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

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According to the tables of 1889, I'll
hostage collected in the free states wa
1892 800 dollars. and the expense =,
carrying the mails 6.7S4.1e9 dollars
leaving deficit Of ,215, 1S9 dollars
In the slave states the amount collect
ed was only 1.9SS.050 dollars. an
the expense of carrying the mails 6.
IOl6,6l2 dollars. leaving the enor
nous deficit of 4,02s. SOS dollars; tn
difference between the two deficits be
ing 2.Sl3,312 dollars. The slav
states did not paw one-third of the ex
pense Of trasporting their mails, an,
not single slave state paid for tn
transportation of It's mails, not ever
the small state of Delaware. Massa
chuSetts. beside paying for hers. had I
surplus larger than the whole am, un
collected in South Carolina. Accord
ing to the census Of 1850. the value o
churches in the free states was 67,
/ 773.47T dollars: in the slave state'
II GA ,5S1 dollars. The voluntary
charity contributed in 1865, for GER
tain leading purposes Of Christian be
nevolence, was, in the free states ,953,
Sl3 dollars; fer the same purposes. IN
the slave states, 194,7S dollars. For
the Bible canse. the free states con.
tributed 3l9. 667 dollars: the slave
states, 6S, l25 dollars. For the Mis-
sionarv cause the first contributed
3l9, 661 dollars. and the second, 10l.-
934 dollars. For the tract society,
the first contributed 1882 dollars,
andthe second. 24.725 dollars. The
amount contributed in Massachusetts,
for the support of missions was great
er than that contributed bv all the
slave states, and more than eight
times that contributed by South Car
olina. Nor have the free states been
backward in charity. when the slave
states have been smitten. The records
Of Massachusetts, show tha: as long
ago as l1Sl, at the beginning of the
Government, there was an extensive
contribution throughout the Common
wealth, under the particular direction
.of that eminent patriot, Samuel
Adams, for the relief of the inhabit-
ants Of South Carolina ana Georgia.
In 1855 we were saddened by the
prevalence Of yellow fever in Ports
mouth, Virginia: and now. from re
port of the relief Committee of that
place. we learn that the amount Of
charity contributed by the slave states,
exclusive of Virginia, the afflicted
state, was II, lS2 dollars; and, inrlud-
ing Virginia. it was 33,399 dollars;
while ~ 547 dollars were contributed
by the free states.
In all this array we see the fatal in
lnence of Slavery: but IFS barbarism is
yet more 0onspicuous when we con
slider its educational establishments,
and the unhappy results which natu-
rally enSue from their imperfect char
acter. OF colleges, in 1856, the Free
States had 6l, and the Slave States
30; but the compaltive efficacy of the
institutions which assume this name
may be measured by certain facts.
The number of graduates in the Free
States was Il, ,752,in the Slave States
l9.64S; the number Of ministers edu-
Gated in slave colleges was 747, in the
free colleges 10,702; and the number
OF volumes IN the libraries of slave col
legcs sos, S,0ll; in the libraries Of the
free colleges G67 227. If the mate
rials were at hand for comparison
between these colleges, in buildings,
cabinets, and scientific apparatus, or
in the standard of scholarship, the
difference would be stilmore apparent.
OF professional schools. teaching law.
medicine, and theology, the Free States
had CD. with 269 pofessors, 4 426 stu
dents, and lI5. .95l volumes in their
Libraries; while the slave states had
only 81 professional schools. with l22
professors, 1.S07 students, and 80, ,796
volumes in their libraries. The whole
number educated at these institutions
IN the free states was -. .5l3; in the
slave states 3,Sl2. OF these, the lar
gest number in the slave states study
law, next medicine, and lastly theolo-
gy. According to the census, there
are only sos in the slave theological
colleges, anil T47 studying for the
ministry IN the slave colleges; and this
Is all the record we have Of the educa-
ton of the slave clergy. OF acade
mics and private schools. in 1850. the
tree states, notwithstanding their mul-
tltudinous public schools. had 1927.
with 10 teachers. 154, 1913 pupils.
and an annual income of 2.437 .312
dollars; the slave states had 2,I97
academies and private schools, with
/. l3 teachers. 104 .976 pupils, and
an annual income of 2.019.724 dollars
In the absence Of public schools, to a
large extent, where slavery exists. the
dependence must be chiefly upon pri-
vate schools; and vet even in these the
slave states fall below the free states,
whether we consider the number OF
pupils. the number Of teachers, or the
amount paid for. their support. In
public schools, open to all alike. th"
poor and the rich. the eminencc OF tho
free states is complete. Here the fig
ures show difference as wide as that
between Freedom and Slavery. Their
number in the free states Is CO. .i32.
with 1921 teachers, and with p
I69 60l pupils. supported by ar an
nual expense Of $50 .337 dollars
Their number in the slave states is
ls.507. with 10. 307 teachers, and with
5sl SCI pupils. supported by an an
nual expense of s2,7l9.534. This diff
ference may be illustrated by details.
Virginia, an old state, and more than