Slave Representation

II on. Henry W. Taylorof Marshall, is out in the Statesman against the annexation of Texas. He takes occasion to refer to the three-fiflh representation for slaves, which he says was agreed to by the seven original free states, as a privilege - a naked gratuity to the fivë slave States to induce them to come into the Union, it was not a compromise, because that impliesan equivalent, whereas none whatever was rendered. By a liberal const metion, this "privilege" - misnamed á compromise, might be extended to the States formed frotn the original territoryof the Union: but Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas made f rom foreign territory,bad rendered no equivalent wbat ever for the representation of their "cattle" in Congress. Should Texas be annexed, six new States will be added to the Union - all of whom will claim this gratuity, and thus secure their everlasting preponderance in the National Legislature. Mr. Taylor adduces the following facts, deserving of notice: ';There were, at the last census, in round numbers, about 10,000,000 population in the free states, at the same time, there were a little over 5,000,000 only of free ])eoplc in the thirteen southern states. - In the Senate of the United States, the 5,000.000 in the slave states have the exact number of members as the 10,000,000 in the free states, and thus every freeman in the southern states is equal to, and exercises jis much power, in all the functions of government, as wo, in thenorthern states. We have heard much of the rotten-borough Representation. in the English parliament; but what borough mongering was ever equal to this? Still so far as it is the necessary result of the compromises of our constitution, ourduty to yield implicit obedienceis absolute. - But these coinpromises, as left by the cönstitution, would, at this time, give to the Senate, a Northern predominance of 26 to20 Senators. The unauthorized extensión of our government over alien territory, has added the otlier six members to that body. "- We would copy the whole article, if we had room. Mr. Taylor is a VV hig, and the most candid and able opponent of the Liberty party in this State.dCfl t is ïiot to be presumed that every article wliich appears in our paper, vvhether selected or comraunicated, precisely coincides wilh our own views. Sometimes we deern the language exceptionable, sometimes the spirit. But we insert thera for the facts, arguments, or sentiments they contain on the whole. We cannot always stop to enter "a disclaimer on each item, as that would bean endless job. The best we can do is to insert the most valuable and least exceptionable articles we can find. ÖLTwo Liberty supervisors were elected in St. Joseph County - J. L. Bishop, of Burr Oak,andWm. WoodrufF, of Park. The board of supervisors stands nine Democrats, four Whigs, and two Liberty men. The Centreville Republicansays: "The majority against all Ldcenses to sell spirituous liquors, was, so faras we have heard, as follows: Nottawa, 35 maj. against. Lockport, 40 " White Pigeon, 7 " Fawn River, maj, not learned. The only Town voting in favor of granting licenseswe have heard of, is MoUville. Public opinión is evidently making healthy progress on this subject." 05 W. R. King, U. S. Senator from Alabama, has been nominated for Minister to France, and confirmed by the Senate. Another slaveholder, of course! 05 Wilson Shannon, Governor of Ohio, bas been confimed by the Senate as minister to Mexico.