Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-08-26

York Of 9s, and an increase in New Jersey Of $685. After
1900 the slaves in both States rapidly declined until ia 1910
there but 67S Left and in both States the institution
has been abolished In Delaware the number OF slaves has
decreased from 1857 in 1890 26O5 in 1910. In Mary
land the number Of slaves increased until 1870 In 1920 they
had decreased from 500 in 1910 to l0z,39s Thus
the number for period of years fell about 1000 In the
period Of years the fall was little than 000
and by the Of 1910 the number had down
SO, 1877 exhibiting dimnuon in number Of IL, 457 in the
last ten years In the District Of Columbia the number Of
slaves 3T7 in 1920, had slightly declined in $780, and
down to 1894 in ls40 In Virginia the Rumber OF
slaves continued 10 increase until $780, when they reached
1884, 57. The census OF 1910 exhibits a decline OF 20 no.
Thus that slavery has reached height the States
the Atlantic, including Virginia and all north and east
and commenced declining making such pros that those
farhest north and east have abolished the institution
In North Carolina in 1880 there 245 60l slaves In
ls40 there 245 sl7 showing increase Of 26 only
that slavery for the intervening years upon stand
In Kentucky, have passed from the first into the second
stage Of the institution, The of IS40 for the first
tme showed that free population had increased by small
but greater ratio than the slave Since 1910 slave popu
ton has been nearly stand Our lists Of taxable pro-
perry, in which the slaves annually enumerated show that
in lS47 their number ls9, $40; showing increase Of
only since the Of 1910; increase the
Of about half Of per cent per There has been
enumeration Of the whole of free population since 1870
but from other facts there doubt that free population
has increased during the period at much greater rate
In 1889 free white males twentyone years. the
voters Of the State numbered l0S 500 In SAY voters
than three per cent per for the last eight years In
ls4T we had l73 s6s free children between the OF five
and sixteen years showing increase Of 4773 in one year.
These ac exhibited in the report Of Second Auditor
show that our white population in Kentucky is rapidly in
creaslng while the slave population is nearly stand and
they likewise prove that the day distant when the
Der OF slaves IN kentucky will begin to decrease Mary
land and Virginia Our auditors report already shows de-
in the number of slaves in eight counties in the
State comparing the years 1916 and is47 and our lists
taxable property that there than
our who do not slave These results have in
part been produced by an act of the Legislature passed
1885, prohibiting the introduction Of slaves into the State ex
cept brought by emgan when they have been acquired
by inheritance II the convention about be called in Ken
lucky should in the constitution provide that the further
Introduction Of slaves should under circumstances be allow
ed such provision, have doubt would tend to the rapid
diminution Of the slave population N
There causes existing in the savehodng States inde-
pendent Of human sympahies and legislation which tend the
removal Of slaves from those Of them furhes north TO those
situated further south. will enumerate some Of them