, 1860-12-17

The concessions which arc now demanded
from the North by certain 1asties are two
yiz: that tho statutes OF Vermont and Other
s,ates' which arc alleged to restrict the ectio,
that tho decision Mt the recent election bc r..
ycrscd, SO HAT slavery, may extend itself into
the Territories.
On The former of these points nc have
nothing now to a1d TO Whit we have already
>a'd, Unless 1t &c to suggest that the states in
question, alter removing; whatever there nav
bs needlcssly oppressive or rctalIatory il tlr,:,
if they consent TO pass repeating aeie. should
do 60 on the condition tlsat they take cf1;.rt
when the Fugitive Slave law shall be so 1uoli
led Is 70 longer to shock humanity and insult
Tn the second point, however there i. NJ orc
to be eaid-
Passing hT Ill. usual moral, legal, and his:o.
rica! arguments against the extension of s|ay-
cry, We come At oEre to an equitable view Of
thc ,he QUESTION rot oien noticed: We find in
Bow, South Carolina man, the Statement
that the to!al area OF the State. and Territo
r!es Of this Cnnu Is {3q}G. .lG{;} two milan
nine hundred aud tllirty-six thousand one
! hundred aud ss1ty-si1 square miles and tI,t
OF this area The slayeholdinc States oc,unv
ISL, ,50S) eight hundred and 1iftyoue thonssnd
five hundred aud eight square miles. or ainnst
exactly twenty nine per cent. Of The whole.
Now, II the total white ppnu1ation offhn tint
ted States at this time be t,yentv-serer MI
lions, and ft.at Of the s1ayeholdinr, States h.
eight millions, those states harr fwrnfv.n,ne
per cent. Of the whole populations II oi,nears
then, that elavcry already has nil that hcjnn,c
to it in this country. and that. IF a1i the to-+;
tories Of the United State6 xere dcrnted' -
freedom it would have nrlv ,.s tns+ n-nna.ti.
It Is often urged that the claim ~ tl,e car.t
for TERRITORY is rs GOOD as tlot of ,ha Sns.1i San
that We are not to iu,erposc our moral nnt;nns
against her righte. and that iustirc de,nasds
that she should have her full share Of a com,
mon properly. "SoutAern equality" is The
currtnt phrase which usually covers fh;s c1,;+,,
But the South has already the cnnaltv sha
claims while the North hss not ral 49,. enS
her share OF 1errtorv ans .,r,1ntzos d"ieu - up
States, the South has taken IN and orcani1sJ Is
all that eauitably belongs tn bcr The oTe.t;na
then, practically and ie.itima,ely' ia nne ~
northern and not Of southern eouality "
4 view OF our past progress confirms th;x
argument. In 11K, onu wear after 1he oEosn;s
zation Of the federal government. fbn:a ~
states In the original thirteen, which arr now
slave States, had an area Of two hundred and |
thirteen thousand square mics. with = whi.e !
population {nccors.In, 10 De BOW Of ahont
million aud \ quars.r; the seven States of The
original thirteen now free States. and an area
Of one hundred and twcnty-n1e thousan3
square miles, with white poDuiation 1aceo-s.
Ing to this same :cthori.y} ri rea.,y 49, sati
lions. Since that time there have been added
to the area OF s1axc States some si~ h1r. -sa
and forty thousand eouare rniIea grhi1a 49,
white population has increased less than seven even
gon and hinuesnr, ,uo -. nr Iunon tn,a @ Q! oIe-
fhe errs ~ 11,e 49,. ctst u tn1er 1eaEs BACK,
fass 4h.- ~ ~ ~ u.s Ssaes uaa oeen increased
-h;,. .a ~ use nuua1ea thousand square miles,
"n.e Lnei[ "nte POPULATION had increased
ne molc taan nNeea millions: Tie admission Of