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TUESDAY, AUGUST -, 1sss.:>
THE FUTURE or sLAv3RT.
Itisnot to he denied that to theegs of The eu-.
pcr6cial observerthe prospect of fthe easly abol.
ton Of slavcryis fur less promising than It vas
few years ago. Public opinion 1t tho South
las undergone a rapid aud radical change.
From acknowledging the wrongs md the social
and political evis Of slavery, her leading men
openly defend it, and even The slave trade with
NIL its horrors, is practiced with little conceal
meut ard i*>is openly and boldly defended BY
the leading politicians and papers Of that seo.
ton Of tue Union. It is moreover settled that
the opening Of the slave trade shall coycrtly,
if not openr, be made IN issue in the canvass
oflsG0. The Democratic party will be forced
to admit it as ancns the cardinal doctrines #
its creed. -
With the overwhelming defeat which the
Democracy will be suro to suffer in the neat
canvass, We firmly believe Southern wo-slavesy
opinion and aggression upon the principles Ct
the Declaration Of Independence and the poll
CT Of the government, will reach their climax.
With that defeat will come the emancipation
Of the Southern press from the remoryeless
despotism which for the past few years has
driven every free and noble sentiment from
their columns, They will then dare to repub-
lish the opinions Of Madison, Of Jefferson and
Of Washington and Of all tho lonored iathers
Of tue Republic. They will dare to quote
from the next census and sh " ow rapidly
and how surely slavery is sinking the broad
and tue sunny South to the lowest depths 0.
poverty and socia1 degradation. But whether
this freedom Of discussion long since crushed
out at tue South, be obtained within the next
i've years or not its coming in some form il
inevitable as fate, aud it cannot be long d.
1aycd>
Let us look for a moment at the history Of
the past and the certain foreshadowings d
the future. The figures Of the census Of the
past fifty or sixty years furnish lessons
tho must instructive and convincing
Take almost at random the statistics
Of any two Of tie States, one north
and the other south Of Mason and Dixon's linc
In 1890 when the first census was taken Vir-
ginia was the Empire State Of the Union.
Then she contained 748,308 Inhabitants, while
New York lad only $40, leo, less than half tie
number Of Virginia. In 1850 Virginia con.
tanned l.42l,C ,CGl while New York had grown
to 3,097, ,394, having more than tw ce as man.
people as tue Mother Of Presidents in
1871 tile value Of tie exports Of New York
was $780,, ,465; those Of Virginia amounted
to $3,1so,sc5. In 1850 the products Of manu-.
factures, mining aud the mechanic arts were il
New York S23f.5 ,249; those Of Virginia
amounted to only s39, los, 1857. By the las.
census the entire valuation Of real and personal
property in Virginia including negroes, was
:s331 GAG, ,438; that Of New York 81 ,0s0, ,309,
ZIG. Tho assessed valuation Of tic city o,
New York for the year 1856 was SSH, 74o,-
AL, showing that New York City could buy
the whole Suite Of Virginia and havo more
than Il HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
SPARE. Alas for tue Old Dominion! that she
should biiudly dcavc to the rotten Institution
of Slavery. It has impoverished her soil, de-
,noralised her people, and driven her most en-
crgetie her noblcst SONS from her bosom u
tiud a home on the prairies Of the West.
Take Massachusetts and North Coz.
oliNa- The southern is nearly seven
times rs large rs the northern STATE,
and in both soil and climate tue "old Nortl
State has largely the advantage Of MassaclI,..
sctts. In 1850 the cash value Of all the farms,
farming implements and machinery in Nortl
Carolina was s;7l,623, ,29s; in Massachusetts
the value Of tho same articles was $ll2,2s5,
a3l. 1n tho same year the value Of all tht
real and personal property in North Carolina
T. including Slaves, was $226.soo, ,47o tlat Q
Massachusetts amounted 10 $573, 81, ,osG. Th'
taxable value Of the real and personal proper
ty Of the city Of Boston in 1856 amounted very
nearly to a5o,oGo:o0o; showing that the ali
clifton" city Of Boston could buy the entirt
State Of North Carolina, 'niggers' aud al]
and have handsome surplus 10 invest in any
yankee notion" she might fancy.
II VIC take New Jersey and South Caro-
lima or any other Northern and Southern State
NE shall 1ind the contrast equally striking
Take the following example: In 1854 ther
were assessed for taxation in South Carolino,
Arrrr Ut Land. 1880 81
Sa4ea a& -...-..$.@ cts
avt1aSr value Tcs acre. al,*
Tic assessments in New Jersey for til
same year were:
Valued
Average valuc per ac1c. t;
Can figures he more eloquent or moro On
rhatic III favor Of frecdoml They show con
clusivcly that whatever politicians or moral
lists may say in regard to slavcry, in its cco
nomical and industrial relations incon
tcstible facts prove it TO he
most whitening blghting curse to til
South. For these evils there is but on
remedy. and that is emancipation; and how
ever distastc!ul it may be, tho crisis must CT
long bc met From it there is no possibl
escape. This will become the more evident
wo carefully compare the facts Of the censl
tor every decade for tic last fifty years. Fror
it we deduce the ratio Of the increase Of til
wlli,c population to 10 a little over thirty-fv
}'cr cent; the ratio of the increase Of til
slaves is very nearly tHcnty-ni,le per cell
In 1850 the willie population Of the Ere
States WAS 1929, Go: Of the slave State
6,ls4,477, aud there were in the latter State
:,,200.364 slaves Taking the above ratios
increase, and we get vcry nearly the iollowiu