Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-26

surprise, IL not CONSERVATION, that III No.th
Carolina, where there i such vas, disprupoi-
tiuh oil thc Save property in The East and the
Ncsi, their philosophy has not only lccn repu-
dated but all their idle Tears pu; 10 tli.hi hv ac-
iuai ana inlallible experience. | lie. item Ia
heatken 10 thc voice, and receive consolation from
the instructions OF old rip lhatlheir horror. are
all vain and imaginary. Look 10 Kentuckv, and
compare The slave population Of the mountain
counties ui the Wesl, and those OF the South wi,h
The rich and fertile counties along The Ohio val
ley, and those wa!erel BY the Kentucky River
and lis tributaries, and you will perceive, | in.
cline 10 think, yet greater dSproporion oi Tie
slave property The map before me Zoe, hot
contain many oi The COUNTIES named III The cen
Sus tables, and therefore | cannot present a Dr.
tailed calculation III reference 10 this State, but
have access 10 Sutiicicn, information If = general
character, 10 warrant The expression OF nv oria
ion tina, The disproporlion | have adver.ed 10, ex-
isis, and 10 challenge a reference 10 it, is the cp.
loneniS oi Il convention. | am more fortunate
however, in relation 10 Tennessee, Alabama. and
Mississippi. find Them divided 10 my hand. ana
the calculation made from The census tables in
the American Aimanach OF 1872 In Tie E:..!-
ern District of tennessee, The white population
is 2O3.31l, and The slave population ONLY lS.1li;
while in The Middle and Western Districts
united The white population is AZ, 335G ana
The SLAVE population lGl ,3i5-'hat is, in Tie u;
Counties composing lie Eastern District, con
tanning not ope tni OF The white population in
the Wesl, there is less than GgiAs-wEin 4
traction OF onc-nintt OF The s!avesa di,propor-
ton absolutely ercalcr than that between Tie
Eastern ana Western Divisions Of Virginia,
which IS only traction over onc-Sl rcnih oi th.
slave property IN The West, compared with that
in the Last. In Alabama the Northern District
contains l2?, 24I whites and 81 ,010 slaves-whil,.
The Southern Di>lric, contains 205 g.S whites.
and 1877 i62 slaves-lhat is the Northern Dis
lrict contains less than onc.tiivd O! The number
in the Southern District. In Mississippi. tie.
Northern District contains 81 lU2 whites. an!
G23il slaves-wh.e The Southern District CON
tains 94912 whites, and l32, ST. slaves-iha, is.
the Northern District contains less than onc ia!t
OF the slave population in the Southern District.
In truth, there is no such thing as the uniformity
OF slave population in the Different sections al
any State. Slaves viii always pe found dense
or sparse, in every Stale where they exist, ac-
codins 10 the fertility or barrenncss o. the
soil-he.ce in North Carolina they are found
mos, numerous in Inc sections at the State
walered by the lWo Cape Fears, the Ncusc, ih,.
Pamico, the Roanoke, and the Chowan, ana
their numerous tributaries. In Kentucky along
the valley Of the Ohio, and upon The Kentucky
river, and its branches, &c. In Tennessee, upon
the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers in the
middle, and upon The Mississippi river in tie
Wes;-and in Alabama and Mississippi, along
the great valley OF The Mississippi liver, in tie
Western Portions o: those States. The Con>titu-
ton Of North Carolina could nave been framed
with no reference 10 the protection Of the slave
property from taxation. nor with any View al
giving 10 one section Of he Stale controlling as
cendanoy over another, because no sections are
recognized in il, aud because il was framed on
the 18Th day OF December, l716 when the spirit
OF universal freedom was abroad in The land and
equality was the order OF the day And ceriainly
The Constitutions of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ma
ha,na, and Mississippi. are lull ol Democracy
letlher people are free, conicnei ana happy
Lei then 20 ahead in the work OF reform, and
Join hands with our thrifty sisters i'll The grand
march VI improvement.
AN EASTERN REPUBLICAN.