New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-02-11

core atroutv paralyses all It's iabs suien despair
begins TO display itself upon the csre-worh races OIL
men; the Heavens and the earn cry aionuL.h ie
eternal laws OF happiness and existence have been
,ramnled under foo; and yet, with Z most pitlable
infaiuaiion the South still clinss 10 slavery,
The co,npet;ilon OF unrequited service, slave la
bo1. doolns the labsring white millions OF these
states to poverty poverty gives them over 10 Igno-
rance and ignorance and poverty are me last hisn-
roads 10 crime and suffering. Among the more for
iunate property holders, religion and morality are
staggering and dying. ldleness, extravaganza, un-
tbriIt,neas and want OF energy, preciptate slave.
holders into frequent and ulileerdot bankruptcies,
such as are unknown IN Tree States and well ordered
Monarchies. The spirit OF uncontrolled command
vitiatrs our temperamens, and destroys that even
ness Of temper, aud equanImity of soul, which are
the sheet anchors OF happiness and safety IN world
Of unaiialnable desire and memorable evil. Popu-
latiou is sparse and without numbers there Is nell
ther compellonnor division OF labor and oil neces-
sty, all mechanic arts laDgulsh among us. .Asrl-
culture drags along It's slow pace with sovenly, ig
noraut, reckless labor Science, literature and art
are strangers here: poets. historians, artists and
mechanics, the lovers OF TIE ideal, the great, the
beautiful, the true and tie useful: the untrlns
searchers into the hidden treasures OF unwilling ma
turc, making the winds, the waters, the palpaole
and impapable essences of things tributary 10 man
creating qualification for the body, and giving new
susceptibility and expansion. TO the soul; they
flourish where thought and action arc nntraininesd
ever daring must be the spirit OF genius It's onnipo-
tence belongs only to the free A loose and made
quate respect for the rights OF property OF necessity
follows in the wake of slavery. Duelng, bloodshed
and LYNCH law leave but little security 10 person
A general decentralization has corrupted The hrst
minds in the nation its hot conaglon has spread
among the whole people llcentousness, crime and
bitter hate iniest us at home; repualaton ana me
forcible propagandism OF slavery, are arraying
against us the world in arms. appeal TO history,
and Tn
ther time, nor space fear, nor hate nor hope OF
reward, nor crime, nor pride, nor selhshne=s, can
utterly silence Are not these things true? MI
mute comparison of the free and slave States, so
often and ably made, forbear leave this unwll.
ling and bitter proof to each mans observation anc
reflection. There is however, one consideration
which would urge upon all, because 1t excludes
all 'fanaticism and enthusiasm kentucky will
he richer in dollars and cents by emancipation, and
Shareholders ciU be ,reahlicr by the change
assert, from my own knowlg dsc, that lands of
the same quality in the Tree, from l0 to lou per
cent higher in value than in the slave States-ln
some Cases probably SIX hundred per cent higher!
Lands six miles from Cincinnati, III Ohio, am Gre
dbly 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 o. the State are, with
rare exceptions, the landhoders of the State; they
therefore absolutely increase their fortune by liberia
ting their slaves even without compensation. Thus
if own LOCO acres OF land in Fayettc, u is worth
S50OOO; say / own u slaves worth $1,000, tie
probable ratio between land and slaves II my iand
rise TO the value Of the free State Standard which
it must do my estate becomes worth Closing the va
lue of the slaves, So 000) $4,000 ltirses TO Sl50
per acre three times its present value, as most
sincerely believe il would do IN twenty years after
emancipation, the man owning 900 acres OF land,
not worth $50 per acre, would be worth. under lile
free system, Sl450OO. Now this assertion Is FULLY
proven by facts open to all Kentucky was settled
by wealthy emigrants; Ohio by laborets. ker-
tucky is the senior Of Ohio by nearly one
half of the existence Of the. latter Kentucky
is the superior of Ohio IN soil, climate, nine
rails and timber, TO say noth'ns OIL me pcauly o. 1el
surface-aud yet Ohio's taxes for 1873 alnounicdto
81, s61 .4S2 81, whilst Kentucky's Tax is only
1913, 6l7 &C. Thus showing Ohlo's. superior pro-
ductivc energy over Kentucky. Ohio has . cleo
ioral votes TO -, and oustrps us IN about the
same ratio in all things else a comparison OF the
able balance sheet TO the free labor States; whilst
the slave States have greatly the advantage IN eli
mate and SOIL to say no hing OF the vastly greater
extent of the territory OF the slave States.
Massachusetts produces more III gross Manufac-
lures yearly than all the Cotton in the Union sells
for! Let Louisville look 10 CINCINNATI, and ask
herself how many millions of dollars Slavery cost
her! All our towns dwindle, and our farmers lose,
in consequence, all Home markets. Livery farmer
bought out by the slave system, sends oil ono OF
the consumers of the Manufactures OF the towns; ;
when the consumers are gone, the mechanic must
90 also. A has acquired another 1000 acres of
land, but E has gone 10 Ohio with the S3O,O pals
for it, and the State is that much the poorer IN the
aggregate. A has increased his apparent means,
but his market has flown TO lands governed by
wiser heads than the land ol Slavery can beast
Beef from Fayette sold this Spring IN the city OF
New-York for So per hundred, but the expense OF
carriage was SIS per hundred: thus, Tor want OF
Home market which cannot exist IN d Slave STATE,
The Beef raiser loses onc.haif Of The geary proceeds
Of hrs Farm. Slavery costs every man IN the com
inrnity about the same prlce-one-liai and more
OF the proceeds of his labor, as the price OF lands
has already Shown
Political difficulties thlckcn around us; war, tor
the perpeualion Of this curse, threatens us IN the
distance; dark clouds OF bloodShed, dissolution aud
utter ruin lower on the horizons the great national
heart lies bleeding IN the DUST nnder The rcehlieSS
heel of the Slave power! 1t requires no very quick
eve to see that the political power OF kentucky Is
gone for ever, unless she takes new tack and re-
wives under the Free Labor system. HayGg, IN
truth. ne common interest with the Siave-holdins
policy Of the South, we bear all The evils oi the
alliance without any OF the supposed conpensa,inS
benefits which Slavery coniers upon the culuvators
OF rice, sugar and cotton The South Is beginning
10 be supplied with produce from States nearer
them in distance and facilities IN transportation
than ours, whilst she is already too poor TO buy
from US: We look for markets almost exclusively
u SluCluUdl, pEu NcW-IOIht ouu =
which last is but the outlet TO the other nations.
Until kentucky is prepared 10 go all lengths Tor
Slavery, she is powerrss not pro-slavery enough
for the chvalry, free enough for the free, be-
tween two stools she founders on the ground.
Christians, moralists politicians and merely let
live laborers feel these bitter truths. kentucky
never will unite herself TO the slave empire, born
OF Southern disunion: then let her at once lead on
the van Tor freedom. Is the cry Of liberty less pow
erful than slavery 10 move The hearts of men Let
us then be just and fear not, Let Us liberate our
slaves, and make friends instead of enemies for the
evil day; for all the signs of the times proclaim
that the elements ofrevolu,icn are among us; when
The crisis comes l, we free, all will be sale if
not, no man can see the end. British enancipa-
ton has gone before Us, proving all things safe
The price OF lands. IN the colonies is admitted on
all hands 10 have risen in value. in spite of all the
enemies OF freedom: these are the eternal aud nm
dSpn,able proofs of successful reform. The day
YOU strike off the bonds Of slavery, experience and
Statistics prove the prophecy Of Thomas Jefferson,
thai the ratio of the increase OF the blacks upon
given basis, dimnshes, compared with the increase
of slavery, while the influx OF white immigration
swallows up the great mass OF the African race, in
the progress aud civilization of the more energetic
white, An.asamation Of the two races, SO affect