The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-13
United States, slo,526,24s 242

United States, SlO,526,24s 242
PopuLA There exists great de-
fusion upon this subject. The grand to-
tai of our population, Of ALL SORTS, ac-
cording to the last census was 1885,
O2O, (Which it is generally supposed, has
now reached 10000, ooo.) OF the H.
10000, there were 2,O09,043 slaves,
and 3l9,599 free negroes. Leaving out
the negroes, l have given the white pop
ulation of each State, making 1885, 24S
including paupers, minors, females and
aliens. Deduct females alone, amount
ing to nearly one half, and we have s.
355, 1873 males. Of these, again, at least
one half are minors so that we have lit
tie more than two and half millions of
men, to boast of for protecting the rest.
There is another delusion: The States
above distinguished by asterisks, are gen
orally considered as slave-holding States !;
whereas, there are but two States Yer
mont and Massachusetts,, in which there
are not slaves, more or less. In Della
ware, there are 3,2O2; in New Jersey,
there are 2,254; and in Pennsylvania,
there are 4O3. There is a still greater
delusion: This population of ALL SORTS
in each of the States, is the BASIS OF their
Congressional representation in the pop
ular branch of the National Legislature
deducting only two-ffths of the slaves in
the slave-holding States, and nothing for
their great population Of free negroes, who
in this basis, count one for one with the
whites; whereby those States have a much
greater representation, IN proportion to
their white population, than the free
States. Under this view, it is obvious
that the abolition Of slavery would imme-
diately give the present slave-holding
States an increase Of their Congressional
representation, of sirteen members, ac-
cording, to their slave population Of the
last census: and this preponderance would
increase hereafter, instead of being dimin-
ished: for which there would be no RENE
dy except by all amendment of the Con-
stitution, in regard to the basis of repre-
sentation, which is utterly impracticable.
Take for illustration of the above, the
States, Ohio and Virginia, Ohio (hav-
ing no slaves, and but few free negroes, J
has population Of 92s, $50 whites, which
on the established ratio of d., 200 for each
Congressional district, gives her nineteen
representatives, based on her white pop
ulation alone. Virginia. on the other hand
has, of white population, but $4,000,
which, on the same ratio of 1880 to each
representative would entitle her to four
teen representatives only; but by virtue Of
her free negro population of 47,348, she
is entitled to ONE more; and by virtue Of
three-6fths Of her slave population Of A co.
767, she is entitled to six more; making
her complement of TWENTY -oNE represen.
tatives, elected, too, (under the more re-
stricted right Of suffrage in Virginia, by
less than one-half the number of voters
that elect the smaller number of NINETEEN
representatives in Ohio NorE. -Flori-
da has 1885 whites, and 15,345 ne.
groes, S44 being free. The District Of
Columbia had 1863 whites, and Il, 27l
negroes, 6,l52 being free.
PoRTRA1r PAINTING Governor Can
non of Tennessee, and the late Speaker
Polk, are opposing candidates for the
next Gubernatorial term in that State:
and, as is the custom Of that region. thew
are stump speaking in the different coun-
ties.
At Murfreesboro, Mr. Polk made a
speech, and the Governor replied; from
this reply we extract the following Dor
traiture of the man who never forgaye. FL
Pittsburgh Gazette.
You observe, fellow-c ountrymen, that
my competitor appears, to take pleasure
in referring you to General Jackson s mil.
itary achievements ITO having fought the