Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-26

The Next Apportionment
We find the following paragraph going the
rounds Of our exchanges:
THE NEw CsxsUa-The spportionment tor men, n,
bers Of Congress- under the census Of 100. will
make great change in the representation OF sew
eral Statea judging from the votes at the recent
election in some of the Western States Illinois,
with nine msabers Of Congress-. has given ESQ.,
600 votes, while Massachusetts. with eleven rep
resentatives. gave only i2o0o. Wisconsin, WIN
only three representative. has given vote with
in fraction Of that Of Massachusetts,. Compared
with the votes Of manp other States the discr"pan-
CIV is still greater The elections ut the West were.
however, held under greater excitement and call
ed out fuller vote than in most Of the odd States
We doubt not there are plenty Of people in the
Southern States who will he profoundly surprised
when they are told that the Northern States will
have Just about double a. n,any Representatives
in the lower House of Congress as the South, NJ
ter the next superintendent OF representation in
1860 We have for ourselves, done our best to
keep the people enlightened upon this subject
having alluded to it rereasedly-but there seems
to be not only great deal ignorance of the fact
but even painful degree Of Indifference towards
it among those who have oonsilIered 1t as thing
certain Of occurrence.
And vet, il is q most significant circumstance
From the organisation Of the Government to the
present time, the South has had the means Of pre-
servation in her own hands. IL perchanco SEE
tional majority triumphed over her in the House,
she felt secure in the Senate. But, even the Sen
ate il now about to have secure majority Of anti
slavery nensbsrs. The power Of the South is pass
ing away 40 rapidly that we may almost consider
it gone already.
The Northwestern States have increased in pop
ulatiea since 1850. with unoxamped rapidity.--
Lost at tie fact stated in the above extract--tha
Illinois, in the late election. cast two hundred and
City thousand votes Virginia, at the outside, has
never cast more than one hundred and sixty thou
sand Virginia has now thirteen members OF the
lower House of Congress- and Illinois only nine.
After the apportionment Of 1850, it is likely that
these figures will be reyersed-and that Illinois,
which came into the Union but the other day. will
weigh down in tho National Councils the influence
of the "Mother Of States and Of Statesmen" and
the first settled of the original thirteen Colonies
Is there not something in this fact which should
induce us to pause and take fresh bearings
After 1860 tben--no matter what the ratio Of
representation may be--the ants hSery States
will have ut least double as many Representatives
in the House a. the States Of the South. The
power to check mate this majority in the Senate
will be gone-for the Union is now composed of
seventeen free States to fifteen slave States, and
the number of the former is soon 10 Nc increased
by the admission Of Oregon, Kansas and Ncbras'
ka. 1t is manifest proposition. then, that if
sectional anip,ositiss and quarrels continue, the
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Of a dominant Northern majority.
We have alluded to this matter for two reasons.
First, to show the current Of events, and to pre-
pare the public mind for future condition of af-
fairs which is northumberland, secondly, to hold
up to popular condemnation the nnwise policy of
Government in encouraging emigration to the
Northwestern States and thus giving the political
control Of the country to that section Of the Union
The way IN which this has been done is plain,
The chief agency in the business is the grantng
away of the public lands to railroad corpora
tiona- This is one Of the greatest stimuli of emf
grafton And then unnaturalised foreigners have
been induced to 20 there for the reason that the
right of suffrage, by infamous piece of legisla
ton, has been granted tothem before they become
citizens. Cheap lands and the right to vote have
done the business. Foreigners, by hundreds Of
thousands, have poured into the Northwestern
States, until Wisconsin. with three Representa-
tives in Congress, now polls us many votes as
Massachusetts, with twelve
Some few of the Southern Democracy have re-
sisted this land and suffrage poKcy-but the great
bulk of the party have favored it. In this respcc.
they have received the cordial assistance OF the
Froesoilers. Mr. Sewara has sagacity enough to
see the futurs-and he warmly approves policy
which will increase the number Of States of the
Union. well knowing that it will result in an en-
largement Of Northern power. Tho Freeso Re
pubiicans and the Fseesoil Democracy are parties
to . combination though there may be no abso
lutte understanding between theu,-by which Tia
Southern Stsses if these sectional quarrels be per
pstustsd, will Be subjugated politically to thu
power Of an overwhelming Northern majority -
Let the people Of the South think over these
things, and draw their own conclusions.