Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-02

and facts which .ec, the conclusion may BE- r.ed On
su'rdirg sss and ir criterion by which to estimate ,s
ecoefa prospsttty Wheo considered alone and vthou,
such aeslncst0us. Il 10 eunsuty calculated 10 mlslead
and bsslder. tN Ef F1'
Lh true ,hea vAsn tried BY hi. standard. hat the
prosperity OF the North greater than that Of the South
ana th inference just one that the difference Ia their
the result ofths which they
attribute itr
The sx Ne. England State. have increased in the las.
decade 10 the ratio Of 20 per tho ccnr. slave
Nth Vug'nIs, 26 per cent, the Middle States With Nes
planting states have increased So per Ia the
scnec OF other for thcso cts they
o'h that the institution Of slavery, far from dmin-
fsnns tue ratio OF increase 10 the Southern States has
The Increase Of population in the Southern State. h..
oeso almost exclusively the rssut Of natural causes while
the Northern Stcs have had their numbers greatly in.
our history.
Twill NOT trouble rou With details. fact or two will
suffice.
BY the census of 1885, appears that Massachusetts,.
With population OF contained OF those born 10
foreign countries les. $50, while Virgins, With popua-
ton OF $751; contained Of those foreign eoun
ties but ~ Sos In Virginia the ratio Of emigration Of her
native citizens has amounted to 20 per Of the whole
that o! Connecticut and Vermont have amounted
per cont OF their native cKeus aud would tho number
OF slaves In the Southern States admitted into the
calculation perhaps exceed any OF them-tha, To- would
exceed SO per cent
Our white population 10 Virgins have not emera,ed to
avoid the slaves have they emigrsted In large
ratio As in other portions Of tho Union In which slavery
i population
in Vhg MIA during the last decade tho ratio Of Ia sc
per cent Ofthat Of our white population 20 per cent
| Our slave per cent
The increase In our white population when compared
With Vermont, is 90 to Z; With New Hampshire 20 to II;
Connecticut go TO 10; with Maine 20 i6-an increase
greater than any Of the New Eugsud States Nsssachu
sets and Rhode Island excepted.
Causes that plain and obvious these cx.
cepions These calculations prove how erroneous Is the
assertion that the existence of slavery among has
stimulated the removal Of our white population
At the period Of the Of $780, the ratio Of our In
crease for the previous ten yeats had fallen TO the low
point Of per cent. Then that the Of fsn.t-
cism began to elevate its previous tones Then
that the slowuess Of Increase u population disc lose
tie weakness of institutions the brou ybt
as they supposed to the unerng Of facts and figures
Thus the Northern States became the standard which
| prosperity and progress werc alone DO tried
Bv the census Of 1910, the increase in our population
vas found TO be per cent by the census Of 1880. il is
1866 per cent. With larger slave population during
the latter than the former PERIOD the Increase been
sEvEsTrroLD grea,e-the assigned for our slave
increase sti existing aud in greater force but with re-
suits entirely different
The small increase OF numbers up to $40 we're the
result Of causes which everywhere in America sscted this
question Of increase in population" From begin
niug Of this century the ratio Ut Virginia had
been regularly declining with sugle exception till the
wear $780, having been above II per cent while
New York and Psunsylr,n'. beginning respectively at
Is and SO per cent had also diminished ill they stood
lsio, at IS and 81 per cent Then began that great
Improvement in the old Atlantic States which with sin
| gle exception, has marked the progress Of all
For tue previous 1850 he ratio OF increase
IN the population OF Virginia. compared with ratio Of
her Increase In the ten previous has been gr.utc
han ANY OF the New England Suites the Middle Staes
| OF New York, New Jersey and PENNSYLVANIA, on a simr
comparison Aud when compared With our own progress
1t has hten absolutely than in any equal period
| within the century.
Tao concu ZION, gentlemen from all thcs. facs L. not
that the vital energies of State overwhelmed aud
merged in wicked and Improbable institution not that
We are sick, and therefore invite aggression aud
rage, bui that there 10 life and health youth the re-
operative power OF self relying, el.usainug energy
among U.s. IL then appears that the emigration from cur
Stse the result Of our slave institution
The result other and very different causes upon which
| it is not my intention dwell In detail
propose briefly point of tho reasons thar
induces ME TO b, liere and hope that those
not permanent in their Character that they temporal
and Limited in their dur iton the future they will
"prrate with diminished force, while the counervailiug
Influences that have already checked the progress emf
grafton, will Continue steadily and uniformly
IN iorce aud efficacy, at period remote
rest the progress OF which has away so
much Of the vital elements of agricultural and
prosperity.
WHAT is Il then that has produced this changer Why
nave our people ceased from auong US 10 such
umbers as formally Il would be unsatisfactory to at
tribute II 10 accident IL must be the result Of Causes
which, however mperfectly they may be understood or
however imperectly may be- able TO point them out,
have their origin and foundation those PRINCIPLES of
human conduct that regulate society.
Communities, like individuals regulate their actions 10
great extent by their convictions their Under
wise aud just perceptions Of Interest," higher and bet
fer FROM the facts that have exhibited the people
Virginia. so far as emigration has already been arrested
have arrived at the conclusion that their interest
promoted, their condition improved by removal TO
the South and West that their happiness and prosperity
and that Of their possy will be beat secured by remain
g where they are These conclusions could only
ohal on the part of our people upon the assumption
they are the result of careful examination of the adysn
tages Of remaining where they or removing from
among ured by their experience Of the past aud their
estimate Of the future.
That they have decided rightly who have thus decided
cannot permit ms self for moment doubt. Many of
the Inducements that hitherto stimulated emigration still
exist aud would, doubtless produce the results
i'mery were they not coanteraeted by other aud
potent considerations. With the slave owner SO fr a.
the condition things in the West operates upon him. the
Inducements and temptations the same. The reduc-
o in the quantity Of the Cotton lands is
triilrg There they lay in sufficient employ the
labor Of millions. There they still lay Ia their original
ler y. untouched, unencosed, unsubjued by the hand
of mau-surpassing the Nile, whose annual nundaon re
stores the exhaustion consequent upon labor Along their
rivers lay the accumulated richness Of all their
since they passed fiom the hands Of their Creator on
their hills aud plains n, fertility which ages and centu
Ties OF rank and 'u1urian. foliage hasc returned and
stored to The Garth for its repetion and tness There
they lay at prices cheap and many points cheaper
than atty former period with facilities for reach
ing them; with saving in time cost, and hszz ird with
lever privatoDs, seniences and
tending their settlement and with greater ad
vsntagcs in social and domestic relation thsn we're
formerly 10 reach Of the settler aud emigant STILL gen.
temen, emigration Is decreasing aud our population
increasing iore Iapiuy IMAM 81 any period within the
| century.
Is because there has been reduction Ia the price Of
the staple products Of the Southwest The sugar cot
ton 10 America 10 tho rapdy Of their growth aud cuvs
Increased demand the increased production
annual rewards and their ultimate Importance are the
model and the wonder Of age Never they more
prosperous than during the last year.
is it that there has been reduction OF the value of
slaves in the Southern market All know that no time
the demand been greater the price higher than with
in the same period. Or 10 IL that these staples are en-
| uiDpefeu nj hraiu ,nfr;aa .,d
cheap aboY The answer must be, they secure
| than at any previous period.
Nevertheless in the face Of all these things the emgra,
ton from Virginia to that region has been and is dimpi.
shing,-then, as to our now slave holding population
he prospect OF reduction Of the price OF land In the
Northwest is the only danger that presents itself
The statistics before a1yerted TO establish the fact that
the tendency to emigration oour white population less
than IN the Eastern agricultural States That tho ratio Of
emigration Of our white class IT, when compared with the
black very SMALL their respective increase bong az 20
to5.
SO Ear from our institution stimulating the removal OF
this class the habits opinions and sentiments which pre-
| al Ia th. % I,nt,;tt a,,I