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Show A MANLY STAN0. The Hon. Klward W I'ou of North Cainllmi gets to the core of the matter mat-ter when he speaks on the proposed reducing re-ducing of membership 111 the House from the South on account of the disfranchisement dis-franchisement of the negroes. The contention con-tention In favor of such reduction Is that If the negroes nro not entitled to vote, nor ullowed lo vote, they should not be counted In making up tho population popu-lation from which representation Is lo he sent to the House of Heprcsentatlves, or, In other words, It they ntc not political politi-cal factors for tho nnln purpose, then they should not be counted as political factors fornny purpose, nnd the Constitutional Consti-tutional provision that lequlrcs representation repre-sentation to bo cut down In such cases should be npplled. Tor It Is manifestly wrong to deny political rights to one class of tho population, und nt the same time count them for tho enlargement enlarge-ment of the power of the very class which denies them the primary right. Mr. Ton sees the forco of this, nnd savs the people of his Rtnte nro wllllns to submit to the loss of representation rnther than nllovv the negroes to vole. That Is strnlghtforwnrd nnd nianlys It concedes that men ought to tnke the consequences of their own nets: thnt they can't eat their tnke and havo It loo. The pitiful whine set up by other ltepresenta lives fiom the South that thy nro about to be deprived nf eomo natural or vested tight because there la a proposal to hold them to the rule of the Constitution Is both hjpocrltlcal nnd unmanly. Hither the negro Is entitled en-titled to political rlghtr In tho South, or he Is not! If he Is so entitled, he Is entitled en-titled to vote: It he Is not, tho whiles are not entitled to lcrrrsentntlon on his account. Common reason lolncldos with the Constitution In this, nnd It Is tiresome to hear the wnlls of tho de-spoilers de-spoilers becnuse their nssumed right to destroy and nt the some time to enjoy Is challenged. |