Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-16
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

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HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
! sixth DAYl-Tuesday January II.
DEBATE on Mr. GoopE's Resolution, mr.. RANpoLpH,
Substitute, the Report Of the Committee Siares
and Mr.. PREsroNs Motion to amend
i Mr.. SUMMERS of Kanawha, continued
At all times the NoNslavc holders Of Virginia are SUBJ
ected to the most outrageous injustice by the
.is population To prevent as far may be, the mis-
cheis oil INSTRUMENTATION, police laws have from time e
ume boon enacedthe execution OF which, for the mos
part Is thrown upon those who, themselves own none o.
hs property In the character OF PATRoLEs, they are
made TO perform onerous and disagceablc dues-not
protect themselves and their property but to protect the
stakeholder in the enjoyment OF that which 1t is the in
terest oil nonslavc-holders should exist He thus
made to fold to his own BOSOM and protect the adder which
stings him.
But, Sir, the evils of this system cannot be enumeroe5
were unnecessary TO attempt it, They glare upon us al
every STEP When the owner looks to his wasted estate
he knows and feels them When the statesman examines
the condition OF his country, and finds her moral influence
gone her physical strength diminished her political
waning, he sees and confess them. They NAV he
ton OF the Southern States with that which those OF the
North and Middle present Examine them, in relation 10
general education the state their agriculture manac-
lures foreign and domestic commerceyou have here the
probem worked out large scale. Upon the one
hand is country furnishing all the evidences of nation
al prosperity and still advancing in its onward course;on
the oher Is one almost stationary in every department
political Improvement. The disparity between the two
great sections of the Unon in all that charactcrzes
vigorous and healthy community is briefly given in the
iohowng extracts from public document in the posses
SION oil most oil the members of this House.
A.. or inc purpose OF presenting them more distinctly,
,he southern line oil Penn. extended westward, and
known as Mason and Dixons ine taken as separating
the Southern and Western States from those of the
ern and Eastern division of the Union In the wear 1880
the population North OF this line, 96S 6I; ON the
South I,9S1,I62.
The exports of the Northern division between the Is
october l79l and the 30h of September 1892 amounted
TO $IOS9 593-those of the South to 975 The
tonnage engaged in and the fisheries between
the lst OF October $780, and the 30th September $780,
amounted TO 1914 in the North and Sol 969 tons in
the Southpresenting remarkable equality numbers
exports and navigation; and though official data are at
hand showing the npoatons by the several States at
period it is not believed chat important difference then
existed in the amount of foreign goods received.
since that PERIOD Louisiana and the Floridas have been
incorporated with the republic and added greatly 10 the
commerce and navigation of the South; the Western and
South western States have the Mississippi with
their products; yet what is contrast now
Notwithstanding the rapid settlement of the new States
has swollen the population South of Mason and Dyon's
hne' TO 72SSIl4 souls, while the Northern division con-
tans but 1861 693, the of the North gave
employment between the ls of October 1928 and the
30h oil September, 1922 to 2S1 O15 tons of hipnin
while that OF the South employed only 1914 tons nc
dhS 2Zio1i tons oil shipping which entered and departed
from New Orleans Even this approximation 10 the North
ern tonnage Is occasioned in great degree by the ne
cessy which Northern importing ships are under Of
seeking outward bound cargoes the bulky and valuahe
Of The South. as will pecoms 9iGs Two great di.
visions of our country.
From the LIST of October, 1925 the 3Oth ofSepember
1879, the value OF Southern exports, Gncuding the Mis-
sssippi rade9 was 1896 1854, while the North EXPORT
ed in value during the same period SI 0sI sO7 With
in the same period, the importaon the North amount
ed TO 96I while those of the South arc returned
at Si4 ,iso5 This disparity, however appalling it NAV
be, seems to be still increasing the Treasury
inform that the duties for the present year will
coed thirty millions, of which the customs received Of
tho city OF New er& alone will produce upwards tren
ty millions!
This comparative view of the commercial relations Of
the two great divisions of the country is however, more
favorable TO the South than the results when the CON
dition OF Virginia alone is considered
Her navigation in 1890, gave aggregate of 43 56G
tons; In 1879 her entire tonnage reported as 81 3S2
showing increase of but S7l6 tons in th;rf,,jnt
! gears.
Her exports in 1892, amounted to $40 400 in 1929
to 3SS43l giving an increase Of exports Of S2S7 1872
In thirty seven years III the data assumed in the cacu
atons be correct (and they admit of doubt is on tb
ground of their being too favorable the Souh she con
sumed in 1929, So 353 956 of foreign importaions Will
she received direct ut her ports but 1906 352 of bj
large amount: leaving her indebted Northern impora
tons for 3,95S ,62f of her annual consumption and 81
$4,000, the government duties chargeabc thereon ri
these views IT may be added that every year is sweeping
the fragments ofcommerce left Southern States and
hitting them with the accumulation already possessed by tn
NOrt, ana That In lew years. the of both the 70
reign and domestic trade of the country, will become
firmly fixed as TO leave but little hopes of change by III
diminished and credit of which the Southern neo
pie will be left in the enjoyment
To what natural causes would the disnterestcd pbilo
sophie enquirer attribute this striking result?
lsour climate less saubrious or less adapted 10 be ot
alnment of all the varied objects of human pursuits am
human happiness? Does soil yield TO agricultural in
dustry poorer reward Are wanting in dornesti
resources! Have materials for the work shop? n
labour for the great giant of modern times perform?
mean the Steam Engine. We have mider sky thai
our brethren of the North The lands of Eastern Wiz
gnia wasted as they have been, more fertile than
large portion of those in New England. We have fo
r and mineral wealth, not surpassed in the Union Tn
position OF Virginia. for purposes of foreign commerce
may demand comparison with any Country Her East
ern boundary is washed by the Chesapeake her weste
frontier by the Ohio and the tributaries to each oyuo
opposite directions, but many arteries which mipI
be made to conduct health and vigor every part of In
body polite.
We have fair illustration Of the effects of this system
in the relative condition and prospects of the two States
Kentucky and Ohio They bounded by the sam
stream, which is outlet and a common hiohwa
for each. The soil of the States is equally prodc
tive; tho difference, If any being in favor of Kentucky
What has been their comparative progress in number.
wealth and general improvement? In 1900 entuck
had population Of 22O, 959--Oho rs 1865 In 1890 w
find in the former 6Ss 3D. including slaves and in the lo
ter 937 637 free inhabitants!
The gentleman from Brunswick, (NIr Gholson0 re-
marked that the condition of State had heretofore bce
accounted for, in failure to deveope her resources bv
judicous system of internal Improvement. But. ST
where the source Of that iailurel IL is found In the
lstence OF large population and slave interest II s In
one oil the legitimate effects OF that original primary caus
which stands out in bold relief the fountain of all our m
1t is the anti change enterprise which slavery cnQcn
der that has stood in the way crushed every fc
FORT for the adoption of wise and extensive system of i'm
provemcn IL has, too been supposed enforce edua
contribution, when public works have been proposed
Slaves, subjects Of taxation compose Of The source
OF State revenue. Being held for the part i'm IN
Eastern section of the State any effort public improve
mest is desired attempt TO fake money from one MOI
ton of the people for the benefit Of anotbcrIC Sir ,c
had Homogeneous population united in all their Interest,"
think you these Improvements would have been so lon
deayed' What people under the SUM- ever necccoJ al
vantages like ours! Had il been our good fortune n, nav
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