The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-14

4 80 slavery and fepu atiOn,
GrSrLEMEN: Permit me, in this com
nunication, to inquire into the effects O
slavery on the increase OF population in the
country at large, and especially in the State
OF Kentucky. 1'i-eA -.L' 20 n'ss $500 eal q.
il is wen known that, at the adoption o.
the constitution Of the United States, the
population Of the free and the slave States
respectively was nearly equal. The census
OF 1870 shows that the excess in the free
States was only twelve thousand. 1t is a
startling fact that this excess has, in less
than sixty years, swelled to more than
thirty eight hundred thousand The follow.
ing table has been compiled as to the years
1870 and 1910 from the census, and for the
year 1913 from the Patent Office report.
Free States. Slave States. Excess.
1870, 1858, ass ,956 ,374 a-s 2,0sl
ls4O, 9,72s,922 1884, 42l 2 ,394,5O
ls4s, 12s7ss,OO0 s.92s,O00 4,s3O 900
Nor is this all; for. estimating the slaves
at :. 500, 900, and rejecting them from the
table, it appears that the free States out
number the slave States in free people by
more than six and half millions. Ii
cannot be denied that the slave States have
in the mean time enjoyed great natural ad.
vantages. They have received, by the
purchase OF Louisiana and by the annexa-
ton Of Texas, an empire to their territory;
the sun in heaven does not smile upon a
more fertile region; its nayigable rivers are
the mobiles! on the earth; and its soil and
climate ripen for its inhabitants the choicest
productions. Their agriculture has enjoyed,
as against this country, the monopoly Of
rice, sugar, and tobacco. and, as against
almost the whole world. the monopoly Of
cotton. The production OF cotton has
risen. from a million and half pounds in
1890, to a thousand and sixty-six millions
in 1913. The production Of sugar in
Louisiana alone is estimated at two hundred
millions pounds. And yet with all these
huge advantages to stimulate its industry
and swell its population, the South has
ALLEN behind the North, 10 sixty years, SIX
and half millions in her free population |
and nearly four millions in her total mum. !
Ders. -....y ......+ .......
II we bring particular States OF the |
Union into comparison, We shall reach SIM
lar results. As specimen Of the older
regions. we may compare Virginia with
New England and New York. Virginia
IS in territory nearly fifty per cent. larger
han New York, and considerably larger
than the whole Of New England. Vir.
GINA contains 10000. New England g.. |
900, and New York only 1900 square
miles. The following table, compiled in
The manner indicated above, exhibits the |
progress in population Of these districts;
VH,ania. New England. New York. |
1890, 74S, sos / ,009, s23 $40, I20l
1910, 1885, e7 2,2S4,s22 2,42s, 92l
ls4s, 1885, 900 2,6s2, 900 2,ss0. 900
By this table, it appears that Virginia
has not doubled her population in sixty
years, while New Englsnd-sierile, cold
and rocky--has doubled its numbers two
and half times, and New York has
doubled its population more than eight
times. New York, starting in 1870 with
less than the population of Virginia. is seen
about 1912 to be passing her Southern
rival, and in 1913, when last heard from,
she has doubled her distance on the Old
Dominion. So much for the older States.
Let US turn TO the newer regions.
The four States north OF the Ohio river
embrace an area rather smaller than the
territory of the four Western slave States
lying nearest to them. The area of these
eight States. four on each side, is given by
Mitchell, az follows: