The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-20

sections when the Safes compos np them a.
greed TO en,er into Federal Union. Since
then The equilibrium between them has been
greatly d,siu, bid.
According 10 the las, census the aaereen,,
population of the uaird Suites amounted t.
IL o63 ,351, OF which the northern srciion
Contained 12s 929 aud The southern 33i ..
43I, making difference, IN round numbers,
OF 400 coo. The number OF States has in.
creu,sd from sIx'ecn 20 twenty six, making
an addition OF len States. Ia the neautire
the position OF Delaware hes BECOME doub fuI
as TO which section she properly telon.s-
Considering her as neutral, the Northern
States vii have thirteen ard the Sou hem
STATES twelve, making lie'ence in lhe Sen
ate oil two Senators III favor of the former.
According to the appo,lioumrn' under the ccn,
sus oi lSi0. there we're 223 members tf the
House oi Representatives, Of " hich The Mouth
EN- States had l35 and the sou hctn States
(con.idoflne DtIasate as neuifa) 81, making
d tfefence ~ favor Of The former IN he House
of Representatives. Of As The difference 10
The Senate added to this. gives 10 the Moth,
IN The electoral college, majority of 50 -
Since The census Of lsi0, four S,a,es have
been add, d 70 the Uoion-lowa, Wisconsin,
Florida aud Texas. They leave the difference
IN The Senate rs II stood when the census was
taken bu, sdi TO The side OF the North in he
tlause, making the rresent malnlty in the
II use IN as iavor Of 50 aud in the electoral
college Of 81.
! The rcsul, Of tie whole is to giyo the
northern secuon predonnauce IN every Dr..
Par'meni OF The Government, and thereby
concentrate 10 4, tie tao elements which c. n.
s'iule the Federal Gosernmeat-na ruy ol
SAFES, ond M jluy of ,her population
estimated IN ed raj numbers. Whatever
section concentrates the two IN itsel possesses
the control ofibc eniue Government.
b1l We sre JIs, al the c'ose, OF the sixth de.
clde, aud he commencement OF the seventh.
\ The census Is to be taken this year, which
aust odd greatly TO the decided pfepondc.
rance Of the nor;h 10 tie House Of Representa-.
lives end IN The electoral college. The pros.
pee 70, also, that grea, increase viii b.
adJcd 20 rs prrpordetaGce IN tn, Senate d1.
rias he period ui the drc4d. b. the addition
of new States. Two Terrl,oues, o csun
aud Minnesota. a'e already ia progress, aud
strenuous efioits are making 10 bring 10 three
additional STATES from tho iertiln'y recently
COT qIcrcd from Mexico VII ch, lf successful
will add three States ~ a short time 10 thu
N.rtcrn section. mskins fi.e State. AID IN.
cfcssng the pfcsent nun Der OF S atts from
hiieen TO tsen:y, aud o. rs Senator's from
iblt,i TO forty. o. the contrary, there Is n1i
sing'c Icrt'oty IN progress IN the southern
section, aud ~ certainty thsl eny additional
SAFE viii be added 10 II during The decade
The prospec, then -. tha, the Two sections ~
the Senate. Should The Efforts 10 exclude the
South from The nes Iy.acq med territories sue
ceed, vii stand boime the end Of The decade,
,scn,y orc northern Safes 10 fcur,een south.
ern. (ron,iiefng Dslawate as neutral end
forty two northern Senators 10 isenfy eight
southern. THIS great increase Of Senator'S,
added 10 the great increase o. members Of The
House Of Re- fesenlatycs sud electoral cole {
on tho part Of the NJuh, WHICH mus, take
place under the pesl decade, viii etieeiua y
and lfretflevably destroy the equilibrium
which existed when the Government com.
MERGED.
Had this destruction been the operation oi
time, without the interference Of Government,
the South would have had no reason TO com
plaiu; tul such was not the fact. II was
caused Gy the Legislation OF this Government,
ah,ch was appointed as the common agent Of
alt, and charged with the protection Of the IN
tetesis and security Of all. The legislation
by ah,ch II has been effected may be ciasseo
under three heads. The fits! IS, that series
of acts by which the South has been excluded
from the common territory belonging TO all
ol the States az the menibers OF the Fedora
Union, and which have had The effect of ex
tending vastly the potion allotted 10 the north
ern section, and restricting within narrow lin.
It's the portion loh the Soulh. The nnx, con.
slsts n adopting system OF revenue and DIS
butsemeuis, by whlch an undue proportion OF
The burden of taxation has been imposed upon
the South, aud an undue proportion OF lis pro
ceeds appropriated TO the North anu the last
is a system of political measures, by which
the original character Of the Government has
been radically changed. propose 10 bes'o~
upon each Of these, ~ the order they stand,
few remarks, wlth the view Of showing that
II is owing Ia the action of this Government
that the equilibrium between the two sections
his been desttoyed and the whole powers OF
the system centred in sectional maJnrty.
ne Dtst OF lhe series OF acts ny "nlch 'ho
South was deprived of lis due share of The
Territories originated with The CunIederacy,
which preceded the existence OF this Govern.
! ment. |, is TO be found IN the provision oitb
ordinance Of l7s7. It's Eject was to exclude
The South cn,irely from that vas, and fertile
region which lies between the OHIO and the
Mississippi MYERS, now embracing five States
aud one Territory. The next OF the series is
the Missour compromise, which excluded the
South from that large portion Of Louisiana
which lies north of 800 30, excepting what IS