Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-06-28


, tion than that of Baltimore. has %,
, public schools, with 353 teachers, an
f 2I,67S pupils. supported at an ANNA
expense OF 237. 600 dollars; Baltimon
has only SO public schools. with 13'
teachers, and SOIL pupils. supporte,
at an annual expense Of b 423 dollars
But even these figures do not disclose
the whole difference: for there exists il
the Free States teachers Institutes
normal schools. lyceumS, AMI publ,
courses of lectures which are I'm.
known in the region of Slavery. These
advantages are enjoyed also by tbs
children of colored persons; AMI here
is comparison which shows the deg
radiation of the slave states. 1t !,
their habit particularly to deride free
colorel persons. See, now. with what
cause. The number of colored per
sons in the free states Is 1906. OF
whom %. .043, or more than one ninth
attend school. which is larger pro-
portion than is supplied by the whites
of the slave states. In Massachusetts
there are 9.064 colored persons. OF
whom ,439. OF nearly one-sixth. at
tend school, which is a much larger
proportion than is supplied 10y the
whites of South Carolina.
I Among educational establishments
are public Libraries; and here, again,
the Free States bave their customary
eminencc, whether we consider libra
ries strictly called public. or libraries
of the common school, of the Sunday
school, OF the college, and of the
church. Here the disclosures are
startling. The number Of libraries in
the Free States is 14.9ll. anil the sum
total of volumes is 3,SSS. 234: the
number of libraries in the Slave States
is 695, and the sum total of volumes
is $40. .577-showing an excess for
Freedom of more than fourteen thou
sand Libraries and more than three
millions of volumes. In the Free
States the common school libraries
are l1.SSl, and contain |, 1,5s9 ,6S3
volumes; in the Slave States they are
1S6, and contain 51,12l volumes. In
the Free States the Sunday y-school IL
braries are lib, and contain 49,
S5S volumes; in the slave States they
are 2T5, and contain 63, 463 volumes.
In the free States the college libraries
are l32. and contain $50, 5I3 volumes;
in the slave States they are 20, and
contain 249, 24S volumes. In the free
States the church libraries are l49,
and contain 81, 723 volumes; in the
slave States they are 81, and contain
D, 92I volumes. In the free States
the libraries strictly called public, and
not included under the heads already
enumerated, are 1,05S, AMI contain l.
loo. .367 volumes; those of the slave
States are l52, and contain 2l3 DIS
volumes. Turn these figures over
look at them in any light. and the
conclusion will be irresistible for Free
dom. The college libraries alone of
the free States aie greater than all
the Libraries of Slavery. SO, also. are
the Libraries of Massachusetts alone
greater than all the libraries of Sla-
very; and the common school libra
ries alone of New York are more than
twice as large as all the libraries OF
Slavery Michigan has 107, 043 vol
umes in her libraries; Arkansas has
420. Among educational establish
ments, one OF the most efficient is the
Press: AMI here again all things testi-
fy tor freedom. The free States excel
in the number of newspapers AMI Pc.
riodlcals published. whether daily.
semiweekly, weekly, semi-monthly,
monthly, or quarterly, and whatever
their character, whether literary, neu
tral, political. religious, or scientific.
The whole aggregate circulation in
the free States is 334. l46, ,28l; in the |
slave States Sl.03S, SOB. In free
Michigan. 3.247.726 in slave Arkan-
sas. $4,000. In free Ohio, 80, 413,-
407; in slave Kentucky, 6,3S2, SSS.-
In slave South Carolina. 7.l45. $50;
in free Massachusetts,, 64. $40, ,364-
a larger number than in the ten slave
States, Maryland, Virginia, North |
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia, !
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Loui- |
siana and Texas combined. This
enormous disproportion in the aggre-
gate is also preserved in the details
In the slave States, political newspa-
pers find more favor than any others;
but even of these they publish only
47,2i3.2 300 copies, while the free
States publish l63, 5S3 Cos. OF neu-
trail newspapers the slave States pub
li>h s.sl2. .620; the free States 19.-
l55, 1873. OF religious newspapers.
the slave States publish 4.364 SD; |
the free States %. 2s0. .652. OF liter
ary journals, the slave States publish
20. 2I5, 800; the free States 5l,i1s.-
76s. And of scientific journals, the
slave States publish 372. .672; the free
States 1 ,52l 260. OF these latter, the
number of copies published in Massa-
chusetts alone is > 033. 2G0-morc
than five times the number IN the
whole land cf Slavery. Thus, in con
tributions to science, literature. rell-
gion. and even politics. a attested by
the activity of the periodical press. do
the slave states miserably fail, while
darkness gathers over them. Ana
this seems to be increasing with time.
According to the census Of 1910, the
disproportion in this respect between
the two regions was only as two to
one. 1t is now more than five TO one
and is still going on.
The same disproportion appears
with regard to persons connected with
the press. In the free states. the num-