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dicative of tlie merits of their respective political and 

 social systems. In this view the following comparison 

 is of great value : 



Bj^ the 2d section, article 1, of 

 the Constitution, the repre- 

 sentation in the House stood, 



Bj the Ist census, 



By the 2d census. 



By the 3d census, 



By the 4th census. 



By the 5th census, 



By the 6th census, (1840,) 



" It must be remarked that since the last census, 

 "Wisconsin, with three members, Iowa, with two, Flor- 

 ida, with one, and Texas, with two, have been admit- 

 ted, thus making the majority of the Free States 49. 

 The present census will no doubt largely increase the 

 disparity. The admission of California will of itself 

 increase the majority to fifty-one." 



The following is an extract from a speech of Hon. 

 C. E. Clarke, of New York, in the house of Repre- 

 sentatives, during the session of 1850 : — 



"The area of Virginia is 61,352 square miles. 



