The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-15

II 'oh the Charleston Mercury, Des TO- 1897
-..a,s, 1s e.iss M Tor which every intelligent and
pared is onhian na WING has long been pre-.
paIeu Is come. The efficacy of our rennedv
ias oeen demonstrated. We were told II won ld
re t.hslncienti II has proved so potent that an
msnietiated m admi Illustration has been compelled
20 heSpa.I OF otnerwise defeating u.s. to resort
70 brute force. We have always said that our
.ssiheay was OF right peacefui-we never said
smal IL would necessarily be peaceful--it is al
ways In the power of q bad man to on ira ca
nr ent oy violence, IL unrestrained by principle
VI o' lear or consequences personal TO himseI Z
zen, jackson has not furnished the first ex.
ample There has been a Cesar Cromwe
aho abonaparte-men OF towering genius who
nave stopped to play the usurper. Why may
NOT an inferior spirit without as much hear,
as either, and with none of their genius a.pi rc
10 initiate them in those ,tions Of their lives
criminal N''
In the Legislature, Mr.. Pickens declared
M, ne heiieved the contest would end in blood -
ne document of the President was none less
man the edict of tyrant; and il they were
!., ~. WaI, ne was ready, and 1t behooyed all the
Sluzehs OF the State TO meet the storm with
becoming manliness. He. for one never would
snhmit-ifdriven from the seaboard, he was for
carrying on the war in the interior; if driven
fa.a I'm tne lh'erior, ne was for . guerilla war
1o,o in 'he mountains; and If at last com
peiieu 10 yield, he would die contending to the
last drop of blood he had, to sustain the ordi-
nance and the au thority thereof. He adverted
W 'hs doCtiines con ntaI ned IN the prCCIama ton
relative TO the rights Of the State, and was as
tonished that the President should attempt to
seouce Inc citizens of the State from their
proper ailegiahce, and IN no measured terms
announced the " hole procedure. lie conclud-
ed by saying, that before South Carolina
should recede, he was for war up to the yery
Hnife, and he was for risking all at every haz-
ard on the die that was cast.n
CENSUS MArTERs-The population OF Kan.
sas, according TO the enumeration of the u S.
Marshal, is lU940i. This does not include the
census OF any portion of the territory west of
one si1lh principai meridian, bnt only of the
counties included within the limits OF the
state OF Kansas, as prescribed in the Wyan
dotte Constitution. The population of the
fikes Peak region amounts to about rs 900 in
addition.
The N. o. Picayune saws The returns of
the census exhibit some results that were un :
expected. Though the final footings are not
presented, so as to enable a con rast in all the
slennents OF human industry TO be carefully
made, enough is known to lead US to suspect
thaL the deductions to be drawn from the facts
collected will overthrow many theories in re-
gard to population and progress which have
nad most currency. In the New England
States, little advance is noted. Losses and
hard times have diminished the value of pro-
perty, and the census shows but little in
crease OF population over that returned in
1850.
In 1S40, New England is reported as pro-
ducing 2,00U,0O0 bushels OF wheat In 1850
they yielded but 1000, ,000-a decline of so per
cent 1t is believed that the census of 1860
will show still more marked decline than
was tied IN the previous decads.
In New York the number OF sheep has de-
creased more than 300, 600 in thirty years, and
within four years the decrease is said to be
sear hfty per cent, while the decline in the
number OF other species of stock will proba-
bly, not be less than fifteen per cent. New
York produced, in 1915, 1897 bushels OF
wheat; but last year her product of this sta
pie fell off as low as {. .000, 900 bushels
1t is plain that there is point reached in
population and value of real estate when
States annually send forth swarms of emil
grants TO the new and cheap lands of the will
such magic speed. 1t begins to be demon
strated by the statistics Of population, that
the question OF price of lands governs the di-
rectlon OF emigrants more than the character
OF the institutions OF & new State.
The. employment of slave labor involves
the necessity of large plantations, instead OF
small farms, and the occupancy of large tracts
prevents that dense population of whites
found in the free States. But this does not di-
minish the prosperity of the State, or reduce
It's productive capacity. 1t is really Ques-
tion of doubt whether country sparsely pop
uiated by whites, yet cultivated by slave labor,
does not soon attain q higher fixed value, and
make more valuable annual return than one
possessing equal advantages wholly cultivated
by white freemen. The census now about to be
completed viii furnish some interesting facts
bearing on this subject.
1t will be seen by the table below that the
West is rapidly becoming great power. Un-
der the new census the ratio OF representation
Will be enc to about I25 600.
As the population of Michigan has reached
10000, she will be entitled to six members of
Congress instead of four; Missouri will gain
two members, Iowa three, Indiana one, Wis
consin three, and Illinois four. Ohio loses
one member, aud Minnesota also suffers the
loss Of one.
The representation for the next decade, as