The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-13

n il.cVug is the proportion Ia MecAien'
mg White. Free cord. Slaves.
an S09 l2,ll7
y y To; 10 7,754 1855 1875
lease ass 246 decrease, 2O2
-, ,,s rate Of % pei cent on whites, 3
- cent on Tee negToes, and decrease oi TO
=, Inf on slaves; and according 10 Tins iallo,
si,I5 now have ia MeckenbuTg, al the end
= - ,rsr ls4s, whites, ; ,U69, Zee coiore1,
az and slaves. II, .55; and though II may be
.. III Of yesrS, vet the CONCLUSION IS lneHlla-
I 80, mics, Inclp.ent steps are taken for then
~ tfewbItes villa forced from necessity
.---lacs lie number Of free negroes, OF be sub
Is a lie greatest inconvenience and annoy
- .u,irg from living la the midst OF a LANCE
',r.Dsr and unpunopied population.
The CONCLUSION might be stated in strong
q, rsrns than are used by the author Of the
-,rmuD,sa,ion. and somewhat different
an-s the same causes continue TO
,0sr,,- a. are now active ia Eastern Viz
sDis he ice colored population will final
/, lsrgely ounumber the white population;
he DlaateIs viii find themselves surrounded,
oysrrun and pIundered by race OF men TO
vhon they allow no political, and but
limited civil nights, and the discomfort and
danger Of their situation will be much
gsst4r Than il could be in purely slave
h0Idag community.
Ne haze SAID eli these causes continue
~ o5efatr Jul Nc need not have used
language implying any uncertainty; these
su,es must continue to operate. The
circumstances OF the country favor their
sclyiiy. The propensity To emigration
gh.eh Is a Characteristic OF our country
mrn. Is stimulated more and more every
wear BY the new facilities Of travel and
transportation, and the new regions opened
. oolOnissiion. That the whites of East
en- Virginia should not increase in num-
55r, OF should increase very slowly, Is a
Necessary consequence; the more adven-
iarous Of the planters remove to the rich
valley Of the Mississippi, or to the new
sale Of Teyas-Ihey remove and take
Their gangs Of black men with them. The
yOung men who DO not belong to this class
Of capitalists, seek their fortunes some
where ia the broad West, the whole extent
Of which lies before them. That the num-
Der Of slaves, in Eastern Virginia, should
annually diminish, is equally to be expect
%. The lands OF that region are worn
or and II IS more for the interest Of the
planter, TO emgs!e with them to Texas, or
10 sell them 10 the southwestern settle
nenis, than to employ them as workmen
On an ungrateful soil. That the free blacks,
10 The meantime, should increase, in what
appears to the planters a most announcement
dsPFoPortiOn, IS no less the natural result
o. tie circumstances in which they are
placed. They have neither opportunities
nor inducements TO emigrate; they remain
n Their old hauns and multiply. These
isas are IN substance acknowledged by tn,
~HieT Of the communication in the Rich
nlond Enquirer, who SAYS:
10 many portions Of the State, whilst our whit,
sA- ave population remain almost stationary
l.OLA lhe great tide Of emigration, this portion
'eIAsais amongst las with Their natural ratio O
Increase Il being rare thing for the free ne
go remove far from has native hovel.
what the writer calls "the great tide o
emigration" Is likely to flow with strong
q alo Deeper current, under the impuls
s sLl'l huLIleS 50 many Of the people OF tn
Auaauc States to our new possessions Of
Is racine. The young men will flock t
VIC soid region, portion Of them viii
wander to Oregon, and the owner OF slave
val see mat there are richer fields at tn
ives: than those on which he was born
1 %, reached and inviting cultivation
"ha' is to prevent Eastern Virginia fron
Oseomlng by and by a country inhabite
Principally by free blacks, of whose cha
s''ef The writer 10 the Richmond prin
dIsws this picturel
~ - needless to advert 10 facts, so loudly SD
a aea Hoia our penItentlsIy and county iaiIs. 4,
,es "ei proportion in participation of cIim
OeS'ess 70 IeiteTate the frauds committed upC
Sss. HoHeSl laooIer, by system Of underbiddin
-. ..ilheo al the time 10 fitch more than suf
~" 70 make up the difference. Consciou
80 " uleiT own degraded position, they ca
a., &C use IN point Of morals, OF become 9th
'A As now clog upon the commonwealth.
NF, Faulkner, Of the Virginia Legisl
.dIe' has recently made some statemen
O.'oie The body to which he belongs,
T"ch he assigns another cause for d
e'I'lnOiIon OF the slave population. Tn,
'uI away, he says, from their owners. a,
we lsroOTed in the free States, particular
,~h:lt ennsylvania, the recent legislation
Tu'ch has been unlriendIy to their recover
ne county Of Berkeley, which he repl
gus has, he afirms, lost, in four mont
paN' iohy-lour valuable slaves; the pls
eis IA jefferson, Clarke and Frederic
,s -, suffered considerable losses
l'e same way, and he sets down the ami
.Os' 70 the Virginia STAKEHOLDER. by
S S'SSon Of the slaves, at ninety thousa
s Olldfs' With such discouragements,
presses ms apprehension that the inst
o oUa OIL slavery will sink under the wei,
~, ~ own insecurity" and that smen v
.O' own slaves if they must hold them
70 REecshous tenure"
.ne cause to which MIR. Faulkner rel
s .1. an effect &c: in diminishing the humble,
saves N Virgins, no doubt, but much