The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-12

the same advantages us the richest, and from
which they eau start In an equal competition
with the sous Of the richest for all the prizes of So
cety. Nor only is this the case with foreigners.
"Those who emigrate from the old Northern
States almost all 60 10 the nep free States, while
on the other hand, very large proportion of
the emigration of The old Southern States zoe.
into the free States Of the Northwest" Indeed
And what is 1t that sets the prodigous current
Of emigration deterIninately in that direction,
winning even the sons Of the sunny South from
the homes of their childhood and the graves OF
their fathers, and all the associations of kindred
and Of memory, to seek the hardships of an un-
tried condition and a Northern skyi Just the
intense desire for that equality and those social
advantages which the presence Of slavery abso-
lutely excludes. "This, / have observed nv
self" the gentleman continued, "is eRlnently
true of the North Carolina emgrants; and may
add, too, that, but for this emigration, popula-
ton would increase in that State as fast az il
would in any country, there being an abundant
supply Of the necessaries of life among the en-
tire population" All. Mr.. Chairman, much
virtue is in" but. as well as in "if" "But for
this emigration" North Carolina would rapidly
increase. Because Of this emigation, it does not
so increase. And what causes this emigration 7
The gentleman told us what does not cause it.
1t is no want of a supply Of the necessaries of
life," vulgarly so called. OF them, he said tru-
ly, they had abundance-plenty 10 eat, drink,
and wear. But Of what are equally " necessa-
ries of life" to right-minded people-equality of
social position. and opportunities for personal
improvement and advancement-the non slave
holding North Carolinians have not enough,
and therefore they 90 elsewhere in search of
them, keeping down the population Of the State,
as well az its wealth and consequence, of which,
in well-organized community, the industrious
classes are always the support and strength
This remark on the tendency Of emigration to
the free States, said the gentleman, was semi
nently true Of the North Carolina smigrants"
| should expect it, from the well-known sound
sense and independent character Of the good old
North State. The free, slender, and open"
spirit which George + OK found among the plan
tiers of Albemarle, has not died out there, and it
is not satisfied with inferority and stagnation
Let them get rid of slavery, and they can live at
home without either.
And when We have got at the cause which
keeps down the comparative population, pros
peririty, and consequence of North Carolina
we can answer the same question in other ap-
plications. We can tell why the growth Of
beautiful Kentucky keeps no better pace with
her sister Ohio across the river, not so large and
scarcely SO fertile, yet the latter, though start
ing later, now nearly TRIPPING the free popula-
in the first half century of the Federal Govern
ment, increased her population from about
three quarters Of a million to about million
and a quarter, while New York, on a much
smaller territory, enlarged her numbers from
about $40 900 TO nearly two millions and half,
and her estimated property had become nearly
three times great that of the State. the
most favored by nature of any in this Union
We can tell why Maryland, most sligibly stu
ated, has % free inhabitants TO the square mile,
and bleak and barren Massachusetts, 95. We
can explain how il came about that Michigan,
in ten years before lSi0, increased her free pop
ulation 574 per cent, and Arkansas erected into
State about the same time, only 200 per cent.
Washington saw the difference between Penn
sylvania and Virginia in his day, and his infalli
BILE discernment deserted the cause TO be in the
laws for abolishng slavery, claws" said he, for
once too hopefully, (Which there is nothing
more certain than that Marylan and Virgini.
must have, and that at period not remote"
And his august wisdom pointed out the proper
method of relief, as well as the crying need.
"There is only one proper and effectual mode"
he wrote TO Robert Morris, "by which it can be
accomplished, and that is, by legislative author
ity and this, as far as my suffrage will GO,
mark it, GEORGE WAsHISGroS's suffrage for
Abolitionl shall never be wanting