Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-06


than lS6 per cent. The population OF the trans
Alcghany district was in 1890 of whites 81, S74,
OF cOlorcd = 9S3-ln 1880 it WAS of whites lS2 ESQ
OF coiored 20,ll; increase Of whites in forty wears
lt ,3o, cqul 20 $685. per cent; increase of the
cocrad II, al equal To al cent, There are scvcn-
tee" counties cast of the Eluc R;,!ga, in which ;hc
white popuiation is less ROW than it was years
ago In Eve Of these there has been small de-
crease of slaves; in Tire o;l2r twelve the slaves
have Increased; IN some of them very largely The
county OF Berkeley in the Valley, had in 1910. of
of white inhabitants $3.50, of coorcd 1,7l9--in
iSJ 1t had Of whites S,3i3 of colcrcd 2, 1885, being
decrease OF the whites Of 1,4I7, and an increase
OF coorcd people of IjS making clear gain of
the colorcd of lSS3 in twenty Years. The county
of Jefferson in tho Nal>sy had in $50 of white in
hahltcntS EIjI, of cUiorcd +.Stj. had III 1880, of
whites Si3J, of cClorcd ~; hcil,:, decrease of
lie whites of 272 in ten years, and increase CT
the colored Of u: making 4 gain of 3SI in favor
of the colorcG in that period
There can be- no doubt that ;hc slow increase or
the population OF Virginia has been owing in 4
great measure to the immense emigration, to other
states; IL is equally certain, however, that the great
or part of the emigration among the whites has
been owing to the existence ofslavery amongst us.
iGt there are other causes which havc powerful
operation IN roariing the growth of the white pn-
pG!&iiom which 90 moi affect The coorcd. w learn
IRON: history at the incrca4e o. population in
cry country depends upon the facility of ubtaiuiag
the means of Subsistence. Thus in new countries,
such as the States "f Chic and Indiana, in which
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with astonishing rapiiity; whilst in old X popuous
countries, such as France and Holland, il remains
umos. stationary. One of the principal causes
why population does not increase in old settled
countries is, that a.lG7gc proportion OF the iuhati
tLntS arc deferred from entering into The marriage
safe by the apprehension of not being able 10 sup
port family, and others for the reason enter
very late III life. And the consequence is, tht
the number of births seldom exceeds the number
OF deaths Ill each successive year. The operation
I,oi'this cause in rctardng the growth Of the white
population in parts OF Virginia is much great
than s!rorid be apt to imagine; is prove
by the fact that although the white population in
Eastern Virginia in 1890 was So 600 greater than
that Of Western Virginia, yet the number OF
white children liz cstern Virginia under fac years
of age in lc30 was greater than it was in Vast
FERN Virginia by nearly two thousand, appears
from the returns OF the census. The difference
would have been still greater had not the
operated extensively in the Valley. And it is Oh
vious hat have ascrijcd this difference To its
true cause, for had it been produced by emigration
to " cSCrn Virginia, the whole population would
have bcca greater there than in Eastern Virginia
This caus' never reiarGs the growth of the slave
rcpulat!Un-t,:cy labor under apprehension OF
beng unable TO OBTAIN Subsistence for themselves
| and their progeny; 70, they know that their Own
cr3 will I've Compelled TO maintain them even IN
times OF TIC greatest scarcity, to transfer them
to ether person WHO will do so. And the
owner will DC prompted by his interest rather
/ to sell than TO permit them to perish md cxpc-
rcnce proves that this reasoning is correction il
appears from the CENSUS of 1889 that Ike number
| Of white children under ten years uf are in East-
crn Virginia is but ii0,lT9, whilst the slaves of
tie same age amount to LIB, making a
| Hlaor!iy IN favor OF the slaves Of , ,..G.-
The free persons 81 color under ten years Of age
IN te Sn'lic district amounting 10 IS iUi, not
lTciuad in this last estimate. Another cause
which TetITdS The increase OF population in old
'ti coun'r es is, that in yeas of great scarcely
great numbers of the poorer class OF people perish
from hunger. Ii this cause has any operation in
Virginia it cannot affect The slave population, who
rs we have already shewn, must always be provided
for, bat must affect exclusively individuals belong
ing TO tho poorer class OF people, who have
person Interested in their preservation but them
selves. Thus it appears that The cOiorca is rapdy
advancing upon the white population, and that it
| must for the have already assigned,
| continue 10 gain u9on itunt their numbers will
become truly alarming.
| We shall state few more facts and circumstances
which vii, place this subject ia ii still more clear
! and charming point of view. 1t has been asccr-
tanned with considerable certainty tI,rt tho r0bua-
ton q: country, if not imPcdcd by any of the
| causes we nave mentioned, Will double Itsolf in
| twenty -cight thirty years, unasS*ted by emf
grafton TO it. The increase of population in Vr
Tinia has hitherto ncen much retarded by the i'm
nensc emigration TO the West and South, and tic
great number OF slaves transported TO the South
and Southwest by emigrants and dealers in slaves.
| he whole OF the Southern and Western States
| IRE STILL and must ever cont!aae cDcn to all orr
white people who choose to emigrate to them and
recent events will probably add greatly the num-
Der of the whites who will be disposed to seek
safe retreat in the West. On the other hand, the
period is fast approaching when the transporta-
! ti"n OF slaves from Virginia !n-t be brought to
close. Several of the Western States have never
admitted them, and have now determined 10 cx-
ciudC even the free blacks from among them. The
Southern market is nearly g!u!tcd with slaves and
i'll most Of the States which have hitherto received
| them, they have become almost as numerous as the
whites; III some of them perhaps more so. In
some parts Of South Carolina the number OF slaves
| is amazing. IN the Cclieton district at the last
census, the co!orcd persons about seven times
as numerous the whites; and in the Charleston
district, exclusive of the city, the colorcd persons
were perhaps nine times numerous Tie Wi,:'"s.
.;'osi, il not all the slave holding States are be.
coming alarmed al the extent OF he evil and are
taking measures TO prevent them from icing car
RED wiiEIr their limits, and there is great reason
TO believe, that, in the Of very few years
they will be excluded from nearly every State into
which they have heretofore been carried, in such
Immense manifestation this exclusion takes
place, which will probably be within the next
twenty years, what is TO be the consequence 10 us?
Western Virginia is TO be filled with them in the
first place, and the white population will be driven
IN crowds 20 TIC Western Statcs.-Iho increase of
tic whitc population will every where come TO q
stand, have .shewn it has already done in
many counties of the :Statc-it will then begin to
rcccdc! Inc coIorcd population will continue TO
advance upon with Il constantly increasnr
speed, until it can no longer be kept in coinpleta
subicciIon. And what then is to 10 the consc-
qucnce! " g ask You in the name Of humanity of
reason, and Of PRUDENCE to put this question scTi-
ousiy TO yourselves. The whole cot . ~ will be
dc!u9cd ia blood, and the whole African race must
perish; or Ike the black cloud which burst upon
TIE tribe OF Nd IN the days Of Old they will over