Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-02-21

willing nature, making the winds, the wa
tiers, the palpable and impalpable essences
of things tributary to man; creating graf
ification for the body, and giving new sus-
ceptibility and expansion to the soul they
flourish where thought and action are I'M
trammeed ever daring must be the spir-
it of genius; its omnipotence belongs on
Iy to the FREE. A loose and inadequate
respect for the rights of property of ne
cessity follows in the wake of slavery
Duellng, bloodshed and Lynch law leave
but little security TO person. general
decentralization has corrupted the first
minds in the nation its hot contagion has
spread among the whole people licen-
tiousness, crime and bitter hate infest us
at home reputation, and the forcible
propagandism of slavery, are arraying a
gainst us the world in arms. | appeal to
history, to reason, to nature, and TO con-
science, which neither time, nor space, nor
fear, nor hate, nor hope of reward, nor
crime, nor pride, nor selfishness, can ut
terly silence. Are not these things true
A minute comparison of the free and slave
States, so often and ably made, | forbear
| leave this unwilling and bitter proof to
each mans observation and reflection
There is, however, one consideration
which | would urge upon all, because it
excludes all 'fanaticism and enthusiasm
Kentucky will be richer in dollars and
cents by emancipation, and slave holders
will be Weather by the change.
| from EnpulnIra tbnt
lands of the same quality in the free, are
from 100 TO $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 credibly informed, are worth $50 per
acre, whilst in Kentucky, al the same dis
lance from that city, and of the same quail
ity, they are worth only $40 per acre =
Now the shareholders of the State are,
with rare exceptions, the land holders of
the State; they therefore absolutely in
crease their fortune by liberating their
slaves, even WITHOUT COMPENSATION. Thus
if | own 900 acres Of land in Fayette,
it is worth $4,000; say own IL slaves
worth $4,000, the probable ratio between
land and slaves; if my land rise to the
value of the free State standard, which it
must do, my estate becomes worth DOSING
the value of the slaves, s $4,000 $4,000.
If it rises to $3.50 per acre, three times
its present value, as most sincerely be-
lieve it would do in twenty years after
emancipation, the man owning 1000 a.
ores of land, not worth $50 per acre,
would be worth, under the free system,
$l45,OOo. Now this assertion is fully
proven by facts open to 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, minerals and timber,
to say nothing of the beauty of her sur
face-and yet Ohio's taxes for 1913 a.
mounted to $2,36l 1882 81, whilst Ken
tucky's tax is only $343,6l7 &C. Thus
showing Ohio's superior productive ener-
gy over Kentucky. Ohio has % electoral
votes 10 our 10, and outstrips us in about
the same ratio in all things else. A COM
parisqa Of the older free and slave States
will show a more favorable balance sheet
to the free labor States; whilst the slave
States have greatly the advantage in eli
mate and soil, to say nothing Of the vast
ly greater extent of the territory of the
slave States.
Massachusetts, produces more in gross
Manufactures yearly, than all the cotton in
the Union sells for Let Louisville look
to Cincinnati, and ask herself how many
millions of dollars Slavery costs her? All
our towns dwindle, and our farmers lose,
in consequence, all Home markets. Eve
ny farmer bought out by the slave system,
sends off one of the consumers of the
Manufactures Of the towns when the
consumers are gone, the mechanic must go
also. A has acquired another 900 acres
of land, but B. has gone to Ohio with
the 100000 paid for it, and the State is
that much poorer in the aggregate. A has
increased his apparent means, but his mar
ket 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 Sc per hundred, but
the expense Of carriage was So per hun
dred thus, for want of a Home market
which cannot exist in Slave State, the
beef raiser loses one-half of the yearly
proceeds of his farm. Slavery costs eve
ny man in the community about the same
pricc-one-half and more of the proceeds
of his labor, as the price of lands has al
ready shown
Political difficulties thicken around US
war, for the perpetuation Of this curse,
threatens us in the distance; dark clouds
of bloodshed, dissolution g. utter ruin low
err on the horizon the great national heart
lies bleeding in the dust, under the relent-
less heel of the Slave power 1t requires
no very quick eye to see that the political
power of Kentucky is gone for ever, un.
less she takes a new tack and revives un'
der the Free Labor system Hayinp ir