The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-06-03

Ne. vB..-Unsss 500 wsoesssss- sss 80 ssss~
ri .saersssss or she Theszhsfsl.
e In pIecoding number havoststed the obyi-
Gus truth, that wealth is one OF the essential el
.fgnenisoi national power and greatness. Has-
M further remarked; that the pnncipsi sonIces
of national wealth are manufactures, CONE
nleree, and agriculture, Linen proceeded to es-
tablish the position, by mass Of well aathenti-
Gated facts, taken for the most part from official
documents, that neither of these departments OF
indlztry can be- prosecuted with any considera-
bic degree of success, by a State or nation in
which slavery Is tolerated Thus far, have
eon6aed myself entirely TO facts drawn from
Ohio AMI Kentucky. | have shown pretty con-
ch,sively. I think, that labor, in each Of its
,hree grsnd divisions, has been, and Isl now, APP
Piled with a much greater degree Of skill and
Success IN Che former than in the latter; have
=sown tliaf all the elements Of national wealth,
zisi in much greater abundance. that they have
|aecumnlatci much more rapidly, andthaf should
the social ard civil institufonsof the two States
remain the same that they are now, they viii IN
all probability continue for ages 10 come, to in
crease and multiply with much greater rspility
in the one than in the other.
Now in the absence Of other differences be
tween tie two States Of sufficient magnitude %
account for the astonishing results At which WI
have arnyed have inferred that the institution
Of slavery existing among US, is the primary
csuse which has produced The mighty contrast
Yes, be il known unto all men, IT Is shaver,
which has caused labor and capital 10 tly from
is 10 other and less genial chimes; il rs SLAYER,
which has driven manufactures and commerce
from all our borders; il Is slavery which has rem
ldered our lands, naturally the garden Of thes.
Estates, comparatively sterile and unproductiye
lst is slavery which has retarded oar towns
and Giles, and made therafew and far between
and il his slavery which has reduced our proad
bat unfortunate State. TO the stature Of dimin
ufive dwarf by the side of the young giant Of tn
West
And am lasty in making these differences
Have filIlenin io some Of the beseiting wrong
Of the human mind. that OF jumping 10 genera
and important conclusions irom few and Inn
impesfecily ascefsieed lsctsl IL Is possible
nave; anu NbttHct fud<S VI ftct II - qtiltr ptto
able that msBy who may honor my hcubrationi
with fheir attention, win have various ways o
theirowf Of accounting for the results 10 which
we have come, without at all impeaching IN,
character Of the s.peculiar institution Grea
Is the ingenuity Of man, and he hath sough
ont wrong inventions. II shall, therefore, b
my object Cor the present, to make good tn
gTound that ] have taken, to silence the distan
guns OF these ingenious and inventive gentle
men, and to erect a battery from which, w
hope in due time, TO be able to hur few whole
some truths into the ranks Of these sachems il
political wisdofa. Not that we have the slight
est intention q ever attempting to follow then
in their s.srless wandenngs through the labyi
NTH Of trror and sophistry in which they hid
themselves; far from it. Be ours the nor
agreeable and hopeful task Of discovering am
exhibiting ihe t,ut
AT the period OF the adoption Of the Constitu
ton Of this Union, there we've thirfeen States
They were all at that time, withfhe exception q
Massachusetts,, nominslly, slave States. Sev
en- Of these original thirteen States are nov free
and SIX are Slave States. The following table
show the total population; as well as the mum
Der Of slaves that were in each State in 1870
when the first census was taken. In the nigh
hand column VIII also be found a statement Q
the number Of square miles in each State.