Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-06-26


Grand Totals, l9oos 56 40,ls3 1,l79j-9 % a67 ias
It will thus be seen that the grand total
of the population of the United States, in
1850, was %, 267 ,i9S BY the Census Of
$40 the total population was II ,063. 3j3,
showing an increase IN ten years, of .204.-
AS. BY the Census of 1880, the popula-
tion was IL 500 920, showing an increase
a % Gears of 10 t00,57S. Population +.
l~20, 0.63S 1871 increase in thirty years,
I3 .G20 367. Population in 1910, 7.239,-
sl1 increase in forty wears, l6,027 6Si.
Population in 500. > ,305 .92j; increase in
fifty years, 1861 ,513. twill thus be seen
that, in half a century, the population Of
the United States has more than quadrupled
The population in 1890, 90 wears ago, was
1920 ,S27
The total population of the Free States,
by the present census, is 1888 BIS total
free population of the Slayeholding States,
6,393 los of the District and Territories
100 ,~2i-lotal free population Of the Uni
ted States, 20 0S7 800. The increase in
the Free States, Ia ten years we find stated
al 3 IA, 3D. the increase of free popula-
ton iutl-s Slave States, ,4s5, ll4. These
figures are only approximate, as, when they
are added to the increase of Slaves, and tins
amount added to the census of 1910, the
aggregate does not, as II shoIld, give the
amount Of the present census. Ii shows,
however, with toIerable precision, the rela-
tive gains in free population OF the two sec
tons of the Union.
The Slave population IN lSl0 was , 49,
lib. It's now 3,l79 $50, showing an in-
crease Of 692 ,l16, or about p per cent
The Free colored population Of the United
STATES, IN 1870, was 3S6,29j 1t numbers
now, as will be seen above, AIS, l73 show
ing an increase Of only 81, $50, or ISL per
cent
1t has been known for several years that
there has been no tendency TO increase Of
colorcd population IN the Northern States,
except IN scattered towns, where they are
attracted by local causes Such towns have
been the resort of refugees aud emigrants
from other States, as IS shown by the great
dspropouion Of adults to children. There
appears to be no tendency 10 natural in
crease of colored population, ia the North
ern States. We gather from table, furn-
shed by the Journal of Commerce, statis-
tics which show the truth of the statement.
In 1870, 60 years ago, there were IN the six
New England States, 1897 colored per-
sons. la 1870, thirty years after, the had
only increased 10 20 ,S,l In 1880 they
numbered 81 ,36i IA 1910, - ,633 in
1850, - ,23l Tins part of the population,
II wall be seen, has diminished about 400 ia
the last ten years. They have increased IN
Massachusetts, l05 IN Rhode Island 305,
aud IA all the other New England States
they have diminished IN accordance with
the figures we have given, In New York,
during the last ten Years, they have dunn
shed , ,5-3 There has been 40 increase
OF colored population IN free States, except
IA States bordering on Slave States, IN
Pennsylvania aud Ohio, IN which there has
been an aggregate increase of 1900, ow-
Ing principally, to the immigration OF slaves,
with and without the consent OF their mas
ters. And here We have a remarkable fast.
The increase IN the slave bordering States
IS not nearly as much as IN the ten years
preceding 1910 for which there is no ap-
parent cause but The care taken in guarding
the escape OF Slaves, TO which Shareholders
have been driven by Tie la5ors OF abolition
lists. Another fact is rendered apparent by
the returns, VIZ that there has been a lar
ger proportional increase of Slaves TO free
blacks, in the Slave States, than during the
preceding ten years.
Upon the present Census returns. Of
course, rests a new apportonment of Fed
eral Representatives, 10 the several States
IA the Free States, the Federal Representa-
(See ith PGge)