Relative Influence Of The North And South

The apportionment bilí, as t has passed th House and will probably pass ihe Senate, fixin the representation at 50,100 will materiall change the relative position of the North and th South, o far as it regards numencal strength the former taking a stride which leavcs the la ter far in the back-gronnd. In a house compo .eed of three huudred and sixmembeis, the Nort would have Ib7, and the South only 119, whic would give the Ibrmer a majonty of 63. As a matter of politica! ecoaomy it should bc come a serious question wtih our Southern breth ren. why it is that the free North haa so far out Btrippeü fhem in its onward mareh to greatnes and power. They have as (erúla s. oil, ond a genial n climate as ever country wasblessed svith and nl! the facilties for competing euccessfull with the North, at their command. Why the do they notkeep ulongside of the North? Bu one answer can be given to this question, viz thatthe same stern laws. the observanceof whic is bearing the North snward in its career of pros perity, are at war with the peculiar instiiution ■of theJ3outb, and will forevar prevent the Siuth ern states from rising to that degree oí relativ importance, which, from their natural advan tases, they .would otherwise most assuredly attain These laws are inflexible, uniform and impartía in their operation, both upon communities am iniiividuj!8, lifting up one and casting down an other, according aa their high requisitions ar