Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-23

alder appropriations in Committee Of the Whole
House. or at least in the House Itself, should be
sacredly protected.
AppOrtiOnment Of Representation.
To the editor of tie Alexandria Gazette:
The State Of Georgia, the last State euume.
rated 10 the 81 paragraph of the , section of
the lst article Of the Constitution of the UeiIed
States. was allowed three Representatives 10
the lsl Congress. when its population was only
sufficient to cntite it to one, for the express pur
pose of organizing the House of Representa-.
tives, the exact double, and one halithe Senate
the half bciog allowed for absentees from the
most numerous branch of the National Logls.
laturc. Court the number Of Representatives,
proportional to each State by the Constitution
and you will 6ol the aggregate to be 65 to 26
Senators. Thea secure and CANVASS copies OF
the reports made by the Is States to the Con-
veutiou 10 reference to the population of their
respective States. and you will hud that the
2 925 900 persons couoticg three htths Of
slaves IS to fully Justify The Convention 10
fixing upon that number as the whole plumber
Of people within said States Divide this uum.
Der by the 65 Representatives, proportional By
the Convention, among the several States, aud
the product will be $4,000. Had this nun.
Der been used as diVsor instead Of the $4,000
fixed by the Convention the House ct Repre-
sentatives could not have been organized with
the exact double, and one half the Senate, 10
consequence Of loss that would necessarily have
occurred 10 apportloulog representation among
the several States according to their respective
LumbeIs Hence the necessity for adopting the
two thirds rule, which so frequently appears 10
The Constitution, and without the organization
Of the House on 6x:d principle the people
would have been uUabie TO have determined by
the Constitution how many Representatives
W.re to be prop0rtloDed among the several
States at each enumeratiob; matter deemed
by the Convention an indispensable necessity
from numerous reasons, among the most I'm
portaut the reorganization Ct State legislation
and proportionmeot OF direct taxes. regulation
Of the electoral college, proportionneut OF the
& dating debt Ct the cuuGty, mnoniy known as
Uontneotal money, aud the defeat OF Patrick
uanry's powerful opposition to the establish.
ment Ct the Federal Government; and as it may
be incorvanIent for the masses TO obtain re-
port Of the census of the several States for the
years Of 1856 aud 81, and 40 easy matter for
them to ootalo copy OF the lst general census
known as the report of 1870, say to the read
ers of this article it you will CANVASS that report
you will iud that the population Of New Hamp.
shire in 1889 was 40 900 10 round numbers,
the part of which is "a O00, divided by 10000,
the number fixed by the Constitution as dl
visor aud it entities that State to the three
Representatives allowed by the Convention
The next State enumerated 10 the Sd paragraph
of the ID section, is the State of Massachusetts.
lis population 10 1889 Was 37o 900, the part
OF which is 250, 200. divided by 30 900, entitled
that State to the eight Representatives allowed.
The next State 10 order is the State of Rhode
Island. lis population was GS, 900, the part
of which is as 900, divided by 10000, entitled
that State to the Representative allowed. The
next State is Conuecicut. lis population was
237, 900, the part of which is l5S, 900, divided
by 81, U0O euutled that State to the five Rep
resenlstives allowed. The urxt State is New
York. lis population was $50 600, the : part
oil which is 22O ,O00 divided by 80, 900, entities
seven Representa- ives, but as it will be remem
bered that New York has steadily Increased its
population more rapidly than aDy other State
10 the Union, the above result is close enough
to show that New Yoek was only entitled to
The six Representatives allowed by the Cousi
tuliun under the returns of population made to
the Convention which adopted that instrument
The next State is New Jersey. It's population
was $780, 000 the part of which is l20 600, d.
vided by 81, 1000, entitled that State to the four
Representatives allowed. The next State is
Pennsylvania. Its population was 430 900. the
] part Of which is 1000, divided by 81, 900,
entities nioe Representatives, and when it is
remembered that this State has steadily in.
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other State except New York the approxima
Pennsylvania to the Convention ooly entitled
that State 10 the eight Representatives allowed
by the Constitution. The next State is Della.
of which is 81 ,000 divided BY 10000, entitled
next State is Maryland. Its population vas
by 80 900, entities this States to the six Rep
resentstves allowed. The Dext State is Vlr.
ejnia. Prior to the adoption Of the Constitution
two States, namely, Virginia and Kentucky by
line of the Alieganies, and had this division
been made Virginia would have been entitled to
the ten Representatives allowed, and no more
The next State is North Carolina, portion OF
which Was claimed by South Carolina, and this
disagreement existing between the two States in
reference to the correctness OF their dividing
line, South Carolina was allowed to draw on
portion Of North Carolina population for sufi.
cheney Of numbers TO entItle it to the tive Repre-.
sentstives allowed. In 1889 its population count.
ing three ffths of slaves, was 2)6 90; the two
third part of which ia l37. OO0-divided by 80 600
goes four times. North Carolinss population
is .35 OO0-divided by 5000 goes seven times.
Under the returns. made to the convention it
would not 20 six, and South Carolina claiming
Il portion of that, each were allowed five Rep