The Jasper weekly courier., 1882-08-18

A10 90 - ~<@sy 4
This game Of party politics q . curl
ons one. Republican journals and ne
publican orators are thrown into
paroxysms OF indignation at what they
characterize ns shameless gerrymander-
ing N south Carolina. The Object q
this ccrrymandering Is 70 give the Dem
ocrats an advantage In clecting MEM
bcrs ii Congress II u declared 70 be \
subycrsiye ii the popular viii and dam
gcrous 70 public order % put districts
together with reference 20 party ad-
vantage. That th is the tendency o. |
such action BY State Legislatures may
be admitted without hesitation II those
who make the complaint against south
Carolina were consistent IN making it
aud rejected innexibly every phase q
such wrong everywhere their Inilct-
ment Of others and Indignation would be
entitled 70 the greatest consideration
and 70 have powerful influence But
when yirtuous journals in Chicago shut
their eyes to the most iiagrant abuses Of
this nature in their own State and -
their very doors and cross the continent
10 find fault and inveigh against others.
/! they nut themselves in an attitude o.
| hypocrisy too conspicuous and 1agrant
| "a escape the scorn and contempt Of
| the fair-minded men TO whom they ap-
peal. The evil and the danger Of .
partisan constitution Of Congressional
1 districts lie in making palpably IN
natural lines for the purpose Of securing
the desired supremacy Of party with
IL certain boundaries. Consent TO any
step in this sort Of work which Is PLAIN
10 the understanding and common-sense
81 ANYBODY is q committal to the wrong.
and IS 4 moral estoppel upon the con-
sentino beneiiciaries from Oh, Getting 70
like action on the part OF others. Now
N the name Of fairness and decency,
we would like to ask any censorlous
Illinois Radical what. for example, ne
/ thinks of the formation Of the Nine
teenth Congressional District q that
state, composed Of Hardin. Gallatin,
White, Saline, Hamilton. trankln.
Jefferson. Marion and Clinton Counties
II commences on the Ohio River, hfty
miles above Cairo. and extends ~
miles northwest to within twenty-five
miles Of st. Louis II i more than fouI
times as long as il j. wide. There are nc
rivers. mountains, deserts or natural rea
sons for thus forming that district. Ih<
makers OF Il do not even pretend thai
there are. Why was It thus made
! There il no secret about II. No kepub
lean pretends to disguise the purpose
hat dittricf as now constituted has 10,
q Democratic majority. The purpos'
V TO put is nearly all the Democratic
ajorities of Southern Illinois in i =
ssible. Almost unseemly and unnat
Al peninsula into the Eighteenth Dis
ct * made TO take in Clinton County
hich has 63i Democratic majority
ssing right by Washington. Which ha
IS Republican majority The Oh. SC
this was to leave Morrison IN dis
;ct with Republican majority. whicl
was hoped he would not be able Z
,ercome. and no Republican with
|rticle Of self-respect would deny tn
ct. Examples Of the same sort
brk are afforded all over the State {
inois. They are obvious 20 any n
hirer who viii glance Al the map q %
!. districts. In the face Of this u = =
Y Y astonishing exhibition Of moral obliqu
q " in Republican journals Of Niino
I. 10 point out similar practices
y y South Carolina and invoke the Writ
a Gus indignation Of the country again
y y their authors. SO far As one wron
- Il calculated to invite and create anotl
y cr. this cold-blooded gerrymander ~
y = linois may be alleged as part Of q
- - cause of similar proceedings afterwa'
:. = il other States whose wickedness u no
u u held up Is being 50 f'agitious- lllino
" Is by no means singular among kepu
NJ lican States in this sort q work. On
~ :, has recently given the country taste
- Is quality in this character Of par
~ management New York kepnblica
= have offended more deeply ia this
Z Z spect than either of the other State
y. 80 The wickedness in these Republic
- communities Is merely venial but 4
sin II South Carolina l. deadly and /
yond all forgiveness. Il Wa urged =
he reason why lis author should be turn
no out of Congress and his seat given y
"a negro upon no betteror strongergrou
ish than that there are more negroes ~
district than white men. Beware of
leaven Of the Pharisee. which j. hyP'
cat risy.-St. Louis Reputlscan-
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