The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1855-11-01

vor Of the free States. The foreigners
in the country in 1920 were 234 900.
If they al were residents of the free
States, tie spportionment then being
one to 1000 would only give six for
the foreign population-snd the diff
ference was more than sixty. In 1880
the foreign population was 69,7s6.
The apportionment for that census
was q member for 47.7OO; this would
give eigh. congressman for the foreign
population in the country. 1t is un-
necessary to make calculation about
the census of ls4O,--as il would only
show that the foreigners in the free
States were no nearer giving them
their aseendency then than in 1880
The Editor of Uncle Sam says that
the increase of population in the
South has been as rapid in the slave
an in the free States-and that conse-
quently it must be the foreigners in
the free States that gives those States
their majority. On the subject of in
crease hear what De Bow says. On
page 35 of that work he will find that
the increase of the white population
in the present slave holding States
from 1890 to 1900 was 33 94--the in
crease in the present non-slaveholiing
States for the same period was $685..
From 1900 to 1910 the increase in tho
free States was 40 043--in the Slave
States 1910 From 1910 to 1920 the
increase in the free States was 37.70,
in the slave States 2s,2. From 1870
to 1880, the increase in the free states
was 36.67--in the slave states 9,35
From 1880 TO 1910 the increase in the
free states was 39,l0--in the slave
states 1854. From lS40 to 1850, the
increase in the free States was 80. AZ
in the slave States 3426. By ex-
aiming the preceding statement it will
be seen that the increase in the slave
states has been less at every period of
ten years, since 1920 to 1880 the in
crease in the free States was SO 81
in the slave states 29,35. From 1880
to 1910 the increase in the free states
was 80. .l0--in the slave states 26,5i.
From 1910 to 1850 the increase in the
free states was 80. i2--in the slave
states 34,26. By examining the pre-
cedi ng statemcn,it it will be seen that
the increase in the slave states has
been less At every period Of ten years
since 1890 and that the difference was
greater from 1900 to 1910 than at any
other time. The arrivals Of foreigners
in the country in 1910 was only $780,
0O0--it they all settled in the free
states it would scarcely be known or
felt, and yet the increase in those
States was more rapid during that Pc
riod than at any other before or since.
The arrival of foreigners in the coun-
trv from 1880 to 1910 was too small a
to have produced so grent a
difference in the increase of the two
sections Of the country even if they
had all settled in the free States,
which was not the case. Tho in
crease in the free and slave States
was nearer equal from 1890 to 1900,
and from 1910 to 1850 than at any
,ther periods. The arrival Of foreign
,rs for the first were very few and
or the last very numerous. The Ed
tors statement that the inequality be-
ween tho free and slave states was
,aused by the foreigners mostly set
ling in the free States is not sustained
~ the statistics of the country--in
,ther words it is UNTRUE.
The difference existed thirty years
lgo, when there was not 1000 for
.igners in the country and it has exis-
ed ever since. The very first appor-
ionment Of Representatives by the
Constitution, gave New York, Penn
ylvania, New Jersey, New Hamp-
hire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
Rhode Island thirty-five Representa-
ives, and Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
,inia, south Carolina, North Carolina
Ind Georgia only tbi-ty. This was
before the census Of l79O-that CEN
JUS increased the difference. The Ed
tor Of Uncle Sam, is mere school boy
n the history of his country. If he
to conduct q paper hope
lis friends will stimulate him to study
md inform himself-that is provided
,e has brains and intellect enough to
acquire information.
Yours &C.,
LLOYD sELBY.
Hickory Flat, Oct. 18th 1855. |
HON A. II. STEPHENS.