The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-13

Kentucky. and Tennessee, which then
were in their incipieni condition Of be-
coming States, but were not actually ad-
milied, amounted TO 3,929.S27. OF this
number the Northern States had ST.
500. and the Southern l,952. ora, making
a difference Of only 25.s27 in favor Of
the former States. The number OF States,
including Vermont. Kentucky. and Ten
nessee, were sixteen Of which eight. in
GLIDING Vermont, belonged to the North.
ern section. and eight, including Ken
tucky and Tennessee, to the Southern.
making an equal division Of the States
between the two sections under the first
census. There was a small preponder>
snce in the House Of Representatives.
and in the electoral college, in favor Of
the Northern, owing to the fact that, ac-
cording 10 the provisions Of the con.
siilution, estimating federal numbers,
five slaves count but three but il
was too small TO affect sensibly the
perfect equilibrium. which, with ihat ex-
ception, existed at the time. Such was
the equality Of the two sections when The
States composing them agreed TO enter
INTO a Federal Union. Since then the
equilibrium between them has been great
~ disturbed.
According to the last census the ag-
gregate population Of the United States
amounted TO l7.063, 1857, of which the
Northern section contained 9,72S, 800,
and the Southern 7 1884. .437, making a
difference, in round numbers, Of 2, ,400,-
600. The number Of States had increa-
sed from sixteen to twenty-six, making
an addition Of ten States. In the mean
time ahe position Of Delaware had become
doubtful as to which section she properly
belongs. Considering her as neutral, the
Northern States viii have thirteen and
Southern States twelve, making a differ
ence in the Senate Of two Senators in favor
oflhe former. According to the apportion-
ment under the census Of 1910, there
were 223 members of the House Of Re-
presentatives, Of which the Northern
States had 1876, and the Southern States
considering Delaware as neutraD 81,
making a difference in favor Of the for.
mer in the House Of Representatives Of
4S. The difference 10 the Senate oftwo
members added to this, gives to the North
in the electoral college a majority OF so.
Since the census of 1910, four States
have been added to the Union; Iowa,
Wisconsin, Florida and Texas. They
leave the difference in the Senate as il
stood when the census was taken; but
add two TO the side Of the North in the
House, making the present majority in
the House in ITS favor Of so, and in the
electoral college Of SO.
The result OF the whole is to give to
the Northern section a preponderance in
every department Of the Government,
and thereby concentrate in il the two
elements which constitute the Federal
Government majority Of States, and a
majority Of their population, estimated
in federal numbers. Whatever section
concentrates the two in itself possesses
the control Of the entire Government.
But we are just at the close Of the
sixth decade, and the commencement Of
the seventh. The census is to be taken
this year, which must add greatly to the
decided preponderance Of the North 1.-THE
House Of Representatives and the elec-
toral college. The prospect is, also, that
a great increase will be added to its pre-.
sent preponderance in the Senate during
the period of the decade by the addition
Of new States. Two territories, Oregon
and Minnesota, are already in progress,
and strenuous efforts are making to bring
in three additional States from the terri
tory recently conquered from Mexico;
which, if successful, will add three other
States IN a short time TO the Northern
section, making five States ; and increas.
ing the present number ofits States from
fifteen to twenty, and Of its Senators from
thirty to forty. On the contrary, there
is not single territory in progress in the
Southern section, and no certainty that
any additional State will be added to II
during the decade. The prospect then
is, that the two sections in the Senate,
should the efforts now made to exclude
the South from the newly acquired terri
tories succeed, will stand, before the end
of The decade, twenty Northern States to
twelve Southern, considering Delaware
as neutral,) and forty Northern Senators
to twenty-four Southern. This great in
crease Of Senators, added to the great in
crease of members of the House Of Re-
prescntatives ahd electoral college on the
part of the North, which must take place
under the next decade, will efectually
and irretrievably destroy the equilibrium
which existed whcnt the government com>
menced.
Had this destruction been the opera
tion Of time, without the interference of
Government, the South would have had
no reason to complain ; but such was not
the fact. Il was caused by the legisla-
tion Of this Government, which was APP
pointed, as the common agent Of all, and
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