The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-11

multiplied by $50 gives 8 1885, $50, as
the annual expenditure necessary to remove,
upon my plan. the whole female slave pop
ulation Of the United States, as they reach
their 18th year. But under the idea that
humanity requires US to send on. an equal
number of males, let the expenditure be
doubled, and it makes $780, 500. ] said
half the expenses Of the Mexican war, in.
vested in six per cent. stock, would ac-
complish the object. A capital Of $780,
100000 would produce annually. the sum
| required, and an excess Of more than
S200,00 for contingencies. have thus,
sir, only sketched the outline Of plan by
which united systematic effort can extirpate
slavery. have no time TO go into minute
details, and obvia,e every conceivable OBJ
iection. Only look al the thousands and
hundreds Of thousands Of foreigners. annu-
ally landing upon our shores from the old
world, and then, sir, reflect that il only re-
quires the removal of q, 500 female slaves
annually, at a cost Of 81, 1893, 250, and no
sane mind can doubt the practicability OF the
scheme. have made the calculations up
on the census of 1910. The increase since
then would increase the number Of expen-
ses; but | possess no data upon which to
give the increased expenditure with accura-
cy. In our unbounded schemes Of annex.
alton and dominion, We have nothing to do
hut TO annex Liberia, govern her as a colo
nv until we have located the negro race
there, and then separate. leaving her an in
dependent republic. Such scheme, in its
execution, would lead to commercial results
magnificent in their development; and,
while it would be Just as constitutional as
other schemes Of annexation, would be in
6nilely wiser, because its motive would be
peace and good will to man. instead Of war,
conquest, and national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
But suppose, Mr.. President, colonisation
is rejected, what is to happen them You can
moi divest slavery Of the Influences Of certain
causes which have heretofore operated and
will continue 10 operate upon it, producing
results beyond the control of human legis-
lation. These have been most ably present
ed by citizen OF my own State. Of great
attainments, John A. McClung, ESQ, in q
speech delivered before the kentucky Colo
niSaIion Society, in January last. Our de-
cennial tables Of population prove that, in
reference TO many States in our Union,
slavery has been marked by three distinct
stages: the first is, when the slave popula-
ton inc~eases at greater ratio than the
white; the second, when the white popuIa-
ton increases al greater ratio than the
slave; and the third, when the slave popu-
lation actually decreases. Ii is remarkable
TOO that these changes have progressed with
great regularity, and established beyond con-
troversy that, when the slave population be-
gins to decrease, it must 60 on until the
causes which produced It's decline will ulti-
mately exterminate il. New York and
New Jersey together, had in 1890, 32.14I
slaves. By the census Of 1900, the num-
Der of slaves in these TWO States had in
creased only eighteen; but there was de
crease in New York Of 9Sl, and an in
crease in New Jersey Of 999. After 1900
the slaves in both States rapidly declined,
until. in 1910, there were but 613 left, aud
now in both States the institution has been
abolished. In Delaware the number OF
slaves has decreased from S, SS7 in 1890, to
2,5O5 in 1910. In Maryland the number
of slaves increased until 1910. In 1920,
they had decreased from Ill SOP III 1910,
to 1O1 1898. Thus the number for period
of ten years fell about 1000. In the next
period OF ten years the fall was little more
than 5000, and by the census OF 1910, the
number had come to S9,737, exhibiting a
diminution in number of II, 451 in the las
ten years. In the District Of Columbis
the number Of slaves was 6,3ll in 1870
had slightly declined in 1880, and come
down to 1854 in 1910. In Virginia the
number Of slaves continued to increase un
, I'll in 1880, when they reached 469, l5I
The census OF 1910 exhibits a decline o
2O.7SO. Thus we see that slavery ha
r reached its height in the States on the AT
lantic, including Virginia and all north AM
r east have abolished the institution. Ii
North CaroliLa in 1880 there were PAS, 90
o slaves. In 1910 there were 245,ol I
showing that slavery for the intervening tel
4 years was upon stand. In Kentucky
= we have passed from the first into the secon
. stage Of the institution. The census o
I, 1910, for the first time, showed that on
- free population had increased by SINAI
$ but greater ratio than the slave. Sine
4 1910 our slave population has teen nearl
I at a stand. Our lists Of taxable property
|. in which the slaves are annually enumer'
n ted, show that in 1S47 their number wa
n 1875, $40; showing an increase oil onl
. 1921, since the census Of 1910; or an IL
IS crease at the rate OF about half OF one pr
N cent. per annum. There hiss been no en-
m meratlon Of the whole Of our free Popul
a. ZION since 1910, but from other facts theI
n. is no doubt that our free population has il
,e creased during the same period at niue
n greater rate. In 1889, our free white mall
Or over twenty-one years, or the voters oil Il
= State, numbered 108,5OO. In 1847 OF
IS. voters amounted to 1856 ,945; making q
N increase at the rate OF more than three p
Il. cent. per annum for the last eight years.
ID 1917 we had l37 1868 free children b
Il. tween the ages Of five and sixteen year
II showing an increase Of A, 113, in one yea
nd These facts exhibited in the report Of o.
.s Second Auditor, show that our white pop
r.. lation in Kentucky is rapidly increaslI
in while the slave population is nearly at
ha stand: and they likewise prove that the d'