Twenty-two States were represented in the Senate, and it was impossible to make sixteen of them, including the four leading States of the Union, recognize the justice of placing the control of National legislation in the hands of six States in the far North-East.

It was not a fortunate arrangement for New England, since it provoked prejudices which proved injurious in many ways, and lasted for many years.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House of Representatives was promptly organized by the election of Galusha A.Grow of Pennsylvania as Speaker.

Mr.Grow came from the Wilmot district, on the northern border of the State, where the anti-slavery sentiment had taken earliest and deepest root.
As Connecticut had in the Colonial period claimed a large part of the area of North Pennsylvania, her emigration tended in that direction, and this fact had given a distinct and more radical type to the population.

Mr.Grow was himself a native of Connecticut.
He was chosen Speaker because of his activity in the anti-slavery struggles of the House, and because of his aptitude for the duties of the chair.

Francis P.Blair, Jr., of Missouri was a rival candidate, and was supported by strong influences.