Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-04
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are few NC suppose who iIo Iinf f,nde,.etnn5
what makes thesyalue of land land IN q vii.
derness has no yaIne; Fields nothinpsto man.
Give Il Inhabitants subject Ia fiiisssas and e
Immediately becomes valuable. its s2Sslne "a
brought out by population "a COLOR ara Ho,,sbt
ont lv lieht. its
the higher pficeit VIII beal land n, isss .,,,;
towns is always worth more thaf,- land IN. tts
country. But the value of land does not more.
" depend ON the number. of inlnFitants. n a.
bends, also ON their cl,aracter I@esiestst
worth a great deal more IN 4 e6,,nf,
by nm active industrious yoI,
ulation than in q region peoplei Nv n diffsEs5t
class Village lots in one of our new sIe
worth ten times what they aresif,Ja sATcvican
pueblo. What Ia land worth in n Hotfantot
i4aay A few trinIets would pay for, acres bS,t
an acre of land in one Of the new towns In MIN
nesota is worth q jews eve fTlhe imrrensn
tracts in the midland regions of 3our ren,,IIic
will begin TO have value only. when thew beoin
to have population, and Iyiil only reach their
highest value when they shall possess sinhafi.z
tants in the greatest number and ofthes HIGHEST
character.
From this NO NAV understand why land In
the slave states has Comparatively solittle ysIie
In theffrst place, they can only have a thin
and scattered population. This is tho inesita.
bic result of slavery which REQUIRES large MAN
tations instead of small farms, ana leads to a
Superficial instead of thorough cultivation With
their. comparatively few Inhabitants their land
cannot be rated high in the market
But there issanother Circumstances which pres
vents land in. the slave states from bearing n,
price proportional even 10 the number of the
Inhabitants BY Tlaking population sparSe
slavery stands in the way 6lishinp schools
For the most part the whites live ut such dis
lance from each other that children Of several
families cannot be sent to the same school rs
they can in the free states. The same cause
prevents the formation of Lyceums and other
literary associations, the delivery of publiciec.
lures in the rural ncig hborhoods and many III.
or arrangements which awaken the thinking
faculties and educate and inform the public
mind The consequence is Ignorance and men
tai inactivity. The possession of slaves also
leads to bodily inactivity; the negroes are ex-
pectedsto do all the works and this begets tho
habit of Incidence irstheSyhites The exercise
Of arbitraFy power and the GhcontrolledE irdul-
gence of passion which accompany the posses
sion of slaves, combine with the aothcr causes
we have mentioned, to affect the cb6Taeter INN
riousy We not 1 dwell Iones, mo, tb;,
aspect Of the case for We CO csPtainly taEe no
pleasure pleas t IN contemplating it and We have no
ampliRcatinn Of it's sbadnSys a TOW
lSnl IN 4I &c.. =. y
than IN the free , ~
tin1ate STf ,,,T5sTiSS II n
the fiTst Mace sIoycTs
tion and secon,Iy r. SanrSsos
ySot
F1OJ fIRsaVS Mt
on the leFi. Il, Intlisno thon in Ko,toi.
the y,o,lno, az Tyo tI ~ a. ~
of N;sso,5ri. IN 81 go
Rnt soTne III tbe mot lsLl ;ii.t;
Of the
to be fonnd yifbont oine of of Vr,inis f
co,DT,ar;so Ul'is ous VI y lor
ET6Ia tho counties If nroonn;,l, a,,a cs,,tl
tamnton which lie in the sotber ,,art e
sTio ~, VI
lille healthy and comnaTafiveI
pare them with esSof Ohio and 4a+
cock in the narrow tract of the northwestern
mart Of tho les n,o1s. IL
tween Ohio md Pcnnc,Io,,;.
.r SIs ,tsI u
coc mr., ,c,o,,t &c tS;4 S.a,o
prnctealI,y free nnG F,,Ititats, h.
we give here certain so5 I
last csnss
and of slaves IN eaeh the nnmber Of syas
the value MT yyL;cI, stLr lard IN
mated =
- whites. slaves. Asrss vs,n,tt,r
sresnytle 1,5s1 s7s5 lgeeIa S497,I7s
Ohio. iSi sS9sI 5SSsSS
IianeoeI. :. ;. 1870 SSiSs 1isi5is
Hancock and Ohio counties are r,ot n fonrtb
part as large as Greenyille and SOUTHAMPTON and
vet their lands ara soft GJ0l,,1, in rorS3s at Z
more than twice the value Of the lands in these
two slave counties. An acre. IL worth fen times
as much in Hancock as in Southampton. The
Southampton and Creenyille lands nre valued
less than three dollars an acre: tho Hancncl and
Ohio lands at nearly thirty nlIars Y,.t the
two slave counties are crossed l,v railroads ara
convenient to tide.lyater have bsan a,
tied than the free counties, and in almost every
other respect have the ADVANTAGE over tfier5n2
What a commentary on the advantages of free
laborl -
The remedy for this sinpoyetishment5 ofs what
should be the richest counties of ViTeinia IS ss
clear as the cause. What they want "a otienses
enlightened and yirtuous po1ulatfon. If they
could but getTid Of; slavery: f. in Mace ofnlsn.
tations imperfectly TILED by gangs of NEGROES
living i'm rude novels thew had q free
bringing in. with them the on,le resTsof 1SS,,,
caiion eninvafI Il, tbo fsa6 ctssto.4 - -