Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-01-10
The next Congressional Apporlionment.


calculations in regard to this subject, as fol-
lows:-
"The House will be composed hereafter of
24} members )omiting new states that may be
adnttcd) which apportionmcnt will continue
until 1861, and by the simple rule of division
the secretary is to determine the number of
representatives each state is entitled to- Svp-
pose therefore, that tn aggregate population of
the United States is 2l,00O,OOO, and that of
this number there are four millions of slaves,
these 100000 would give federal reprcsen
tatlon OF 2l,OOOOO0, and conscqu ntly the ag-
gregate fcderdt population would be 22400,-
OOO. Alter this the rule dividing by 2}3) is
exceedingly simple 1t is supposed, under the
present appointment, that a member will rep
resent about $4,000 federal ropu alton but it
IS evident from returns received, that the South
Will barely gam solitary member. say. this,
however, with caution for the census, after re-
vision by the census board may be found i'm
perfect or incorrect On the contrary. the
North and West will gain largely; but as the
law restricts the NUMBER the egisiiiJr nm will
be pretty well kept up. New York, Pcnnsvl-
vanlp Virginia and Ohio will constitute n ma
jorlty, lat least such are the present appcaran
ces and Will be able, therefore, to control our
presidential election for the next ten years"
By this rule of appointment, Vermont will
! lose one member of Congress. Our opinion is
that it will be the Locotoco onc,--thls proving
that there is no loss without some gain !"
= There is great quarrel between the
Burlington Sentinel and the Montpelier Patriot,
which the Patriot is willing "shoud die " The
Patriot makes convulsvc efforts to get back n~
| to the I'D mocratic Party" but the Sentinel
won't let it! This weeks Patriot gives sort
Of history or autobiography of that "3st of
My" attempt at swindlng, which turned out
50 m scrablc failure, and deeply duplicates
the Seatnc, as " being accessory before the
flct.' The Patriot-man swcars that he and the
Scntinc-man " sat dowa together to draw up
the coalition platform, and that they dd draw
IT mp AMI it was adopted lie also oGi,ms that
when the platform hld been adopted and the
/ ticket nominated" he
"caIlel upon any member oftho committee who had
doubts about the basis OF the Union, or vino m iult
entertain Tears that his constituents would not -us
tain him, to rice in his place and So sne for that
any other than perfect Union would be n failure
NO one rose. The rdit0r Of the Sentinel GcgucSccd
| IN tte arrangement, and SO tar irotu anything APP
peaflng TO H- contrary, gave Us to understand that
w '"' u" - I'l dliSidC lp y, us pl IDlt-
in brn wn9,J baye e. 10 uat r'! G! rom
least 50 far concerned tor we felt rlcn
t.liI,. tJ,, ,rc ~ JJ .a,, US
mt ,roqid nat be- sanctioned ard sustained by our
"H harrington trieHdS.'
1t is none Of orr particular business, but it
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sisted in Grrrita nm md n,.ant ~ si f., ,' '''
the lime Il. y,,s Ie,j;,,g ms ;,too tr,n nm, r, ".
after ne had succeeded II, ,ctt;yg y ;,,o a ,,rn, -,
back ON, and lo,vo Ms an, of 1brse ,L;rrs ,,, I
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Inns IS Tch' Inc IdlFi0t evidently feels
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tit 'NtN"tt III coC'PIH5 lIo'h-UNH, ucar Tead>
or: the rlorious :. FREQ Dnr,ocrocv ,,Io,c,rr, -
l''''''
which was to redeem the State o! CrmOnt ::
not Inv no means but-th, ..tran, and ..scra,o,
" y " " P ' 'O'"P0
wn'ch are no" 'nP terms "Pphed To- 'hlt patr-
QUO movement oh' my c!e' Inc Senf'nef
ou@"' 10 'o "'''"'''u Vi It's q" nat get 'ne
simple i'c'i'eu anu N'''uo's Id'to' lh'o
trap ana h'sey scraPP' ana theh pack
out. Is ufc'a'"' 1t IS i'o' burglary =
.No'o"y can looN upon such hear'lcSS conduct
IN 'a'ofaoIe lis"' ne f"f''of was as
green as goo''-P'S'"l'' ana you knew H.
ana SUN ''au 10 0o"e'' 'or It's 'cfuahcy' On
oenl"e!
Inc lot''o' co"cluueS ny Standing upon
large chee'e an" uelNefihg prlei oratlon to
'''e hol'or oil 'n' 'e"f'"e' as 'oHo"s;-
'''u IT." urSmr " "!WWr 10 ih'S sup ct again.