Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-04-11

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plantations Of slavery, or from the factories
and free. schools Of freedom.
There could b. no better illustration Of
the proper solution Of this problem, than
the experience. Of the two states, which
lately appeared, through their representa-
iiyc-, IN the congressional arena, as tie
siandard.bcarcrs Of eiser party. Mas'a-
chusctts and South Carolina arc both old,
and both sca-board states. which took con-
spicuous part In our revolutionary war 4;
which were present at the formation Of the
Constitution. which have since grown, edo
bv side. under their characteristic systems ,
which cling. with great tcnacity, to the
principlcs " these, and which are rrmarka-
be Tor the vigor with which they represent
their effects. At the outset, South Caroli-
ma was abou, four times rs large as Mnssa.
chusctts ,rrriiorially. and i still but this
advantage is partly compensated by the fact,
that Massachusetts. began with about one
third more total population. Massachusetts,,
however, has democntically organized into
a system of separate and almost Independent
townships. each centre Of government in
itself, while South Carolina, from tho nccc..
.i'y II the case, was centrally ORGANIZED in.
To parishes, having littlcor nolocal au,hori.
~, and, for the most part, dependent ON the
principal, or state government. Thcpc7ple
Of Massachusetts, have retained that orgaui.
uti1n, and with L., the most entire lrcydom
VI every iuhahitaut, while the people 81
South Carolina have also. with slight uodi-
Gcatons, retained their system, aud with u,
the ssrrltudc II nearly the whole laborirg
class. Now. what have bg'n the effects, on
thcpro.prri,y Of each, %, these two contrast
81 constitutions!
"Tbc element, II national greatness, in
their thrcc.luld material, Intellectual and
moral forms, are universally summed up,
under the heals Of population, productive
Industry, tho diffusion Of wealth, internal
improvement, popular education, and social
order. Bat who, that ha, ever travelled
over the two states We are considering. or
taken the pains 90 compare their stati'ii-,,
A. given IN the usual authorities, can have
failed 10 remark their broad and striking
differences, mall these respects Surprising
thctr social .y,,ems equally vel adapted To
their respective localities, and ihc genius "
their people, there ia notable disparity in
the practical results.
ION the one part, W, behold consider.
allie progress but on that Of ihc other, =
rr,li.ipu. ono. On the one side, We behold
a large and fertile soil, under delicious
climate, thinly POPPED and poorly cultiut.
cd aud. on the other q barren spil, under
Indictment skies, tremirs with town. and
cities. and cultivated q shc extreme. ON
thc one side, the industry though prrluc-
tive, Is, IN many respects. careless, thriitlrS,
and impru,iiru,, confined % a Jew branches
which incrcn,s slowly while on a., other,
he rroIucti,cuc-, II the industry exceeds
that Of any par, Of the globe, excepting a
few sugar aud coTcr estates of the torril
zone, and Is richly varied, aud Advancing.
On the ono side !, slender commerce, aud
ou the other. a commerce which sweep, the
seas On the one .il, are bah roads, and a
few Of them, while, on the other, i. a che
,au1 DE- frisr II niI.ro,ls. On the ono side
., puny anil uupuliic intellectual actl,i.
Is, aul, on the other, au Intellectual &C.
ti,itv which leaves uo child unngght, auI
.rarc,F a man unlc,trrrl On the ono side
j. a society irrc,orahly divided into castles,
where a lch,,cl and inferior race grow, in
number, and strength, to the increasing cm-
Jlrras,mcu, OF Jhc superior race, and amil't
the drri,iln Ut the civilized world while,
on the other, is q homogeneous society,
where every man enjoys the means Of The
highest culture and the s'curr,i happiness,
and the future cypnni. and hrigh'rns, with
Observation-Disclosures. r,.ry
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cars but civil war: while every year {, lin.
i'm. Massachusetts, towards moro secure
81 -. sc .,. AZ, az Hiri.f.nn siyIli.
ltiuu.
" AIl this, however, nerds no TrotrA't'l
Ii.rus.i,n d. not tho nine hundred and
,,,,,y nine mon. ont Of every thousand. NJ
the Nurih-N-l, more than thAt-A"hrtlh