Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-22
RsChMOND Il ENuIi!nER.
THURSDAY s;0wSISG, AUGUsT ~. 1851

States disclose melancholy Stale of things regard that
people The OF 1850 Is not yet officially and fully
puoiscd but enough is known reveal The fact that the
d"H increase of the free blacks in the United States dl
hs ue istten years, has been either nothing ALL
very small The 1850 shows That their
n""oer IN AL The States nrrc s" m II U2 during The last
!dec"dc that is say, from l., 5y IA 5lO lS4 $50 in
1917 or per Cent That II UOO OF this latter
NUMBER have been enancpaed dunng that period in all The
oon'en States dues admit Of duub; indeed il is quite
certain s'a far larger number than this have been set ce
III 'H"sf States and frubahly many escaped tr"
eh into lee States Ii is In therefore, that there has
ocen " natural Increase among these pcope but on The
Contrary considerable falling off in numbers Other
upon this subject have recently cume TO -ht from other
sources Than the During the last thirty years the
Number of whites in The New England States has increased
% per cent while the increase vi blacks from NIL
has been only Gs per During the last years the
number Of L'cks in New York Stale has fallen of 1888
During The last years. their in New York State
and New Eng land ;ugetlcr has l,llrn oil +O2
Cmpnrc these facts with The increase o. the other class
es {" our population The q" whites in the
holding States in 1910 $50 9l5 In l55Ot Is 34S,
DID, showing increase from all vi 79l 55l II
we deduct from number Two millions the increase by
engration the natural increase Of whites in those States
since 1910 has been but ~ per upon the population Of
that ye'r. Ii we deduct only million for emgraton
whites this increase has been but 30 per The increase
OF whites in the Southern States the other hand has
been 81 per that s To say, they numbered in 1910
G32Gl0 and in 1850 $500 75G having increased 1914 l6
II The natural increase of population nords therefore, any
evidence of the comfort und prosperous condition OF pco
pie there higher degree u comfort and social we-oeins
among Southern than Nrncrn whites in the proportion u
81 I" 81 ~ millions estimated for eIn
grafton IN. number Of slaves in all the States in $50
was 2 iS7 575; in 1850 it 32l0.23l, having IN
creased i22 65j % per cent The whole ot THIS
was natural increase and il we add To the number
20 900 for slaves cmtncipated n have
ped from the slave States, whn Of course must form or-
tun Of the estimate in ascerlainng the natural increas OF
this puruapn find that increase have been 81 per CT
upon lis number in 1910. The increase Of northern whites
have neen between 20 and 81 per cent;
fact which shows general condition of hu population,
all cisses being considered bc good worse
than that OF Southern slaves
To arrange these different populations Of country,
Therefore in The their relative comfort and VT bc-
ing indicated By the census they stand: Isl, Southern
Whites; ID Southern Slures Sd, Northern Iihites; and
Ith and last uf all, Free Blacks.
Whatever fault may be found with this classification,
which believe index Of the acIuul relative
condition ot these c sscs OF population as can be found
there be avoiding the fact, thai it speaks volumes o
ebukc upon the analicism which would reduce black
population The slave States the wrrccd condition o
liberated blacks in the free States. The great dct III re-
gard 10 these CLASSES h that while OF them is decaying
RAPIDLY did the aburignes OF the country, in The presence
cIvilauun lie other Is enjoying social well oelns ano
increasing wh l"pidy, equal ii not superior |" that o
the Northern white population. There is no room Tor spec
ulon o this diversity Of condition between
these classes u blacks The black is unfit for cviIzl
ore condition i, hnn 55atysy and all schsmss OF
are Idle
1t will do say that the free negros condition is the
result vi hi, degraded postum in society and of the peu
dicrs o; he wh;c population him. 1t is only
he is found IN society oi wHcs. performing those uh"
dinare offices which he adapted he is all respect
able is only while supported by The frame work OF white
society that his cond"n is at all ol=rab!e When sepa-
rated from this and surrounded only by his own caste
living apart from the white man in community u hIs
own species he sinks Immediately into vice, want ld aiJ"c'
misery There in the Whole Union exception 10 D.
found this fact and il the case g" Liberia seems !" be an
exception is only by ot the unsirnS exert"ns
and pruiusc bcray of the American Culor'Zann Society
towards that cuulmuny In respect 10 that colony there
can be doubt il will prove itself rs has proved IL
s an excellent sy um for the Tree blacks OF the United
States and that both North and Somlh will contribute large
to It's support and s but those who think that
euanripating the slave and cI,nzng him there my
where else will elevate his moral nature improve his social
Condition augmen, his happiness will find themselves
utterly Disappointed.
We all know the condition Of ce blacks in the South
1t is ~ the N"rh r neslioors nnt pro-
tccors-thr abIiriunists Every a"Y brings rs new evl-
tencrs T,sc NoEhein States which have re-
c,u,v framed new constitutions regarding them insup-
prtab 10 society," have excluded any further ac
c,ssiuns oi blacks into cir borders Northern papers are
every day filled with Of their wrctchcd depravy
Ia TIM
following notice OF cuny Of these people in Long Island
IL irnnnrra for present purpose TO ascertain INC
rovscs a tie greater prevalence Of vice ana lillualY
among the free culured the NorIf than among 'he
slaves the Suuh-or Than among The slaves oil me Nn'n
yn,I slavery existed here The tact Is ndsputa0Ie Ana
is equally indISpuaDa that The condition Z" n s'eal asS
i, the free pc pie o the North Is getting worse
lny Intelligent observer who has ven hecd 10 lc sJcc
1ws that as class Tree cJIed pupull'I Is more de-
,r. more and immoral than II vas hirty Or l"y
rs ,u W. have in our minds several villages in the
.mnrv, whcrt WHEN were buys Tie great majority "l 'c
urrd free people decent aud TcspcctabIc-w'c'cs
nw il is that the majority are any thins en ae
.,nr aoI rs;rcubr But make our decnrAons So
,.nera as 10 lose point, and give opportunity lur eva
ion ar denial we will present 10y way Of Illustration, inc
:se culorcd people OF jamaica, L. IL as aesc9rH ~
he annexed coInuncatl"ns, not hong since r"bl!s1sa
The tribune. The first is dated Jamaica, L. L. May sum-
| md closes follows:
In mis- t,wn there arc hundred and forty free nc
trhis number has decreased since lSi0-uiurr than
Inrrc hundred nj them paupcGS End df"nRaius "' " "
.n live decenty comfortably, or lax" care OF
- cIIrn res,ecaby of ten are so deonnreo ana
that spring die in infancy, nni t.y are
N jnc away fore the energy ul the wnlte race "st "
~ ,r h en of slav,s-ud ,sai ned Long island Dulch
oycs-und there every reason 10 believe tha' hu
hIdcn o. descendants remained slaves they w"uo no" w
we'll rvlded for hrr parents were, by good masters anu
os,cad of idle drunken paupers niesiins our 'iaSS "u
,ing us t good deal OF trouble and rNpcns' they ""uu
ne hearty robust strnny, quiet people, enjoying an M
fris and some Of uxures OF lio Nn, men, WIZ YOU
n,s, In tell us whal three hundred ana ios nes"s
h,v, gained by emancipation? What nave hey Ha"Ii ~
| freedom? Respectfully, yours, -
This communicating and the Ibunes comments "pon
l. o,d ont one of the Trustees Of Jamaica who expressed
himself as follows:
"Ny attention has been called 10 the second arc'e .n ,'
Tribune on this subject. appears 10 assert or a. t"a y
imply that The o the roored popu.a''', ~ ,
drtl and every project FOR their Hnrl"rai'on
crd BIt baupily tins is far from being ihe case.
81 Private individuals have cont ouffh anu 'apor. -
,,,r hcneit Some years ago an estrci'cu cie'SS W.
d aver one thousand dollars in su-thilnG sth"' 'i'
Ih;n, The sclnl,rs Shortly alter communion % i'o
r;tn,. ,rurd school, which was continue. ~ '''% d
hLt,,n cunl be prevailed upoa 10 a'l:a r''cn
49,, mar. ~ c,lne and watch the schoiaf lhah "i "s
,n,inuenres c,tr5ined. Sunday schools hisc oeci e
shcd and children aad grown persons are "u''' ''s