The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-04
Stewards Prevention of Facts-The
Growth or the North and South Com.

Stewards Prevention Of Facts-The
Growth OF tho North and South Conn
pared.
In his popularity seeking campaign in the
Northwest, Senator Seward seems to have set
a very low estimate on the intelligence Of the
people Of that region Of the country, or else
he has made up his mind to a desperate effort
in behalf Of the abolitionized black republi-
can party, citing facts in any way that suits his
purpose, regardless whether truth will or will
not sustain bis statements.
We are sometimes inclined to put the first in.
depreciation on his course-as, for instance
when he tells the people Of ST. Paul that he at
one time thought the halls Of the Montezumas
were destined to be the central seat Of power Of
Anglicized races on this continent but that lately
he had changed bis opinion, and now believed
that the head waters of the Mississippi, some
where about where ST. Paul is located,
were to be that great centre, And then
again we adopt the second Interpretation, when
some bold statement 10 utter perversion Of fact
Issues from his lips. We cannot ascribe his
Disstatements to ignorance, for man Of bis at
tainments should not be ignorant regarding his
own country; we are 10th to ascribe them TO
wilful perversion Of the truth, for one in his
position should not be so ungaarded; we can
therefore only believe that they are the result
Of an unwise partisan zeal, which blinds him to
facts that initiate against bis theory. On seve-
raj occasions we have shown the fallacy OF his
assertions-as for instance yesterday, 10 regard
to the employment of slave labor in msnufsc-
turing processes; ard now we propose to take
him % on the general issue, In which he Is COM
ple,ely and thoroughly in the wrong.
The general ain Of all his argument and as
sertion is that society in the South, as compared
with that in the North, has been failure, and
il now rot only q non-progressive, but retro
grade state OF existence. Assuming this pre-
misc, he insists that slavery Is the cause Of
The failure Of this social experiment.
and that therefore il must be rooted out With.
ont aoiuv into tiresome details OF production,
trade anI material progress, we need only 10
present TO- great facts Of the growth Of popula-
ton IN set.s. whether the social institutions
Of either ssction are worthy OF the excessive
Society Is intimately affected by the welfare or
suffering OF The masses that compose it, and its
numbers will increase or diminish as its institu.
tons IRE well ~ i'll adapted 10 the moral and
physical wants ~ lie population.
our present national organization dates from
The year 1880. and our first census was taken 10
1900. IN that year the total population was,
in round numbers, four millions. distributed NJ
folow-;--
free .....*.....* ...., 2otOOoO l3W WV
SAve.s.t..s.t-s.s**s.+... so,VVo ooo,VVV
Since tia, time he population Of the country
has augmented through three separate causes
|. Natural increase; 2. Immigration 2. Impor-
tation Of Africans. OF these the first only de-
ponds upon the law OF social welfare, the
other two being influenced by extraneous causes.
Therefore We must separate the results Of in.
migration AMI Importation from the present
aggregates before We seek the influence OF the
social state upon tie growth Of population.
The increase from these two causes, between
1890 and 1880. are given IN the following table
AZ nearly a. we can approximate the figures.
II viii be remembered that the importation Of
African slaves continued only eighteen years,
ceasine In lS0S.-
H. Nrr-h. IN youth.
frnm,srailnr ............... I, sov oIo 200 COO
fn,portattcn 81 Africans ..... 70 900
Total ............s,s 500 600 40 COO
Our present population may be estimated
al thirty millions. although in the ultimate re.
turns some excess over that may appear: but,
If 20, Il viii appertain 70 beth sections IN pro.
portion. "a porulaton Il approximate