North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-29
IFrom the Bufaloe Courier, Oct. Al

From
COLORED, POPULATION OF THE NORTH
The late CENSUS discoses many curious iac'S w !,
relation tothe colored population OF 'hls county
knew that, with Few honorable excePtlons-a!i e,'
more worthy of honor, because they are excePuonS
and because the circumstances against "nGn '"e ~;
diTiduas have struggled are sue" 90 o,s,J nonnia
couraoed most men of any race-the coIoreo Popu,a
tion of the free States live in degraded condition.
Thev are chiefly to be found in the Purlleus OF ou
larger cities, obtaining livelihood oy tne iIS -
nost rnenia services in some of which, fashion, In'-
itanq the habits of southern lfe and perhaps pleas
ed with their easy subservence, give them Peiel
ence over whites. Although many OF them must
have been accustomed in early lie 10 Pu
enits we know of no instance where any coloreo man
has successfully attained, through rugged laoor'
the independence and dignity OF prosperous arner'
althouoh he NAV sometimes be seen often creaung
disreputabe neighborhood by llcenhous and lazy
babits mile OF two from large city, chopping
wood by the cord living in shanty, and half Gull
tyating in an indolent and dirty manner, some -FOUR
or five acres of land, from which he obtains about
half the crops that would be yielded unoer Il'e con
mon system of farming.
We write with feelings of commiseration-not
with any desire to find faul-but 1t IS mater OF no.
torety that this population, degraded itself and de-
grading others, as it now exists furnishes large
oroportion of criminals and has barred the progress
of political discussion other subjects, by constu
ting itself the absorbing topic between the NORM
and the South. We do not charge the latter as
fault but it s fact. And when we turn to the cen
sus we find statistics going far beyond any thlng 'a'
we anticipated in proving that the Northern States
are not a fit home for the colored PoFulation.
New England has been generally looked pom DIS
the land of promise the emanciPated slave. IL IS
probable that there his relative position has been less
degrading and more sympathy and kindness have
been extended him., than in any other part OF the
Union. But even there, where it may be supposed
that his social condition most favorable his race
has not increased in other States, where its haPP
est condition is that of slavery. We hnd that the
increase of the whites in New England, within the
last thirty years. has been or 65 per cent
upon the number existing in 1920, though the con-
slant migration to the Western States has not been
fully counterbalanced by the number of foreign i'm
migrants introduced. During the same period The
increase of blacks has been $50. or only 63 per
cent? Notwithstanding the constant influx of fugltIves
Since the previous census OF 1910, the number has
absolutely decreased.
1t would seem that climate has material influence
in these results upon population sPringlng from
tropical country, and, in its aboriginal state, frequently
inhablin. regions where the white man cannot live
We find that the greatest falling off is in New HanP-
shire, where, of all other States, most has bee done
for their safety and present protection and where no
attempt has thus far been made to pursue runaway;
yet, there, the decrease is about two-hfths OF
the whole. In Vermont and Connecticut II Is also
visible, and the increase in Massachusetts is only los
The following table shows the number of eolored
persons in each of those States, the periods TO
which il refers -