Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-03-20

sections, under the first census. There
was a small preponherance in The House
OF Representatives. and in The electoral
college, in favor of The Northern. owiug.to
the fact thai. according 10 The provisions of
the Constitution. in estimating federal
numbers, five slaves count but three; hut
| It was TOO snail io.aifect sensihly, the Perc
| feet equilibrium, which. with tha, eXcep-
ton, existed al the lime. Such was the
equality Of tie two SECTIONS when the
Slales composing them agreed I" enter
into Federal Unioa. Since then The
equilibrium between them has been greatly
disturbed.
According to the last census the acgre-
gate population Of the y. States amounted
TO II .O63. 457 ,of which the Northern section
contained 9,72S.920, and the Southern
1874 .537. making a difference, in round
numbers. of 100000. Tho number, Of
States had increased from sixteen 10 TWEEN.
ly.six. making an addition of ten States.
In the meantime The position Of Delaware
had become doubtful as 10 which section
she properly belongs. Considering her as
neutral, the Northern States will have
thirteen aud the Southern States Twelve,
making difference in the Senate of two
Senators in favor Of the former. Accord
ing 10 the apportionment under the census
of 1910, there were 223 members nf The
House of Representatives. Of which The
Northern Slaes had l35, aud the Southern
States considering Delaware as neural
az, making difference in favor of The
former in The House Of Representatives of
rs. The difference in the Senate Of Two
members. adding to this, gives to The
Nurtli. in the Electoral C"llege. a majnrily
Of SO. Since The census Of 1910, four
States have been added 10 the Union !:
Iowa. Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas.
They leave the difference in the Senate as
il sloud when the census was sken; but
add iva 10 the side Of the North in The
House. making the present maj"riIy in the
House in It's favor of 5O, aud in The clecto-
raj cullege OF 81.
The result, of The whole is 10 give the
| Northern section ptcduIinance in every
department uf The Government, and there-
lhy cnnceuirate in il The two elements
& me-. ~ @fa governments
majority of States. .nd q maturity of the
population, estimated in federal numbers.
Whatever section concentrates the TWO IN
itself possesses The control ul The entire
Guvernmeut.
Bu, we are at The clnse Of the sixth de-
cade, aud the commencement of the
seventh The census is 10 be taken this
year. which must add greatly to the deci
ded prcponIerancc of The North in the
House of Representatives and in the cleo
,ora college. The prospect is, also, that
great increase will be added to lis present
preponderanco in The Senate, during the
period Of The decade. by he addition oI
new Sla,os. Two Territories, Oregon
and Minnesota, are already in pruSress, and
Strenuous clt"r,s arc making TO bring in
three additional States from the Territory
recently conquered from Mexico, which,
| if successful, will add three other States
in a shor, time. to the Nurlhcrn seciinn,
making FIVE States; aud increasing the
present number Of its STATES from fifteen Ia
twenty, and Of its Senators from thirty to
(or,y. On the contrary, there is not sim
gle Territory IN progress in the Southern
seclinn. and no certainty lha, any adIi-
tional State will he added 10 il during tho
decade. The prospect then is, that the
two sections IN the Senate, should the ef
(nrts now made ,u exclude the South from
The newly acquired Territories succeed
will srant, beinre the end of The decade
twenty Northern States to twelve South
ern, considering Delaware as neutral
aud forty Northern Senators to twenty
four Southern. This great increase oI
Senators. added 10 the great increase ol
members Of the House Of Representatives
and The electoral college on the part nf
The North, which must take place under
the next decade. will effectually aud ire.
lrievuby destroy the equilibrium which
existed when the Government. .comme iced
Had this destruction been lhe operation
of time. without The interference Of Gov.
ernmen,. the Snuh would have had M
reason to complain: hui such was not the
fact. IL was caused by the legislation oi
this Government. which was appointed as
the common aeerl of all, aud charged
with The protection of the interests and Sc
curily of all. The Legislation by Which it
has been effected, may he classed under
three heads. The first is, that series OF
acGs hy which the SouIh has been excluded
from rhe common Territory belonging tn
all of the States, as the members of the
Federal Uniou, and which have had the
ellec, Of extending vastly the portion al.
Ioiieth To the Northern sectnn, and res
Irictins within narrow limits, the portion
left the Suulh. The next consists in adopt.
ing a system of revenue and disburse-
menls, by which an undue proportion Of
the burden of taxation has been imposed
upon the South, aud an undue proportion
Of lis proceeds al propriaed To The North ;
and the last is system of political mea-
sures by which The original character OF
the Government has been radically chang.
ed. propose 20 hestow upon each ol
these. in The order they stand, few re-
marks, with the view of showing that it is
owing to the ac,on Of Ibis Government
that the equilibrium between The two sec>
lions has been destroyed, and the whn!e
powers Of the system cenlered in sec
liunal majority.
The first uf The series Of acts by which