The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30
sacss and neAsesiens for the censidesafien
Of the Thong n fai.--No. XIII.


Patents issued to che eight ner free and the mine
nsr Stare States, compared Remarks. Pa
tents issued % Ohio and 70 Kentucky compared;
Remarks. Patents issued to Men York cOmPdr-
ed nth those issued TO the Whole fifteen Stare
States: Remarks Reflections and sngges-
tons Cato turned Philosopher-Ca Cato turned
Prophet-Tae risdom Of certain Southern
Statesmen regarded as doubtful.
Total population of the seven free
States as appears from the United
States census for $40 $780,, 34l
Total pop. OF the six slave States, 1926, 1913
Difference in favor Of free States, 2,14l ,0ls
Total number Of persons emplOyedin
agriculture in the six slave States, LOS, AIS
Total number of persons employed
In agriculture in the seven free do 959, $40
Difference in favor Of the slave States 69,932
Hence it appean that though the population Of
the slave States is not quite two thirds as
large as that Of the free States, ye. there are
1882 more persons engaged in agricultural pun
suits in the former than in the latter. There is
no doubt of the fact then, that the people of the
slave States are enphatieally an agricultural
people.
Now this being the state Of the case, where
do we naturally look for the highest degree of i'm.
provemeut and perfection in the agricultural
processes, il il be not among these devoted tilers
Of the ground.
Surely, men who are so entirely devoted to one
pnrsuit, who ase No free tom all the cares
and excitemenis attendant upon commercial adj
ventures. 50 undesisei b. mechanical labors.
and whose whole atientiofis concentrated upon
that ancient, that most digniied and honorable
of all professions, surely men thus iavorably sit
uated for carrying their art and the processes
thereof to the highest possible degree Of perfec-
ton will not be slow to dispense, as far as posi-
| bic, with the labor Of human bone and muscle,
and to summon to their aid the powers and agen-
eies of nature, the discoveries Of science, and
the inventions OF genius.
And now for the facts in the case:
Glass No. l.-Agnculture, including in
| strumeBts and opeTatlOns.-NumbeT of
| Patents issued TO the seven free States, / ,lS4
Number Of Patents issued to the six slave
States, SO9
Difference in taror of free States, S7d
| Marx the result, ye sapient defenders of the
peculiar institution
Now, common, unsOphisticated man would
regard this result as showing pretty conclusvely,
that slavery is not favorable 10 the improvement
of the agricultural art. But we have seen too
Il al
| with whom We are reasoning, tosuppose that they
| will be at a loss for a moment, for ways and
| means TO explain the result at which we have
arrived, without once calling in question the cor
rectness Of their views OF the profundity Of their
wisdom.
| For example, it will be said, that 1t requires
| mechanics TO make many Of the class of myen-
| lions and discoveries under consideration, and
| nasmuch as there are but few mechanics an
the slave States, we cannot be expected to CON-
pete successfully with the free States IN this
| class of Improvements. Belt so, and how hap
pens it, may il please you, that we have so few
mechanics among US? "Wepause for a reply
Again, il Will doubtless be uTgel that not more
| than one in five OF the inventions patented al
Washington, proves to be Of any value. Be il
50, and what them One fifth of ,lS4, the
| number OF patents taken out IN the free States,
| is 236, and one fifth of 3O9, the number ISSUED
10 the slave States, is 61 THIS gives Us 236 val.
nsha Inventions for tho frae States To sI an th7
slave States
| Butsays one of these profoundly wise men, al
have no faith IN these modern Improvements OF
which we hear so much" ny dear sir, take
1t thatyouT bump Of reverence for the antique i,
largely developed, that yOur plous soul is deeply
afflicted IN view Of the great degeneIacy OF the
times; that you are an admiTer of bull ploughs;
that, should important business call you to the
eastern cities, you would perform your journey
on horseback and were you about to visit the
| Crescent City with your wife and daughters, you
would certainly embark on a fiatboat.
But it is time we were proceeding with the
to lay before the reader;
| Since the adoption of the Federal Constitution
by the thirteen original States, there have beer
seventeen new States received into the Union
| Of these seventeen States, eight are free, and
nine are slave States. The territory of the lat
ter is also much larger than than that of the
former The following table will give the readel
someidea of the comparative progress that these
two classes of States have made in improving
ndperfectng the useful arts.
| 4 comparison Of the number Of The different clas
ses of Patents for HreRiioHs and Discoveries
issued TO the eight free States, tO-rit:-Maine,
Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin and IOca, nth those issued TO N,
nine Stare STATES, riz: Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee
Kentucky, Missouri and 7tras, from the yea'
| 1870 TO 1Si7.
Number of Number of Diff nee
| Patents Is Patents is IN favOI