Western Reserve chronicle and weekly transcript of the times. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1854-1855, 1855-03-07
OHIO AND GEORGIA.
Extract from the Speech of Lewis d.
Campbell, delivered In House Of Rep.
resentatives, Dec I4th, 1854,

Extract from the Speech Of Lewis ID.
Campbell, delivered In House Of Rep.
resentatives, Dec. 14th, 1854.
On this point, of free and SLAVE labor, |
quote Georgia sentiments, (P. 1885, as
she uttered them in IVA, when her rev.
olutionary men appealed to the God Of
battles TO aid them. By the side of them
| present the sentiments of the gentleman,
[Mr. STEPHENS, as uttered here this
morning:
Georgia on Slavery IN I774.
ain general philanthropky for All
MANKIND, of l0hatsvsr climate, language,
or complexion, we hereby declare our dis.
appreciation and a6horrsnee of the Ennat-
Eral practice Of slavery in America, (how-
ever the uncultivated state of our country
or other spscioUs arguments may plead Tor
it, a practice founded IN injustice and cru
elty, and Highly dangerous to our liberties,
as well as lives, dsbasing part of our fel.
low.creatures below men, and eorrupfiag
the Virtue and morals of the rest, and is
laying the basis of that liberty we con-
tend, land which we pray the Almighty
to continue to the latest poSterity,) upon
a very wrong foundation. We therefore
resolVe at all timer, to use our utmost en-
dsavors for the naaRunissios Of our slaves
inthis colony, upon the most safeandequi-
table footing for the master and them
selves" l--
Georgia on Slavery 81 1854.
81 believe, too, that the system Of gov
ernment, as adopted by the South, defn
ing the stItats or relation OF these two ra-
ces, is the best foriboth of them; and I
am prepared to argue that question with
the gentleman, here or anywhere. . ; =
Could Howard, the philanthropist, who
has left an undying fame, for his deeds Of
humanity, have taken the same number Of
Africans from their native country and
raised them from their barbarous condi-
ton to that Of the slaves of the South, he
would have added. much to that stature
of Immortality which, in his day, he erect
ed to himself. It would have greatly ad-
ded to that reputation, which now sancti-
fes his memory in the hearts and afec-
tions Of mankind"
Upon the subject of physical develop
ment, let me say that the gentleman in
showing the agricultural products of my
State, has probably selected a particular
year when the drouth has swept over il,
destroying the products of our labor
Is L.. o...&loa, x.,aglac 10 .
fair comparison between the two States,
let him take any FIVE or ten years and
exhibit the aggregate results, and there
will be more justice in it.
Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia. / did
not "piek out" any particular year, Ell
ther for Ohio or Georgia. said that !
took the census returns for 1850 for both
States. The gentleman knows that | op-
posed the collection of such statistics in
the census. have never thought such
returns very accurate, but they were
taken through against my vote, and re-
ferred to them as / found them so re-
turned and published. did not puck
OUT any particular year.
Mr.. CAMPBELL. l have no time
now 10 examine the correctness of the
gentleman's statistics; but l will pre-
pare and publish with my remarks full
statement of the facts.
make reference to the esnnexed tables,
which are taken from the census. See
Appendix On minute examination Of
the gentleman statistics, l find he adopts
a most singular system of getting up the
comparative value of agricultural pro.
ducts. 1t reminds me of Engiand's cid
system of the ''sliding SCALE" in levy
ing duties on corn. The census gives
the number of bushels of wheat, corn,
&C., and the quantity Of agricultural
products, but it does not furnish the mar
ketvalue. The gentleman fixes the price
himself, and does not give Ohio the ben
eft of equality, and besides, he puts those
articles, in the product Of which Ohio
exeels, at very low figures. In exposi-
ton of his system, l will instance the
important items to Ohio of wheat, corn,
and oats, three of her greatest staples:
He credits Gsorsia with wheat at 81 % per susAsl
:. Ss; Georgia with corn at g g
Georgia with oats at s7H