Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-09
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MOST INTERESTING FACTS.
Tho lands in the dtcront States of tn, Union
Nave been valued, under authority by impartial
men, apon oath. This valuation bears so mover
iully upon this question, that il cannot b.. ncccs
sory to resort to any thing else. From this !,
appears that Nrgin;as forty millions of acres ot
land, Il throw oil in these comparisons, the thou
sands and hundreds,) is valued lin 1897 at fiiiv
ninc mil!isns of dollars, while Pennsylvania
eleven millions is valued at scvcnty-two millions
ot dollars. Massachusetts, seven millions is val
ued ut hity-ninc millions of dollars equal to Vir
gnia's lofty millions. and Connccticnt's two mil
| lions to1orty millions of dollars MARYLAND has
n'e millions of acres, valued at twenty -onc mil
| mons OF dollars. The number of dwelling houses
Cover 500 in valuc) in the different states ha,
also been officially ascertaincd. Virpini, and he,
io,oOo,O QUO of acres, has 81, 692 DWELLING housc,
ana Maryland with her five millions has I6 o2o
connecticut and her two millions of acres In,
punt punt nearly as many as Virginia's %, 5S5. and
Massachusetts, and her seven millions, In. neil
twice us many, 1S,9 and Pcnnsylyani, and no,
eleven millions, has 5l,772. Ii has bean ,,,tcd
that the population OF Virginia and Pennsylvm;,
are nearly the same, each cxcccdinr bv /, Iule ,
million of inhabitants. Virginia's millions L,vs
2''o93 houses, cover 500 in value and Tho ,,,ns
number of Pennsylvanians occupy 81. ira sucI
HOUSES Now 1T Is impossible to conceive WIN,
.neSI great differences in Improvement and value
can Dc attributed TO, but TO the cause have sin.
tcd-Slavery. ''"
Inc documents TO which have already referred
ltn'y may be found in Pitkin's Statistics1 con
Jam also an estimate of the increase in value Of
lands and houses in the different Statos from I7oo
to 1914 and Is, period of l5 years
By this it appears that the forty millions Of aero,
III virginia, and the houses on it, have increased
IN value within that time 81 millions of dollar..
while Pcnnsylvania's, eleven nillion. have re-
sea IN the same time, 244 millions; so that in 1871
inc fennsyvanian finds land worth upwards of
H~% per acre more than it was in 1899 and tho
'Hghlan's In the same time have only increased
aeoui % 81 cents The average value per acre,
Oh all the lands in the different States is about
ten dollars. In all the Northern States (exccnt
two) where peculiar causes operate, the lands are
estimated above the average. In all the ether
states except Maryland, they are far below tho
a'o.rse' In maryland, wo all know the difference
IN ~, the price of lands between the Eastern and
western counties, and that it is not to he ac
counted for by the difference in their intrinsic
value. Some Pennsylvanians, tcmpted INV Tho
high prices OF their own lands, and the low price
| OF ours, have sold out and purc based in M,ry
! land-and where have they settled? Almost with
out exec tlon in Frederick or Washington countv
some OF them also have gone into Virginia. and
arc 10 DC found only in counties similarly situated
Inc removal of this evil would tend 10 eoualize
the price OF lands in each of these States Land,
| In Maryland, OF equal quality with lands in Penn
| sylvania, will not sell at less than half the pricc
and Virginia ut less than fourth, and " shall he
ocheh'eo ooth by the increasing population OF
pennsylvania, and by tho high price of her
lands.
The results which have stated, from the differ
cnt census and valutions made under the authority
oil the General Government will appear exhibited c
gether In ono view in the following table:
Maryland Virginia. pennsyl'ia
Acres, 5,444,272 4o45S 644 ll959s62
-" valued at S2l,634, oO4 S599i6,sGo s7a,s24 SS5
No, Of dwelling houses 1892 1858 5I,77.
Population in 1890 3l9,728 1851 4s137s
- 1920 4o7,35o 1,o6s.Ts l,ol9,45s
Increase of popula-
ton from 1890
1870 1891 si7,5os els,oas
Increased value of
houses g. lands
from 1893 TO
sl4-l5 $74l1s,348 1874, $3.50, o72 PA, 49,, sse
And Tow, would desire all men interested in OH
Slaves, to consider how serious must be that do
feet in our system, which produces such conse.
quencos. In what does the prosperity of a State
more essentially consist, than in rapid increase
OF sound population and the increasing value and
improvement of its lands? This is matter too
PI"'" TO require Argument: hut il requires and do
mands the thoughts of every man who loves ei.
Their his country or himself. II addresses itself
to every feeling Of the heart the selfish as well ne
the patriotic and benevolent. Men without souls.
would find it a subject Of vast concern to them if
any thing could concern them, and men with souls
would see nothing else worth thinking of till tbi,
was thought of and provided for.
shall, hereafter, sndcavor to bring more dis
tinctly before you the views of tho American Co.
loniZaton Society, and show that the power Of
Maryland to deliver herself is within her reach.
FREDERICK County FREEnoLpER