The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-07-04
VOL. 6, NO. n.-WHOLE NO. 27l

I rican chiefs perpetuatsd in American Slave.maI
tiers, while the Senator fro n Virgins, [Mr. n,
!. son, perhaps unconscious of their oriSin-pe,
haps desirous to secure for them the appearing
OF less barbarous pedigree-tricks them ou
with phrase Of the Roman law, discarded b
the common law, pdrt~s seqSiser ven.req, whic
simply renders into ancient Latin an existin
rule Of American Slavery.
Such is the plsin judicial origin of the Ameri
can slave code, which is now vaurted ss bade
OF Civilization. But all law, whatever may b
it, Judicial origin, whether English or Mshome
dan, Roman or African, NAV be traced TO othe
and ampler influences in nature, sometimes @
Right and sometimes Of Wrong. Surely tn,
law which blasted the slsye.trade ss piracy nun
ishable with death had a different inspirstio,
from that other Law, which secured immunity fo
the slave-trade throughout an immense territory
and invested its supporters with political power
As there is higher law above, SO there is a low
er law below, and each is felt in human affairs.
Thus far, We have seen Slavery only in it.
pretended law, and in the origin of that law
And here l might stop, without proceeding il
this argument; for, on the letter OF the Law
alone Slavery must be condemned. But the
tree Is known by its fruits, and these now shall
exhibit; and this bring me to the second stage
of the argument.
| e. In considering the practical resrlts o,
'aarery, the materials are 90 obvious and diver.
sihed, that my chief care will be to abridge and
reject; and here shall put the Slave States and
Free states face to face, showing at each poin,
the blasting influence of Slavery.
The States where this Barbarism now exists
excel the Free States in all natural advantages
Their territory is more extensive, stretching
| over s6l, ,44S square miles, while the Free
InNI linn
oS7 square miles. Here is difference OF more
than 100000 square miles in favor of the Slave
States, showing that Freedom starts in this great
controversy, with a field more than quarter
less than that Of Slavery. In happiness of eli.
mate adapted to productions of special value
In exhaustless motive power distributed through.
out ITS space; in natural highways, by more
than hfty navigable rivers, never closed by the
rigors OF winter, and in o stretch of coast along
| ocean and gulf, indented by hospitable harbors
tho whole presenting Incompatible advantages
for that true civilization where agriculture, man.
ufactures, and commerce, both domestic and for.
eign, bend-in all these respects the Slave States
excel the Free States, whose climate is often
churlish, whose motive power is less various.
whose nayigable rivers are fewer and often seal
ed by ice, aud whose coast, while less in extent
and with fewer harbors, is often perilous from
storm and cold.
But Slavery plays the part of Harpy, and
defiles the choicest banquet See what il does
with this territory, thus spacious and fair.
An important indication of prosperity is to be
found in the growth Of population. In this re-
spect the two regions started equal In 1870,
at the first census under the Constitution, the
population of the present Slave States was l..
S6l ,372, of the present Free States 1895. ass.
showing difference of only 1858 in favor of
the Free States. This difference, at first mere.
ly nominal, has been constantly increasing since.
showing itself more strongly in each decenniai
census, until, in 1850, the population of the
Slave States, swollen by the annexation of three
foreign Territories, Louisiana, Florida, and Tex.
as, was only 9,6l2, ,769, while that of the Free
States, without any such annexations. reached
l3, 434, 922, showing a difference of S,s22.l53
in favor of Freedom. But this difference be.
comes rtill more remarkable, If We confine our
inquiries to the white population, which, at this
period, was only 6, lS4 AT in the Slave States.
while it was $685. go in the Free States, show.
ing difference of more than 1864, l 90 in favor
OF Freedom, and showing that the white popu.
lation OF the Free States had not only doubled
but commenced to triple that of the Slave
States, although occupying the smaller territory.
Tho comparative sparseness of the two popula.
tons furnishes another Illustration. In the
Slave States the average number Of inhabitants
to square mile was ll.2S, while in the Free
States it was 2l.93, or almost two to one in "a.
vor of Freedom.
These results are general; but il we take
any particular Slave State. and compare it with
Free State, we shall find the same constant
evidence for Freedom. Take Virginia, with
territory OF 1852 miles, and New York, with
a nf
miles less than her sister State. New York
has one seaport, Virginia some three or four
New York has one noble river, Virginia has
several; New York for 400 miles runs along
the frozen line Of Canada; Virginia bssks in
climate Of constant felicity. But Freedom is
better than Climate, rivers, or seaport!
In 1890 the population of Virginia was 74s,-
3OS, and in 1850 it was !, ,42l, ,66l. 1t 1890, the
population of New York was SAG, 200, and
in 1850 it was 3,097 1894 that of Virginia had
not doubled in sixty years, while that of New
York had multiplied more than nne-fold. A
similar comparison may be made between Ken.
lucky, with S7,6s0 square miles, admitted into
the Union as long ago as 1890, and Ohio, with
39,964 square miles, admitted into the Union
in 1902. In 1880, the Slave State had popu.
lation Of only 9s2 ,4O5, while Ohio had popu.
lation of l,9s0,S29, showing a difference of
nearly million in favor of Freedom.
As in the population, 80 also in the calue Of
property, real and personal, do the Free States
excel the Slave States. According to the cen.
sus of 1850, the value Of property in the Free
States was a, l07, leg, 1873, while in the Slave
States it was $2,9se, ,O90,7 ,72e; or, if We deduct
the asserted property in human flesh, only
el,655, GAS, 1877 - showing An enormous differ
ence of billions in favor of Freedom. In the
Free States the valuation per acre was AlO.47,
in the Slave States only tS.O4. This dispro-
portion was still greater in 1855, according to
the report of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
when the valuation of the Free States was
&5,770, 1874 $50; or 414,72 per acre; and of the
Slave States, &8,977, ,352 ,946, or, if we deduct
the asserted property in human flesh, &2,505,-
ls6, ,S46, or S4.59 per acre. Thus, in FIVE years
from 1880, the valuation of property in the
Free States received an increase Of more than
the whole accumulated valuation of the Slave
States at that time.
Looking at details, we end the same dispro-
portions. Arkansas and Michigan, equal in ter.
ritory, we're admitted into the Union in the
same year; and yet in 1855, the whole valuation
Of Arkansas, including its asserted property in
human aesh, was only ts3, ,24O, ,72s, while that
OF Michigan, without single slave, was 81 ll6,-
593, $50. The whole accumulated valuation Of
all the Slave States, deductng the asserted prop
erty in human flesh, in 1850, was only q, $685.
945,l ,l37; but the valuation Of New York
alone, in 1855, reached the nearly equal sum of
81, ,40l ,2s5,279. The valuation OF Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
Texas, all together, in 1850, deducting human
flesh, was s573, 1892 800, or simply $l.sl per
acre--beinp lesa than that of Massachusetts