Cost Of Slave Representation In Congress

A simple calcjjation wul sliow that tue cosí of the Representativos of Slnve Property in Conpress is nn itcm of considerable amounl in the natioiml account of the cost of slavery. ín 1789, the U. S. Constitution gave a CongresHonal representa tion lo Slave property: 55 years have tílapsed: since that time, this property representaron has ndded abotit 2C por cent, to the Sont'liern reoresentation. For instance in the last Congres?, out of 100 Sonthern members, 25 represented preperty, anl 75, persons It is nota larpe eslitnate, to tale, that v= properiy rrp-esen ation has averaged duriiig the Íi5 years, 15 menihers, and that une year with anothor Congress sat 4 months in each yipar, or 1S2 da y?. The daily puy of these 15 membere, ai #8 a day, was S'2 And for ihe 122 dayp, '2 Yeáirly amoimt of per diem nllowed í35lJ,fi4O Which muliipüed by the iota! yeurs, 5b Gives total amount allowed, SCöjÏÏOO Travelling fees may be eístimated at one half, 402,600 $1,207,800 Thus thése "property" members have coí-t the nation aboul onemilüon and u qunrter, iu round terms. And as the South has had an eqnal nuniber of Presidemial electors, thfi travelling fees, &.c. of the 15 who represented slave property, must have exceeded anothei quarterof a milliün. One million and n half paid for this vile principie of property represent ion; vile in iteelf, but umilterably vile, when its nature is considerpil! rñne lénfíis of it, too, paid by the nonh! Vot ihc f;irmer rönld no' get his honest property repreyenled, - nor the si cdiunc liis! But Ma.n propeity ninst be 'thus bedeckeJ with honor Und profii!OTThe following "striking fact" is from the Detroit Aoverliscr. It is curious to hear the VVhigs talk. Sometimes they affirm we are powerless - impotent - can't do any tlung - wild geese - &c. &c. and in the next breath the success of Presidential candidates lies solcbj in the effbrts and organizationof political abolitionists, in the fourlh year of their organization. "It is a striking fact that Mr. Van Buren's solé chance of success in the Presidential struggle lies in the effbrts and organization of the political Aboiitionists. For eight or ten years, he and his friends have trampled upon them in every imaginable way andunderevery imaginable form of insult. And vet it is now npon tnem that he must and does rcly to secure his election to the Presidency. His friends in New York scarcely deny it, and their altered tone in regard to the right of petition is doubtless founded upon it. They hope to seduce enough Whigs into the "third party orgonization, to give the Van Suren electoral tickets a plural ity in the great Northern States of New York and Ohio, as well as in several smaller ones. Shall the trick be allowed to succeed?" If Mr. Van Buren has no better resource than the effbrts of Liberty men in bis favor, we can assure him his chance for the Presidency is slim indeed.(L7 Mr. Garrison. of the Liberator, appears to be alarmed at the progress of the Liberty party. He says: I ara pained, I am surprised to learn. from various quarters. that tliere are many wlio cali lliemselves ;old organi.cd aboiitionisls,' wlio cast their votes with the Liberty party, though they know, in this part of the country at least, it was 'conceivedin sin. and brought forth in iniquity,' that its leaders are not trust-worthy, and that a large majority of its supporters are making use of it as a substitute for moral action, and as foil to ward off the blows which are aimed at a pro-slavery church and priesthood." The Detroit Advertiser, if ourmemory serves us, quotes the following scntencc fro;n the Liberator, with the remark that no one will say that Garrison is proslavery! "Morally speaking, I am more and more convinced, by inquiry and observation, that the Liberty party, as such, in New England, is utterly unprincipled, and the most insidious, and therelbre the most dangerous foe with which genuine anti-slavery hasto contend." Very well. It is no more than fair to hear the witness through, and take the wholeofhistestimü. In reference to Abolitionists voting the Liberty ticket, Mr. Garrkon continúes: "Let them vot say that they are reduced to the nlternative of voting with that party, in consequence of the pro-slavery chara'ctcr of the whig nnd democratie parties. It is not true. Ii' ihey must vote, 1 they can testify against all these parties by scattering their votes on those in whom they can confide. But I think duty requi'res of them. as abolitionists, not to vote at. all, but to llct the dead bury their ' dead,' to refuse to sustain the present Conslüution of the United States, and ! to demand in the name of God and hu manity, a dissolulion ofour blood-cemented, atheistical Union." Thus, itisplain that were the Whigs to listen to Garrison, they would not vote at all - a consummation the Advertiser : would scarcely wish to urge on its read: ers. Qjr We invite at tent ion to iha proposnls for pnbüshing a porttnit of Mr. Birnet, wli.ch willbe found in anotiier column. Wc nre ' perfonnliy ncquuinted with the artist, Mr, i Goodwin, of Albany, nnü kuow him to be eni inent in his proi'ession, and a devoted Libertj ; man. We trust he will roceive extcneive pationage.