The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-09
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a,,ie ~e object TO making Maryland
.'sn5ard Of the wealth produced by slave
-,IIng and slave labor. The upper hal
7; he SAFE, and by far the richest anc
-,g a0urishing. is a country OF free labor
T. rsmnanl Of Maryland slaves is ionnd
t.sag about The tide waters, where ex.
-,-slion and languor mark the impover.
men. pToduced by slave labor. We
--.,,;onsd before that Baltimore, which
-,r,sips large portion Of the wealth OF
v.rIspd. is nourshed chiefly by the free
-, of its own citizens and the country
sg0ys i.
r. t6sse Eeasons We wholly reject Mr..
r.ss,s comparison between Massachu-
-. and Maryland. Nothing could be
.r,.rsd rom II, respecting the comparative
-.,5n,,;ysDess of free and slave labor,
- b.s calculation we're correct. To
,-,r how isllscious bis results are, let Us
,-,,oss hat the whole wealth Of Massa-
-r,su, S only double the assessed pro-
,.--r Of Boston and Salem, which contain
frls more Ihsn one-sixth Of the whole
,,7-Is.ion OF the State. This would
~.ss s344 100000, which, divided among
r 600 inhabitants. gives the average sum
# 100 10 each. The assessed property
s- MARYLAND (including more than $4,000
..gs.) amount to S202, 900, 900, which
sr5sd snong the 100000 inhabitants,
.rs, s43O TO each inhsbitsnt Of the Slate:
s-cr certainly proves nothing in favor Of
.sg.v. n only the slave-holding portion
4. MARYLAND, in the lower and Eastern
-s-f Of the Stale, had been included in the
assessment the result would have been far
.5-.s on the side Of slavery. Like Mr..
r,-s-. We have taken the population Of
10Th SAFES from the returns Of the last
census.
He next compares New York and Viz
sr.. Here We find. again, bis Characters
ne looseness and inaccurscy Of statement.
lie g-sysly tells Us that New York and
Irgus are not materially different" in
sr.sr. OF territory; when he knew, or
51gh. 10 have known, that Virginia is
.a-ss- than New York by 10000 square
-la.-Which any man Of common sense
would call material difference in the
,zs Of two States.
By E singular process, be makes the free
people Of Virginia about three times as rich
S ne people Of New York. AS a speci-
lsl Of Mr.. Fisher statistical legerdemsin,
ss snail quote his own words:
Her Nirginia's) free population in 1S40,
according TO the census, was 100, $40, and
Ter property Is now about e6Oo, 600, 600. =
TIE population Of New York, in 1910,
Ea 1925, 92l, ans Der property is assessed
e. s532.696, 1913. The average property
Of frss person in Virginia is S75S; in
New York il IS only $3.50, or a little more
1sl 0aethird."
TITS is Mr. Fishers method Of coming
e. The average wealth Of the people Of two
SAFES. Such tissue Of statistical sophis-
sJ and sbsuIdity We have never before
sel.
Ls, Us snsIyse bis borrowed estimate Of
property in Virginia. Ii was Prof. Dew's
lsls and eIiravagant estimate, Is years
60 when an expanded currency had
ssc prices in general TO an enormous
sglth, and when the cotton mania in the
s'-.l-Vest had raised the prices Of slaves
a. more enormously. Virginia had then
''l 10000 slaves, and the false est
1,t Of heir value was prodigious.
It's extraordinary swell Of prices-this
i'ca.s seton Of the bellows that blew up
2s ;?eculsiive value Of Virginis's treasure
-ls aoTdes Of slsves-geve Prof. Dew q
ne opportunity Of msgnifying what he
snasred Is one Of the greatest social
%ls-" the palladium Of liberty" as
alsd Il, lO-wit-slaUery, by which we
e .,ATsys TO understand, the slavery Of the
~ nan, for lrhits slavery is an abomi-
@-ol worse than death, and like free soil
- % be resisted at ell hazards"
os We know that since this period Of
.~A Pncss, the money valuation Of pro.
- q Virginia has greatly declined; and
- o. al, land East of the Allegheny
mains, and slaves every where have
"a "a 2 about half their former prices.
Las Virginia lands generally have lost
~y IN cash value, but in real value,
- 'naaued exhaustion Of their original
,-9' The same effect has taken place
- -', Ou 3 less extent, in the Valley
"1e paris West OF the Alleghanios.
-. .Ol!a be difficult now to make out
,r c-'s cash valuation Of the property
G0I -s1ais That would amount to $3.50.
80. .D' sna much, very much OF the
10y 10y included in such a valuation is
I've, I'VE yielding at present no profit
s lssAsslss More than half the land
sp,I-'S Esste and unproductive, and
M ,. hos 'or what it produces, but for
may produce at some time indef.
,n.i,;. o's' lhe far greater part of the
" Ina, nan = 50 little productive of pre-
a., O'9sAi 70 the owners. that rs ysIuat;on
aa' = S.0ded chiefly on speculative est.
q, po,rI,, opacity TO yield profit when
us.v S ;.h Of the country shall be
an increased, and lis industry more
a5Jl e,o 0iee'ed. The State contains
ea9, 49,, 4. o. acres; according to the last
gcslTr. nun number Of persons engaged in
Fstaa va ~'s SlS'71, Of whom a large
esl sons gentlemen shareholders and
ss EorE;,s VAC no toll not; and many Of
lie Sg hands were negro women Of
EoocuDv y, II we suppose that they
Ha nsts, -s land that each on the ave.
soq5 t :. even 25 acres productive i've This this
S's IN :. upwards OF $4,000, 900 Of
SOOOOO 81 n unPrOductive state. The
VI acres in productive state
90e hv A