Free States. | Free Pop. | Persons | Salaries | Slave States | Free Pop. | Persons | Salaries | ---------------+------------+---------+----------+--------------+-----------+---------+----------+ New York, | 2,378,890 | 37 | $63,250 | Virginia, | 740,968 | 114 | $200,395 Pennsylvania, | 1,676,115 | 90 | 123,790 | Maryland, | 318,204 | 133 | 170,305 Massachusetts, | 729,030 | 43 | 86,215 | Dist. Colum.,| 30,657 | 99 | 77,455 Ohio, | 1,502,122 | 6 | 4,400 | Kentucky, | 590,253 | 7 | 34,150 Presidential Electors. During the twenty years, ending in 1832, there were six presidential elections. In these, the South cast 608 electoral votes, but only 41 of them for Northern candidates. During the twenty years, ending in 1835, there were five presidential elections, in which the South cast 515 electoral votes, only 11 of which were for Northern candidates. In the presidential election of 1844, _thirteen_ free States had 161 electors, and gave 1,890,884 votes--_one_ elector to 11,739 votes; while _twelve_ slave States had 105 electors and gave 798,848 votes--_one_ elector to 6,608 votes. In other terms; _six_ slave State votes counted as much in choice of President and Vice President as _eleven_ free State votes. In the same election, Michigan had 5 electors and gave 56,222 votes, or _one_ elector to 11,244 votes; while Louisiana had 6 electors and gave 26,865 votes, or _one_ elector to 4,447 votes--that is, _four_ slaveholding Louisiana votes were equal to _eleven_ free Michigan votes. Federal Representation. The present number of the House of Representatives, including Texas is 228. Of these 21 represent slave property. In fixing the ratio of representation, after the last census, the House adopted that of 50,179. This would have given a House of 306 members, and the free States a majority of 68. But a small majority is more easily managed than a large. The Senate rejected that ratio and sent back the bill with the ratio of 70,680. This reduced the House to 223 and brought down the majority of the free States to the more manageable number of 47. The effect of the odd number, 680, was to deprive the four great States of the north, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, of one member each, with no corresponding disadvantage to any slave State. Of this proceeding, even the correspondent of the New York Herald said,--"The Senate apportionment has robbed the North of at least one quarter of its practical influence in the Union, when regarded in its full extent; and the members of the free States who voted for it, have thus surrendered the rights of their constituents, and violated their trusts." The House of Representatives.