The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-10-01
states populated from the
Original Northern States
Original Southern States.
Formulation 1890.
States populated from tn,
south Dnnulatt,n IsIl


In the formation of these States the
South has furnished. as shown by the
sensus of 1886, $3.50 ,007 souls toward pop
ulating the new States of the North while
the North has furnished only 1856 ,O48
towards populating the new States of the
South which if added to the figures as
they stand in the foregoing table would
increase the Southern emigration to
5, ,OlS and the Northern to 5,S4l,-
4OS. The foreign emigration in the
new states Of the North as shown by the
same statistics is ,76l which if de-
Quoted from the last amount leaves
5,l73 ,647, as the number Of natives
who have emigrated from the seven
original free States. The foreign emf
grafton in the new States Of the South
was 2l5,S7O which if deducted from
the whole amount of Southern emigra-
ton leaves 5,396,l4S and if from this
amount is deducted lac ,404 being the
population in Louisiana, Missouri, Ar
kansas and Florida, as exhibited by the
first several census taken after their ces-
sion to the United States, it will leave
5 5,249 ,744, as the number of natives who
have emigrated from the six original
slave States, leaving balance in favor
of the South of 76 ,O97, after throwing
out those who probably emigratcd to the
territories ceded to the United States
before and between the time of their
cession and the taking Of the first sew
eral census.
These figures, if correct, and they
are derived from the best authority we
have, show US that in the formation of
States the North has a rival to compete
with not to be despised. 1t is generally
supposed, and so argued by writers on
this subject, that the Inhabitants of the
slave States have difficulty in trans
porting and transplanting their slaves
into the territories, which the emigrants
from the free States are not troubled
with and consequently it is contended
that it is much easier for tho latter to
emigrate and form new States than for
the former, but the most basty examina-
tion of the subject shows this argument
to be in fact not true, however reason
able it may appear. The rapid extern
sion Of Southern institutions and popula-
ton over such an extent Of territory and
the formation OF so many new Southern
States, by the mere force of domestic
growth aided in very small degree by
foreign emigration is sufficient to prove
the fallicy of such argument and to
show the cmigrative and energetic char
acter of the southern people. They
pursue agriculture almost entirely and
are naturally restless under the least re-
straint, and long for and seek the Tree
and exciting life of the frontier. The
whole Of their migratory hocks tend il
that direction only. They have few
! commercial and manufacturing pursuits
to divide their energies They emgrat'
9 by families in companies composed Of al
u ages and sexes.
Northern emigration, is wonderful
enough in its results, but is diilcren
9 from that aimed at, or Produced b.
d the southern movement. Our omigra
4 ton does not scatter to such an extcu
f, and does not form into States 80 roadil
d as that Of tho South The young me
,. cmigratc aud locate in towns aud citic
J. leaving the young women TO remain q
Ihomc single. Especially Is this the case