At this moment, the Free States, with double the population of the Slave States, have only four out of nine Justices of the Supreme Court; and of these four, it must be said, three are Northern men with Southern principles.
Sumner points out the underrepresentation of the Free States in the Supreme Court despite their larger population.
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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
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Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
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