Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-02-08
An Abstract OF Helpers Book.

We give below a compressed synopsis of
the celebrated Helper book There are
many of cur readers who can not procure
the book, but from what we here publish
they can get some idea Of the whole work.
With the exception of some very ultra SEN
timents contained in it, it is very valua-
BILE compilation of facts and figures. To
those of our readers who have not yet pro-
cured and read the book, the following
will be valuable for reference The "COm-
pendulum of Helpers Impending Crisis" is
that which was recommended by few
Republican members of Congress. and is
no more an incendiary document than is
the u. S. Census Report, for the one is
compiled almost entirely from the other.
II is about half the size of the original
work. and is stripped Of all ultraism.-
Even our vely much prejudiced neighbor
of the Journal might read IL without doing
violence to his immaculate, National pa
triotism. 1t must be borne in mind that
the author Of this book is Southerner, a
native Of North Carolina. where he was
raised aud lived during the time he was
writing his "Impending Crisis" IL is no
Northern production, but from the pen oi
one TO the manor born.
We are indebted to the Cincinnati Ga
zstte for the following compilation from
this book.
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FREE AND SLAVE
STATES.
Under this head Mr.. Helper commence
his sad revelations. Omitting all References
to ethical distinctions. he attempts to an
swer the question, "Why, when two sec
tions of the country have started under tn
same auspices, and with equal natural ad
vantages, do we find the one rising to
eminence, and the other sinking into
state of comparative imbeciIity and obscu
rityi" To be the better prepared TO an
swer this inquiry it must be promised tina
az the formation of the confederacy in l7ee
the South on the whole had the advantage
as will be seen from q comparison of th
condition of some of the leading States.
In 1890, when the FIRST census was taker
New York contained $40, 100 inhabitants
at the same time the population ofVirgir
ia was 74s, ,30e, being more than twice ii
number of New York. Just sixty yea
aflerwsrd, as we learn from the census
1850. New York had population of 8
097 ,304, while that of Virginia was on
,42I ,66I. being less than half the numb
Of New York. In 1871. the exports of Ne
York amounted to g, sos, ,465; the expor
of Virginia to $3.50, ,s65. In 1852, Il
exports of New York amounted to Ss1
4s4, ass; the exports of Virginia to on
s2.724.657. In.179O. the imports of Ne
York and Virginia were about equal
1853 the Ig-or.ts Of New York amount
to the euS ous sum of SITS ,270 .s9
while those of Virginia for the same peri'
were 1899 ,004. In 1850. the products
manufactures, mining and the mechar
arts. in New York amounted to $2JI ,o9
249; those of Virginia to s29, ,705 .3e7.
the taking of the last census, the value
real and personal property in Virgin
including negroes. was 1891 $40 .43s; ii
Of New York, exclusive Of any moneta
value Of human beings. was 81 .0o0. .3Os q
In August, 1856. the real and persor
0 tate assessed in the city Of New fo
smouDted in valuation to SSH ,lIO,4'
showing that New York city alone is;wo'
far more than the whole State OF Virgin
Gov. Wise. comparing these humiliati
facts, lsnents over the days when "Virg
ia stood pre- eminently the first com nero
State 10 the Union; when her comme
exceeded in amount that OF all the N
England States combined; when the c
Of Norfolk owned more than one hundl
trading ships, and her direct foreign trs
exceeded that Of the city Of New York
At the period Of the war Of Independen
the commerce Of Virginia was four tin
larger than that Of New York"