Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-04


causes. and whsu the ratiu in each district will
he nearly the same.
have made n calculation Of The probable
white population of ihe several districts, in the
year 1850, ipon the snpposi'ion, that the Au
diiors estimates are correct, that the western
district will increase % per eenl. for the next
| 10 years and 10 per cent. for the succeeding
! Io.-,hat the Valley district win increase 10
| per cent FOR each period of 10 years and thai
| the two eastern DISTRICTS will increase s per
cent. for each period oil 10 years The result
oil this calculation is, that in the year 1850 The
white population # the western district would
be all pul 2.31 0o0-that Of the Vail y I67 900,
--nfthe sndlle district 2l7,0nO-and the tile.
water district l75, 000-giviag 70 the west Of
IN, Buc Ridge abou, 400 900, aud 10 the EAST
aboa, 80 1000 This | ann perniaded is a cal.
culatiou more liberal 10 the west than they ara
entitled 10, aud II resslis N giving them
| small ,riajurii, Of wbue pppIlaiIoa in 1850
From tneneafo ward they can rave no reason
! To expect hat their population would increase
| more rapidly than iha' u he east. Look for H
moment nj the comparative extent Of The two
dis rirts aud a some oI IT,: causes which would
nfles the increas Of their populatiop.
| Tn, two 4istri,Is west Of the Blue Ridge
conta n 80 800 squar mites the two west ot
| the Ridge. cont,ia 26.774 so IRE miles. Con
| sidrrng the vast eAtenI o. mountains beyond
the B ,ue R,dga, il wonld be giving TO the west a
most liberal estimate to rs arabic Lands TO sup
| pose them equal in quart to the arabic lands
! east OF the mou ltains Reject. hen, on The
Circumstance that he whui" lands OF the east
must be alw avs employed in p'arting and far.
sing, while u verv large proportion OF those of
| the ~est, the whoir extensive district from
the irrih mountains . the western boundary,
| with the exception only Of thosn mario" val
| leys which lie convenient to the naylgahle wa
trrs rlrt, for ages 10 come. be IN the hands OF
the grazier ;--recoilect too, that II Ne shonld
| ever have large towns aud extensive miniidc.
! tories, they will seek the marts OF foreign com
! merce. aud probably be found about the tails ol
| the eastern rivers-and | think YOU VIII hpd
strong rea son TO believe, that the eastern side Of
| the ,uountains will always MAINTAIN 9 eater
population than the west. & can never be much
inferior to il in white population,
! have heard It Sal l. that the eastern district.
! contain already. nearly as much population a,
they could sustain. - Nothing can be more erro-
neops.- fhe middle dis,rcl. counting all its
| inhabita Is. has p9aulaiion of about Is, and
| the tide water disil let. I. population Of about
3d. to the square mile Compare this with the
| pouuatiou Of older countries. la 1911, Srot'
| land had population o. about 64-Walrs ~
| England 1876, to the square mile France about
the begiu ing Of this century had popua
| tioa OF l79 q the square mie.-Can any one
doubt, that the country between the blue rIdge
AM rhe ocean. is capable OF SUSTAINING more
popu;alion THAI Scotland or Wales ?-end can
any good reason be assigned, why II mny nnl
br aslpopoious En- land or France
! II | I'm right in my estimate OF the future
pr gress OF white popnarIon, and we can be
sasIsii 4, that in the cours of twrnty years
I m. rl II ha a fpIVD uunIOuS counties hpEOnU
lhe ~ orntains essentially slave.h ilding coun
| 81 :, havine a kindred interest with the east m
III 20 . evrrnmen OF that property, and It's
exs,a ton fr m u usi burthens, th'n YOU have
assurance that the basis of white population
viii not arry the power OF The go't'nnent
it, unffierdly hands
| Referring again t. our tables, we find that
the IL" ofsiave population has been setting
sigongly to the we-i and hat Il is INV swei'ed
= is greatest height nj the very base 81 TN
Blu Ri1gp-tht N due me, it will hni its
lavtl, through IN" passes OF thai mouniai" there
Gao be little reas IN to doubi.-We have sean
BY h murh the slave population exceeds The
white population, in ,he two eastern districts,
aud b. how much IL falls short, IN The two ives
tern Let us now SEE what has been the ratio
of increase. from 1870, TO the present time. II
siands 'l.ns:
In the fcd District
From 1870 10 l8DO-138 yer cent.
l80nto 1910 OBJ per cent.
1910 TO lS20-46 per cent.
1920 o lS29-26d per cent.
In he second District:
From 1870 TO 1904 per cent.
! 1907 10 1910 3 per cent,
1900 l9l0-254 per cent.
1920 TO lS29-l2 10 pei cent.
In the third District
| lS0n-OSl MOI
1900 TO lSl0-20h per cenI
1910 TO lS20-lO3 per cent.
1920, is29-7 40 per cent.
! In re fourth District
From 1890 10 lS0o-64 per cent
1900 10 lSl0--i per cent.
1900 ls20-l4 per cent
1900 lS29-oss of 10 100 of one
| per cent
You find then, that while in the tide water
district the slave population IS rather decreas
ing il is increasing in the middle district, by
much smaller ratio Than in The Valley, and the
western districts. You perceive too, that until
within the last nine wears, the increase IN the
Va ley aad western district has been very rapid
Aslrong reason, why, within hat time, tue IN
crease has not been 50 great in those districts,
NAV be found in the decreased prices OF agr-
cultural products. For toe las 10 or II years,
the products of he farming districts haye
scarcely been sufficient 10, Justify their trans
iportaiiJn TO distant markets. In consequence
Of this, farmers of the Valley, and no doubt Of
oher Western districts, have become graziefs'
and the labor of slaves has been less in de-
mand The price of tobacco has been better
sustained, than the price of other agricultural
products lit better bears the expense OF trans
nortation TO market and this has kept up the
demand for the labor of slaves, in the planting
districts of the middle country. This too IS
fostering the culture Of tobacco in some OF the
Valley counties, where 1t Is grown OF fine quail
ty and to much adsantase;- anl Will, 90 doubt
extend its culture very considerably IN the
Western districts. As the demand for slaves IN
the Southern States of the Union diminishes,
and heir laws restraining the importation OF
them -cone more rigid--as The TOBACCO lands
of The middle district decreases, and the tobac-
a..I.I.ra IN TIM Masiern dIsircts Is eAlended.