New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-26
for her lsborers SO q month and Ohio sll 10, but
thsse figures fail 20 dscose the true relative value re-

these figures f. 70 dscloee the true relative value re-
csired BY the employer in return for these wages.
The ten dollars which the Kentucky employer pays
for labor represents the rHde and languid labor OF
slave. too ignorant and too careless 10 be Intrusied
with the various implements and machinery which
multiply the powers Of skilled free labor and make
each single man Briareus. In addition 10 these
wages the per,on employing the slave must stPuate
With his owner TO furnsh certain amount Of clothing,
nav all e1pensos Of sickness, and make no deductions
for lost time or damages caused by the careless sets
OF the slave and for this pnce he obtains the unwi-
ling labor of a workman, incapable OF earning the
wages Of free lsborer, if be desired to do So
The Ohio aborer works for himself, and knows that
his wages are measured by his labor, and belong to
him. Ohio accumulstes wealth from that labor while
Kentucky remains poor The apparent cheap labor OF
Kentucky is delusion. Ii repels free men by des-
troyirg the dignity manual labor. II costs nearly
all it produces and leaves comparatively small pro-
duet to add to the stock of reserved property.
The aggregate Of education in the two communities
seems to indicate that for cause theStates afflicted
with Slavery neglect unable to ditfusc through
their population the same average OF common-schooi
education which accompanies free labor. II i not
necessary for the purpose of the present inquiry 10
determine whether an imperfect system OF common
schools one Of the effects Of Slavery occasloned by
the fact that the class to be educated only the
white population, living at considerable distances from
each other and unable to furnish sufficient number
Of children upon an small enough 10 be traversed
by the pupils attending school in each district Even
if that were the true explanation of the fact It would
only go to show that education undervalued, aud
thet the parent deemed il of importance to obtain
land upon which he could work his negroes than to
procur .chools for bis chdren-a pernciOus economy,
npovershing the public mind in order to increase the
ply sicol wealth.
The pupils inpublic schools in Ohio are 4sfl53 IN
Kentucky Il i29. In other words, Ohio, with less
than three times the population, furnishes common
school education to more than six i'mes the number
educated By Kentucky Ohio has SO, ,0!O persons over
twenty years Of age who cannot read or write, while
kentucky has 6, 9,o62. In the 5000 are included
9,oG2 aliens and 1890 black, leaving 5l06s native
whites in Ohio uneducsed. The native white popu-
ation of Kentucky untaught is e6,6s7; and to this
mas of ignorance must be added the sti more pro-
found ignorance OF the whole slave population
All the volume. of books in public Libraries in Ken
ucky are %, 400; in Ohio, leo s2G. The newspapers
taken in Kentucky are 1880 in Ohio, 4lj,lO9. The
number of newspapers devoted TO scientific subjects
taken in Kentucky are 525. in Ohio, TO- 400.
The newspaper follows the -choolmastcr. II a COM
Dlunty cannot be reached by this great modern organ
Of instruction there il little hope of improvement, for
they cannot be taught even that they need teaching
Only perons in Kentucky have discovered that any
advantage can be gained by reading record of all
cent improvements and invention. which men oil
thought throughout the world are applying to the arts
of life and means Of productions while 10, 400 persons
in Ohio enrich their State with the eares Of such
knowledge
very similar state of things is shown in the case of
Virginia and Penns lyania The pupils attending pub
lie schools in Virginia are l09 III whites and ol blacks
in Pennsylvania, 49, II whites and s. i99 blacks. OF
the free population of Virginia. 1905 whites and
II jl5 free blacks 20 years Of age cannot read or
write: while PENNSYLVANIA has 60 92s whites and 93i
blacks who cannot read write. This includes the
entire o5s leo persons in Pennsylvania; but to the
ignorant in Virginia, stated at II OO5 whites and SIS
free blacks mus, be added almost the entire i72 j2a
slaves; making in the aggregate a mass of ignorance
formidable to the public safety III very alarming
degree
All the volumes Of books IN public Libraries in Vir.
ginia are e i62; in Pennsylvania, 9G3 100 The
Der of newspapers taken in Pennsy ylvana IS 9s3, ,2s
in Virginia, l3i. Virginia seems not only not to
have learned the value Of a newspaper, but even to
dread it as an enemy to her interests. Whether one
of her Members of Congress residing IN Accomae Dis
trct expressed the public opinion of the state or not
when he denounced the wspaper, it remains mat
ter Of record that the floor Of the House Of Repre-
senativcs b. declared there newspaper in his
District, and he thanked God for it. And now he il
Governor OF the State
If the syetem OF labor adopted by Virginia ami Ken
tucky has failed to create public wealth like that OBJ
tanned by Penpsylyania and Ohio: If il has deprived
the people Of common education II it has burdened
them with the task of governing and supporting large
body of uneducated and degraded persons who have
everything TO gain aud nothing to lose by subyertng
the whole social fabrc-no one ought 10 wish that
such system OF labor should De imposed on any new
State.