Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-23
WEALTH NORTH AID SOUTH.


The clamorous horde OF intermsddIing ABOLITION
lists no continually imposing upon themselves b,
fallacies and false deductions. When what they RAY
on this subject is examined, 1t WI! always be iounC
TO have no basis in facts. The bigo:ry OF faction 81
blinds their perceptions, that though tile tr.tli stsre'
them in the face, they sssert End often believe ID.
most absurd of 6ctiOns.
Not satisfied with saying that slavery exrre!ete Il
detrimental influence upon religion, manners npe
r,orsle, their fana,icism has also made them believe
or assert - spite Of d contrary belief, taat cur sys
tenn impairs oar Tsalth, and checks our ma;+ria
progress. Yet ascertainea end definite Facts wouic
show them their error il they were catable Of reason
ing upon a subject which constitutes Lhe.. noI.o'
mania.
Accompanying the late report OF tie Secretary Of
the Treasury. lie an Official table showing tho pcpuia
ton and total value Of real a1d personal property in
each State. A few coplparisons oil Southern with
Noct!ern State, will chow distinctly that the average
wealth Of the lstter is far greater in every instance
than that Of tho foriIa..
The population Of Wisconsin 1922 l09 and Yer
mont t325, BOG, amounts to SS7 ,3l5. The total reaI
and persoual wealth of both States j. SIT, sos 6Sp
With these two States Compare Alabama, Whose
population 1. s35, l92. and the value of whose pro
perty is s!sU.233,n27. Is population il less b.
5ol,OUo-Hs reahh Is greater BY one hundred millions
Of dollars.
Main. has a population of 623. SOL; the value Gifts
property is sl3l l2S. lS6. But Marylsnd, whose po.
p~ulation is 639 $50 Tor about l6,0OO only more than
Malnei has property 10 the value Of S26l ,2i5,G60-
greater aaa.p than the corresponding tres State by
more than oEs GGCc7ed aud thirty million. VI dol.
lars.
Indiana numbers LAS. COG inhabitants and It's
wealth is 1901 ,S5S,i74. Tennessee numbers i ,G9U, i'U
1877, 600 lessl bu, its wealth i. SCI III ,Si0, or nearly
lweuiy.one millions Of dollars more than the free
State.
Texas Numbers 500, 600. and has wealth to the
amount of S240, UU0, 300. While New Jersey, With
5G9, 49s inhabitants, has only sl7s,75O,GOO in pro.
perty.
The total population of New Yor: is 3,47O,O5y,
while Mississippi, Geo'ga n. Louis ala and heni&ely,
together. asrc only 3,2s3, $50. But while the wealth
OF New York is 81 ,a5t l54, 625, that of the o;hc: four
States il 81 ,432, 95n,0t Their population is III 900
lese-their wealth is SIS 600, OuG gi-at.r.
So with the rest. Take the Whole of the Southern
States, and compare with Them rs lnauy Northern
States as are rec uired TO make up M equal popuia
ton, aud the difference in wealth viii be largely III
favor cf .le former.
But TO make tue comparison n fair one, the mum
ber of whites Vi the Southe,n krntcs should uiru"
form The basis OF the calculation, instead u. he
slnyes being numbered as II part of thst popuIatIcn.
Tha lper.s. ga.ifh a. evary individual in Tn, Sun;I
capable of holding property wouli then DO seen TO
be more than double the average il tie Northern
States.
1t is thus that the facts proved by ~sletlstins SILENCE
the wild assertions Of fanatics and disprove The broad
assumptions Of bigotry. The comparative superi.
GRITTY Of the South il weel:L is q practical coui'nsn
,ary on slavery which ought 10 put Ell end to Norm.
crn falsilcatiGns and tal!acies. The actual truth is
so plain that the "waytariug min, thUcst: . fool, need
not err therein
The only Northern S,nte that bears comparison
with the south in point Of propor'inua! wealth is
Massachusetts,. Her po2.la:ion is l,l33, LIZ, and her
aggregate wealth is 1897 $685.. Eut hos has this
wsalt! been accumulated Two.tlIird; OF il srs the
profits on Southern trade or the gains CT rngnaiac.
Turing articles mainly Ter the South.-INer Crlsen:
Courier.