The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-22

Country roundabout was as free from
slavery Is Helper is from honesty; yet
canal down the Wabash Valley proved to
be comparatively easy of construction, al
though not very remuneraiive 10 the pro-
jec,ors
His statistics are ali of the character we
have given examples of,--unlair, and III
tended 10 nislead the reader. To give
farther illustration of the authors di5hoE-
esty, Is unnecessary. as ali who read the
book cannot fail 10 see where he tells some
of the most infamous lies. As sample
of his arguments, we refer the reader 10
page 81. where. among other equally prob
able statements, the following will be
found:
"South OF Mason & Dixon's line, We,
the non Shareholders, have 33l .902.72
acres Of land, III present average market
value OF witch. previously stated, is
only 50 81 per acre; by abolishing slave
~. We expect 10 enhance the value 10 an
average Of at leas. 328 OF per acre. and
thus realize an average net increase Of
wealth Of more than serenity fce hundrea
million doiiarsf'
Such sc,eech for freedom as that, is
seldom heard. 1t is folly to talk about a
Ran being too conscientious TO own slaves
after making such calculations. In the
Erst place. the average value Of land in
the free States is but fraction over So
per acre. instead Of 1913 OF, as Helper
pats it. The difference in the prize OF
lands in each of the free states, is proba-
ably greater than between the free and
slave States Any fool knows that the
price Of land is regulated by the quality of
the soil. location, De This can be prov
Oh, ny The fac; that some porto IS of land
in populous districts. in tie free States. are
worth $500 per acre, while other portions
are not. and probably never will be, worth
fo'cents pc, acre. if this difference in
in price IS net attributable to the reasons
We have stated above, will any of the
HelpeTi-es explain the true cause? The
same disparity in the prices Of land may
be fpuad in he slave States and in all tie
States collectively. There are farms in
the South Which cannot be bought for
sl00 PSF acre, and plenty of them in the
North Tor which The owners would be clad
70 take SIC. or even So. per acre. Yet
this proves nothing for slavery. just The
same as llcl peI's calculations oil this score
prove nothing for freedom. His f,lacious
assumptions can be detected and branded
by any person who will take The troubl to
reason for himself, and no, swallow his
sopiistries for sound doctrine.
We will give enc more example Of his
method Of reasoning. and then close this
part OF our subject. One of the main oh
jects which the author says he had in
view III the publication of his book. was to
demonstrate what the South might have
been had /; rot been for slavery. We
will assi, him in his calcula ions, AID
see what the total damage s. He esli-
mates the advantages which the abolition
of slavery would be to the South, at up
wards of three thousand nine hundred
million dollarsl" He says that each slave
costs the State in which he lives, Sl,5JU
per annum, during his life, or he time
which he is held in slavery. Estimating
the average nu,l, Der Of slaves at all times
during the two hundred years of slavc.y
IN the United States, to be 1000, 900,
There are now over 5,0OO,OOO) AID the
average length Of life to be 81 years, the
total number Of slaves which have exist.
ed. would be about l3 5000 900, which al
cost OF $4,000 each. Isl, 500 per year
for 81 y-ars) would make the snug little
sun OF 5535 100000. OOO.. Nearly all
the arguments which he adduces, will, If
carried out in fall, leave the author ocru-
Pying the aneuvia5e position in which the
above figures place him-that of kravc
ora block head proven such by lis own
mode of reasoning. "Out of their owu
noUIhs shall ye condemn them"
By making these comparisons. and show
iSg up the falaces Of the HeIperites, we
do not wish to be understood as fayoring
the re opening Of the African slave trade,
rs the abo!itioris:s say all are who do not
agree with them. We have examined the
book for the pnrpoFe Of finding out if the
author really hal The cause Of prosperity and
human advancement at heart, or whether
he was aetaa;ed by sinister motives Our
conclusion is. tia; he had no honesty oil
purpose n view. else lie would have pa b.
lished Tie truth. instead Of the most afro
cieus lies AMI decep;iors. He pretends 10
be laborine To c pnvince he Shareholders 81
their arr,,- financial poinf s. ,,i.,y n,