[966] Benton's Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, Vol. VII, p. 296.

[967] Congressional Globe, Thirty-first Congress, First Session, Appendix, p. 1601.

[968] Ibid., p. 1603.

[969] Ibid., p. 1605.

[970] Von Holst, Constitutional and Political History of the United States, Vol. III, p. 552.

[971] Congressional Globe, Thirty-first Congress, First Session, p. 202. See also Von Holst's work, Vol. III, p. 552, foot-note.

[972] J. F. H. Claiborne, Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman, Vol. II, p. 28.

[973] J. F. H. Claiborne, Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman, Vol. II, p. 30. His figures are, of course, not correct.

[974] Census of 1860, pp. 11, 12. See Table A, Appendix C, p. 378.

[975] See Tables B and C, Appendix C, p. 379.