The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-07-04

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PaOoucts OF the Free States, for the year ending
Srne' isoo, at ssss, ,es4, ,Ss4, while thoee Of ~,
Siave states were e6Sl ,277,4 the producer
per acre In the Free States st 4, .as- And IN.
product per acre in the Slave States Ar A 40
and the average product Of each agricuIturisf in
the Free States at &S4a, and in the Slave Stase.
Mt!H: Thus the Free States, with a smaller
population engaged in agriculture than the Save
StA'es, with smaller territory, show an annual
sum total OF agricultural products surpsssine
.nose OF the Slave States by two hundred and
'wenty'sevea millions Of dollars, while twice a.
nuch II produced by each agricul,urist. The
monopoly Of cotton, rice, and cane sugar with :
climate granting two and sometimes three cron,
IN year, are thus mpotent in the con,ne,;,;on
with Freedom. ''''o''
In manufactures, the failure Of the Slsy.
states is greater still. II appears at all points
IN the cspitai employed, in the value of the raw
material, in the annual wages, and in the ANIMAL
product A short table will show the coutras,
Free Ssdtes-Capital, e4sO, o,O5l: value
OF raw material, $i65, S44 ,O92; annual wages
eis5,s76, ,45S; annual product ts42, $50 .Oss.
Stare Ssdtes-Capital, &95, ,O29, ,S7e; value Of
raw material. $50, lso,cs9; annual wages, ass.
257 $50; annual product $lG5, ,4ls, ,oeS.
This might be illustrated by details with re-
gard to different snufActurcs-whether Of shoes.
cotton, WOODEN, pig iron, wrought iron, and iron
castings-all showing the contrast. II MIGHT
also be illustrated By comparison betveen SH.
ferent States; showing, for instance, that the
manufactures Of Massachusetts, during the Last
year, exceeded those Of all the Slave States com.
bined. >~'A
In commerce. the failure of the Slave States ia
on yet larger scale. Under this head, the cen.
sus does not supply proper statistics, aud We are
ieft, therefore, to approximations from other
quarters; but these are enough for our purpose.
II appears that, Of the products which enter
into commerce, the Free States had an amount
valued at $l,S77, log, ,ses; the Slave States an
amount valued only at $4l0,754, ,es2; that OF
the persons engaged in trade, the Free States
had 1856, and the Slave States 52,622; and
that OF the tonnage employed, the Free States
had 2,7eo, le5 tons, and the Slave States only
I26,2sS. This was in 1850. But in 1855 the
dlsproportion was still greater, the Free States
having 4,2o2,6l5 tons, and the Slave States
S66,6l7 tons, being a difference of Eve to one
and the tonnage of Massachusetts, alone being
e70, 727 tons, an amount larger than that of al
the Slave States. The tonnage built during this
year by the Free States was 62S, SAC tons; by
the Shave States. 52,959 tons. Maine alone built
2l5. 600 tons, or more than four times the vhoia
built in the Slave States.
The foreign commerce, a. indicated by the
exports and imports in 1855, of the Free State
was $404, ,S6S, sos; Of the Slave States. tls2.
067, ZIG. The exports of the Free States were
$l67 ,62O, ,e9S; Of the Slave States, including the
vaunted cotton crop, SiS2, ,O07, ,2ie. The i'm.
ports OF the Free States were s23e, ,s47, $40; of
the Slave States, $24,Ss6,S2s. The foreign
commerce Of New York alone was more than
twice q large as that of al the Slave States her
imports were larger, and her exports were
larger also. Add to this testimony Of figures
the testimony of virginian, Mr.. Loudon, in a
letter written just before the sitting of South
ern Commercial Convention. Thus he complains
and testifies:
There are not half dozen vessels engaged i. our
own trade that are owned In Virginia ana have been
unable to find vessel nj Liverpool loading for vrrinjs
within three years. during the height busy
Railroads and canals are the avenues of com.
merce and here again the Free States excel.
Ut railroads in operation in 1854, there were
Is, los miles in the Free States, and 4, ,2l2 in the
Slave States. OF canals there were 1853 miles
IN the Free States, and ll6 in the Slave States
The Post Office. which il not only the agent
Of commerce, but of civilization, joins In the uni
form testimony. According TO the tables for
1889, the postage collected in the Free States
was IS, $50, ,999, and the expense of carrying the
mails S6, 74S, 1885, leaving deficit Of 81 ,2l5 iSs.
In the Slave States the amount collected WAS
only 81 1855, ,O5O. and the expense of carrying
The mails S6,0l6, ,6l2, leaving the enormous de.
fcit Of a ,O28, sos; the difference between the
two deficits being s2,el3,372. The Slave States
did not pay One-third Of the expense Of trans.
porting tho(r mails and not single Slave State
paid for tie transportation of its nails not even
the small State of Delaware. Massachusetts,.
besides paying for herr, had q surplus larger
than the whole amount collected in South Car.
Dlina.
According to the census Of 1850, the value of
churches in the Free States was $67,773,477;
in the Slave States, S2l, ,s7i,5sl.
The coluntary charity contributed in 1855,
for certain leading purposes Of Christian benevO-
ence, was. in the Free States, $685., 1913; for the
same purposes, in the Slave States, &l9a,7ss.
For the Bible cause, the Free States contributed
t319, ,667; the Slave States, t6s, ,l25. For the
cause, the first contributed $3lS, COT;
and the second, $lOl,9 ,934. For the Tract Soci-
ETY., the first contributed sl3l,972; aud the
second, $24, ,725. The amount contributed ia
Massachusetts, for the support Of missions was
greater than that contributed by all the Slave
States, aud more than eight times that contrib.
uted by South Carolina.
Nor have the Free States been backward in
charity, when the Slave States have been smit-
ten. The records OF Massachusetts, show that ~
long ago ~ 1851, at the beginning Of the Gov.
there WAS an extensive contribution
throughout the commonwealth, under the par
ticular direction of that eminent patriot, Samuel
Adams, for the relief Of inhabitants Of South
Carolina and Georgia In 1855 We we're sad-
deued BY the prevalence of yellow fever in Ports
mouth, Virginia; and now, from q report Of the
relief committee Of that place, We learn that the
amount Of charity contributed BY the Slave
States exclusive OF Virginia, the afflicted State,
was &l2, 2,ls2; and, including Virgins, il was
$50, ,396; while e42, ,547 we're contributed BY the
Free Statea
In Ill this array We see the fatal influence Of
slavery, but its Barbsrism u yet more conspicu-
Gus when We consider its Educational Estab-
hshmenss, and the unhappy results, which natu-
rally ensue from their imperfect character.
OF colleges, in 1856, the Free States had 81,
and the Slave States So; but the comparative
efficacy Of the institutions which assume this
name may be measured by certain facts. The
number Of graduates in the Free States was
1852, in the Slave States 9,s4s; the number
of ministers educated in slave colleges was TAT,
in the free colleges 10, 702; and the number Of
volumes in the libraries Of slave colleges 30e oil;
in the libraries Of the free colleges Ge7, ,227. If
the materials were at hand for a comparison be-
tween these colleges, in buildings, cabinets, and
scientific apparatus, or in the standard OF scho!-
arship, the difference would be st;r more apps.
rent.
OF protessional schools, teaching Law, medi-
cine, and theology, the free States had s5, with
umes in their Libraries, while the slave States
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