Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-03-26

eInaNcl paIiOn the man owning looJ acres OF lanC
no. worth $50 per acre. would be worth under
The free system, SI55,OOa. Now this assertion
is fully provon by facts open to all. kentucA y
was settled by wealthy emigrants; OHIO by labor
ers Kentucky is the senior of Ohio by near y
half of the existence of tha latter. Kentucky
is the superior of Ohio in soil, climate. minerals
and timber, to say nothing of the beauty of bel
surface-and vet Ohio's taxes for lS43 amour
ted to S236l.4S2 81. whilst kentucky's tax i:
only S343.6I7 66. Thus showing Ohio's superb
or productive energy over Kentucky. Ohio has
23 electoral votes to 3. and outs,rips in a
bout the same ratio in all things else A compar
ison OF the older free and slave Stntcs will SHOW
a more favorable balance sheet to the free labo
States; whilst the slave States have greatly thu
advantage in climate and soil, to say nothing o
the vastly greater extent of the territory Of tht
slave States.
Massachusetts produces moro in gross manu-
features yearly, than all the cotton in the Unior
sells forl Let Louisville look to Cincinnati, anc
ask herself how many millions of dollars slavery
costs her! Nj our towns dwlndle. and our far
mers lose. IN consequence. all homo markets
Every farmer bought out by the slave system
sends off one of the consumers of the manufac
tcres of the towns; whom the consumers are gone
the mechanic must 90 also. A. has acquired
another 1000 acres of land but 3. has gone to O.
hio with the ST., 600 paid for it, and the State is
th,, ,,,.,ch the poorer in the aggregate. A. has
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flown to lands governed by We 'eaos thah INC
land of slavery can boast. Beef from ''c
sold this spring in the city of Npw York, for Sc
per hundred, but the expense of carriage was 80
uf- hun;i rcd; Tins. for want of home market
which canno! exis, in slave State. tho boof rails
or loses one half of the yearly proceeds of his
farm. Slavery costs every man IN the communl-
ty about tho same price-one half ard moro OF
the proceeds of his labor, the price of lands has
already shown
Political difficulties thickcn around us; war for
the porpctuation of this curse, threatens us in the
distance; dark clouds of boodshed, dissolution,
and utter ruin, lower on tho horizon; the great
national heart lies bleeding in tho dust, under the
relentless heel of tho slave power. 1t requires
no very quick eye to that tho political power
of Kentucky is Conc forever. unless she takes a
new tack and rcvives under the FREQ laIor system.
Having, in truth common interest with the
slavcholding policy Of the South. bear all the
evils Of the alliance, without any of the supposed
compromising benefits which slavery confors upon
tho cultivators Of rice. sugar and cotton. The
South is beginning TO be supplied with produce
ties in transportation than ours whilst she IS ar
ready too poor to buy from US; we look for a mar
ket almost exclusively TO Cincinnati, New York
and Now Orleans. which last is bat the outlet to
other nations.-until Kentucky is prepared to go
all lengths in slavery, she is powercss; not pro-
slavery enough for "the ch!vary, nor free O.
nough for the free, between two stools she toun-
dcrs on the ground. Christians, moralists poll
,ciaue, and merely let-iivo aborors feel these
bitter truths kentucky never Viii unite her
self to tho slave empire, born Of Southern disun-
ion: then lot nor at once lead on tho van for
freedom. Is the cry of liberty less powerful than
slavery, TO move the hearts of men, Let then
be Just and fear not Let us Ibcrate slaves.
and make friends instead of enemies for the evil
day; for all tho signs of tho times proclaim that
90 no.,
the crisis comes, if we are free MI viii be well; if
not. no man can see tho end. British enancipn-
ton has gone before US, proving all things safe.
The price of lands in the colonies is admitted on
all hands to have risen in value. IN spite OF all the
enemies of freedom. these the eternal and I'M
disputab!o proofs of successful reform. The day
you strike off tho bonds of slavery experience and
statistics prove tho prophecy of Thomas Jefferson
that the ratio of tho increase of tho blacks upon
given basis, diminishes, compared with the in
crease Of slavery: whilst the influx of white emf
graft on swallows up the great mass of the Afri-
can race. in the progress and civilization of the
moro energetic white. AmaIgam2tlon of the two
races. 50 atfectedtv dreaded By some pro-slavcr V
mon. is far less in the free than in the slave States
this all men know from observation: what little
reflection would have ena bled them, q priori, &c
have determined Many Of tho moro faithful and
Industrious slaves may be employed bv their
qunndam masters whilst the Idle and vicious must
suffer tho consequences Of their folly. Stealing
will not increase some argue. but be diminished
for vigilance will be moro active, and punishmen,
moro certain and severe. Let candidates be
sta rted in all the counties in favor of Conven-
ton. and run again and acrin. till victory shall
perch on the standar I'd of the free. Whether c.
Emancipation be remote or immediate. regard mus,
be had to the rights of owners. the habits of the
old. and the general good feeling of the people.
To these wi.c cry ont forever what shall be done
with tho fraoS states If will occur that rDon this
plan. no more will be left among than shall
absolutely need. for we have every reason to sup
pose that many ofthe opponents OF lie movement
will leave us before its consummatiou. taking
their slaves with them: and the State ought not .c:
if she could, at once deprive herself of the slave