Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-12
from The Charleston STANDARD.
RELATIVE ADNA%CEMfNT-NDK AND
SnI''TII-

We have often taken occasion t" point ont the rr-
rrr in public estimation H. tn the relative advance
mcmt ri the North ami South. The Free States IN
crcil.,. in uuulnm faster than to; trIr lands
become nur. valuable their structures finer, AMI The
number of tIrr representation in the national cgls-
utllrc greater From this is inirrr,, greater All
vancclncmi and very naturally conclusions prludi-
ciul la The Institution al domestic slavery. We llarc
denied tint there j. less relative advancement South
than North. We have said that anr apparent differ
cI,c, really results from the hurlcs Z" Foreigners VII"
have settled nj tn. North. and that without iiirH" II
careful cxaminaiinnwil show that we har" tIn!iSr"I-
cd even tho Northern N- themselves III our l;tlnll-
iy ~. ur,rr~~. Ia ic..' pu-itInI, S,i-tIIiirh
Iy Mr. Giinrnau -: Nnr:ii Carnlii!n who's nrt"mii"r
hi,- r,Ii,i, directed f'' ;" Hl'l" -nlg' ari ~
,,,rrnImr;in -, rur assertion, h, furnished s with
. copy ui letter addressed I" the NATIONAL Era al
Washington, in reply !" structures upon his late
sprcclI from which Iilakr the t"llowlu" cXtrnct:
lhc error into which your correspondent has fallen
arises from h, having c"lisrlrrcd me a'lun inlttio
o tc populntin of each section. inscnd nt liz rI'a
tive increase, Perhaps can illustrate the blIiIcrwhic
he himself llns made in this mode. Supp"s" that The
number 100 hc taken {" rprrS,n: the South ;iS WIS
ten wears M..n md that III" number tU stood r the
North, and that both sections. being equally prosper
lls had increase, in p"ulati"n m the rate "r - per
rrn; rh, numbers would then hr 4. pr-.nt "r The
South Isl, for The North 30. Tli" actual ci'ec "i
the North appears Ia be twice that al The South bul
This il uIiv r,IiIs,. she had III lliiS case supposed
twice as many people /" h".in with and ih"rc"rrNl'
il merely progressing fast ~ the Sull pr""r"n-
allv, and would moi claim /" he more lr'~"FriiS-
But &, make the still more like tn" "X>!lII@ ii'f
suppose that during the ten vcnrsiy cui@rIiS rom
abroad had Joined the North. ltsnunber then would
be raised from 21O up t" 30 Suppose, however III
fact or rlc census bcm. taken. il WIS found that the
number of the North! instead %! being :f2n, was only
$50 A. fifty ringran> had been added 10 tlicill' II
would he plain that their increase by natural means
had been much les than that "i the South. akll@
tn. iii;v rmigrits away from their census r" nj 2>
world reduce. lis numbers down IA 2Al. That wnud
make il manifest that the addition {" their original
number nf !O0 only h per cent, instead o 3D.
the rate of the Soi,hcrn incrrasc
again, sir, make the case l'ihlncr II possible,
let lis subrac. the millions "f cnlgraltS irnn oi
whom we have been speaking. from the population
m the North under the las CENSUS, Is stated ny your
correspondent, prcsimc CORRECTLY ~ l''i'i'-l' ha
there will be left II I,lI.E'l. THUS p"pulntnIl, with
the present rhtin al rcpr,:sct;ilI"i VIII give ne
North nnlv Irs members iraicnIi I" ILL., lis lr'reilI
number. II ould thus appear thai, Notwithstanding
the increase ni the rHti" the S" has lost h'l' one
member: being brought from nnlcty-"nr I" ninety
willie, in the cas-. surprised, tlI. North would hc
brought ,I,w.i from liz former number, under The old
CENSUS, of H., ar I:E shaving loss :" n'uriecn II
the traction he counted i"r her. ,
III, therefore. us v0lr correspondent ana hSsr
have assumed two millions o cnilgrns have settled
in the North III the ns ten vcaiS these rirula"iIS
will show rs have stated that the natural ncr";tst
OF the South has been mach lrtrr than that q" the
North The ,as,s OF this difference, ] think. might
c,sv lr pointed out, lui limit my Remarks merely
tu the matter i'll issue.