The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-16

clearly aseertskAsd, could have Aeen favor.
IDLY compared with labor in other parts Of shs
world We should also have seen In what parts
81 the country labor was in most demand and
where IL was best paid We trusttha tho next cen-
sas will he madc TO include the cost Of labor.
Labor, like capital, is inclined to seek IN equili
brium by distribution; that is, to pass from cheap
market to high one Capital, however, being of
moro easy distribution than labor, generally finds
it's level quicker All new countries are most def
Gent in labor, while The old countries Of Europe
have it in excess The supply in tho market ex-
ceeds the demand, and the only permanent relief is
found in emigration that is, in transporting
laborers from the old to the countries This in
wolves time and expense The United States have,
ut all timss, afforded extensive MARKET or field,
in the new territory of the West for labor Indeed,
the growth Of tho country has been retarded for the
want oft At the present time, our demand for labor
il largely in excess Of the supply Vast tracts Of fer
tile lands are unoocupied and untitled for the want Ok
labor. The Same difficulties apply to almost every
part Of the country The demand for labor on our
railroads 10 immense The slave labor at the
South is also insufficient to fully develope the re-
sources Of that section. The soil and climate are
favorable to . much larger growth Of cotton,
tobacco, and hemp than the present yield; but the
supply Of labor is too limited, and hence too costly
No one doubts that, were labor sufficiently cheap
and abundant, but we could rs readily produce
four millions Of bales of cotton rs three millions
and thus add that much to our national wealth and
resources.
Tho importance Of the slave population, as an
element in our government system, has at all times
hanr tai IL
whether free or bond, il doomed to extinction. II
is merely question Of time. Were the three mil
lions of slaves liberated tomorrow, the event would
only hasten their determination. When this coun-
try contains hundred millions Of whites-as it vii
do at the present rate ofincrease fifty i've or sixty
years-thsre will be an end Of negro slavery on thi
continent, and, finally, of the negroes themselves
With this vast population, the whites would be
compelled to seek tho labor performed by the blacks
for subsistence, and they would do it cheaper and
better, they would iuperseds the blacks. The ne
groes being cart upon their own resources for
existence, in contact with such an overwhelming
white race would soon sink into non existence
Deprived Of the guardianship Of the whites, now
secured by mutual dependence, they would neglect
vaccination snd other sanatory precautions no less
than the necessary provisions against famine, and
thus be constantly liable to defamation from disease
and starvation. More persons have died with small
pox among the free blacks of Jamaica, within the
past year or eighteen months, than have died
among the three millions of slaves at the South in
ten years. The reason is, that the masters employ
the best medical aid to attend the blacks and to
keep them all properly vaccinated and protected
sganst all unhealthy influences Let this guardian
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determination commence. The worst enemy Of the
negro is the abolitionis, whose plan, if adopted,
would speedily end his race. By leaving things rs
they are, he has respite for good part of another
century. That his final sieappearancs, however,
is inevitable, and that at no very remote period,
is very readily seen from the onward progress
ofhe white population. oad citizens reoollec. when
negroes performed nearly all the manual Ia
Dor Of this city. They were the only servants-
wharf laborers, ship leaders, draymen, portsrs,
.cayepgers, SC They have very nearly all dissp.
peared They have been routed out by the compe-
tition of white labor and have nearly ceased to be
seen anywhere. The severe winters, bad living,
with typhus fever and pulmonary attacks, have
hurried them out Of existence, and whites occupy
their places. The same process will ultimately pro-
ducs similar results all over the continent. The
time ofits accomplishment may be predfcatsd by
the following tables.
The white population in the United States in 1850,
WAS 1860, 73s-shovipg ratio Of increase since
lS40 of about 3S per cent; while tho slave popu-
lation at the same period amounted to g. l9S, 32l-
showing ratio Of increase of about % per cent.
At this ratio Of increase, the relative progress of
the two races for the future will be seen from the
following statsment:-