I know that all statistical statements are tedious, and I believe that but few readers believe them.  I will, however, venture to give the populations of these States in the order I have named them, seeing that power in America depends almost entirely on population.  The census of 1860 gave the following results:—­

In the North: 

Maine 619,000
New Hampshire 326,872
Vermont 325,827
Massachusetts 1,231,494
Rhode Island 174,621
Connecticut 460,670
New York 3,851,563
Pennsylvania 2,916,018
New Jersey 676,034
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Total 10,582,099

In the South, the population of which must be divided into free and slave: 

Free.  Slave.  Total.

Texas 415,999 184,956 600,955
Louisiana 354,245 312,186 666,431
Arkansas 331,710 109,065 440,775
Mississippi 407,051 479,607 886,658
Alabama 520,444 435,473 955,917
Florida 81,885 63,809 145,694
Georgia 615,366 467,461 1,082,827
South Carolina 308,186 407,185 715,371
North Carolina 679,965 328,377 1,008,342
Tennessee 859,578 287,112 1,146,690
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Total 4,574,429 3,075,231 7,649,660

in the doubtful States: 

Free.  Slave.  Total.

Maryland 646,183 85,382 731,565
Delaware 110,548 1,805 112,353
Virginia 1,097,373 495,826 1,593,199
Kentucky 920,077 225,490 1,145,567
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Total 2,774,181 808,503 3,582,684

In the West: 

Ohio 2,377,917
Indiana 1,350,802
Illinois 1,691,238
Michigan 754,291
Wisconsin 763,485
Minnesota 172,796
Iowa 682,002
Kansas 143,645
Missouri 1,204,214*
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Total 9,140,390

* Of which number, in Missouri, 115,619 are slaves.

To these must be added, to make up the population of the United
States as it stood in 1860,—­

The separate District of Columbia, in which is
  included Washington, the seat of the Federal
  Government 75,321
California 384,770
Oregon 52,566
The Territories of—­
  Dacotah 4,839
  Nebraska 28,892
  Washington 11,624
  Utah 49,000
  New Mexico 98,024
  Colorado 34,197
  Nevada 6,857
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Total 741,090