The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-27
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sslyFhenthe North American colonies con-
.feileraledfo resistance to Great rltaIn the
territorial area 8f the Southern portion ct
theIn was ,5tS,2 POP square milcs--,hat OF The
Northera only i 64.0Y, or about oac-ieurth
as large. Virginia alone had, by Royal
charter, the whsle Northwestern territory IN
her limits, and daring the war hadcohtrmed
her title 10y the patriotism and valor ot hot
own ci,izeas-Awho rescued even illinois
from Brltisi, power. But before tlePresen1
Consultations was formed, Virginia. with a
magnanimi,y almost infatuated, had cedec
sasthe confederacy, fr the formation OF free
States, the whole Northwestern territory
now constituting the States of Ohio, ,ln;Iiana
Illinois. Michigan, and Wisconsin, contain
ing 26i ,6S1 square miles. and making the
territury afshe free States rather more than
that of the slavehaliins:' The ubjcc, of this
cessian and the ordnance Of 1857 was T.
eouaizcIhe area oi The two sections. The
;acouisit:nn OF Louisiana in 1903, idcd l.,
l3s,i03 square miles to our territory,
which, by the Missouri compromise, The
South Obtained ONLY 226,el4 square miles
or about one 4iiih-the other four-6fihs n"t
withstaadmg il came t" us asa slareh"id!ne
province, were allotted to the North. "hlcl
aims had acquired mere than 7eo,0o6 square
miles az territory over the South. Florida
and Oregon were acquired by the treaty OF
1919. by which the South got 5926S square
miles the most. In Is45 Texas was annex
ed. winch added only 325,52O square miles
20 othe South, even Il all Texas were included.
In Is4s we obtained 526,07s square mI'e>
more IN the serritory of New Mexico and
CaEfdrnia. And now the North claims th'
whole .of this alsp--and not only this bal
half of Texas besides, winch would make
the share of North exceed that of the South
nearly 100000 square miles-a territory
about caual in extent TO the whole valley of
the Mississippi, and leaving the south "n!
abont sio,sI2 square miles, while The norl
yetaius nearly three-fourlhs OF the whole
And this too when the south contributed hel
failshare of the men and money ny which
the whole territory was obtained. In the
Revolutionary war the sonlh tnrnlshed an
average ofl6.7l4 men each year, and the
norih 25,s75 which nearly corresponds with
their respective nember Of citizens, and that
too. although The war was wagcd chiefly
agaiiaa lhc large cities of the north-c'tIe>
tx.iug. in war, The aaost tempting and the
s,ost vulnerable points of attack. In the
The war with Mexico the south supplied
twD-,hirds of the volunteers which c"ns'lu'
ted tbrce.four,hs nf tho entire force employ
ed. The revenue bv which these wars have
been supported, the public debt paid and
theprice for the territory furnished, has bee
raised chiefly bv duties which have notor
ously operated tlesignedly and incidentally
to promote the industry and capital "t The
north, and to oppress those ofthc south.
Ir after all this, the south should submit t'
he plundered other share ofthc territory no"
in dispute, when, as an agricultural people
she requires her full proportion, she wo,Id
he recreant 10 her interests, her power, mel
honor. and her Eame--recrcant to her h!stor!
and her dcst ny.
One of the proposed objects oflhese north
,crn refnrmcrs is to promote the prosperity o
ett,e south. In have shown that she wants
none Of their aid and that there are at home
.-,ls,,sands of criminals to reform and hun
pdretIs of thousands of paupers to be relieved
son whom their philanthropy may be cxhaus
ted.
contendingl I hold it to be the duty ever
orh;m who undertakes to subvert the eslab
lished order of things, to manifest at least a
much respect for experience as experiment
and it 50 happens that the experience o
emancipation has been ample and d'versI
fed.
e.. In Hayti, the black, after DISCRIMINATING
the white population, renamed inaepenne,' !,
and isolated. the exclusive architect Of W.
own institutions and destiny. The result
that they have reIapsed into pristine baroa
rism. 'fhe exports OF liayti amounted II
1889 to about twenty-five million OF dollars