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THE MINORITY GOVERNING THE MAJORITY.
141
City and County paid about one-third of all the revenues of the State, except
such as were derived from dividends on stocks; and at this time had very
nearly one-fourth of the free population, and therefore under a just distribution of the governing power, was entitled by contribution and by population
to twenty of the eighty members in the House of Delegates.
At the election of 1815, seven counties and two cities, notwithstanding
they had a majority of nearly nine thousand votes cast in the State, were only
entitled, under this system, to thirty-two members, while twelve counties who
were in the minority, sent forty-eight members, as will be seen by the
following table :
Counties.
Harford
Baltimore City and County
Anne Arundel and Annapolis.
Washington
Queen Anne's
Talbot
Caroline
Total Democratic Counties...
Prince George's
Montgomery
Frederick
Alleghany
Calvert
Charles
St. Mary's
Cecil
Kent
Dorchester
Somerset
Worcester
Free White Inhabitants.
16,827
64,841
14,975
16,074
10,267
9,352
7,933
140,209
Total Federal Counties.
13,400
10,408
28,766
6,289
4,068
7,810
6,794
10,599
7,201
13,076
10,210
12,544
Quota of Direct
Tax.
Gross Population,
White and Colored.
$ 5,350
48,670
9,810
7,372
5,630
4,140
2,250
131,165
7,690
5,110
14,170
2,210
2,410
6,740
3,950
5,950
4,214
5,510
5,540
4,910
21,358
76,210
26,668
18,730
16,648
14,230
9,453
183,297
20,589
17,980
34,437
6,909
8,005
20,245
12,794
13,066
11,450
18,108
17,195
16,971
$68,404
197,249
From the above we have the following result:
The counties which sent 32 Democratic members had a population of 183,297.
Whites 143,269
Other persons, 54,000, allowing two-fifths of such agreeably to the Constitution of
the United States, the comparative rate was 21,000
164,269
The counties which sent forty-eight federal members had a population of 197,249
Whites 131,165
Other persons, 66,084, two-fifths of whom were.
26,000
157,165
Leaving in this way, a majority of seven thousand one hundred and four legal
persons in the counties, sending thirty-two members over the counties sending forty-eight
members.1
The counties sending thirty-two members paid of the direct tax $83,222
The counties sending forty-eight members paid of the direct tax 58,404
Difference.
1 Niles' Register, ix., p. 111.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000168 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE MINORITY GOVERNING THE MAJORITY. 141 City and County paid about one-third of all the revenues of the State, except such as were derived from dividends on stocks; and at this time had very nearly one-fourth of the free population, and therefore under a just distribution of the governing power, was entitled by contribution and by population to twenty of the eighty members in the House of Delegates. At the election of 1815, seven counties and two cities, notwithstanding they had a majority of nearly nine thousand votes cast in the State, were only entitled, under this system, to thirty-two members, while twelve counties who were in the minority, sent forty-eight members, as will be seen by the following table : Counties. Harford Baltimore City and County Anne Arundel and Annapolis. Washington Queen Anne's Talbot Caroline Total Democratic Counties... Prince George's Montgomery Frederick Alleghany Calvert Charles St. Mary's Cecil Kent Dorchester Somerset Worcester Free White Inhabitants. 16,827 64,841 14,975 16,074 10,267 9,352 7,933 140,209 Total Federal Counties. 13,400 10,408 28,766 6,289 4,068 7,810 6,794 10,599 7,201 13,076 10,210 12,544 Quota of Direct Tax. Gross Population, White and Colored. $ 5,350 48,670 9,810 7,372 5,630 4,140 2,250 131,165 7,690 5,110 14,170 2,210 2,410 6,740 3,950 5,950 4,214 5,510 5,540 4,910 21,358 76,210 26,668 18,730 16,648 14,230 9,453 183,297 20,589 17,980 34,437 6,909 8,005 20,245 12,794 13,066 11,450 18,108 17,195 16,971 $68,404 197,249 From the above we have the following result: The counties which sent 32 Democratic members had a population of 183,297. Whites 143,269 Other persons, 54,000, allowing two-fifths of such agreeably to the Constitution of the United States, the comparative rate was 21,000 164,269 The counties which sent forty-eight federal members had a population of 197,249 Whites 131,165 Other persons, 66,084, two-fifths of whom were. 26,000 157,165 Leaving in this way, a majority of seven thousand one hundred and four legal persons in the counties, sending thirty-two members over the counties sending forty-eight members.1 The counties sending thirty-two members paid of the direct tax $83,222 The counties sending forty-eight members paid of the direct tax 58,404 Difference. 1 Niles' Register, ix., p. 111. |
