Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-05-03
And Yet Another.
From the Louisville Examiner.

And Yet Another.
From the Louisville Examiner.
THE SOUTH.
Turn to your map, reader and look over the
South and see what country it Show large,
how full of resources, how capable, by sea and
land OF reaching any point of greatness, and then
ask, what she was, what she is, and what she
will be ;
What she was
In earliest times, the South was the favored
land. immigration poured into it. The ntel-
gent and noble Of Europe heard chiefly of it
And in its bosom they poured their wealth, and
came to repose. The despsed only sought the
the wild New England shore. 1t was the home
Of the "biggot" of those who were called in
scorn Purtqns and literally of thesdespised of
the earth. Now shut your book of history, and
tell us which portion, the North or the South is
to grow the most rapidly? Which yield great
er wealth, greater intelligence? Which do the
the most for the world and humanity? Alas,
the slave tlls the soil of the South. His bale
fu presence desecrates it; and it lags far be-
hind the North in every element OF permanent
growth and power
Would you have the proof? See it in the
war of the Revolution.
The South was as brave as the North. The
South was as ready to make sacrifices as the
North. But the means were wanting; the men !;
the power to do. See the effect according to
the census of 1870.
Population.
TgS' tiiet6hd."d f"rT'toriea- I I33Si.az
The Slave States furnished during the Whole
Revolutionary war, 1896 soldiers for the CONT
mental army; New England, 1l9,305!! Why
this difference? 1t is ted in the fact that the
South had 675,527 slaves the North 1886.
What the South is
If there be any characteristic of the South.
it is her capability for foreign trade by sea-
Look at Virginia. What harbors and BAYS =
The great Washington thought Norfolk would
be the emporium of the world But what is the
foreign traffic of the South? She own no ships.
Northern capital builds; Northern enterprise
mans them. She does not do her own foreign
business, Northern men chiefly transact it
Mark the consequence. Eight of the Atlantic
States have no slaves. In 1916, they had g.
l60,50l tons of shipping; the seaboard Slaves
States only 40l ,5S3 Why even Ohio, fifteen
hundred miles from the Ocean by water, had
1897 tons South Carolina, 32,588; Virginia.
53,44l New York, 572,522; in other words,
New York has seventy thousand nine hundred
and thilty-nine tons more than all the slave
States Is this accident? Is this the result of
aculation-misapplic Of means or en-
terprise? No, it is neither 1t is slavery-and
slavery alone.
But go one step further and consider internal
Improvements.
This Tests progress. Show US people with
good roads, compact and populous neighborhoods,
ample means Of inter. communication, and we
will show you people prosperous, thriving, with
snug cheerful homes, and school houses, and
churches everywhere. Where is the State in the
South that will begin to compare with the pub
lie works of Massachusetts or New York? Let
the test be made by railroads. In lS46the
South had 1000 miles; the cost S43,910, 49,
The North that yeal had 8, $50 miles; cost $ll2,-
9l4,455. Then ask where the capital came
from to build these Southern roads? Who
built them? What is their real worth? 1t is
asserted that all the railroads of the south cost
$27,7l7, S35 those of Massachusetts alone will
command S3031l ,444. But more yet, compare
the population of the North and the effects
which public improvements have upon the pop
pulaton of each; the mode of living among the
many of both; their educational condition: their
general intelligence their every day comforts ;
their actual condition. Alas fthis comparison
were made, the Southern side of the picture
would be dreary and dscouraging enough, and
not a southern man who would not feel bound
to labor for its change. Why not see it then ?
Why not labor for its change? Slavery, yes,
slavery is the beginnings the middle, and the
end, of all our ills, and all our woe Rid us of
that, and the South will bound like a strong man
after refreshing sleep.
Shall we multiply example?
! We need not. Yet we cannot help pointing out
few more facts. Look at Massachusetts. In
one day, yes, in less than one day, you may go
to almost any point within the entre State
The morning after the election the returns are
all given in the Boston papers. How is it in
Kentucky? Away from our water courses and
leading roads, what means of communication
have we? What opportunities to spread inform
atom What means to diffuse or concentrate
thought gather the will Of our people into
one united expression and make it known and
felt throughout the land? None comparatively
OF all We cannot learn the full result of an
election for three weeks after the day it was
| held. We cannot get the official returns for
a longer period. But look again ut the means
of happiness and industrial resource which the
facilities Massachusetts, enjoys give her. The
traveller goes there for pleasure. The capital
ist lives there Tor gain. The laborer makes 1t
f his home, because he is respected and can cdu-
cate his children, and be educated himself
What of all these facilities, these inducements
have we? What answer can we make but that
we have failed or been unable to develope our
vast resources simply because we hug slavery to
our bosoms, and say that no body shall disturb
{ lit is ours and we will have it.
But is that the resolve Of Kentucky !? We
! will not believe it. Her good men say, rather
a cit is a curse it eats up our substance; des'
, troys our prosperity; mars our progress, dimin.
ishes our social, moral and political power, and
we will endure it no longer; it must and shall
: be remoyed-we will no longer tolerate an in.
+. shtution SO pregnant with evil to ourselves and
a our postenty."