Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-08-26
Spirit of the German Press.
THE SOUTHERN CENSUS.


OF The returns of the census-tAker during
the summer, the total population of the
United States amounts to about 40 600 900
souls. The probability, however, Is that
the actual number OF inhabitants will lay
between 46 900 900 and AZ 600 600, and that
the remaining 1900 600 exist only in the
fanciiul Imagination of Southern census
enumerators, Where and for what pur.
pose these fslsit1catlons OF the ceIsas re-
turns hsve been perpetrsted has been often
enough demonstrated in these columas
The Southern States are determined u
prevent q loss OF their political power,
which would be the inevitable result OF
an honest enumeration. 1t the number
OF 10000 inhabitants is fixed as basis,
which Will entitle State to Congress
man, and half millions Of inhabit
ants will insure the right for the election
OF ten members of Congress. For this
reason the Democratic Senate OF the
United States refused 10 advise and con.
sent to the appointment of the census
officers selected by the President of the
United States, until the latter was finally
compelled to nominate those fellows who
were recommended by Democratic Con-
gressmen for this purpose. or course the
iHltuilOu vi bbNSC iStliloAt OTIS Nab .1 eii-
malicaliy to falsify the enumeration, and
by such foul frauds to procure an uaab-
breviated continuance OF political power
for the South. This infamous swlndle
has been carried on with such open and
shameless lmpudence that even the most
unsuspecting must perceive 1t at once. Ii
North Carolina, for instance, has IN
creased in population from 1910 70 1860,
during 20 years Of peace, only by 230,.
203 souls, how can 1t be explained that
during the 10 years from 1870 to 1880 its
population increased by 3lS 100 inhsbi-
tants? Virginia Is reported as having in,
creased In population during these same
10 years since 1870 by 374 S39-i. e, only
so 00o less than during the 10 years pre-.
ceding the year 1870! kentucky's popu
lstlon increased from 1860 to 1870 by
| 1856 1926 Inhabitants, while during the past
ten years, from 1870 to 1880, its popula.
ton multiplied by 4l3,320, ana that OF
Louisiana by l9S,0S5. Southern papers
boast that, while The average increase IN
fourteen Northern States (among them
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Hi
nois), since 1870, was only "a per cent,
the increase IN seven Southern States
Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nilsson.
ri, Texas, Virginia and Delaware
amounted TO 43 per cent? According TO
this, those States of the Northwest which
received three quarters OF the total lmmi.
grafton of this country aad hundreds OF
thousands of settlers from Eastern states,
have only increased their population by
one-half more than those States with Tire
exception of Texas which have hardly
heen touched by immigration at all. We
cannot and no man with the brain OF q
chicken will, believe It.! The Infamous
Justification is too plant Like the city
of St. Louis for the last I've years, unwar.
rantably Officially through its Msyor)
asserted its population 20 consist OF hall
million souls, instead Of 10000
so is the South determined TO raise
Its population by few millions through
fraud and swindle in order 10 gain a
dozen seats more in the Lower House OF
Congress than it is entitled TO. The
question is: Is there no remedy II the
Democratic party is victorious in No.
vember in its Presidential aud Congress.
sional elections, then there is none Then
the North not alone must accommodate
itself 70 this infamous swindle, but to a
great many other things equally as in
famous. Against Democratic Congress
and a Democratic President the North is
completely powerless and helpless. Only
if Republican President and q Repub
llcan ajorty In the Lower House OF
Congress should be elected il may be pos
sible to thwart the objects of these South
ern census falsifiers and their swindling
OrlginatOrs. SO much is q settled tact:
that, II the Democrats should be success
iul in November in gaining the power OF
the Federal Government, they viii main
tain II by all the means OF cunning,
fraud and force for many, many years I
The domineefing South would squeeze
The rich North TO such an extent that 10
the course Of q few decades the Northern
States would be only too glad to consent
to q peaceable separation. Tius we can
understand 1t when Wade Hampton tells
the Vlrginisns that the South is fighting
IN this election Tor the same principles
for which Lee and StoDewall Jackson so
heroicaliy fought for four long years
THE WADE HAMPTON DOCTRINE
The Pittsburg Volksblau Gnd J, which
for some time leaned strongly towards the
Hancockian side Of the question, is raov-
ing Its nightcsp to the other ear, and, ad
justing It's spectacles, writes the follow.
ing: A few days since, Wade Hamp.
ton, Of South Carolina, made q campaign
speech al stanton, in Virginia, IN which
he sdmonished the Democrats (among
whom there is raging bitter feud) 10 be
harmonious Among other things, he
said the following: The principles for
which the Democratic party fights to-day
are the same for which Lee and Stonewsll
Jackson fought SO heroically during forr
long years So so! Lee All jackson
foaght Tor the destruction d tie Unioni
what they could not attain on bloody