In connection with tables 44 and 45 on page 292, it will be well to examine the following statistics of Congressional representation, which we transcribe from Reynold’s Political Map of the United States;—
UNITED STATES SENATE.
16 free States, with a white population of 13,238,670, have 32 Senators.
15 slave States, with a white population of 6,186,477, have 30 Senators.
So that 413,708 free men of the North enjoy but the same political privileges in the U. S. Senate as is given to 206,215 slave propagandists.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The free States have a total of 144 members.
The slave States have a total of 90 members.
One free State Representative represents 91,935 white men and women.