New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-05

numerous, and OF neceselty growing moro numerous.
The tine is not distsnt when the genuine, unmIod
African will not be found 81 the Sou h. lie is sfes y
rare, although y Is less than half a century SINCE me
prohibition OF the foreign slave trade.
The Scu,le rD oef noers OF Slavery. who understand
perfectly well .hai the tendency Of events IT, see taat
hey must place their institution upon some NOR o'a-
bic basis iton the race aud color OF the ensiavct.
Mr.. Ftztueh, southern writer says: =, 81,
We 10 adopt The theory the, Ham W me
the negro race The Jewish slaves were not n"sr ana 70
:h.s the nsI .a 81 d to o.e the weight
Of profsIe authority; Tor ". RAD Of no sb, and
nses,.sry'
4 sOah Caroline paper say: ,,..v ,..,,.,,,s.0.a
with ,sryle cass MECHANICS aud LAGoREEs uah for SELF
sij..ns Msi.r aud slave relation in society
that Of par =, aud child and Northern STATE. viii VI
non Of the l.boriDs nan, whether wsI1E or b.s'
The Rrckmond Va Enquirer says:
Ur;il recently the Of Slavery has aborcd under
xeai difcu, because &. spoIogs tor ,hey mere apo
lo,, TOOK halfway soupds They confined The d"sn.e Of
pnnoIe admitting Other forms Of slavery 70 be wrong
Bow MAINTAINS Slavery Eish, natural and
while h A more Obvious that negroes should BE- saves
than whites r they only Ct to labor not to direct yet he
principle Of Slavery t.e right and does not depend gu di
VINO ARE AND MAY BIZ sLAvEowsEss
Anybody who has the means, without regard 10 race
nativity religion, character may buy slaves fer any
purpose whether Of convenience, gain display lust
IL is stated in note on the 18th page of the Com
peidium of the Census Of 1850, that an experiment
IN one Southern town gives the following results as TO
the nativities of go slaV eowners:
Benin Slave s'a,cs".......................
p porn ~ re- re ''''''''''''.''''''' %
In Mohdmmedan countries a Christian is not allowed
10 be the owner Of Mchammedan sayes. Americans
are more catholic. Anybody, jew Turk or Heather,
may come here and buy Christian slaves Many Jews
avail themselves of the privilege. Rich EDgshmen
and Frenchmen may and do come over to this
county add buy in the market the and daughters
Of Members Of the American Congress.
The y. nth American Indians in the United State.
hold al immense number OF slayCS.
Negroes legally may be, md often are, sayeowners.
IL has beer stated on Southern authority, that manu-
United slave, who has made him elf rich in the West
part of South Carolina, owns many slaves. There
Is nothing 10 prevent the wealthy negroes OF New
Yoik, OF whom there are several going South and buy
lag slaves Of any color white ones Ike g Phu,"
who formed part of the estate of VIM. Gooch."
is popularity supposed that IN 1teIs at the South
are whites, and the slaves blacks" or " Afr-
not any color race for either masters, or
slaves, and in point Of fact the institution does not
rest upon distinction Of race at all.
INCREASE IN VALUE SLAVES SINCE 1870.
Mr. Seaman in his Progress of Nations states that
De average value Of slaves in the United States about
tie year $780, "less than ono hundred dollars"
In debate upon the Slave Trade in the United
States ilouse of Representatives, in 1890, of which
an account is given IN the fourth volume
Of ENiolts Debates, Elbridse Gerry of Massa-
cbusetts. aittrward Vice President OF the United
States is reported to have gone into calcula
ion showing that the whole value of slaves in " the
Southern States" at that time, did not exceed ten mil
Hons Of dollars. As the number of these slaves
amented then TO SIX hundred and fifty thous 32d he
must haN computed their average value at about siy
teen dollars This seems low, and 1t is possible that
az as not uncommon at that period he excluded Vir
ginia and Maryland from the category OF Southern
States"
That the value Of slaves at that period very
small s apparent from the Act of Congress of July =
l79S, directing Valuations and the Act of Congress of
July a. 1898, imposing direct tax upon the States
being the first oIect tax imposed by the Government
Of the United States.
As direct taxes ale apportioned upon the States,
the bas Of federal population, these valuations did
not affect the proportonate quotas OF the States
CompaItd with each other They only affected the
relative burdens of different descriptions OF property
within the States and Congress doubtless governed
10 this particular by the wishes of the Representatives
Of the different States.
The Act of july 9, 1893 requires merely an enumer.
alton of all slaves above the age of twelve, aud
"der the age of fifty years, except such as from fixed
"iDfrmity, bodily disability, may be incapable Of
The Act of July If. 1898 taxes dwelling houses, by
aseale ascending with their value, as follows
Valued Rate Of Tax
From 300 TO 500. Two Mile;
From 81 LOCO to sS.0eo.. -Four Mills
From $4,000 to 5000. Mills
Ard the ascending scale continued up TO house,
exceeding $50 GOO in value, which were taxed one per
For slaves, Of the description enumerated by the
Act Of July 8 1893, their owners were assessed %
cents each. ,,,
Az the slaves not enumerated at all, because less
than II and than % years OF age, consuate -
er cent of The whole number the trainers OF this act
must have computed the average value OF me ei'Ie
slave u,,inati0n at about S62 each II, as may DC
assumed they intended TO tax the slaves as they dd
the houses valued at from 600 to 600 the average
class of houses occupied by the owners OF slaves Upon
the principle that the law does not care about rites
De MN mas Ter non curat this Act provided for mere
enumeration OF slaves within certain ages, without as
function of sex capacity The Act OF july ~ 1918,
directing valuations preparatory to the second drect
tax after slaves had become more valuable, dropped
this sweeping method OF enumeration ana proviueoior
iodiyioual valuation. The difference in value between
Casar and Pompey and Dinah had in the mean time,
become appreciate.
In 1919 slaves were valued in Mary land at an average
of $3.50 each; in North Carolina at an average OF s9o
each. These figures are quoted by MT seaman III he
Proorcss of Nations taken from returns made un-
der The Act Of Juy -, 1913; and from an examination
and comparison the values affixed in these returns 10
verious descriptions o property, Mr.. Seaman is sat
listed that these figures represent the true ana ACTUAL
valuation of slaves in those states at that PERIOD
In Pnkins's View as part of aggregate valuations
of bous,s lands and slaves IN the United States IN
1914 and IS is assumed that l%OVuuV slaNes may
have h, On included Of an average VI GOV each' Mr'
Pukms however considers ali THESE estimates 700 nSu'
in CONSEQUENCE OF the great depreciation Oh money
which followed the suspension 81 speeis pay
inc the procress of the war ~ lSi|-i3. ,o,o
According 10 the returns cf the census taken IN 1917
the valuation of slaves in the seNer STATES lasTu oe
,gcon $500 and 400 each, that Is M all ages ana csn
.Etions IL il now most commonly computed al S'VV
n, "a ..t valuation is adopted in the address OF ule
slaveholte,s wto convened at Lexington niiSso", IN
,he month Of September last On thlS pass VIC 'ot
,h"us,1l millions of dollars, being an augmentation OF
TOO bundled fold in the two generations since Inc COM
mutation of Eibrdge Gerry. ,y,, :: IT..
an oddr,ss TO his constituents published ia The
a.ionQl InttN'g,Hccr of july ~, IN'o M iIa",
lifted Sta,es Senator from Maryland, says
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