The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-20
A CoLoNIzATDNIST.
ADDRESS

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! -la ADDRESS Il
, To the people Of West Virginia; sIotcins
that slapsry is injurious TO The public
irelfare, and that IL mag be gradually
abolished. ,eahout detriment to heri ghts
; and interests Of shareholders; by Henry
RurrsER, d. d., Lexington, Va.
| /. The progress Of population IN the
, free States and in the slaUdfolding Safes.
I'll IL has so happened that, from the begin
ning, these two classes Of States hsse been
nearly equal in number and in natural ad-
vaptages; only the slaveboDdng States
lhave always had Inc burger share Of terrific
: ry, with soil and climate peculiarly adapt
) ed to the richest products Of Agriculture
At the first census in the year 1890, these
two classes OF States were aoout equal IN
population: the free States had ,968, 900
inhabitants, and the slave Stats | 1861 900 !;
so that they started even in therace of popu-
, lation; for the superior extent of the slave
States gave them an advantagein the race,
far more equivalent to their small inleriority
of numbers.
Twenty years later, il was fosnd that the
free States had gained 276, 900 inhabitants
more than the slave States; though Louisi-
ana with her population, had il the mean
; time been added to the latter.
!: The free States continued b run ahead,
gaining more and more on theslave States
at each successive census, up to the last
in 1910, when they had a population OF
9,729,OOO, against 100000 n the slave
States.
This result is more surprising when We
consider that in 1890, the slave States had
a territory embracing 100000 spare miles,
: against 10000 square miles IN the free
= States; and that as new States and TerEl-
? tories were added to the old, tic class Of
slave States still gained in Territory, as
+ they continued to fall behind in population.
Il In 1910, the slayeholding Territory, &C
> tually inhabited, contained an ara Of $50,
: 0O0 square miles, at least; while the In
; habiled free Territory, contained abou
&c 100000 square miles. The slave country
was therefore less than hall as thickly PEG
n pied as the free country.
n Some advocates Of slavery apologize fo
,e for this result, by ascnbing it 10 foreign eml
1t grafton, which, they say, goes almos
1t who'll, to the free States. We deny that i
p goes, almost icholly to the free States bu
is il it did; what are we to infer from III
he fact That Slavery does not check tn
re growth of States No; but on the contra
N nv, that il checks their growth in variou
ID ways; partly by repelling emigants VIII
N would come from the free States and iron
" foreign countries-which il does. and partl
,e by driving out free laborers from the slav
6 States into the free States-whieh it does
z: also.
to But this general comparison between tn
W two classes of States, does not uuly measur
he the effect Of slavery in checking the growt
of and prosperity Of States; because, in III
at first place, it takes in the new tllnly pei
er pied slave States, where slave labor oPer'
lie ting on new soils Of the best quality, ha
er moi had time to do its work Of impoverisl
a. ment and desolation; snd because, IN II
OF second place, it takes in some States, bot
sr. old and new, in which the slaves are con
OF paratively few. and performance OF Ire
a. abor counteracts the destructive Tenderness
ID, of slavery. Such are the old State
es Maryland and the new State OF Missou
en- besides Others: as Kentucky and Tennesse
ey in which slavery, though deeply injurious,
IN itself held in check by a free laboring pop
"a lation.
III We will therefore take the old free State
no and compare them with the old slave Stat
IN of Virginia. the Carolinas and Georgia,
CD which slave labor predomirntes,
IN New England and the middle States
we New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvanl
ne contained in 1890, !, 1868, 900 inhabitan
and in 1910, 6,76O,OOo; having gained,
l.. this period, 243 per cent.
us The four old slave States had in 1890,
H. population Of 1,473,0OO and in 1910,
-, 3,279, 900, having gained in the same pei
Ie cd, 122 per cent, just about hall as mu
,c in proportion, as the free States. III
~ ought to have gained abou twice as muC
'nI for they had at first only seven inhabltal
u to the square mile, when The free States
Id only had upwards Of twelve, but on
whole much inferior advantages OF soil
an, climate. Even cold, barren New EnglaI
fe- though more than twice as thickly PeoPii'
ent grew in population at faster rate tn
Ike these old slave States.
ne. About half the territory Of these old slf
ger. States is new country, and has comParatl
ion " few slaves. On this part the increase
Ian population has chiefly taken place. On
,ers old slave labored low-lands, singular P
his nomenon has appeared: there, within
re- bounds Of these rapidly growing UNI
the States,-yes, there, population has b'
20 long at stand; yes, over wide regions
be especially in Virginia-it has declined,
Who new wilderness is gaining upon the Gu
is waited land What has done this work
the desolation! Not war, nor pestilence;
mil oppression of rulers, civil or ecclesiastic
or but slauery, a curse more destructive in
the effects than any of them. Ii were hard
he find, in old king-ridden, priest-ridden, o'
taxed, Europe, so large country, WI
within twenty years past, such grow
Inc poverty and desolation have appeared.
IN 1t is in the last period Of ten years, II
ded 1880 TO 1910, that this consuming Pla
10 of slavery has shown its worst effects in
the old Southern States. Including the incre
in their newly settled, and western count
arri- they gained in population only seven an
lgth half Der cent; while cold, barren, THO
L.. y 4 md