Now, sir, I have grouped the counties for the
purpose of showing the effect of the proposition
upon the several sections The counties, in fact,
are classified to my hand, in the existing division
of the State into gubernatorial districts, omitting
Baltimore city from the southern district
Here is a table showing the white population—
federal numbers—total population—while popu-
lation with three-fifths of colured—and voters, in
the respective counties of the State, and the ag-
gregates in the several gubernatorial districts and
in the city of Baltimore , together with the num-
ber of delegates each will be entitled to under
the proposition which I am now advocating
White Pop'n Fedr'l Nos Total Pop'n
Allegany, 21,643 22,584 22,779
Washington, 26,888 30,108 30,830
Frederick, 33,300 39,914 40,983
Carroll, 18,676 20,220 20,615
Baltimore co, 34,354 40,091 41,599
Harford, 14,414, 18,498 19,358
149,275 171,415 176,164
Cecil, 15 482 18,263 18,937
Talbot, 7,085 12,158 13,811
Kent, 5,615 10,608 11,388
Queen Anne, 7,040 13,776 14,484
Caroline, 6,096 9,370 9,692
Dorchester, 10,788 17,162 18,872
Somerset, 13,417 20,224 22,460
Worcester, 13,401 17,490 18,847
77,924 118,051 128,491
A Arun'l/Howard 16,542 27,891 32,249
Calvert, 3,630 7,834 9,646
P George's, 8,902 16,946 21,550
Montgomery, 9,435 13,815 15,860
Charles, 5,665 12,329 16,162
St. Mary's, 6,226 11,359 13,698
50,400 90,164 109,165
Balt city, 141,440 167,830 169,054
White Pop'n , Mr Fiery's
and 3 5ths plan of
colored Voters House
Allegany, 22,314 3,298 1
Washington, 29,252 5 338 5
Frederick, 37,911 6,219 6
Carroll 19,840 3,275 3
Bait county, 38,101 4,568 6
Harford, 17,381 2 958 3
164,799 25,656
Cecil 17,556 2,950 3
Talbot 11,120 1,529 2
Kent, 9,077 1,201 2
Queen Anne, 10,807 1,457 2
Caroline, 8,253 1,203 2
Dorchester, 18,207 2,198 3
Somerset, 16,268 2,596 3
Worcester, 18,441 2,444 3
—— —— — 20
109,829 15,578 |
A Arundel
Howard, 26,052 1,851 3
Calvert, 7,239 900 2
P.George's, 16,489 1,623 3
Montgomery,13,290 1,725 2
Charles, 11,962 1,051 2
St Mary's, 10,108 1,171 2
—— —— — 16
85,140 9,612
Balt city, 158,009 20,376 —10
—73
Were we to follow the example of Alabama,
Mississippi, and Texas, by adopting while popu-
lation as the basis, the figures show that the
western district would have one delegate for
every 6,528—the Eastern Shore, one for every
3,896—the southern district, one for every 3,180,
Baltimore city one for every 14,144.
If we take the Georgia basis—the white popu-
lation with three-fifths of colored—the western
district would have one delgate for every 6,103,
the Eastern Shore, one for every 5,494, the south-
ern district, one for every 5,677, Baltimore city,
one for every 15,800.
Take federal numbers—the basis of represen-
tation in Congress, and that adopted in North
Carolina—and the western district would have
one delegate for every 6,348—the Eastern Shore,
one for every 5,902—the southern district, one for
every 5 635—Baltimore city one for every 16,783.
But suppose we follow the example of Arkan-
sas, Missouri Louisiana, Tennessee, and Ken-
tucky—all of which States are as deeply inter-
ested in the question of slavery as Maryland—
and take the qualified voters as the basis, the
western district would have one delegate for
every 950—the Eastern Shore one for every 779,
the southern district one for every 641—Balti-
more city one for every 2,037
I have thus shown that it this question has
been fairly settled in the southern States, the
compromise proposed is in all the aspects pre-
sented a fair one for the Southern and Eastern
Shore counties We find that the western dis-
trict will have a less representation, in propor-
tion to its voters, or population, than either of
the other sections.
But some gentlemen are resolved to disregard
the example of other southern States, to aban-
don the principle acknowledged in the existing
Constitution of their own State and set up a new
basis, certainly not recognised in the south, if
in any State of the Union, and they seem to think
that those of us who are unwilling to put slave
property in the scale, not as property, but as
men, against the free citizens, are unbound upon
the question which has so recently agitated the
Union They are mistaken But if gentlemen
will permit themselves to examine the proposed
compromise, they will find that even upon their
own terms, it proves itself to be fair. By apply-
ing the rule of total numbers, the western district
would have one delegate for every 6,524—the
Eastern Shore one tor every 6,424—the southern
district one for every 6,822—Baltimore city, one
for every 16,905.
It has been said, that whilst it is proper that |
