The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-05-12
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then In Texas there must be AZ least
I, 500, ,975 persons living In state Of
disfranchisement
The inequalities made apparent by
these facts are obviously In conflict
with the free spirit OF our American
institutions. Yet what has been done
IN the creation Of these states cannot
now be undone. The mistakes Of
craftsmanship in the early life OF a |
nation are like mistakes in the matrl-
monial venture; they are hard TO cor
rect. We shall be Obliged, In this In
stance, simply TO endure in hopeless
patience the evil which past indls-
cretlon has brought upon us, while
imagination mocks us ever with empty
visions OF impracticable schemes for
relief.
II we could, by an application OF
some kind of almighty magic, swell
the territory and population OF Della
ware until they became commensurate
with those Of Texas, or If we could
scissor Texas into one hundred and
slxty-flve states Of the size of Della
ware, and give TO each two senator's
we should find ourselves, at least as
far as these two states are concerned,
in far better accord with the teach
lngs OF American equality, and az the
same time much better prepared TO
cope with the East In the general
scufie after the good things Of our
continent.
In order to present In the clearest
possible light the thoughthere insisted
upon, we have contrasted one Of the
small maritime states with one OF the
greatest states Of the interior But
this, for the purpose in view, was by
no means inevitable, for a like com
parison between the two indefinite
portions OF our country known respec-
lively as ''the east and "the west, y
was equally available, and might have
been drawn with facility and, perhaps
with even better logical effect
Now while we feel compelled to ad
nit that these old deep-rooted incon
sistencies In the structure OF our fed
eral union are at this late day, defiant
Of remedy, we cannot persuade our
selves to abandon entirely the grea
principle OF complete political equal
, ity. II is true, that principle. In tn
building OF our union OF states so IA
has been somewhat neglected, and ha
consequently been rendered wellnigl
/, impracticable throughout the portio
that has been finished. But the nat
ural effect Of experience upon tn
(, mind of a prudent people, is wisdom
/, Let MS therefore accept the lessons 9
!. the past frankly, and endeavor to PR
nc by their instruction.
The economic interests Of the wei
: are now much greater than those
tic east, and they are daily becomin
more and more preponderant. As
means OF conserving and fosteriI
!, these interests, nothing can be mo
|. obviously needful than much strongI
!, representation from the west In q
= senate Of the United States eongres
/ 1t Is idle to argue that the people a
- more eqnitably-indeed sufficiently
i represented IN the lower house;
"a whatever power controls the senat
= controls also, not only the legislatii
! branch, but the entire machinery
the federal government Senators a
:. only incidents attending the birth
~ new states; let as therefore have he
: IN the great southwest all the stat
We can get; the more the better !
: are told by the cunning Of caste
!. politics that small states like De
- ware and Rhode Island would not
=, becoming In the Mississippi yall'
-, that great states--the greater {
~ better-would be more in accord vi
:, ltsown sectional greatness But let
not be misled BY these astute cal
cries. Asa compromise between
y, proper and the possible, cut OF
49, four beautiful territories which air
!" dy adorn the map Of the southwest,
- as insist upon At least four states'al
y. with them, eight, instead Of four,
w ditional senators as special guardii
-, Of our accidental interests.
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