Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-07-09
CITY OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING.
lFrom the Charleston Courier.1

[From the Charleston Courier.]
We have perused with much qualification, the ad-
by our felow-citizen G. G. Memminger, before the
Young Mems Library .assoeia.ion Of Augusta. Ga,
showing African slavery to be consistent with the
moral and physical Progress of nation. which has
been published by w. s. Jones. Augusta, Ga. Mr..
Memminger has handled his subject with his charac-
teristc ability, and most conclusivey demonstrated
only that the institution of African Slavery
exists at the South is not national evil, but that 1t
is positively favorable the moral and physical pro-
gress both Of the master and slave. We cordially
commend this lecture to the attentive perusal Of all
classes OF the. community, and can assure them
that they will derive considerable information and
satisfaction therefrom. The learned gentleman has
illustrated his subject with corous references to an
cient and modern history, and fortified his argu-
ments, that they are indeed irrefntabte.
Did our space permit, ould willingly transfer
to columns the whole of this excellent address
as it is must content ourselves with quoting the
concluding portion Of his argument in which he sue
cessfuly consravenes, by reference to the two Sec
tons of this hemisphere, the assertion frequently
reiterated by the enemies of institutions, that they
act prejudcially to our social advancement.
"W have been SO much in the habit Of receiving
all our facts and reasonings, we receive our goods.
from the North, that we have never disputed their
assertion that institutions had operated unfavora
bly, upon our relative progress. We greatly in
debed to Elwood Fisher ior leading the way to right
conclusions on this subject. We have been so much
accustomed to regard steam boats and rail roads and
great cities the true indications of national pros
perty, that had lost sight of the great TRUTH that
national prosperity is really but the aggregation OF
the happiness and prosperity Of individuals. Rail
roads and steam boats and great cities to be found
in Egypt, and Russia, and India, as we'll as in New
York and Massachusetts, while the masses are ac-
tually suffering from want. The greatest public
work now standing in the world, the Pyramids of
Egypt. is really a monument of the individua:
wrctchedness which must have been suffered by the
vast multitude, whose labor compelled to real
them.
A just comparison, then, Of the condition of two
people, oRly be made by comparing the relative
comforts happiness intelligence and virtue Of its in
dividuals. The facts for such comparison between
the North and the South are numerous; but for an
occasion ke, the present, the detail Of them would
be tax upon your patience. But it may be proper
remark generally, that paupcrism and crime, which
are the two great indications of want and vice,
much greater at the North, in proportion the pop
ulation, than at the South, even after making proper
allowances for the immigrant population among them
In New York in 1874, one out of every 1--WE of thu
inhabitants received puic charity. In Massachusetts
, one out of every twenty. Large numbers of abl'
bodied men are included. In 1913 in Boston, there
. were 49, 900 paupers, Of whom 7,4l3 only for
. eigners. In New York and Massachusetts togethe
there 100000 paupers. and they increase at thu
of 200 per cent. for ten years, while the popua
ton itself only increases 30 per cent Let any South
compare these facts with what he aroun,
him and draw his own conclusion.
: So. too, with crime. The number of convicts il
the three Penitentiaries of New York was 1000, a
the time that in all the State Of Virginia there
but 200 white and black. If we take what its pee
u namely, all New England, and compare their Pen
J, ten,ary convicts with those of Virginia. they ar
just twice numerous in proportion to the popula
lion. The statistics Of the city Of New York exhib
Il.
than in all the Southern States put together. And if
u go back to New England, We find in Massachusett
= alone 1909 committed in single year, and Of thes
q only l,l65 were foreigners. But toscome still nea
l. the point OF comparison, take Ohio and kentucky
e which are only separated by the Ohio River. l
,: Ohio there are 40 criminals in the Penitenary
l. kentucky only 1870, one-half at Louisville, tn
J border, and third of the whole number are fro'
u free States. ......
so, too, if we appeal 10 the positive indication
u of prosperity, the same surprising results will
found. The vast emigration into the North, and III
L. expenditure there Of Of the Federal Revenues
l. give muct activity and hustle TO every thing. tn
re our imposed upon by appearances. But III
K rigid forms OF figures which our ten years census
y ford, will no, bend to fancy. These tables, made
by Northern themselves, exhibit the surprisiI
fact that the native population Of the South increa
r. faster than that OF them orh. Leaving the emigran
y. to the North from 1910 to 1850, their population
y increased l9 per cent; while in the South 1t has
IN creased % per cent nearly so per cent. more ,h
n. the natural increase OF the North. We have befo
OF US the results Of 60 years, from the FIRST Gems
y. in 1890 to the last in 1850. From these may "a
no institute comparison, and in doing so, we "
OF allow the North select their own four model Ne
e- England States and compare them with the Soul
oe ern State which they traduce and viify most nam
ly, South Carolina. Massachusetts, New Hampshi
Connecticut, and Rhode Island. like South Carolis
lie were parts of the original l3. The Ct the f
New England States is square miles, and tn
,ut aggregate population in 1890 was 827 1867. Th
dr. aggregate population in 1850 was ,234, lit
ior under l22 per cent. SD. r-.7
bt, The area Of South Carolipa is $4,000 square mil
h" or nearly the same as the four New England Stat
In By the census Of 1890 her population was 249,0
is By the of 1850 il is 66S, ,557. little over
lin, per cent. Let il be observed, moreover, that
try whole eigran, population is included ia tie MOI
1sd ern census of whom, in Boston aiore, there
and OOO and in the State Of Massachusetts one6ftt
ors the entire population, while at the South there is
Of such population to any extent. And thus 1t appe
rti that under all these disadvantages the increase
\ a South Carolina under Slave Institutions is 46
ant cent greater than the model States of the North.
nan If the comparison were extended between the 5
and Of Georgia and the North, the difference woult
it still more remarkable. For this great State has
light creased in population nearly SO per cent the
rict, ten years. and exces in rapdy OF growth. any
and can be brought in competition. -.E 49,
aPer But we are told that behind the age il
'ech the enterprise of day. Let point to the
ma. lesion and HAMBURG Rail Road. and TO the Geo