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| ful to the public, as they will be safe to the liberty of the People," | No. LII. | 377 |
| D. "the apportionment of its members to the several States," | LIII. | 378 |
| a. numbers in each State the proper standard for regulating the representation of each State, | 378 | |
| i. objection against representation of slaves, considered, | 378 | |
| i. slaves not merely property, | 379 | |
| ii. slaves are also persons, | 379 | |
| iii. the Constitution recognizes this mixed character in slaves, | 379 | |
| iv. the apportionment is governed by the same rule as that for the levy of direct taxes, | 380 | |
| v. they are not considered as property merely, in the laws of the States which possess them, | 380 | |
| A. reply, that they do not form a basis of local representation, considered, | 380 | |
| vi. the right of representation of property as well as of persons, considered, | 381 | |
| vii. the votes in the Congress which are allowed to the several States should be proportioned to the comparative wealth of those States, | 382 | |
| b. there will be no inducement for falsifying the census, as the measure for representation is also the measure for taxation, | 383 | |
| E. "the number of which the House is to consist" considered, | LIV. | 384 |
| a. the importance which is attached to this subject, | 384 | |
| b. the difficulty of determining the proper number, | 385 | |
| c. the small States require smaller ratios of representation than the large States, | 386 | |
| d. with the limited powers which are delegated to the Congress the necessity for a numerous representation is diminished, | 386 | |
| e. objections considered and answered, | 387 | |
| i. "so small a number of members cannot be safely trusted with so much power," | 387 | |
| i. a rapid increase of population may be expected, and a corresponding increase of representation will ensue, | 387 | |
| ii. "whether the smallness of the number, as a temporary regulation, be dangerous to the public liberty," considered, | 387 | |
| iii. from whence can danger ultimately proceed, considered, | 388 |
