New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-08
SLAVE BREEDING-A CORRECTION.

correct, IN order that may not De psradeu ~ d
Black Republican lie, and that the Internal slave
trade-that lnhuman and disgraceful trsfic-may not
srpear 10 be too important an element of our CONNER
cal prosperity. The devil is quite black enough as
be il.
The error occurs in this sentsncci
ua let go eco slaves annually sold from the
Noheru h SOuileu Slave States see Ch--e sAneora
North and south, p 2@l."
1t should have read, twenty-five thousand slsves
To dlsprove Col Bentons denial OF slave breeding
10 the South permit to quote still further fcom the
volume referred 10:
The Census Compendium Gays thst the increa'e OF
slaves III the southern Atlantic States has only aver
sgei about two per cent per annum in htty years,
t6ough sv.ra. ing eighteen per cent per anuu IN the
Gut States etc. for the last twenty years Thus IN
South Care lima this increase diminished from thirty sI
per cent la 1870 10 s.veOt.en per cent 10 1917 and In
dec in 1870 II was but tbree per ceut In Norm ar
CI Il lie about the came. ln Mfyltnd from an H.
cr,sse il hos become Il deer, ase and hat, too AZ
raod rate In Virginia the ratio OF increase has d.
uiish. fIOm seventeen to tive per cent aud genersly
TIE ratio increase as been OF late less tltn tlat Oi
the hie population 10 the Cult States, on tue Otler
hand the Jnct are has many Instances oeeu nmeDse,
NJ much RAPID Than that VI The waite pOPulstl0n
The cause OF ths given BY those who have the best
oputrtunity 70 know the facts, as follows:
tie Hon. Henry Csy OF Kentucky. IN speech IN
IS O. before ID. COLONIZATION Socie y says: " IL Is be
"Iev, that nowhere in tie miOg poruon OF tue
lifted States would .lave labor be generally en-
"siofts By the hgh prtee Of the Southern rraTkst',
(Which keeps il up IL his own.
P1oftssor Dew once President Of William and Mary
College in VTgn4 in bis review OF the DE bates Ia ths
VIZ, mia Leg issture in 1872 says From all toe IN
',ormaiion We can obtain, have no beststibn 10
"sayipg tot upward of FIX thousand lslsve-l are
wear expcrt.d from Virginia TO other states
Again: a full equval.Jt beDg thus left IN the p>ce
"of tie slave this emigration becomes advantage
to Il State, and does lot check the oack popua-
"uon as much bs, at first view, we might insglnei
because fuIn sbes every lDuucement u Inc msrtef
10 attend the DegrOes 10 encourage breeding, aad
Ia cause the greatest number possible 10 be- r4sed.
80 Vrg,nid IS, III fact, segro-rdisHs Ssate i0r
Other Sta'es."
Tie extent Of this domsstie slave trade is not given
in ID, Bows c&nsus tables but we may, by an easy
CONF uiauon he tables, arrive at something near
the 9Th 20 far as they reliable in such mat.rs
On page 81 of the Compedium we hud the deceanA
pc care Of ssves the United States to ne ~ fouoEs;
hetseen 1879 1850, 27.9; between 1900 am lslO
80 & betseen 1910 snd 1870 29l; between 1871 ana
1890 800 between 1880 ADD 1910, 1913 TIE average
Of iLe ratios is 90. In 1870 the slayeexpon'ns
Sta,es Delsr are aryland, Virgins North aud Sjuth
Ca,lua Kentucky and T,nnessrel cont lied f9 oVl
slaves Had they increased in tie rato OF $50 per
cent the Lumber in 1850 would have been ,So w.
II. actual number il esq l5S, being difference OF
Is 935 or S3 for e-ch year ~ Oe accounted tor
Applying the rule 10 the slave-importns states,
We have the following result GeorsA, tiofiia, Ala,
bsua, LOuisisDs, Missrsippi, Arkansas and Missouri
col tanned in lS40 UO2 O3 sis lnoetsing IN the
rsuo Of 1856 per cent their humber III loJO would
have been ,c9129. The ndmber given 10 TIE cen,u,
il l53 35 difference The other rag of LOO $40, or
&c Csl pei year. WHICH they bad received ny ia'-
lie difference of neary 6 coo between the import
ana export msy lie accounted for by the fouo Eng:
rrlt.r in The heE-OTkGHs Argus, IN lo3o says'
IL. ss by death IL bring ing flased from n0r1ein
elimste which eur llsDrerr are unner the necessity
4" of DOH K is not l.-s ih.n twenty i've per cent ana
tn. pIoLi.s in those as, vhen sdverIsi1g for sac
plantation and a lot Of negre- always mrn'on as
sft gnrl nlAlf
tn cssel, az enhancing ihsir vaue.
The Lumber Which The dgures would seen TO lndic"e
AZ SO tIom ibe Moth 10 the SOuh u no doaot very
low it certainly ~, T 70 we T ns in 1886 es nate
TIE number OF slaves txpoTed for sac during single
| Year at forty ibousEnd.
In 1887, q Z, mmlee was appointed oy tue c'uIsns
NJ Mobile 10 invtslgae the csu.-s OF The ensuhg pe
crn,r pressure ln their report they cay: 80 large
has b. ell the rrurn vi slave labor that puroh"ecs ny
ALI bnma OF that species vi property iroui nele,
States, ,ibce lStS, have amounted " slVVVV'"'
| annually" 80 - r.
The Rev. DR.. Graham Of Fayetteville, Nor Cao,
Ers SAD In 1897: There Wers nearly seven no1sthd
-lav.. ole ed in New deAas market lat "iater.
| "Fr IN Virginia alone, t1 thousand we're ean1"y
",.rt totLe South and from Vlrs iua ard rtn I A.
opa there had e - he South Ia the last t"e-y
| "y.sys three hsDored thousand saves
| Nr Gbol,on Of Vugnls IN aspeech IN the lie Sls'a
| tuie of that ssie jan II, 1851, says ~ "a. a. NayS
In, 90. eIroueousN been con.oered by sts1hy aaa
"olo-fashion,d people, that TIE owner Ut isna hso
q" T.,so sna lisbt 10 ts annual pro6e the oEDer OF
ards 10 teir annual fruits the osners OF oooo
"uaies to Their proc uet ana tne osn. 'hs sn.nnn
i,t.ryence or legal acrmsn 70 discover IN tsoo-
4" bical Distinctions crswn by some genteuso' in1
| "l.a al raxiIn If pdrtus squusr te%sTe" 10 ooe'ai
with ,be existence Of he rsht OF property lbe aud
j. ,ou1d.d il ypdom sid justice. Ii u 90 tns jas
a. ce ard nyiosb,ty Of ihis maxim tnat tne 70 ,soa
q" fo,eeoee the s.ryi,e of the female ss's, Las ne'
"lurstd and attended d1rIg the period VI nef CESS
1 IL III. inf of
,aI1, Of the pyoyerty jusnes the erpease, and do
"lot beraie u cay that IN liz Increase soEH ni"0n
| " OF cur wealth - -, I'll
P,kno.a Dl.psieh will show the present oonoiaon OF
sHIes PrIcr For sLlvr.- There b. been ee.tsr do
.,s. in hi. city esn. , me SI S., %
t,,r ii,es .rps time The latter an as+saA lh1s
a0.A ,aSs s PINE me sss sG
VII row brnI ON ~ 70 O', AID Hen from o. 20 70
SEQ Not loLr sinoe ksly negro rr s1id IN tos eaty
). pr,.r. ..le, Or clio large Number u nesroe: are
bought speculation, and proo.ey there 90, -
| From be souye and 81 ~ a. sources OF iGtOnn'no,
We nav ssf,Iy e~Dse the Bu nhur " ,laVsr .noaaAy
,.Jd fm tie Norihtrp Slave Sts'es 20 toe ainefh a.
25(OO AL interesting Ieature OF this ustnc VII spe
| u,ar d eAsmlHsii OF TOE Genus lI9eJ sAJTne VA
| !, r,tn of ssss IT the slaves Ia 1880 ,
In 81. s.. &c of Ma ,nd Vrsiois, North Caroiioa
and I. nth Csr,hs. the average NUN D. VI slaves oe
is,.I tS-Iiy CSC nifty yep. Il ase ls ~ P'4 IN
\ In iD~ y at~r III pc"ss1i
Ilaro. Arknsas LIUbiAD. 4Gd r.1.s ins aanPoi
Ir,,r.n DE s.ne a. il 10. 3 pr ceat Ia Lac u "a
Isr Il b. tour hr-'u ntiuued o'a'e TIE ave
a.. pBnber between bJty srd forty y'af. d age
on y. r.bt aud 10 ts- seven lss1 m7n''nsi
| IL 81 p-r cent 81
% Ire v,her band re p1mber be; Teen % ana ~
year. # a.. IT, in 'be fur eIJOrins oiso,' 40
c.,t and 10 tie ,ev-b in nrtDE y e. - i7f e'a''
so lttsern 20 SId 80 y--r- I'D he HAnos - ID IL
See esn,a. CNtngeBd, PIP SA