The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-07-15

sieA'ei ~ '"a' 40 'ioso OF The SIX slav.
States. But sw more facts will sp,,J.
present this sui Ject in a still stronger ligh,.
Total number q persons engaged
in sgricultur, in the six slave
States, Ioao
Total number ef persons engaged
in agriculture in the seven free
States 1886
D'Herenes an '''0r Of save States 69,939
Hence it APPEARS that though the agrieul,n..,
productions of the free States are Of mueB -.
er value Than afs those Of the slave State. ,b.,.
is a much less lumber Of persons emOlov.4 :
agricultural pu suits in the former than in a.
latter. Hence, too, We conclude that svri.u,,.
raj labor is muel. less productive in the ff.. d..
In the slave STATS To ascertain The -.
produced by each hand in year, il Mont,
necessary to deduct from the aggregate value,
the products, as above stated, the vsla. d, -
stock On hand al the commencement Of IN.
This calculation shall not enter wan =.
having sufficient data before me, 10 be sp..i.,
to arrive at sati factory results. We will h..
let DIR. Raffnsr. If Virginia. speak again
afu.~H.
Of each State, an dividing the same by' he M
Der Of persons Employed in making thes- -
ducts, we hnd tie average value Producet by
each person; AMI by comparing the rrsult. -
the calculation for the several States, Ne 49,
leover the compa alive pTOduetiyenes. Of A..
cultural labor in the States. This Is whsr -.
want for our arr ument.
Professor Tucker, late Of the University Of
Virginia, in his useful book, on the progress a.
&c h.. =. ~.
, ton Of this sort He was certainly not p,-,,.i
. to the North in his estimates We have -
D fully examined them, and think that his v,in.-
tons OF products are in some particular arr
D neous. We think, also, that he has omitted SON.
n elements necessary TO an accurate result. W.
have, therefore, In our own calculations arriv-4
U at results sOmew nat different from his; vet !,
far as our argument Is concerned, the Giiferene.
z is immaterial. We can, therefore, assure ven
!, fellow-ctizens, that no sort ofcacula alton fo,
: ed on anything | he truth or reason, can brio5
= out result mate rally different from ours
We have not II, ON here for the partcularsth.f
= enter into the cal ;ulatioRs: We can only givstb
= results themselves.
o. The general suits, according 10 bolb Mr.
Tucker and ourselves follows:
In New Engla. I'd, agricultural industry yi-I5,
"a an annual value, averaging about one hundrrl
= and eighty dollars 10 the hand that IS Tor -.rt
10 person employed
In the middle : tates Of New York, New J-r-
OF sey, and Pennsy ,ania, the average is about tao
~ hundred and six y-fye or two hundred an
: seventy dollars &c the hand.
g. And in the old slave States, South Of the Pa
tomac, the average is about one hundred AM
70 thirty dollars to the hand. This, according 10
81 our calculation b. rather above the average ior
- East Virginia, bu. below that for " est Virginia
81 The average for al Virginia is about one hun
-. bred and thirty-e ght dollars.
% Thus il appears by the best evidence which
90 the admits Of that the farmers Of the Md
= die States, with their free labor, produce more
." than twice as great value 10 the hand, As the
farmers and planters Of the old slave States and
that even the New Englanders, on theil poor
rs soils and under thsir wntery sky, make nearly
:. forty per cent more, to the hand than the Oh
10 SOutheraers make in the sunny South, with
va the advantage Of their valuable staples, cotton
and tobacco.
is0 In Maryland, tue result is intermediate BE-
=, tween the average Of the North and that Of The
South; and this agrees strikingy with her con.
,,s dtion as half-slaVe State for lower Marylan,
is cultivated by negroes, and has a laBguishin,
S73 agriculture, we'll a stationary population
,,3 but upper Maryland is cultivated by free labor
and has thriving agriculture with a growini
II6 population.
These results, founded on the best evidence
'S2 and confirmed by general observation, are 70
s, substance indubitsbly correct, and eanRoi
overthrow.
ass Now il is admitted on all hands, that slsv
ls0 labor \ better adapted to agriculture, than {
- any other branch Of industry; and that Il nC
good for agriculture. it Is really good for moth
6is ing.
S52 Therefore, since in agriculture, slave labor
= proved 10 be far less productive than free labor
go HIs1eTy IS Demonstrated 70 BE net 0Riy HHpTer
i-LI- A-s @.>pIp - asria- g 81 p.'stie srosYs
iy
10y We do not mean that slave labor can nsvs
a. earn anything for him that employs H. tn
Question is between flee labor and slave labo
957 tie that chooses TO employ sort Of labor Ii.
40 yields only half as much to the hand as aaOh-
-, sort would yield, makes choice that IS n
only Improbable, but deeply injurious 10 b
as1 interest.
90 Agriculture in the slave States may be cha
-, scterised in general by two ePithets-sIisEsE1
eThaHstiUe-whieh in ali agricultural eounir'
So fOrebode two things-impOeerishmsht -dCB9s.
IafiOR. The general system Of slayeholcil
53 farmers and planters, in all times and places, b
"a been, and now is and ever viii be, 10 cultiys
much land, badly, for present gain-in short,
$40 kill the goose that lays the golden egg tn,
SEQ cannot do otherwise with labOrers who work
90, comPulsiOn. for the benefit only Of their ma
"0 tiers; and whose sole interest in the matter Is
sso do as little and to consume as much as pos
ble."
,<s By way Of illustrating the truth Of the Do
SCI tors closing remarks We will here call the .
tentiOn of the reader to our "iIed facts
100 which We have often had occasion to refer To
0s 81 Ma
- Total area Of the aforesaid six slave
States in square miles, 2ll,W
80 Total area of the aforesaid seven free
States in square miles, l2J,2
$50 -
ono Difference in favor Of slaye States an
square miles, &c.
1t is hoped that our friend, who has WELD
sos his agricultural wand with an air Of so.mu
'Ts triumph and self satisfaction, is now satish'
40 either that he has been honestly mistaken,
as that he has been mulish and bigOted, wears n
Ass particular which.
. For the benefit Of our old friend, Gen. GU
COG tlebum, we will here state a fact or two and
lls have done.
,4s7 Total value Of the butter and cheese
Il Of New York, sl0,4S6.U
Total value of the cotton and rice
sn crop Of South CarOlins, G,4i0,S
,75s Balance in aUSr Of butter and cheese, 1855
"a Total value Of the potato crop Of N
IL York, S1.530g
.715 crop Of south Carolina, 6,44O,S
:. Balaao. in fa,or Of potatoes, sl,O8s,5