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dicative of the merits of their respective political and 

 social systems. In this view the following comparison 

 is of great value : 



Free Slave 



States. States. Maj. 



By the 2d section, article 1, of 

 the Constitution, the repre- 

 sentation in the House stood, 35 30 5 

 By the 1st census, 57 43 9 

 By the 2d census, 76 63 13 

 By the 3d census, 103 78 25 

 By the 4th census, 123 89 34 

 By the 5th census, 141 99 42 

 By the 6th census, (1840,) 135 88 47 



61 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. 



