" said listener. "I'm tired of
this. It's the same old speech that
he delivered in Mechanics Hall, Utica,
fifteen years ago" What has all this
to do with the question, Who shall De
Governor of New York next year !