, 1880-08-15
SPIRIT OF THE GERMAN PRESS.

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political power. which would be the Inevitable
result Of an honest, enumeration If tho
number Of l5o.0oo inhabitants is fixed
as basis, which will entitle a S:ate
to Congressman, one and 4 half mill
Ions Of tnhab limits will insure the right fol
tho election OF ton members Of Congress- :Fo1
this reason tha Democratic Senate Of tho United
States refused to advise and consent to the ap-
pointmcnt of the census officers selected by the
President OF tho United Statcs, until the latter
was finally ceInpclled to nominate those foil ows
who were Recommended By Democratic Con.
grcssmcn fer this purpose. OF course the, in
'tentiou Of thtse Democrats was systernataall
to fulsify the enumeration, and by such lou
frauds to procure M unubbrcviated continuance
of political pcwer for the South. This infau1 ous
swindle has 1tecn carried on with such open fand
shameless impudence that even tho ulos1
unsuspccttnE must perceive it ut uace
II North Carolina, for instance, has
increased in population from 1870 to 1860. dusrls
twenty yea.:s Of pence, only by ~ :3 souis, ho"
can 1t be explained that during tho ten ,tearf
from 1870 to 1880 its population increased by
3lS.l50 inhabitants? Virgin1n ls reported IT'S llav-
ten years vince 1s7o by 3:4SE,-i. C., only !00s
YEA YEAR us is3o! i - Kcntnckys k popuatt5n Increased
from lsr1 to 1870 by 1865. inhstottaslts !Shiie
during the last ten Years from 1871 to is9' its s
Eoulsiann By l0Sts5: Southern papers coast
thar. while tho average increase III fourteen
Northern states {amons them x MAnas "a
cent, tho increesc III sevon, So.lthorn stntcs
Arkansas, Kentucky. lou'siat:a. Missouri.
pcr cent! According to this thost, States d. tho
Northwest which received threo-e Quarters Of the
totul Immigration Of this countr4 nhd hunarcds
have oily Increased thoir pop! Tuition By ono
huff more than those States with the exception
OF TexasJ which have hardly bt.en touched by
With The Train Of chicken will, ioelevc 1t! Tho
infamous falsi1cution is too plain! LILO
tho City OF St. Louis for ;tuo iast hXe W
Mayor asserted its =. population to. con,
sist Of half a million Of souls. instead
oi Go, ,0G0-so is the South determined to raise
its population by Il few millions through fraud
anu swndlo in order to gnin q dozen seats moro
in the Lower House Of Congress than 1t is en-
titled to. The question isis there no remedy?
ia ia November in its Prcs:de.ltial and Congress.
sionai elections, then there is none! Then the
North not alone must accommodate Itself TO
this infamous swirdle, but to great many other
things equally as .infamot,s- Against Il Demo-
crutc Congress and Dcrf'ocrutic President the
6y S9Ef l. u and a9o
lfcun majority in the Lo~t.r House OF Congress
should be elected it may be possible TO th,sart
and their swindIing orlgiuators. So much is 4
settled fact: thnt, If tho Democrats should be
successful in November in gaining the power Ut
me tcdesal 1oFcrll!aent. eAes w @ f ~ ~
al lne menns ., cu'"ns, @ t,uI ,naa,,,te n ,th
uNns nlMns !uais; @ NJ M.,h ~ et s.'5 ~ ,+,nt
Toit.u suecas ~ tsa ' ,.o1 ~ eG ~ ~ W,s.h
Stn,rs M wnuid he onlv t6o clad to consent to n
peacrablc separation. Thus We cun understand
it when Wude Hanptqn tells tho Virginiaas
tnnt the SCUM IS tgntiM n inas Us egGlon ~, ioe slH
IanEsd, e. herocn,,v ;Tnurhr for fnnr 1nnr
years.
The Pittsburg Votksblttt Qad.), which for somo
time leaned strongly towards the Huncockian
sido Of tho question, Is: moving It's nightcap to
the ot1,ercar. and adjusting its spectaclcs, writes
t}o following: AZ few duys since Wade Hsmp-
ton of sos,th c,ro,;nn. tndc comnaisrn s,oech
At eto,,ntor. in yfrp1nia. in which be odmon-
tsbod tho Dcmocrots among whom there il rou-
,n@- r hrtor fond, to hc hormonious. Amonr othcr
+h;,,,rs ho so;d tho fo1toun,,. .Tha rrinc;n}as
tu'Ass -" 1t:' w ~.
Tor wn;cn tne Denocsatlc party "gats To-Day
are The same for which Lee and Stoncwan jack
son fought so hcrocally during four long years.
e. ..1 Tao and 1ocrsnn fon1ht for tho do~
so+ ov, 1fes ~ 41.AvA '-",! n,,N4 =. ~
structon OF tno Union. :: HnAI lneg cou!o not
atta'n on bloody fields shall now he achieved by
n eru proccss-t. O.. at the bnliot-box. And
Dao,r,o,, "a +ho eto,aord ho,ror NJ fhaea
= oeiroetn' ~ - ~ ~. ~, ~ .-
1elD"s; IL eonunues 70 20 tno business ior