This is a mere matter of calculation. It is said the weight of this
objection was in a great measure removed by altering the number of
40,000 to 30,000 constituents. To show the discontented nature of man,
some have objected to the number of representatives as being too large.
I leave to every man’s judgment whether the number is not sufficiently
respectable, and whether, if that number be sufficient, it would have
been right, in the very infancy of this government, to burthen the
people with a great additional expense to answer no good purpose.(68)