Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-17

1857 100000
This shows that one third the entire white pop
ulation of the United States, in the year 1857, was
in the elk North Western States and that four
ffihs Of this population here came within thirty
years, or the average limit of one generation. Let
us now compare this growth of the Northwest,
since 1870, with the growth of New England and
New York on one side, and that OF the original
Southern States on the other, and let us see how
they are likely to stand at the end of another
generation:
N. England and N. York 1852 GA 5000 600
The Original South 302S.O37 $3.50 OOO
The Northwest 1870 100000
These figures speak louder than oil the boasts Of
local patriotism or the r~h0domohtade OF politi'
clans. In the last thirty.seven years the old
South has increased 81 per cont. the North proper
IS per cent, and She Northwest 500 per cent -
But it may be snid that the comparison should
have been made. as to the South, with the new
States of the Southwest, where immense territories
and fertile soil give them II fair field for rapid
growth. Well, let us make that comparison.-
These States are Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Ar
kansas, about the same number Of States with the
other sections, but u much greater extent of
territory, and larger rivers. The comparison
stands thus:
Southwest, in 1920 1924. Cos.
Southwest, i'll 1857 5.947 900.
Increase 3l5 4 cent.
We see, then, that with this much greater terri
tory, milder climate, and greater rivers, the South.
west has not increased at one half the rate Of the
Northwest.
In one word, we see the growth of the North
West at a more rapid ratio than any part of the
Union, or. we imagine. than any portion of the
globe. Ii there be any question OF political
economy to be solved by such a fact. let statesmen
make a note of it but before we ask the reason
of this growth, let us consider other facts.
2. COMMERCIAL GRowTH.-f the mere fact OF
growth in population be not sufficient, let us see
what these people have done. For example. let
US take roads, canals, steamboats,, as the means of
commerce.
This era is remarkable for Railroad-making,
and no part of the world is 50 remarkable for this
as the United States. Let us take the different
sections of the United States and see how they
stand about Railroad-making. Let US take the
same divisions we have taken for population
Companies. Length Cost.
N. Eng. and N. York l39 6.3l8 $3.50, 00O. 600
South proper 60 4.S2S 1875 900 600
South West 4S l.755 st 26O.OOO
North West IS 8.6lS 2SO.0OO.OO
This is rather a respectable show for the new
and barbarous States Of the Northwest. There
are more miles of opened railroad in the three
States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, than in all
the South and Southwest. There are more miles
of canals in ihese three States than in all New
England, New York, the South and Southwest.
There are more miles Of travelled road than in all
SS 49, ANf ' 49, fWt~
seems here to have put forth wide, outspTeading
branches, iuxuriant in growth and products.
We readily admit, that in the arts and manufac'
lures, New England and New York far exceed
any portion OF the Union ; but, as artisans must
eat to live, we propose TO make one other com pari.
son, and it will be one n little startling for Cover
nor Hammond, who exults in cotton, and Cover
nor Hamlin. who revels in cotton machines, and
Senator Broderick. who believes that gold is king.
According to our observations on mankind. the
49, n,ni,rity GpH JraOI Of cnnSonrapar
than either cotton or machinery. or gold. Let Us
see. then, how this matter stands.
PRoDUCTs OF GRAIN.-Cumparing the diffe rem
sections and agSregating wheat, corn, oats anc
barley grains entering more or less into the compo
sition of fuod-we have these results:
N. England and n. York 73.269 GAL bu.
The South proper 1877 443 100
The Southwest 279 lO4 OH
The Northwest 1853. 4S9 81
1t appears that the united sections of North on
South on the Atlantic do not furnish as nue.
grain as the Northwest alone. But the South
west, with greater territory, and immense valleys
has overbalanced the Northwest in the production
of corn. In wheat, however, the Northwes
doubles the Southwest. 1t must be reccollected
too, that the above figures are derived from tn
census table of 1850 while the year 1857 pre-
sents very different results. There can be NJ
doubt that at this time the grain product of tn
Northwest is much greater than that of the South
west. We might pursue this parallelism mucl
further, but we have done enough to show that
is not the North and South who are hereafter t
contend for the political power of the Unite
States.
The country which lies between the Alleghenie
and the Rocky Mountains, and between the Ter
nessee river and the Lakes, will soon be create
in people, wealth and power, than all the residue
The Pacific slope. like that of the Atlantic, is ma
row and ages will elapse before the great mour
tain ranges. and sand and salt bearing plains
the PacIfc will have n dense pOnulation. On nh
other hand, the great country of the Lower Mi
sissippi aud the Gulf Of Mexico are afflicted wit
the terrible evils Of slavery and fever. The ye
low fever is indigenous on the whole Gulf Of Me!
leo, and slavery grows darker from day to da,
1t is in vain To ask an intelligent man. not drive
to desperation by adversely, to settle in a countr
where his energies are to be wilted by heat, b
air to breathe miasnia, and his midnight slumber
TO be broken by the cries Of the oppressed. W
may buy Cuba we may annex Mexico AN
what have we gotS What will we do with them
Let as recullect history and look at the laws c
nature. Mexico. Porto Rico, st. Domingo an
Cuba were settled before the United States.
The hardy Saxon Englishmau has tried hi
hand on Jamaica. The companions Of Corte
and Pizarro have tried theirs on Mexico, Cub
and Domingo. What have they done2 Louisiu
ma was settled a century before Ohio? Wht
is il in comparison with Ohio? The fllibustt
Walker carried more men into Nicaragua, tina
the army of Scott, at Puebla and how many
them ever returnedf And. had the army
Scott, remained on the Gulf of Mexico, how man
of them would have returned? OF the tens
thousands of volunteers who entered Mexico, no
many thousands have lett their bones to manu-
that unhappy land
We cannot reverse the laws Of Nature. I'll
great empires of the earth grow up in tempera
climates the grain.producing countries. whel
climate and productions modify both the temper
ment and the institutions Of mankind-renderir
the one milder and the other better disposir
the utmost growth Of production, industry an
9 genius. 81.
As the eye circle round the globe, and obsery,
each region in which empires have risen and fal
en-, from Egyptian Nile to the Isles of Greece, an
this Holy Land of Patriarchs and Prophets, frol
sksd' China to growing Russia whore shall
bsbeld 9 country moss favored in ell respect