Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-29
y In, H. zoe hnw /, s,nuds With ,in-Ie slnrr.

pol.uc, in their favor s!5lOl ,,55
Now 10, liz see how il stands with sngle Stae.
vir,lnia contributed alg0v.s,, slol
M NJ. ans S5l6u'I I1%G; ratio as slJ'
Aol reseve' ~ r.. ann mae 4!; :. ~, ~
SOU sou r. cae1, 'e1a, . ,,,. f''' r -
Ncv Yors contributed ,i.'..s fatio - slt'
Ant received ~ Ike sdr,e tine .t-"o's !" !'"'"
To appreciate. this injustice iiy. mus fcinemacr iii
the South onlv paid the federal Treasury AL she
or received back pensions but also Sltbb3to -! III" pen
sions givec the North Inc inequality o the appoili"n
OF these revolutionary pensions has grown with 'h
Northern majority In Congress In the hrs decenna pc
Rod 1871 1900 the free SAFES received annually SoSm
han The South 10 the next period TINS yearly exec"
third period. From, 1921 1880 it averaged 5000, a!
from 1881 10 S3S ss5j.Qc0 In like manner grew The bll
den upon the onh in paying the pensioners at The Ni
besides those ,aa In The fret period il was 5l i9i
in the second $50 00O in INC third s3OG000 in the fom;
s7,5O00Qo; and in the last period (ol oni" yeaial
80 100000
According General Kncxs report the North sent 10 III
100 for every 227 Of maly age in 1850 ana III
South 10y ir every 209 But in Isis out OF every u
of the Vi military in 1880 revolutionary pen
soner in The Norm, ana ony one out OF lu in me south
New England alone then had 3 ~ VI these pensioners uof
than there in al the slave Safes; aud New York tw,
thirds macy though she Ged not one seventh d
much IL the
The results equally .s~. ii we have regard to
Tile whole number Of pensions, revolutionary and other
The expenses under this head tor the pur years tncn. ~
1885, Ss0l005l in the free States and S5-S lol in IN
slave States, WHO NJ, only paid 'ncir own share, hG'
North.
OIL rather than 50 head for every man.
child in Unite During the four years she paid
in taxes the Federal Treasury according to our tables
81 por head that she actually received more in pensions
than she pail in taxes, In lsi0 there no! cutie w."
and hall lines many rensioncrJ nj the North as it
South bit in 1913 there were more Than three times
many. New England hid revolutionary pensioners
than the five old plantation Siues had pensioners o. all
kinds.
Ard this is ir New England which claims The exclusive
enjoyment, only of the oS0l square miles already
granted her humane cupdiy but the additional domain
Of 625 ei2 sq@dc miles Of acquired Territory! How
dest is the shrinking decacy oi this cam, while in u
years she reaped IN pensions than sac paid IN tares
Such nonchaan impudcnt aud unparalleled audaciiy migt
excite the laughter of contempt cid the in
di9na,on :: outraged justice.
But look at the picture from another position. Let
other respects who has enjoyed the benefits and who III
borne burdens the Union. Observe in what
since the Revolution the imposition of duties foreign
tonnage has resulted in the ag.randizemont Of the shipping
interest OF the North
We that lay bscrc readers the entire
view given Of this topic The following extracts must su
flee
There was nevertheless, in those days one striking
difference in tho interests of the sections the navigating
almost exclusively Northern tobacco and
rice Southern. Heaven had favored ,hc South with
fertile soil and more genial climate and it the
duty Of Government 10 protect cr IN The uninterrupted
Ioymen; o AL The advantages which her industry could de
i've from tho Divine bounty The larger profits o rice aud
tobacco planting withheld her people less lucrative
vgatnm enterprise, and they found immense benefit in
the cheap which oren Vessels transported their pro
auctions all the markets Of the world il in effect
much added their price. In The North The contrary
the profits navigation equal IL the returns
of other rments and This explains The fact stated ~
Pi,kin that in New England in no 6Sths The TONNAGE
was owned by the natives in New York and PENNSYLVANIA
= while in each of the old plantation States, Maryland Viz
gnia The Carolinas and Georgia the proportion OF domestic
tonnage was only s. The first effort OF ,le Forth was
m l,,yh ,.Y.,l uUti
raise IRE ,his repair the lnnstce 81 Providence
and lower Southern profits by Increasing Northern We
have been recently told by good authority tr Cngman
in his speech the 2sd january that Northern ship own
charge much for freight c,ween New OK and New
Orleans between New York and Canton, and that he
whole OF freight Southern productions received
by the Northern ship owners, has. calculation
loss must have been very heavy ii may Judge from the
opposition OF the Southern members in the first Com
gress. The discriminating duties tonnage were, how
ever voted through by Northern au combined with
the paper and funding SYSTEM ami other measures all
carried by the same party 10 change The whole III
trade. An annual ravmen, OF some six millions OF dollars
o! The public debt and til, ordinary expenditures
Of government were Ecally a the Nor and created
strong Of exchange that direction The Southern
planter forced send his produce Northern port
and thence export it, and after bringing the cargo there
10 TeShp il home. for il was acuay cheaper II pay III.
double feiGhts and charges vi such upoI2tun than
tnue the direct tradeonce beneteiaundeI bur
dens few figures will give jnster idea OF this revolution
in commerce.
10 the North the very "loees figures used in ts
calculation