The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-20
EMANCIPATION IN MISSOURI.

On the 18th of July last, we laid before on
readers a carefully-prepared map of Missouri
exhibiting the exact location of each county !,
the State; which counties have slaves. which
have none, and the relative number of slave
and OF free white persons in each of said conn
ties.
The effect produced by the publication of tn,
map, with the accompanying statistics, prov,
| that, valuable as we esteemed it, we greatl,
| unoerrated Its Importance. Its entire accuracy
so tar, remains unchallenged in all quarters
so, also, with the statistics. But its complete
exposure OF the weakness of Slavery, and its
exhibition of the preponderating power of the
non-slaveholders in Missouri, have caused the
Fro Slavery organs in that State to utter wild
and fierce bowls of rage. No denunciation il
| considered by them too harsh, no vituperation
TOO vulgar or too gross, to be heaped upon our
heads, for simply exhibiting what no one of
them denies to be the true relative numbers.
ant State a"" ''""f'""- nf the shareholders and
Barbarism and standardization, in all coun.
tries, repel enlightened incursions by similar
methods. The Chinese sought to frighten back
the European invaders by terrific beating of
an infinite number of gongs, instead of laboring
to organize disciplined corps, armed with the
effective weapons of modern warfarel So. in
Missouri, the Pro Slavery editors, upon the re-
ceipt of our unoffending little map, with one
accord commenced beating their gongs, and
initiating those ancients who cried out, "Great
is Diana of the Ephesians" They have pro.
claimed that Slavery is the "image which fell
down from Jupiter and they say, Bring out
and let us stay all who will not fall down and
worship the great goddess. "And the whole
city," says the sacred writer, was filled with
cOnfuslCn-Soma cried ono tb;no I'D $1,000.
other. And the more part knew not
wherefore they were come together. But when
they knew that be was .JeU, all lciM one uOice
about the space of tDO hours, cried out, Great
ls Diana of the Ephesians ," So with the
ProSlavery men in Missouri in relation to our
map-some cry one thing, and some another
but the more part " witness and help to Gre
ate the confusion.
AT Ephesus, when the leaders cried out that
Paul was q jew" there was instant accord in
the clamor. So, in Missouri when an artful
demagogue cries out "Emancipationist, they
all, with one accord, cry out, "Great is Sla-
very" and woe unto him who denieth the d.
vinity of the institution whereby our gain com.
eth But in Missouri, as in Ephesus, after
1.-TWO hours the crowd will tire, and must
necessarily cease bawling; period when reason
can obtain hearing mast come, and THEN
Christianity and Liberty will command obedi-
ence and respect. For 50 God ordsins.
Upon the appearance of The independent in
Missouri, containing true and exact location
of the slave power, its editors were fercely de-
nounced, as though they had committed a great
crime. Why this2
We showed that there was one county south
and west of St. Louis (Shannon) which con-
tanned not single slave. We showed that the
county of Oregon, lying at the south of it, and
bordering Arkansas, has but 10 slaves that
Ozark county, lying next west of Oregon, and
also along the Arkansas line, has but SO slaves;
and that Webster, Wright, Texas, Dent, Craw-
ford, Gasconade, Usage, Maries, Miller, Pulas-
XII, and Camden, lying north of Shannon, Ore.
gon, and Ozark, and extending to and border.
ing fifty miles on the Missouri river, contain
but 2O9, 20, 35, ll8, 237, AS, I'll, 80, los, ",
and 1873 slaves, respectively. 10 these coun-
ties in Southwest Missouri, bordering on Arkan.
sas at the south, on the Missouri river on the
north, and the eastern line Of which is not, on
an average, 40 miles west ofSt. Louis county
these counties, lying together, contain about
as many square miles as Connecticut and Rhode
Island, and have population of 60,252.
We also showed that Macdonald county, Dor
dering on the Indian country on the west, and
on the State of Arkansas on the south-the
southwest corner county, commanding the en-.
trance into both the northwest corner of Ar.
kansas and the Indian country south of Kan.
sas-contains only 81 slaves 1t has an area
of 400 square miles, is finely watered, and has
an excellent soil.
We also showed that Stone county. a long
and important county bordering on Arkansas.
having 400 square miles of territory, has but /
slaves and that Butler county, also ON the
Arkansas line, and through which the Cairo
railroad to Little Rock ia located, contains but
4S slaves. Adjoining this important county,
and fronting about 40 miles on the Arkansas
line, is Ripley county, with but II slaves
Dunklin county adjoins Ripley county, has a
front of near seventy miles on the Arkansas
line, is bisected from end to end by the st.
Louis and Memphis railroad, and has but Sc
slaves.
We also printed the following three para
graphs:
TWENTY-FIVE counties, with a population of
l03, 204, have only l,l73 slaves, or l lilo per
cent. No one of these counties contains 100
slaves.
Eighteen counties, with population of
l6,62O, have 58,2l8 slaves each of them has
over 20 per cent. slaves, and the average Of the
whole is nearly n per cent.