Portland gazette., 1805-06-25
lwn.r 10 s74

Tea as re- 10 ~ that or treen2el as d.
to thirty one. Let Is calculate upon the
laAe ratiQ ofincreale for ten years to come.
lncreate the number OF Perlons reprelent-
ed from 49 to 6y--Gares from 81 to o.
freemen from "A 70 60, round numbers
there VII b. il Ten gears, more than 10
Representatives, for laves. But if we
calculate as.we- may with probability, up
on much larger increa(e, upon the crea-
ton oF new tatcs IN Louiiana, aud the
Importation and propagation Of layes in
that country, IN 20 or 60 wears there viii
be between 90. and 90 Representatives in
conErels for 1ayess and as many electors oE.
Prcfident.
Bnt another very gloomy Parr Of the
Pi6ture remains 10 be unfolded.
In tho Taft ten years the whole number
Of PerlonS' il the northern cr eatern
fates has incresfed only in the PToPor-
ton Of Il toIo, in. tie Riddle ais H.
is 10 10 in the fouthera nearly as
"a to r9. Free people in the eafern as
2 to 70, faves in thc IoutheTa as 80 to
"a. Free people in the fouthern from
I,22I,364 TO ,6o42 29.-Free PEOPLE in
,he ealtern in the ratio of one 6-th only
2f rhe original number; thoGe II the
(ou.h~rn aatga in thaco nearly one third
l4ves in aboct the fame proportion.
Blythe laa c:nfas The numoer of free
| PeTlohs in the northern 9ate8 was 1927,
| 672 &ad in the iouthcrn t.6o423y.--
| BY The former cenfJS re humber Of free
\ r,s~r~-o ~, L ,,-.f u ,--,. p,..o 100 o-
$50, and in tia louthern I,22r,36-s.--
| How are the people in-theie different qaar-
tiers of The union relatively rePrelented?
By the hrf Genius Vermsnt had mem
bers, Newhampihire 4, MaGachpfetts II,
Rhode.Hland 2, and Connef3icut 7.-29
members. Maryland 2, Virginia 70. Ken
tucl5y 2, North Carolina 10, South Caro-
ilna &, Georgia as members. ,ooS
| 696 free citizens ia the northern ftates
had 29 representatives. ;--and I,22r,364,
inthe iouthern 40 representatives. With
out allowing any fraCtjons Of ehe ratioo
repFeleRtatiCn ii the apportionment 70 the
| leverai tt2ts5, and maklng no allowance
| for 1ayas, the northern aates would have
been rnfidud by the Genius Of 1891 70 20
Representatives aad a. fraction OF efI5,636,
| tke lourhe1n to 81 only With the triding
fraction Of Goa. In conicouence there
4 fore; of the conGited6hai representation
for a4yes, the relative weight OF rhe nor
! thern anl fouthsrn aates was only as 90
TO 46, when otherwil=, Il would have been
as 80 to 81. s
BY The pra(ent Genius the northern Gates
have az representatives and the fouthern
64, including TenneGee. I,a3I, ,672 free
people in The nofthern Gates have 35 rep
refcnta0ve3. Southern tates, including
lenneGee, contain 1906, ,257 free FeoPIe,
and have 81 rePreleptaiiveS. A: above,
the northern Gates would have been cnti-
ne& blythe ccDlaS o. I8oo,to 31 members,
with fra6tien Of Io,672. The fouthern
to 81 and a fraction l3,277. II is as 35
to 81, and Uere freeaen alone FePreient-
ca, ana that e6zally,; # woald beas .3z to
yI IaRead Of beiag a i:ltlc more than
half, il would be more than tWo thirds.
But il is contehded that ,ghe equal rep
relentauon IN The fenate counterballnces
J this 4nequaity !; and the dece;Vers .of the
people haye ma with Iome fuccels in this
!. Iaihood.
j will prove It falfe in one minute. The
northern Rate5 contain 1921 ,6z2free Peo-
pie s l=nd - l5nators tie 7(outhern
tates ,696,757, and fend IA fenators.
J by iimPia operation of the rule .of three
it will be found that the fouthern tates, by
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