Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-13
:. III, ssoe nor bcad-,he frccmcn Of Ma

,isp Tr-
l., n,a,nal in ,ba, rescecr. New YORK j. aiso -
.,r,ad h.h,n,tiv as one ot he stan''es' "A;
| -. -. ire, ,ns,iint;ons-and the pies.a'
,,a :, U,o;n;a is continually referred w L.
80, ana melancholy result o! slavery
nnn,us %.r ;.norance, her idieness, het ueea5'
rnd her misery. are the ihreadparf top'es " .,
dorm no,i;jca! philosophy here an" "o'o" 'i.,;oo
=. oow consider The iacis. hel ice w ann cio
N 1910 ACCORDING 10 Inc cehsu Zoo 9oo ooo -
and bsr propery is now about Jooo 'o,n .s
a,u us, onnia,ion Of New York, in lo4o wa
, $500, and ia Is47 her property IS ASST ~
:, SD 6o9 9s3. The average prope!, U -.
chic r-t,on in Virginia is S75S; IN view
il is only $3.50 or = .iHle more 'hah oue-'"''u
| VIRGINIA instead of being poor, anc ID fseu VI
The pity uf the much poorer popuia'loh " ."o
North is, perhaps the richest community ~ 'n ar
world. The average wealth OF the PeoP'. -
Great Britain NAV be about the same, Out i -
mt ca neor so productive, and thinE u uemor-
s,rahe that no people on earth live in conoi'ion
If greater comfort AMI enjoyment than those OF
Virginia Nor IS there any reason 10 ,ea' ue-
| c,;on in her wealth. According TO Inc census
If leAO virginia. with free population oil less
Than one third of that Of New York, and capl-
raj something less, produced from the various
branches of her industry, more Than nan INC
n,oduct of New York; aud as the total Popuia
,,on3f \ irginia, slave and free, is only about
half tba, of New York, il is clear that, after dc
duct,np the annual consumption OF both, VIZ
GINA will have larger pIoportloned surplus re-
NAMING 10 augment the stock oil her permanent
properly ,..;. :,
If now we examine the relative condition o.
! the nes states, The same results are appaten'.
| The States of Kentucky and ONO lie sac .,
side. and are of similar climate iertili'y anu
! extcnt-the proportion OF rich land being now
ever, less in Kentucky. Their age is also near
i Nv the same kentucky having been admitted as
Stale about eleven years before ONO. on'o
/ il considered the most prosperous Stale III ''ie
West, and is continually contrasted WIN hen'
lucky, for the purpose of illustrating the onsu'.
ing effects OF slavery on the latter. Let US see
! with what reason.
| In 1870 K su!ucky had a tree population -
| 5e7 $50 aud G-r properly amounts, accoTcIa9 "
mr. taY assessment Of ls4S IL about S2i2 - :
| 696.t Ono, 10 1910, hau population 81 oia.-
a67 a.a her sssess meni las, year was S42l NO =
egl.t TIE average value Of Hrop-ry belonging
), each ,ree person in Kentucky Is S456 IN
OHIO il is only S216 or more !haa oDe-'nud less;
ana AZ the population Of Ohio is row sIlli great
er in proportion 10 Iha! OF Kentucky ihan ~
| 1910 the difference in favor Of the ial'cr i s'h'
i more. .:
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mai the pric, OF land in Kentucky is, in conse-
onence al slavery, mucn lower than IN ONO. l
avs examined The Auditors reports Il hola
S,aies which present in detail The yaiualion VI
! All rhoir lands. In Kentucky The average Value
Is about seven dollars per acre, I'D ONO -
abou; eleven; and am very confdent M. lhe
quality oi Ohi land is 70 that extent SUPERIOR
:, in Kentucky there 10 a large mcuniain region
.or which Oh,o mas nothing equlVaieh' mus,
| linen il is meniis>l That Inc lice people ~ 'he
| Stayehocing Stales--ui those Sta'eS winch are
| uniformly regarded as the victims 81 poverty ala
,n,n-art All :,cher much richer, thar those 81
| me nua.Si dvrgoidiGg SAFES, whca nave oseh
nsnallr considered - Se mos; hou!lsan- a.em-
hers oi Til, couiedesacy ard tae 70 s! prosperous
| com,nupilie, inc wCrlG ever saw SGch, al ica>i,
is me trsin,ony 81 ufficial socumsnS on Tie >uo-
| ,ert-lhe niahes; authority ihai eIls.s. Fol !
| nave taken nearly ailhose statement, 81 ne pro-
oer,v OF the = ;eral States aliude 70, from me as
| sessmsus made by pubic cTnce!S, iof NE coiiec-
| ion OF taxes. . tie ACCURACY OF lhe valuations,
| il is OF coufSe Impossible 10 SPEAK rom PERSONAL
! knowledge bu those OF ONO and KENTUCKY are,
| according 10 my opportunities o observation, ds
nearly cor 81 as need be desired. And, as 10
the o,her Safes The chances Q! error are pei
haps as great On one side as the other.
| In The slavehoding States, slaves are, oil
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times objected 10, but think without reason.
rhe question is, which is the most profitable ~
ves,men, Of captain land and slaves--as IS
usual in the s'ayeholding States--or IN land
| a;one. or commerce ami manufactures, as IN the
Northern S,a,es2 And this question IS almost
universally decided in favor of the latter. In
the South, according t. its laws, the slave Is as
available TO his owner for the purposes oil pro
pelty, as any other property. The North mas
| held. however, that this peculiar species oil pro-
-, 49, r kaiI,4. -,.--Gt-hi. .. Tho owner
I aas been impoverislIlng and ruiHous. And IN
| contradiction 10 this have shown that in every
community where it exists, there wealth
.bounds 10 far greater extent than in The
| States from which it is excluded, whatever may
he their Climate, soil OF territory. But even II
the assessed value of all the slaves in Kentucky
| Virginia and Mary land, were left cut OF the
schedule Of their property, the white people OF
those States would still remain weather., on an
! average, than those Of Ohio, New York and
! Massachusetts.
| By DINERS again it is contended, that IN est
mating the average wealth OF individuals N a
| community, the slaves ought 10 be included as
persona, and left out as prope ~. ms,
| think, is G,co error, for The reason before
stated Where Il is commended that the white
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makes him poor, or prevents him from getting
r,ch. j, is absurd TO assert that he not only has
no propcrty in MS slave, but that other property
belongs equally to him But if for any other
ourpo.c. or vie " oil political economy, the slave
be included win the freeman in averaging the
property Of n State, II will even then appear
| that IN tie States have considered, The South
:! cIn are slIl weather than the NorlbefD. count
| iuv the slaves as persons, and deductlng them
| from The property. SO that III no aspect OF The
| question Whatever, is there any foundation IN
| TACT for the popular delusion, that the ooutnei
| States or any Of them, are either now or mere
| lolore or ikeiy 10 be hereafter, Inferior 10
| their Northern neighbors in wealth-but the re-
| verse.
| Tine triumph Of Southern enterprise and capt.
| tai in the accumulation Of wealth being eStao-
iished as iac demands OF us an investigator
| OF It's causes-aud this, think, will materially
| elucidaie the character Of modern civilization,
and PARTICULARS lnat which has been developed IN
| The Unied states.
| The original methods Of acquiring Weailh,
+! adopted by men on iheIr organization INTO Com
munles, was BY cnnques, or commerce. Hence
| the almost exclusively Eiliiary character oil one
! great class OF The ancient States, which resulted
| IN The universal empire successfully oi the Assy-
J nan, Persian, Greek ard Roman governments;
| and hence The rise - Eye and Carthage. Hence,
| also, in The middle :, The empire ot Cnarc-
| maene, and the luns rraraced efforts OF France
| 10 conquer Epglani ana England 10 conquer
Francc-anc The wealth Of Venice Genoa, and
Holland. Ata isttr period when The afis had
made more progress, manufactures were inclu.
| led IN The means OF creating wealth. The pol'
| cy ot England has combined the ihlee-cunques,
| commerce, and manulaciufcs-and b these she
| mas succeeded N Inc construction OF an empire
| which, Tor extent OF territory and wealth, has
| never had pareiici. The policy OF Ea2lahd
| mas been dictated b, nef insuiar position. This
| rendered il necessary Tor her TO acquire the EN-
| pire ol hc sra 10 be- s. gic Irom INVASION by
sfea con.inents. powers; ard with the dominion
| .. the sea, il was easy 10 establish great colo
mai empire The growth Of such great pow
| er in commerce, was the strongest possible ST.
| muIus 10 progres, in the ar!s anc manufacturers
nsDce he success IN them. Bul an e1iraordlna-
| rv dpv-lopr nent OF commerce and manufactures