The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-02-27

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essences of things tributary to man Great
ing qualification for the body, aud giving
new susceptibility and expansion 10 the
soul they flourish where though, and ac'
lions are unlrammeiIed ever daring
must be the spirit OF genius; its omnipo
ence belongs only 10 the free. A loose
and inadequate respect for the tights Of
properly, ofnecessity follows In the wake
of slavery. Dueling, bIoodshed and
Lynch law leave but Iiule security 10 per-
son. A general decentralization has cor
rUpled the first minds in the nation its
hot contagion has spread among the whole
people; RIGHTEOUSNESS, crime and bitter
hate lnfest us at home; reputation and
the forcible propagandsm of slavery is ar
raging against US the world in arms.
appeal 10 history, to reason, TO nature, and
TO conscience which neither time nor
space, nor fear nor hate, nor hope of re-
ward, nor crime. nor pride, nor selfshness,
can utter y siIence-are not these things
true? A minute comparison 0! the free
and slave States, so often and ably made,
| torbear, leave this unwilling and bitter
proof TO each mans observation and re-
feclon. - There is, hoWeve. one consider
alton which | would urge upon all, be.
cause it excludes all tauaticism and en-.
thusasm.' Kentucky will be richer in
dollars and cents by emancipation, and
slnce holders will be uealthier By The
change.
| assert, from my own knowledge, that
lands of the same quality in the free, are
from 100 10 $50 per cent. higher in value
than in the slave States: in some cases
probably six hundred per cent. higher -
Lands six miles from Cincinnati, in Ohio,
| am credibIy informed, are worth $50
per acre, whilst in Kentucky al the same
distance from that city, and of the same
quality, they are worth only $40 per
acre Now the slave holders of The State
are, with rare exceptions, the land holders
Of the State; they, therefore, absoIutely
increase their fortune by lberaling their
slaves even a0itdout compensation. Thus
if l own 900 acres of land in Fayette, it
is worth $4,000; say own IL slaves
worth S5, 600, the probable ratlo between
land and slaves; if my land rise to the val
ue of the free State standard, which ii
must do, my estate becomes worth Closing
the value of the slaves, S5,000) $4,000:
If it rises TO $3.50 per acre, three times its
present value, as | most sincerely believe
il would do in twenty years after emanci
patton, the man owning 1000 acres OF land,
not worth $50 per acre. would be worth,
under the free system, Sl45,00O. Now
this assertion is fully proven by facts open
10 all. kentucky was settled by wealthy
emigrants; Ohio by laborers. kentucky
is the senior of Ohio by nearly one>half OF
the existence of the latter. Kentucky is
the superior of Ohio in soil, climate, min-
erals and timber, 10 say nothing OF the
beauty Of her surtace-and yet Ohio's tax
es for l843 amounted 10 So 331 ,482 81,
whilst Kenlucky'sta& is only $343 .6l7 &C.
Thus showing Oho's superior productive
energy over kentucky. Ohio has %
electoral votes 20 our Is, and oulstrips US
about the sa me ratio i'll all things else. A
comparison Of the older free and slave
States will show more favorable balance
sheet 10 the free labor States whilst the
slave States have greatly the advantage in
climate and soil, TO say nothing Of the vast
Iy greater extent of the territory of the
slave States.
Massachusetts produces more in gross
manufactures yearly, than all the cotton in
H. L., II, T l.. /
TO Cincinnati, and ask herself how many
millions OF dollars slavery cost her? All
our towns dwndIe, and our farmers lose,
in consequence, all home markets. Eve
ry farmer bought out by the slave system,
sends Oft one OF the consumers of the man.
uaclures OF the towns; when The consum-
ers are gone, the mechanic must 90 also.
A has acquired another 1000 acres OF land,
but B. has gone to Ohio with the $4,000
paid for it, and the State is that much the
poorer in the aggregate. A. has ncreas-
ed his apparent means, but his market has
flown to lands governed by wiser heads
than the land OF slavery can boast. Beef
from Fayette, sold this spring in the city
of New York, for So per hundred, but
the expense of carriage was So per huns
dred thus, for want of a home market,
which cannot exist in slave State, the
beef raiser loses one half Of The yearly pro.
ceeds Of his firm. Slavery COSTS every
man, in The community about the same
prict-one half and more of the proceeds
of his labor, as the price OF lands has al
ready shown
Political difficulties thcken around US
war for the perpetualion Of this curse,
threatens US in The distance dark clouds
of blood shed, dissolution, and utter ruin,
lower on The horizon the great national
heart lies bleeding in the dust, under the
relentless heel of the slave power tire.
quires no very quick eye 10 see that the
political power OF Kentucky is gone for
ever unless she takes n now tacI, onJ ra