The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-10-01

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chief and falsehood as 10 assert that South
erner holding five slaves, had four votes, hi'
own and three for his five slaves. And il il
just such system Of false eleciioneerne
that our opponents expect 10 prepare The
public mind, not only against the South, bu
against the Constitution of their country also
so That when the hour arrives TO throw off all
disguise and declare for dissolution of the
IInion, their followers will be sufficiently ex-
asperaled und intensified 10 go any length
Hence the importance of using ihe political
priests on Sabbath days, 10 warm up the pre-
JUDGES of the brethren, that during "week
days" they may refuse 10 receive truth TO
modify their aroused enmilies OH Sunday.
We copy from the Chicago Times the fol-
lowing upen the subject of-rthe ihres-fifihs
vote which may be read with interest:
"EvERY SLAvEHoLDER HAS FIVE VoTEs p
One of the most common of all the frau6u.
lent statements made by the orators of the
opposition is, that owing 10 The peculiar ma
ture oflhe institution Of slavery, every slave.
holder has five vote. while Northern man
has but one vote. Strange as il may appear,
we met man the other day who was willing
10 wager that such was the fact. We need
not add, that he was eloquent upon the out
rageous advantages Shareholders have over
free white men at The North. This misrep-
resentalon has been exposed often; but as
it is often thrown 10 the face of the Democ-
racy by these "freedom shriekers, 1--WE will
explain the truth of the matter again
The subject is regulated by the Consiiu-
iion which, in Article 1, Section Q. has the
following
Representatives and direct taxes shall be
apporiioned among the several States which
may be included wnbln the Union, according
TO their respective mum 5ers, which shall be
determined by adding 10 the whole number
of free persons, including those bound to ser
vice Tor number OF years, not including
IGdians, moi taxed, three.filths of all other
persons" .'-
A few words will explain The practical op.
Grafton of this provision. IL The Slate of Iii.
nois, all persons, men, women and children,
including all negroes, are included in that
population which is made the basis of repre-.
senia,ion in Congress. Supposus The ratio
of the Representatives was one member OF
Congress for each one hundred thousand in
hsbilanls, and lha, Illinois had a population
of one million whites and three hundred
thousand negroes, yet, as the negroes of lll-
nois are free, Illinois would be entitled TO
thirteen members of Congress But change
The scene 10 Kentucky. But that Kentucky
has population of the same number, and
divided in the same proportion between
whites and blacks-yet because her negroes
are slaves, she is not entitled 10 thirteen Rep.
resentalives. She would be entitled TO ten,
for her million of whites but her 100000
negroes only count 1870, 900 as federal popu-
lstion, and are less than sufficient 10 entite
her to two Representatives. Three hundred
thousand negroes in Tree State, count, in
the appor!ionment OF Representatives, as SC
many white persons; but The same numbel
of negroes in slave State, are only counted
for like purpose, as one hundred and eighty
thousand persons. The result is, that the
slave States lose, under this provision of the
Constitution, two-fifths of their negro popula
tion, in the spportionment Of Representa-
lves. The negro population at the North il
bu. small, when compared with that of the
South. But, in proportion that the negro
population ol the South is greater than at the
North, so is The loss of The South in the mat
Ter of representation. Estimating the slave
population OF the Southern States at the fig
ures furnished by the census of 1850, we fuc
it slaed 10 be 8, 9s,32l. This population is
numerically, nearly equal 10 that of the si'
New England States and the States of Mich
igan and California added, The aggregate
population of these eight States was, in 1850
3,2os, 1857. Their aggregate representation
in The House of Representatives is thirty -fiv,
members, EphL /.
While every man in these eight States
black and white, is counted in the appor
lionmen, Of Representatives. the same nun
Der of persons at lhe south suffer a reduction
of two-fifihs. The advantage of this provi
sion in :he constitution is wholly on the sid,
of the North Where the advantage is, cai
be distinctly seen by irquiring what the ei
feet Of its repeal would be. Abolish this dis
iinclon, and The North realms lis presen
condition; but the federal population OF th'
South would be increased in the proportion
of two fiflhs Of the slave population.
The volers in The State of Illrois are, ex
clusively, the white male citizens above ih
age OF "a years. These men vote for them
selves, for the women, children, and all til,
negtoes in the Stale. The voters IN Soull
Carolina are the white citizens above The ag
OF lweniy-one yeats, and they vote lust a
The voters of Illinois do, for all the men, wo
men, children, and negroes in the State. Th
only difference. between the people OF ihi
State and South Carolina Is, that ninety -ih re-
thousand seven hundred negroes will give u
a repNsen NATIVE in Congress, while at th
South il requires over one hundred aud fih
thousand persons of that character 10 enlill
4 State 10 representative in Congress-
When an aboliiionist tells you that slav
i owners vote three votes for five negroes i