Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-02-15
TIE CENsUs OF 1850.

Tables showing the population OF al IAC
States. according to the census taken last
wear, have been Published. At that time
the aggregate population OF the United
States amounted to 81 Gal ,977, an increase
Of s.t49 ,92l as compared with 1850 Tins
umouut was divided INTO free men, 27,C42,-
GA. and slaves, 3, ,999 ,353. the former show
ing. during the last decade, an increase OF
thirtv-eight and the latter Of twenty-five per
cent. As respects the different sections Of
the Union, the figures stood thus
Free States, l8,S02,l24
slave States. 1888 SOS
Territories &c. 406,345
The first show total gain Of 5.347, ,65I
Inhabitants since 1850 ; the second $50
-51. including 795, ,040 slaves ; the third
have lvauced three hundred and thirty per
c.rt but from these is to be deducted Kan
ss .naw q State,) with population Of
lt..tl5, less the number of settlers near
Pixies Peak. The District Of Columbia
contains 1921, which is a gain OF more
than fifty per cent over 1850.
The State which has made the least
c-5wth in population is Vermont, showing
gain Of only l,7O7. New York shows the
largest aggregate gain, having added "a, 10y
2aunr the decade but in respect to ratio OF
Increase. California stands highest, having
uare than quadrupled herpopulation. Iowa
has two hundred and fifty per cent. more
an N 1850 Texas, one hundred and
lzhty; Arkansas, one hundred and fifteen ;
Wisconsin. one hundred and fifty ; Illinois,
neIlv one hundred Michigan, fully ninety.
The others are all below fifty per cent. Of an
increase. except Minnesota and Oregon
which are omitted as not having been States
ia 1850 The former has now l72.l96 in
.a5itants, and the latter 52,5G6 No Won
.ar Sehator Lane is eager TO sacede with such
"a powerful community at his back.
IN the Northeastern States the growth Of
population is confined nearly altogether at
tie coast, the lower courses Of the principle
-.re,-. the four East and West railroad lines,
1..ta the iron and coal regions Of Pennsylva-
r-a and Maryland. Our mines, our manu-
re..rcs and our commerce, including rail
road transportation, have absorbed all the
Increase and VIII probably do 50 for years to
c,na rs lhe iutrJductiol Of machinery into
l-rilulture increases the relative amount OF
rrolGc,ion % tho numbers OF persons en-
gagged I, is different in that part of the
c5.n.rv % the West and South Of Maryland,
where tho vast majority are Immediately de-
fe.l-aJ upon tie soil.
OF tde slave States Delaware and Mary
land show decrease in the aggregate Of
t-sir slave population, of which the former
L-s .Aly so5. against . 900 in 1850, while
t.a latter las o5,3S2, against 90, 1868, loss
on nearly I've -usand. Missouri has IT.
creased hIl slave population thirtv-two per
cent ylt I'D me mean time her white pop-
0l-N0n has nearly doubled.
Iherumo2r OF pe7so who have inmigrate
from lIcc 10 slave states and rice rersa. are
not YET published bat the table will be an
interesting in view of the secession move
mant. In 1859, tho proportion Of the for.
mer were far more than two 10 one oF tho
latter and Judging from the ratio Of in.
crease in the two great sections, we beiey,
that the census Of 1860 will show an increas
cl number Of Southern born citizens at tn
North, after making dne allowance for tn
increase by immigration from other coun
tries
But, il view o.! the fatal movement mad
by the secessi0nsts, we anticipate very larg
occasions from the Southern states to ou
population during the present decade. Wa
or peace, Union or separation, victory or d,
ieat, the result viii Cnly be more OF less di
estrous to the Southern States. Confdenc
has been In measure DESTROYED capt.;
cannot be made to low in that direction
trade Is op ulng new channels, and wor.
than all, before 1870 the world may be ind,
pendent Of the cotton states for a SINGLE bal
Of that hitherto omnipotent fibre. Var, o
the other hand, and even demonstrators
that direction, bring heavy taxes: taxatio
drives off capital and labor. South Carolin
has already lost hundreds of her most yalu,
bic citizens, and to make matters worse. 81
has driven off hundreds of others. The IRE
ent secession movement must have cost L,
millions of dollars, and if persevered in muc
longer will utterly destroy her. CbarlestO