The question was settled by the great compromise of the Constitution, according to which representation in the House of Representatives was proportioned to population, while each State was entitled to an equal suffrage in the Senate.
Sumner describes the compromise in the Constitution that balanced representation between large and small states.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
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