The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30

Facss and me1essSons foe the censidessssen
OF the 7heushifal.--No. XIII.
Patents Issued to The eight ner free and the nine
ner Stare States, compared: Remarks. Pa
tents issued 70 Ohio and to Kentucky compared:
Remarks. Patents issued to Nep York eOmpdr-
ed rith those issued to the WhOle fifteen Stare
States: Remarks. Reflections and sHgges-
tons Cato turned Philosophical Cato turned
ProPhet-Ts wisdom Of certain Southern
Statesmen regarded as doubtful.
Total population of the seven free
States as appears from the United
States census for 1870 5,967, 34l
Total pop. OF the six slave States, $3.50, 1923
Difference in favor Of free States, 2,l41 ,Ols
Total number Of persons employedin
agriculture IN the six slave States, L029 AIS
Total number of persons employed
IN agriculture in the seven free do $50, SAG
Difference in favor Of the slave States 69,932
Hence it appears that though the population Of
the slave States is not quite two thirds as
large as that Of the free States, yet there are
suits in the former than in the latter. There is
no doubt OF the fact then, that the people of the
slave States are alphabetically an agricultural
people.
Now this being the state of the case, where
do we naturally look for the highest degree of inn
provement and perfection in the agricultural
processes, if il be not among these devoted tillers
Of the ground.
Surely, men who are 50 entirely devoted to one
pursuit, WIN ase 80 free from all the cares
and excitelnsai> attendant upon commercial ad
ventures, 80 undehtsed By mechanical labors
and whose whole attention Is concentrated upor
that ancient, that most dignifed and honorable
of all professions, surely men thus fayoTably sit
uated for carrying Their art and the processes
thereof 10 the highest possible degree Of perfec
ton will not be slow to dispense, as far as posi-
BILE, with the labor Of human bone and muscle
and to summon TO their aid the powers and agen
cies of nature, the discoveries of science, an'
the inventions OF genius.
/ And now for the facts in the case:
Glass No l.-Agnculture, including in
stmments and OperatiOns.-NumbeT of
| Patents issued TO the seven free States, ,16
Number Of Patents issued TO the six slave
1 States, SV
| Difference in taUoT Of free States, 81
Mark the result, ye sapient defenders Of tn
I"peculiaI institution
Now, a common, unsophistcated man woul
regard this result as showing, pretty conclusively
that slavery is not favorable 10 the improvement
of the agricultural art. But we have seen TO
many of the ingenious and inventive gentlemel
will be at a loss for a moment, for ways an
means TO explain the result at which we hav
arrived, without once calling in question the COZ
rectness of their views or the prOlundity of thel
wisdom.
For example, it will be said, that 1t require
mechanics TO make many of the class Of mven
tons and discoveries under consideration, an
inasmuch as there are but few mechanics Il
the slave States, we cannot be expected TO CON
pete successfully with the free States in thi
class of Improvements. Belt so, and how hal
pens it, may il please YOU, that We have so FEY
mechanics among us2 "Wepause for a reply.
Again, il viii doubtless be urged that not MOI
than one in five of the inventions patented q
Washington, proves to be of any value. Be
| so, and what them One fifth of ,lS4, IN
number Of patents taken cut IN the free State
Is 236, and one eth of 300, the number issue
ID the slave States, is 81. This gives as 236 va
nahla nvsnfiaAs for tho frss States, 10 81 an tn
islave States
But says one of these profoundly wise men, 81
have no faith IN these modern Improvements
which we hear so much" My dear sir, l TAX
it thatyour bump of reverence for the antique
largely developed, that your pious soul is deepl
afflicted IN view Of the great degeneracy OF tn
times; that you are an admirer Of bull plough.
that, should important business call you to III
eastern cities, you would perform your journey
on horseback: and were you about TO visit III
Crescent City with your wife and daughters, yo
would certainly embark on a flatboat.
. But it is time we were proceeding with II
! statement of the facts which we have propose
to lay before the reader;
Since the adoption Of the Federal Constitute
by the thirteen original States, there have bee
seventeen new States received into the UniO
or these seventeen States, eight are free, an
, nine are slave States. The territory of the la
| ter is also much larger than than that of n
former The following table will give the read
+ some idea of The comparative progress that the:
two classes of States have made in improyir
r and perfecting the useful arts.
: A comparison Of the number Of The different ella
ses Of Patents for hueHiioHs and Discoperie
issued to the eight free Staies, o-lrit:--MaiH
n Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michiga
7 Wisconsin and IOUa, nth those issued 10 d
= nine slave Suites, Uiz: Florida, Aldbam
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee
II Kentucky, Missouri and 7eras, from the ye,
: 1870 to 1s47.
| Number of Number OF Dif'n
| Patents is Patents is in fav
sud tofree sued 10 the OF FIRE
a gs-a.r =.