Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-02-21

upon all, because it excludes all 'fanati-
clsm and enthusiasm Kentucky will be
richer in dollars and cents by emancipa-
ton, and d-staue holders Wil be eoeehkier By
The change.
l assert, from my own knowledge, that
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. C cases pro-
badly six hundred percent. higher! Lands
SIX n,es from Cincinnati, in Ohio, i am
credibly informed, are worth 500 per acre,
whilst in Kentucky, at 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 kud holders Of the State;
they, 'iner.0Ie, absolutely increase their
aoEHne by IIbe' ating their slaves, even
'oittoW compensation. Thus if Town ! ,GJE
acres OF land in Fayette county, it is worth
$5OOOOj say | own l2 slaves worth S5,-
OOO,i the. probable ratio between land and
slaves; II my land rise to the value Of the
free State standard, which it must do, nv
estate becomes worth, (Iosng the value Of
the slaves, $4,000 S95,OO0. If it rises to
,Sl5O per scrE, three times its present
value as most sincerelv beIiavn II yonl6
do in twenty wears after ema nripation tho
man owninr I 600 ocrae oflon6 Lo,, ,nortb
$50 per acre, would be worth, under the
Tree system, GAS 900. Now this assertion
is fully proven by facts open to all. Ken
tuckv is the senior ofObio bv nasrIv ono.
half Of the existence ofthelatte Kentuc-
KEY is the SUPERIOR ofObio in soil climate
minerals and timber. to ssv notbinr ofl4he
beauty fhersurtace--andv yet Ohfo's tavrs
for l843 amopntcd,to S2 2.33I,482 ri. whilst
Kentucky's tax is only S343617 66, Thue
showing Ohio's superior produetira onor.
gy over Kentuckv' Ohio has o. clsc,oraI
votes 80 our 10, and outstrips n, in abont
the same ratio in aft THINGS else comma.
rison of the older free and slave S4tes viii
show more favorable balance sheet IN tho
free labor States; willis, the slave States
have greatly the advantage in eli mate and
soil, to saw nothing Of tbe VASTLY crealer
extent of the territory Of thcsIav States
Massachusetts, produces more IN GROSS
manufactures YEARLY. than ell the coll0n in
the Union sells for! Let Louisville I,ol ra
Cincinnati, and ASH herself how naor mil.
lions of dollars slavery cos1 harl ilI onr
towns dwndIe, and our farmers lose, in
consequence, all home markets. Every
farmer bought out by the slave system,
sends off one Of the CONSUMERS of the man
ufactures Of the town; when tha corFum-
ers are gone the mechanic must 90 also.
A has acquired another 900 acres Of land
but B has gone to Ohio with the $50, 600
paid for il, and the State is that much the
poorer in the aggregate. A has increased
his apparent means, but bis narKet has
flown to lands governed by wiser heads
than the land OF slavery car boast. LeefI
from F2yctte, sold last spring in the city Of
New YORK, for So per hundred, but the !
expense Of carriage was So per hundred; |
tr1s, for the want Of a home market,
which cannot exist in a slave State, the
beef raiser iose8 one hqifof The yca-iy lr9.
Cecds Qf his farm. Slavery costs every
man in the community about tn, same
pnce--one half and more Of the proceeds
OF bis labor, as the price OF lands has area.
dy shown,
Political difficulties tbickcn a1ound ne.