Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-10-12

make the comparison OF Vcrmont and Nlr-
GINA, at the present time, because the COM
parison will show some interesting statistics
of both States, and because it exhibits most
clearly TIE difference between State Of iu-
,elligent freemen and Que which is cursed With
the biightiny influences Of slavery.
Nature has done everything for Virginia
for Vermont she has done para'ipey moth
ing; Virginia. the exception OF the hast
err section, has the finest climate in the
world-Vcrmont has cold and troSts at least
eight monthain. be- year; Virginia is,ala.sast
wholly fanh,nB State from the waat 0! H.
telligonce and enterprise of her people
Vermont is farming State from necessity
Virginia has natural soil which nothing but
slave labor could ever impovelish-Fe rmont
has soil which nothing but free labor could
possibly live upon; Virginia has eight months
in the year for the growth Of her harvests-
Vermont has only four; Virginia has mex
haustablc mines Of gold, iron, zeal and salt
Vermont is comparatively destitute Of nin-
eral wealth Virginia has excellent facilities
FOR foreign oommcrco-\ e!rlant has noao
Virginia has great extent Of Uian1 nayiga-
ion-Eornont has none; Virginia has Gl,-
000 square miles Of erritory-ier mont has
5000 tn, population OF Virginia is | AL
81, OF four and half times that Of Vermont
which is i4,lZ0; the average decepnial in
crease OF the population Of Virginia, from
1880 to 1850, has been II 80 per cent-that
Of Vermont, has been 46,76 per cent. 'ir'
giaia has % inhabitants to the square mile
Vermont has 80.
In prJpqrttoato her papaiotiOn, Vermont
has:
Twice Us many Colleges as Virginia.
One h,f more College students.
Nearly seven times as many Public ochoc
scholars.
More than four times as many Public
Schools. 80
Nearly twice us many Academies and Pri
yatc schools.
Three and half times as many pupils il
the same.
F5lr times as many attoa Ing school dur
ing the year.
But +uok at the number Of adults who can
not read and write The waoe FIRE. Popa
ttioa of Virginia, oc'r 2 yrars Of ag', j
1896. OF this number, there S7,3o
Noftre AAaeriran Afuhs who eaunot rea
and write, or one IN fcc
The whole Free iopniaiim Of Vermont
orer 30 gears -qifrae is l61,7S7. Of thi
num53r there are 616 NGfioe america
IdHHs who cannot real and write, or one i!
t,oo haHdrd and SERENITY tno Thls include
the Free Blacks. Perhaps Virginia ma
complain of this We will omit them, an
the result will be, Free Whit population o
Virginia, over 20 years Of age, 4l3,42o
Whitc Naiivs Amrirm AdaitS, who can
not read and write, 1868, or One in fe
and a INF!
irsc White population Of Vermont, owe
20 years OF age, 1877, 376; White Natir
Amcrirm Aduts, who cannot read an,
write, $50, or o7c IN two Hundred aud aintty
sir.
Let us compare the Free Black Adults 0
Vermont with the Native American whit
citizens of Virginia:
Free Btack adults in Vermont who canno
read and write one in eight. Free WHIT
adults in Virginia who cannot read and write
one in five and halt. Even the poor, mis-
cradle, free niggers" as a Virginian calls them
in Vermont, are ahead of the Native Amer
can white citizens Of Virginia in point of in
teiigcnce.
1t is no wonder that Yankee teachers fin'
such fertile field for their labors among tn
benighted inhabitants of the Old Dominion
But the boast of Virginia in her agricul
tural interests; let us SEQ how she compare
with Vermont in that respect.
|, IF Fdrms--Vermon has In proportion
to her population.
More acresof improved land than Virginia
Her farms are worth much more.
1 Her farming tools ore worth nearly twic