The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-01-06

llaiion Is white and the remainder
solored. The State Is divided into
seventy four counties, which send 10
the Legislature one ,hundred and
twenty members. These seventy-fourl
are groupedinto thirty three
Senatorial districts, but four Of them
are allowed double delegations, and
the we have thirty seren members
In the Senate.
The total vote Of the State Is about
240, 900, divided as follows: 10000 |
coloted and 10000 whites. Thirty !
two counties OF the State have col
ored majouties and fOrty-lWo have
white majOrilies. Notwithstanding
the fact that justice has been done
the poorer and more sparcely settled
counties, by allowing each q repre-
sentative, the fact is thirty-two black
counties Of this State are allowed
under the present iniquitous appor-
tionment to choose sixty seven and
one half Of the one hundred and
twenty members in the House. The
inequality in the Senate is still more
glaring The carpet. baggers who in
tested this State ten years ago, though
knaves, all Of them, we're not fools,
and they fully realized the necessity
OF having a Senate which would be
the subseryient too 81 the Radical
Executive, hence the Senatorial Dis
tricts we're so gerrymandered as to
enable the thirty.tWO negro counties
to control the election Of TWENTY
FOUR Of the THiRTY-sEvEN Senators
These black and tan rascals so appor
toned the Senatorial Districts, tina,
in Warren county S,72s voters could
be represented by Senator, 1888
in Kinds and Rankin are allowed the
same representation, 4.925 in Mon
roe and ChickasaW fill.another seat
and q less number 10 DeSoto, Tate
and Tunica enjoys the same inesti-
mable privilege. All these counties
mark you havelarge black majorities
But how is it with the white belt
} or the thirteen Senatorial Districts
! vouchsafed TO the white race Of Mis-
sissippi by the carpet bag apporlion
els there are but TWO whose votins
, population falls below 5000. FIvl
Z have over 5000, FIvR have over 1000
and ONE, consisting Of the COUNTIES
Of Harrison, Hancock, Jackson
Greene, Marion and Perry contain
S,156 electors.
e This outrageOUsly unjust condi-
7 ton of affairs exists to-day and tn
, tax paying portion Of the people o
the State of Mississippi finding them
] selves in this year Of Grace 1881, o.
: the eve Of an election for State officer
D aed Legislature, are asked to hol
0 still and allow the election to be he'll
S under such disadvantages to them a
i will permit the the negroes, if OF
G gained on the color-line, to cleo
i sixty. seven and a half members c
J, the Lower House and twenty-fou
n members of the Senate, while the
u content themselves with ffty.two an
IS one half Representatives and thrice
u Senators, and take the risk Of loosin
our State ticket Shall such a suicidi
T policy be adopted because it ma
.e cost $40, 900 or $4,000 or shall "
.e have an extra session which will ar
+ portion the State in accordance vii
law, equity and justice, is the ques
ZION our estimable Governor and Ii
&c people Of the State are called upO
} TO answer2
E. It may be supposed and believe
D. BY those, who look at the situatio
e from a partisan standpoint, that IL
IS Republicans will not attempt an OF
J. ganization this year, and therefor
r they argue an extra session will |
j useless expense, but that
u not the question. Tie point we mai
d is, is it right, is it Just to the oWn'
,e Of the soil, that tn non-tax-payin
+ tenants shall have more voice 10 th
1t government Of the State than they
le The MESSENGER answers, no! An
If that so great a wrong impose
is upon The people by the aliens, VII
E ruled ana robbed them from '6S {
: 70, may be undOne, we renew OF
D demand for a call session Of the Lee
II islaturp.