Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-23
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
NO. I.
Sssssy ssS tie Remedy, esnadessi ssssiisn Of Pc
hiiesi Eessomy.

Woooeuuhy OR ar TO
semp On ineer on the skirts OF The that is departing
The action Of existing end principles steady
"progressng IL cannot DO retarded unless we could
blow out all the moral lishu srosnd u.s. and if
"iuss to keep with IT, sh. be towed In the wake
whether willing The ides Of supprsssng Discus
sion. OF controlling thought, any forbidden subject is
fsrs Of V1siaia. 1882.
have long believed that . temperate discussion Of the
Slavery question. BY the People Of V1Esis ought to be
encouraged rather hsa svoj aud the remarks OF Judge
Tucker, published In ihe Richmond Wing month.
since have srsnghsssd this conviction far induce
ea.r foe public visws the evils OF Ss.
very and the best Of their removal be re-
greusd that this question often discussed In spirit
calculated 10 prevent rather than promote. calm and
deliberate consideration. II anything I, to DO effect
ed by human means to relieve OF the evils which
the system Of Slavery has snsed upon US, must be done
by the people Of tho sisvshoding States but 10 order tina,
they may oct undsntandnsy upon the SUBJECT essen
us that Tree dscussion among ourselves permitted that
the question be examined in all bearings aud then,
laying aside party feelings and sectional pr,judiee- we
should endesvour 10 carry into effect such
be devised fos hs public good There has seldom been
sususa that called for serious deberston pure
patriotic feeling than that which the people Of Virginia
occupy the close Of the Revolutionary war; thus CON-
monwsalth stood Presmnent among her States in
point of population. wealth and influence but
reduced the fourth State in the Union.
While the Northern and Western States ore advancing
and the Eastern portion the State even
ing The has alarming fact that the
population OF Eassrn Virginia. less by &c lug inhsb
isns than VS. in 1880, the population Vi the unon
increased during the period - ITO per cent which
applied 70 the population Of Eastern Virginia IN 1880,
say s.33oo<s would give asa the number OF
hoitanis there ought be in this Of the State,
but deductng from this the actual population shews
Eastern Virginia has. 10 year, fallen short the gen.
eral advancement by the number OF 29S SIG inhabitants
II the ratio Of the population and the value Of
Real Esate be considered tests OF the prosperity of
State, then IL is evident that the Eastern Of Va is
the OF pfospervus This conclusion further cor
federated by the mourul silence eigns in her d,lapi
dated visgss-he urge quantity OF exhausted land that is
lying waste, aud the forests VI pine and waving
so that rewarded labours Of the
This uf things striking that he wLo
may read -" has often been adyeIted by p,tc.l
~risrs Of other States. Thomas r. Marshall Of Ken
lucky, in pamphlet Published IN loI0 draws the follow.
ing comparison between Virginia and New York;
" la $780, Virginia, with 900 square Terri.
TORY. contained population OF 74y.3us. New York,
"upon surface Of 5,655 miles, contained popu.
'lson Of 3t<2o. This statement exhibits in favor of
Virginia difference Of 4osls5 inhabitants which
"doube that Of New York and IS 900 more In 1880
after Of ~ years. Vnginia Is found contain L.
"2l 405 souls, and New York 9ls SOS. which exhibits
"a difference in favor OF New York 6U7 DOB. The IN.
Grease the part OF Virginia will be be 453
"ls7, starting basis double that OF New
"York. The increase OF New York upon a basis ut 3lO
"l20 has been l57s 1891 human beings. Virginia has
"ere.sed IN a ratio OF 81 per cent, and New York
I'm that OF 500 per cent The total amount OF pro-
"pery IN virgnis under the OF 1885 81
''S31,5Oe. The aggregate value OF Real and Personal
property in New York, In 1889, 1854 900 600 cx
"hibiting IN New York Virginia OF S442
US6 i92. Statesmen may differ policy OF tho
to be employed in the promotion OF public good but
surely they ought to what prosperity
81 think hshs can be no dispute that New York great
er, ncseS more prosperous and powerful State than y
~s i,,,,;
explanation OF the facts have The clog that has
s'ad the march Of her people, the aeubus that has weigh
ed down her enterprIe, rranxed her commerce, kept
o M nd
parayred her arts. manufactures and Improvement Ne
gro Slavery"
Since these remarks Of Marshall were written the CEN
OF lS4O has been published, showing that New York
has increased during 10 years, ALB inhabitants, while
Va has increased only 2e.525-all OF which the
OF the State where there but slaves end
the rnous effects al the system less severely felt IL
similar comparison be instituted between Massachusetts
aud Maryland, Ohio and Kentucky Michigan aud Ar
ksnsas.-the same kind OF results will
that the free States have advanced spdy population
and in all the eensns Of prosperity, while the Savchold.
sng states arc making but little progress aud places
exhibiting unequivocal marks OF decay.
Can stronger proof be needed that .he labor OF the
slave 10 curse TO the soil on which II eSpendedl
But the evils OF this system confined the
checks imposes upon Population and national wealth. its
deleerious influence intellectual and moral culture,
still be depored. Education never has pros
pered, and IL may with safety be said, that II can
prosper in SayehOdng States La those parts Virginia
where the lsborng population chiefly Slaves-theIe
many neghborhoods where the whole inhabitants who
able TO contribute support Schools pay
.tesehsr. and the aid furnished by the State entirely
Inadequate Under these circumstances the wealthy pro
pietors employ teachers families
ien from home Academies and Colleges where they
may obtain finished educaton; but the greater part
tie white population being dependent upon the neglected
Country Schools Obliged be the
dimens OF knowledge and, III many cases. entirely
declared from the OF education. The
IL, that in all Slave holding dscts there class
people rs ignorant and degraded the blacks
with this further disadvantage, that they proud
work and too poor TO live without it,
In order educate this class nothing short of heavy
tar boil. AID ~.
such tar 10 likely TO be imposed while the power
legislation il lodge in hands would pay. Ii
sPpears from the that the number Of
who cannot read and write compared with whole
white population y, in the New England States every
SIS. in the Sate OF New York, to Sc and in Pennsyva
TO so: whsrens the number the Slave States aver
ages to IL, and the Saie Of Virginia every la
OF the white inhabitants.
In addition to this, when take that
nearly the whole Of coored population are without the
privilege OF education, what mass OF ignorance do
lind within borders!
IL 1t surprising that teprirng young men should
seek for homes IN the distant West and that the Old Do
Tnnion, endssred to by many cherished
should hourly be sinking premsue decay. But
condi'ions not confined to State, it extends to
all sections OF our country where large proportion the
populaton ~ composed Of Slaves
La proof Of this may cite language Senator Pres
ton, d h Z. In speech delivered IN Columbia, in
ference proposed Rail Road he says: "No Southern
man journey las he had lately done) through the
Northern States aud witness the prosperity the
'bc spirit which they exhibit the seduous 81
'al those arts by which life rendered comfortable and
respectable, without feelings Of deep sadness shame
s'as he remembers his neglected and deso ate home
There dwelling is to be seen abandoned not a farm
"pacultivsi-d Every person and thing performs
part toward the grand results and The whole land coyer
led with fertile fields. with manufactures and canals and
"Isilroads and edhces and and cities We Df the
Souih misken IN the character Of these people when
1--WE think OF hom only pedars in bora hnts and bark
nutmeg Their energy and enterprise directed
tall obJec. great and small within their reach. Their
'numerous Rail Rosds and ohsr modes vi expeditions
infercommunicston knit the whole country close
ny compaeted mass through which the productions Of
commerce and Of the press the comforts Of life and the
mesna OF knowledge universally dffuscd, while the
CLOSE intercourse OF business and Of travel makes all
"ne'ghbors and promotes q common interest and CON-
mon sympathy.
How differeut The condition of thcse things in tho
south! Here the lace OF the country the aspect
"of premsturo old age snd decay No Improvement is
seen goin9 on nothing s done for posierity No man
-thinks o.. y thing beyond the present moment"
Tai siure drawn by the hand Of master is unhnpri-