The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-14

'irgrGo OF ru>prrity fAr "rrn'rr tirrn
the SOuth las ever ncInrc enjoyed.
Gen. MctraAy on Re-.ipi, r;ioN-
lnriit.
i cool deal has been said ahnnt
the !aiInre uf the General Assembly
to reepprrtion the Representatives
~ the House as rcqu'rct the Cow
stilution; and some " he voted against
two mcssures intrniuc,h inr that
purpose have hcrn charged with per
inry, hcrausc t'cy lid not carry ont
IN this respect the provisions OF Tn"
Constitution which they lia:l sworn
IT, support.
The true calso os the failure Of the
Legislature Of 1881 an.l Of 1883 t."
provide for a rcarl"r,i"nment was
economic not sectiuna', nor from IN
difference to the provisions o. the
Constitution. When the matter wal
first n9 tntod it was sapp"Scd that nn
enumeration of the inEa''itants wGiliN
rcSn. in great changes IL The AnrOr
linnunnt hut when Il table I"'t hcrn
prerarcd from The cr:SnS ol 1850 II
appeared there would he II chrnga "t
hut Seven m"mherS. Tie old cnlh'y
oi Charleston. including Eeri'er,
would lose roar members; AIKEN,
Hampton aud Richl"nl one oacl.---
These seven would be d Stribnt'",
rs appeared Ivy r'e rensns OF IHH"'
one each 10 BrautOrt. EHTtiicld.
(,rcenvillc. l.aurcns. Murlborr, Spar
tanburg and Sumter. In three ~
ni these, Bcaulcr,. ltanrtns and H'iin.
ter, il was believed that the gains
were ow.ng to III incraaS: i'll the n"-
GRO population. AMI il VAS sh""@ht
pruba: Ir that am enumeration III lH5J
or 1856 wn#ld show ~ eInal gun III
Berkeley anil f;co!gnA"n. a"d hat 1t
would possibly Giv~Lho Ionr m"'i'
bvrs from tiiarirstnn 81 thase rna"-
t;rs with negro m"i"i;ies, an'' nat
tn Grynnyi L., NIarlhuro AMI Spar
tanbnr", rs hy 'hc census of ESQ.
Trcn Tie (;cnpral >thltcs ,,135h
scr,ion) nrrsrribcs that cnun"rat -
shall rar'ivc five cents y T. man!A ell
,olI auJ ~ the r.rsas "r loS,i
rave the popnl.tron OF Lnis State q.
yJ, ISL ANA as tic increase would
certainly make it ever 1,gn0 ,0ir, the
co + wolll he o.rr SjD,uO". There
WAS at the ,ime i cry in the State jar
Il reduction in EXPENSES and tax =
,inn aoI tai with thr etncriI .onit
~ to the advantageous result (" suri!
u chance IN ,h. aunnrt onnant, run.
,}crcd many rc!rr.anf to inaGr tii.,
urcat cxpeuse which m;.ht resmi;
ou]v in njviur the negro counties in.
crrasrd renrcseptation. omcvt t;e
,lIllcnltv nf tho expense, hprcvcr.
MrE i lee of Snmtcr. introduced
a hill o;yioo but two cents Der name
IN arn:ror,tors Tbis hill was Oh
inrtod to hec,nsc /, wos not believed
ih,t tho enumeration ,on!l not ho
aanurato;y t,k.n ot that FIGURE: bu!
Tho hilI was nasscd in the iiouse md
failed in the Sena.c. So COOL ami
true man as Mr. Sampson Pope, Of
N.wberrv. orposci even this meas
urc on account Of the unnece ssarv
n,,r,so os be conceived. AMI male
,ha ~ rn, IN tI,c llou<e 70 strike ont
tha nnoct;rr wnrJs ,nd with his
,n,i,",n . Nf. Ch,r,n,rt onnoscJ Z
=, tLn :,e, Wrr. thov neriurers for
rn,;n,r ,no;rst q maasurc they d,i
nnt ,h;ni? tL.ir constituents cou,j af.
r,rdy VIII Con p,nc ,be candidate
rnr a ht.nrnrv.Gcncr1l on Mr. Till.
m,,'s ti,.l.af q low L;u brother TO lie
.,n,.,so5 of r.lce swoX pn for voting
.,.r,r,l;rr n h;s honcst convictions,
r. cnnsijer;n:e this question ,l.
,o,,r, nf cur Stoto Constitutions
,nu., Lo hor,o.n mimi Mr Cool.v'S
,rr.,, v,r,, nn,,, tho culi,.ct il Dcon
'.,I, ,r,i,l,..} :" 'onstitutim,a. Lim;,a.
t;,rc" ror S,olc Lcr;siu!urcs ln
nt I,,r;.n tLo;r o,,tI,,r;iy from lhr
NV ~,','...,,,;,m, "l i,,,t ,;;r,,.jv rr,,, th,.
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