The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-01-08
For the TINES.
The Threatened Issue.


THE up country i, open mouthed about max
ing aproper apPortionment an issue in the
! next campaign. This being the case, it is as
well TO see what is the ground of complaint
which arises in default Of an enumeration and
reapportonment. As near rs we can approx
innate the figures, VIC find the following results:
| Charleston county is very certainly under
80, 900 population Mt this period, Edge6eld and
Barnwel together, possibly foot up $4,000
to-day Abbeville and Anderson 81, 600 Rich
land and Orangeburg $4,000; Sumter and
Marion $4,000. Now, then, il Charles on
| county has II representatives to say 10000
people, this gives one representative to every
5000. At this rate Edgefeld and Barnuell
should have 10 representatives, they have only
10 Abbcville and Anderson should have IL,
| they have ouly 9; Greenvile aud Spartanburg
should have IL, they have only 8 ; Rchland
and Orangeburs should have 10, they have
only 10; Sumter and Marion should have lj,
they have only 8.
without going further these fgurps are suf-
fcient to indicate the gross wrong done in
postponng the enumeration, and the renppor-
| tionment under il as expressly directed by the
Constitution. At the next State Convention,
called far the nomination of State officers,
which is tantamount to an election, this in
equality will uanspire in telling way. Doub-
ling the county delegation in the Legislature
fer represent alton in the Convention, whilst
Charleston will have % delegates Edgefeld and
Barnwell combined will have "a, although the
| two counties have over so 600 more people than
Charleston county so Abbevilc and Anderson
will have but ~, although they have over 20
600 more people than Charleston county ::
Greenvi!le and Spartnnburg will have but 20
| though they have some $4,000 more people
than Charleston county. This same advantage
will cnure to other counties in the State besides
| Charleston county, and We simply make the
| comparison with it to make the statement more
incisivc, as it enjoys above oil other counties a
| larger representation than belongs to it with o
| fair enumeration at this date.
We do not pretend to nice accuracy in the
| figures given. We have allowed Greenville
and Sparanburg a larger increase from 1879
| to 1850 than any Of tho other counties, and
| Charleston county the least increase Of all on
the figures Of 1880. We take it, ho " ever, that
| we have not varied far from tho true state OF
| the case.
| We thus may zee at u glance what distur-
| bing element has been thrown into the next
campaign by the Assembly failing to do its
sworn duty. There is absolutely no excuse
| for it, and VIC sincerely trust that the popular
condemnation will make such q demoraizing
incident in the legislation Of the Stale political
impossibility hereafter"
| | have prefxcd this quotation from the
| CoiUmJia Register, to show that | Mn not alone
in my opinion Of the rejection Of the census
Act of the House of Representatives by the
Senate, at each session Of the last General AS
sembly.
| | maintain that it was the duty, as it was
the right, Of the House to have stood upon its
remedy, to withhold the supplies, by q firm re
fusal TO pass the appropriation bill-the only
civil remedy they could interrose in behalf o
m outraged people, whose solemn covenant
the Constitution. they had sworn to protect
| This effort failed inSlorously bys majority o
seven votes when but n short time prev;ou:
had passed the House by majority Of four <
| one.
Centuries ago this same abuse Of the right
of the people nnd taxing them without repro
scntation, was contcmptuously Practiced il
England by Charles ], his Ministers and
Parliament. .ind Charles him self, with hi.
vile Ministers and members Of Parliament
hS yG% he'd no warning were nr0Mn Npa int
headed by great Liberator, who was place,
at the head of the substantial farmers OF tn,
country and time. Again in l77G the gren
Southern farmer was placed at the head o
American farmers to dispute the light of Grca
| Britain to tax her colonies without represc n,a
ton. The result WAS, as you know, the estab
lishment Of that right, and the building of thi
grand confelcracy of States. now numbering
more than fifty millions of people. with wealth
and power too vast almost for conception
Yet the rulers ofthcsc people, when made thei
servants, often seek TO be their masters ant
should be taught to remember that they, too
can be brought 20 judgment by that same just
and conservative element. b. H. RIcg
10 he continued, embracing other measures
in your next.