The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-10-07
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suggesied to US the idea of turning back,
for few moments, to consult statistical
records for facts concerning slavc-stato
advancement over that Of free-stato. For
this purpose We shall refor TO the rise and
progress Of Ohio and Kentucky, to which
We invite the attention Of every lover Of
frecdom-bc he Democrat or Republican
BY rcferonect to the map il viii be seen
that these two states are nearly Of equal
sizc. Ohio contains s9,96a square miles
and 26,576,Oo0 acres, and Kentucky, S7,-
$50 square miles aud aA,ll5,s0O acres,
making difference In favor Of Ohio Of
a,2s4 square miles and 2 400 500 acrcs.--
But this disproportiou insiEo lie more than
oounterbaluncod by other advantages in
favor Of Kentucky. She had the start in
the race for improvement The first set
tlement in Kentucky was commenced at
Boonsborough in 1869, ninety years ago.
The fret settlement in Ohio was begun at
MaSiotta in 1888, nearly twenty years af-
tofwards. Kentucky has a more genial
climate. II is happy medium between
the severe cold 1.-THE North and the en-
ervating heat Of the South, while North.
eFh Ohio experiences the short summers
and long winters Of New England. No
part OF the great Mississippi Valley excels
Kentucky in fertility of soil. Ohio is
greatly her inferior in this respect. How
ever the soil Of Ohio may be said to sur
pass that ofother States, It has not that
deep black, rich mould, 500 characteristic
Of Kentucky lands. For every kind Of
agricultural product, sho has, both, as to
soil and climate, the advantage over Ohio.
Her mineral resources are not inferior 10
those of Ohio, and probably, when devel-
oped, will be found TO be superior. Btu
menous coal crops are taken out Of her
river banks and Hill sides, indieatingits
great abundance. Kentucky abounds in
iron, lead, marble, and othormineral ores.
Her natural resources for building up large
manufacturing interests are greater than
those Of Ohio, as any one, familiar with
the topography and minerSlogy Of the two
States, will readily admit. But II is in
commercial advantages that the natural
superiority of Kentucky 10 most clearly
seen. Ohio has the Ohio river on the
South and Lake Erie on the North, while
her vast interior is not penetrated by q
single navigable stream. Tho Ohio Riy,
er gives Kentucky 600 miles Of steamboar
navigation on her northern boundary, ant
opens to her the inland commerce Of the
Ohio Valley. The "Father Of Waters
salutes her western border, and gives her
AeeasEto the immense trade Of the Missis-
sippi Valley. Then sh8hGsTne-D -Dfg San.
dy on the east while her Interior is truv-
ersed by the Cumberland, the Tennessee,
the Licking, Kentucky, Salt and Green
Rivers, all nayigable, and all waiting Ia
bear her agricultural, her mineral andman.
ufactued products, through the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers to the markets Of the
world -f fT
Kentucky was admitted into the Union
in l792, Ohio in 1902, ter, years after
wsFds. Having twenty years the start in
settlement and ten yeaFs AS State, with
all tho natural advantages we have nam
ed how far has Kentucky run ahead Of
Ohio in the career of Improvement Let
US consult the statistics Of the two States
for few prominent facts. In 1850, the
total population Of Ohio was !, $3.50, $40,
equal 70 5O26 to the square mile while
that Of Kentucky was 9s2, ,4O5 or 26O7 to
the square mile, Thus, In less than fifty
years, Ohio has not only caught up with
Kentucky, but more than doubled her in
total population, and nearly doubled her In
the average number Of inhaBitanta to the
square mile. In 1850, the annual value
Of the manufactured products in Ohio,
was, S62547,2bs! the capital invested,
S29, ,0Ie,bSs; and the number Of hands
employed, 81 ,46O. In Kentucky the an.
nual value Of the same products was s24-
6ss, ,4s3i the capital invested, S19,sbO,-
734; and the number Of hands employed,
24,3s5. Here Ohio has more than doub4
led Kentucky. The value ofliYe stock
in 1850 was, in Ohio, $44,l2l,74li in
Kentucky s9966i ,406j in Ohio, the val-
ue of animals slaughtered was s7,4s9 as;
in RentucEy 80 ,469 $685. in Ohio, the value
Of farms, farming Implements, and ma
chineEy was Ss7l,5Os, 1888, and in Ken
lucky, Sl6O,l9O,29s. This last item
shows that the farming wealth Of Ohio in
1850 was more than double that Of Ken
lucky, m.I
BY the census Of 1850, the value Of all
the real and personal property In Ohio
was S5o5,725,l2oi the value Of the same
property in Kentucky, Including slaves,
was only s3Ol ,69s,4 ,456. In 1860, the tom
ago ofohio was 81 ,6O7J that Of Kentucky
20 $50, not ono quarter Of the former.
These statistics might bepursued much
further with the like result, butwe have
enough to show eonclusively the progress
siye spirit Of free labor over that Of slave.
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