Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-14

Hanoi, In ma county in the State did the Wings make
more determined and desperate effort to elect he canal
date ,ho, ,bv did in Hanover. But young champion,
White pallan,y sustained HIMSELF and the returned dele
gate having been elected by majority OF eighteen votes
Mr. Wicklam il seems is determined toconesi yet nc most
naonauimouy offers the again. or leave II
20 rn,rs.s, Naananimity indeed Viii. niagnaunliy =
rhev mrh n well talk 10 about Wing consistency For
we would rs soon expect find the other III the COM
position of Wing politician We suspect there are very
few defeated Wing candidates in the State who would 90
ec 10 run the again. We hope that MI "hi'e
will take his seal and lei the Legislature, .h9 prer Uou
nal pass Judgment tn cgaity OF his election FROM all
the Information have able to gather on the SUBJECT
we have the least fear that an examination Of
the polls, the Legality OF MI hhl'e erection W" pc P
beyond all doubt or cav.
Ii may be matter interest to our readers 10
know OF nvduous comparison adopted ny nor
,hern towards We should see ourselves as
Others see and rather profit by knowledge OF the TRUTH
than sink lower in the scale OF comparative weakness we
are among the great Southern contributors to New OH
wealth. power and nsoncc With great natural resources
for wealth and power have adopted most savsh sys-
tenn BY which contribute everything 10 her advancement
aud nothing to Wecopy from the New ork Tn
bune tan slavery paper) extract from speech OF T.
f. Clarke that State in Congress from which II will be
seen that Virginia h hed up in the most unlavoahe light
Ii ought inspire every citizen with proper spirit; anG
induce all To lend their best cxerlions bring beautiful
and lovely State her proper rank in the Union She
has already 50 far advanced in population and wealth, I"
be able proper exeron 10 carry out her great enter
pses there compare iayoaby with any OF her sister
States The speaker would infer that slavery the whole
cause of the uniavoabe aspect which Virginia appears
But suppose she had completed her canal the Ohio thirty
or forty ago and since tied ,he various sections o the
State together with railroads and continued direct impoI
ta,ons into her water-can any one doubt how she
would now stand
SPEECH OF MR.. CLAkkE.-Among the abc speeches
made i'll the House OF Representatives upon The Slavery
Question, have read hardly any with more satisfaction
that OF Hon CHARLES T. CLARKE 81 this state II Is
a cam orcibe and vivid exposition oi the las and policy
Of the .uacr. Wa from the following sirIhln.
and conclusive statistics
The oi Virginia 81 1872 square miles The area Of
New York $4,000 If the States o Vernon; and Alassa
chscl,s added Now York, their Jont would br
II square lus less than that of Virginia aenJ lho-sol
"f Virginia naturally fertile that Of New York her
the forest great her mineral resources at
hast equal her fisheries vastly valuable, her Hydraulic
power great her position for and her NATURAL
channels 81 commerce better her climate IL UNNECESSARILY
superior.
In $780, the population Virginia 7is,S05, OF which
2%427 were slaves. The rorc'aon Of New orr 3loi2o
White nhabnns than New YORK and ls2 $50 slaves
IN short Virginia in 1890 had +oS 55 more inhabitants than
| New York.
! In New York the number Of slaves gradually diminished
| I'll 1920 y:ten slavery became extinct.
In Virginia rapidly increased till i'll $50 they Num-
bred iiS,9s7 her white population numbered 1gU5!u
In all bond free l29 797; >hc the free white popua
ton oi New York haI increase 10 2s2s92la diicrcnce
III the ncgeass OF the whole number o l,oJ7, 32 aud al
terence III the increase vi Tree white inhabitants oi " III
| in fifty years.
In period Virginia has made 33l miles o railroads
New York about 1000 Virginia has made about lo2 miles
vi canal; New York about $50 miles -
The school fund in New lOrk is So,lyl sua
That OF Virginia l,'oo,29l
lhc productive public property Of New York is 39l26992
The productive public ui virginia U.lu 3Oi
Is isi s: amounted do to '''''' - Van 2oy
The domestic produce exported by virginia The
year amounted 10 3,oi99io
New York exported oil foreign produce l4,o7a9io
Virginia exported Of foreign produce SD
Virginia. the mother Of tho Presidents, The Old Dominion
larger and OF greater natural capacity than New York Yer
and Massachusetts, combined exported in The year Of
grace sis 10 the amazing amount OF 81 ooi-abou in the
ratio OF loo 10 100000.
The registered AMI enrolled tonnage Of Virginia in Isl 2
was rs 36i tons; that Of New York SIS I2 tons737
tons difference The State Of York paid mis- Govern
postage the year ending June 81 5i S6? 553 u!
The State Virginia paid in the year post slU9
sol % The transportation oT The as in y. York
Government The year S23S50 In Virginia $3.50 Ign
New York pays in postage Si560O2 than il costs 10
transport the mall in that State Virginia pays in postage
s56 o35 transport the mail in Virginia.
difference between these States OF S5l2 535 in
Virginia does not for the transportation o the mail
within S56, 552here arc but three slave States-Deawae
Missouri Louisiana-that do their own postage Ii
this Government 10 transport the mail IN the slave
states S5l94S5 10 more lhan those States pay III postage
There twelve States the Union from which bounty
lands have been distributed for service in the Mexican wal
Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Missouri Alabama, Iowa, Mssis
epp, Louisiana Michigan, Arkansas Wisconsin and Flori
Ia Six of these States free six slaveoldng The nita
OF the sayehonn States is 1913 lIi that of the six free
States is 300 259 square mies32So7 square miles in
the six slave Than in the six States. These six slave
States have better climate and better located fertile
and have greater natural advantages than the six free States
There have been located in those States for Military
vices IN the Mexican war up 10 March IS 1850 land
warrants Of which 3iiA have been located in the six Free
and only 1916 III the slave Staesabout six 10 TIL,
soldier who locates his land with view Of being ireehn
der ana having farm and home, the secua"r who buys
sell again, rush. ln gailop to the Free Satc-thcy lice
from the Slave State as they would from 10 Cholera.
The following article the New York Herald june
3D. exhibits in striking contrast the opinions entertained in
the North of the Southern Convention and those
here for the purpose defeating Here
commended that the defeat the would strengthen
The South, and De the more likely 10 insure iyora
Die settlement Of The questions at issue. There we are
shown up the style predicted by the friends Of the Con
venon as inevitable in Of division home. Every
man may Judge for himself:
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION AND THE
Il SOUTHERN STATES.-Its very well known that the
Convention which is TO meet this day NJ Nashville Ten
nessee originated with the late john c. Calhoun and
meant 10 embrace a general movement III the Southern
States calculated 10 the influence and political power
the Soutn 80 defend their rights in Congress- by main
tanning their constitutional privileges and social institutions
intact and nnds,ubed from the continual assaults made up
them by the slavery movements III the Northern
States c months ago, there every appearance that
South The death of Mr. Calhoun have impair
I'd all the energy of the South al this moment We
ihotised from the facts before us to believe that the Nash
vile Convention organ of Southern opinion, be
regarded other light than abortion and failure,
more calculated do their INJURY than benefit
From or exchange newspapers have asceFtaned that
orlv yey s!na! portion of the Southern States have ap-
poin led delegates of whom the following forms the list
| pELE6arEs % THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.
Alabama So Mississippi Il
South Carolina 10 North Carcina
Virginia ; Florida )