Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-29
RICNNOND Enquirer.
,yroyEsoAY M,ioRS1SG, MARcH u, 1850.

",riIE UyIoZ-Pasi and Fnture-No~ il 'lorLs, ana
Hon, 10 sure a--Byo Citizen Of rireina"
We p-ca,n,ea ON Monday lew extracts from Tie sauae''
namnet of the above title by Muscoe r. H. Garne't ESD
sho, that tic history O! The present crisis Is The history
of ever growing demands on the part of the North and oil ne
cons,an, concessions the part OF the South ihro".h
n, bestowed bn magnificent generosity and noble spirit
os s.c,crGce for tic sake Of Cancellation and harmony
tho Souh has coded away her right the occupancy OF
n,enaa o;,e If 0s7 OH square miles territory of snt
si, ~ .,n,oe % such Statesa Ohio or p larger than
y,iri, alone presenting Of this rich and beautiful
country domain scending the limits OF the largest KING
dom in Enronc still unsasiod graspins forth her emoo
dened hand the Shylock oil nations lays claims 10 the ad-
onal area OF 62 sqasre m"' more 'ah al inc present
free ta,es equal q Of their average size or 10 soch ''
rs Ohio or l. larger Than Iowa accomplishing INC unjust
mss. destructive aud dssraceiu inequality III 10 stare TO I'll
free S, 4. yindicatte his exobitent avarce of extended
empire one would think that tie North had displayed DIS
nronor,;or,,. nSealy in contributing the gold and gal
,ny which conquered that empire and had borne an nn-
suua burden in sustaining that under which she
has naned 90 mach and from which she demands 90 much
mara ar 81 iac,s be submitted u candid world
w,uo dwell upon tho revolutionary etruggle though
II right easily be shown that the South bore more than ef
proportional share both in its expenses and lis battles M
white male population 10 years OF aye IN '9o was
about the same in Pcnnsylyana aad Virginia; the former
being lO5 aSd the latter llO93i yet according 10 Gene
raj Knoxs official estimate presented TO me ISL
Virginia furnished 562l soldiers 10 the Revolution anu
pennsyyann only 81 965 New Hampshire had military
population 5l3 larger than South Carona yet sle cohll
buted only 1896 soldiers South Carolina 81
half The latter quota in is nearly equal TO iennsvV-
MAS who had triple the military popoua'l"n ana l"e W.,
whole population free and slave IL exceeded New OH
1856 though New York had much more than double l'
military population, and ~ per cent more {" 'ota pou
op Go9"f nnma 2ff5aafS N& VI hid that while
S,mih Carolina sen, TO arlaes 81 ont ri every ~ cS
capable Of bearing arms, Massachusetts SEM on ..
nectcu 80 and New Hampshire mol - ana u mus ~
memberei that General Knox says, In some years :"
the greatest exerons of the Southern States efe "e ~
reurns Whatever OF their militia, While nj ING -Noi'"
man was entered on the rolls tho pension st loo piai'
shows; that while the assumed regular ehaic'el
i, was here brought homo 10 every nre-siae anu ue
scarcely man who did not shoulder his musEet even ou
-, r.nlarly in the field The slave States not onS iou
,ha;r nyn hairless nearly unaied but numerous fos
10 the defence of the North; and when we CONSIDER n ~.
free States had the protection o almost 'ie who
army and the benefit of its large disbursements w1 ~
Sonh WAS left to be occurred the enemy, ana hat 'he ~
most utter ruin oi the incomes and private fortunes " "
citizens exceeded any amount oil TAXATION eNci ie
we cannot doubt that her suclinss III me ere'. ea WIZ
n, heavier han those the Moth. Bat w1 VIII mol pau
Ia consider inequality OF Revolutionary b1a'iS' "'
South boc than her share u WAS voluntary - ~
win Offering on the altar Of independence We VIII pass ~
once Ia consider The action al The Federal Government an
lis value 10 the North when the South ws no "ha'i n'
| mistress.
This noble will Offering" was made III The s''' =
nerous spirit which has ever Distinguish her liberal ail
she has never received from the public Of HE Con
fedoracy 10 half the TINT was her J=' dt 'h"
bounty which national gratitude should ever yield the .cr'
MD soldier whose youthful vaor hiss served and saved ms
country
The pension system throws strong light on the tendency
of the people Of the free SaleS 10 quarter themselves on M
General Government, al the same tine tha II SHOWS ~"
usual prog essve inequality expenditures between the TWO
sections calculation founded On data IN 3Ui Sen Doc
1889 shows that nom 1871 10 1855 inclusive s5'Hn
had been pi revolutionary pensions oi when The Norm
received 81, 2Ga 597 Sl21 ~ fur every soldier she had ID
the war and South s. 1886 So. btin.y Sissy 'I e". Il
her soldiers The number soldier Is here estimated ac-
cordins 10 Enoas report which, concssody Ios not $40
.y great deal The l!i cNcft.Jna 4 The South ia raisin
troops Let us then ccnpnc The amounts received with ~
white population Of each section IL 1880 and "c una '!.t
ree in 1888 had received s!i 50 :" revolutionary nc
ons .r cry soul in thar limits III the iornc enr, W'i
The South had received only SOL ar every wii" III: le
military Efforts oi the saycoiing States we've uliy IN pro
norton 81 the.: masters free take ur On this sup
POSITION the Southern soldier received only s}i t1f li'
same revolutionary which brought the S"rtii'i"
sl455 This gross inequality remains the same By what
ever lest il IL ;red. For example,