Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-01-16

and the Senator from Illinois, Mr.. Doto-
LAS, who so large a participator in the
repeal of the Missouri compromise.
It has been said that the people Of the slave
States will not go into free territory if they
cannot carry slaves with them, and therefore
that prohibition deprives them of the priyi-
lego of settling H. That is not so, because
they have all the rights Of others. But, fur
thcr, deny altogether, and deny it from his-
tory, that they will not go there / say they
will go there. IL will be remembered. from
the quotations | have made from the debates
of the Virginia House of Delegates. that those
gentlemen say their free white population,
who are degraded by labor IN a slavcholding
country, are fleeing 90 other communities more
congenial 20 their taste. and whore they will
not lose position by caste That is not all.
have more authority than that had the
curiosity, in relation to our good old moth
er Of States" Nrgina-the finest specimen,
probably, OF as good as any, Of the slavehold-
ing part of the United States--to see what
has boon the ofect in point of fact have
taken from the census tables some minutes
which ! wish to present upon this point. /
find at the taking of the census of 1850 there
were residing In the several States Of the bn-
ion certain numbers Of people who came from
Virginia. and were natives Of Virginia and
! wish 10 ascertain how many of those people
who have gone out from Virginia and settled
in other States. have settled IN the free States.
aud how many in the slave States That viii
test the fact
grant that it is not right TO include the
State of Kentucky, because the Nrginians
there can hardly be called emigrants Ken
lucky was made from Nirginio lt was part
of Virginia, and. therefore, what went out
from one into the other should not be count
ed. That would be treating as born In Nir-
ginia and residing in Kentucky. those who, in
fact, had never cmigrated That would be an
improper statement of the case. Leaving out
Kentucky as being originally part Of Nir-
giuia / have made table of the rest of the
United States. and ] find that Virginia has
residing I'm the different States of th, Union.
tbree hundred and tl,irty-ty,o Thousand oioht
hundred and eigbty-t,yo of ber own children.
She has. pcrbora tbo lar,ost puribar of hor
children of any state i'm the Union residing
ont of her limits She has furnished moro
cuirrant. tban any other One State. as native
born citizens Vow let ms sec how many of
these have .on, from her into the now siavc
States thcn Trrritories. and NOW States. and
how many have gope into those Territories
and States whore the institution of sIovory
was forbidden. Ifit be true that people from
the slave States cannot and viii NOT 90 to the
fee Statcs bocouso slo,or,, l. MOT ,llo,god
tboro ,yo sboli frd n I,r,,- r,,;.-.t,. Of bcr
children who have emioratod to slave States
and Territories A mere minority either ,yay
would not prove much II il were so. il
would prove they were as much inclined TO
90 one way as another: but if there were a
large majority it would show that almost all
would 20 to slave States only.
Now how is the fact: OF these three hum
drcd and thirty-two thousand eight hundred
and eightv-two. one hundred and fitv-two
thousand two hundred and tweuty-oight of
Virginia children who have g1nc abroad
have settled in the slaveholding Territories
and States in Arkansas Alabama the Dis
trict of Columbia. Delaware. Florida. Gcor-
gia Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi. Mis-.
souri, North Carolina south ,ar"ilna' ana
tennessee. 10 those states winch are rec OF
slavery and were early sequestered and de-
clared free' where that point was inily settled
there nave gone from Virginia ana are no"
residing according TO the census IN Oohior-
ma, Connecticut ILLINOIS, Indiana Iowa
Name Massachusetts, Ne" Hampshire, Ne"
Jersey New York, ONO Fennsylvam Rhode
Island and Wisconsin one hundred ano
elghty thousand SIX hundred and hity-lour
g'nla have settled IN the iree states than N
the slave states leaving ont kentucky
Mr. ADAMS desire TO ask my renu a
question bl the census OF l6oO, IL appears
tnal mere We're at that tme' residing IN tho
sla'ehoiolhg states over seven hundred thou
SAND persons porn IN the non-slaVehoIdine
oVa'es Whle 'here were residing IN the non,
sla'ehoidlug states onIy about TWO hundred
thousand persons porn IN the sla'eholdlne
9iates. nave not the ngures before mo bu'
fecollect tnem l'e pretty nearly In l8'o' near near
nan a mi'non more persons were residing
IN 'he SioIeholuinS states VINO were born IN
'ne hoh-Slaveholdlng states than there were
oi persons born IN the latter residing IN tho
lorhcf' 10" uoes inc senator account ior
ihat
M CoLLAMLF. can very readily account
ior IT, 40 not know whether the lact be so
out l should not be at all surprised at it,
Inc people OF the iree states never having
seen ana reall]ea the true erect OF the condl-
uon OF slavery knowing nothing practically
about 1t, n would not be strange n, IN ther
progress Of emigration they should, with
others 30 to newly opened slavehoding States
but when thcY went there thCy might fine