New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-17

niaHsSeu' ioe iW'pees VI tine has arrived In our
numbers, in Our aboandiog wealth, In the vast Inn.
prvsmeDs 10 the safety, sapuess and comfort vii s
which seas are traversed 6usly In The varionsr
choi Of regions 10 which the colored race NAV b6
delored. The lopg'st voyage Ia back to that con-
!!hent, from which ten tines many as we have now
In Tins country have been dragged by violence whiA
available and snbiahtlally uocrupied areas In close
proximity 10 ns al endy iviIe this species Of immi.
grs'i u. The bland Of Sc Domingo alone might
receive thirty millions withon surpasspQ in density
OF popuaii IN Barosooea which does not excel IL "a
average PnyI III caIasty support the human race
scoIdlg 10 the mOer aid habit udes of tropical fe.
W .ne n'eh and exceptional development of Bar.
BADGES Is no, 70 lie iouk.d for ST. Domingo might
receive all orr elves ara n not exceed Porto Rico
10 70 MA i"ntothe square nile All the inands which
i Lore me alf OF hexi,c Central America the COAST
rsson Of Mexico, ano I Gee immea, urable fertile
Wastes VI the southern rou. Ii which are xa,hed bv
the Caribbean Sea, offer hosvitable rsf,os IA ,ba
is practically Loub,less '"A' 'A'~
The only remaining obstacle to which shan nou
address myself, which prevents the country from en-
teing seriously and boi efuly upou tho task of din
ireit OF the Of slavery il tie vague terror
OF such Constant AID ineyi al e iucrease Of the ser.
vile il ice TO attempt its reduction bv
r~m"vals aud lmiocbL, 10 leraie he presence in a
coo' i Ion OF g.ed"nl Foe pu tic mind not having
betn fsnili sri.ed with any measure Of coobzasion
equal to the ahhu III na'e OF slaves, nothing has
,ee"rh pssitl OF co rs, ex eft ZONE dimiDusioa in
the rate Of tier crease, AID little attention has
been psid 10 The Irn les upon which that increase
depends, thai IL Ia opnll ~ copied part of the
cert In aud unch"beeaole of nature quite az
huch as tAe rising VI tie sun the flowing Of the
tide.
We are 80 much Influenced by what ia imuedistelv
aroui us tn Il It J. difficult for American 10 realize
that G. human stscl is not Continually and ralioly
ausmentiog sel Tne treuchHsn " i'll have no diff
Gully Of tat kind, because be lives in q country if
Which the advance OF population is apprecatles
Win rurk the difficult, would be of exa It's tha
oppoie XII ana sould lie -low to believe ia Il a
POSSIBILITY Oi the increase Oi human numpers which in
TACT With lie is eaIir-ly customed in his own
eXpei-n,e.
OBVIOUSLY II ere can bs no fixed and unconqueralla
tendency in the bdlnsD sYeies TO multiply itieE IL
that vas SO, rs Alexander visited new worlds 10 sub.
cue, our race would require new worlds to occupy.
The gene al fact which observe. In the long history
Of Il rG, Is lint the bumo' of men remain 81 !.
ionfr he mt arr fact OF ncrease being exceptional
in tin and locality. lie ,aI scity ~ increase looking
Only toe power O pro- reatiCn, Is constant, but num-
b.rs are limited rc ~ tie measufe Of the means u
su sstenre, these are oby enlarged by the OPEN.
iDg vi new 10 utaliOD, by the advance Of
civilization u old There ha, proba ly b. en-
augmentation al tie numbers of mnklUd in the Old
World sin the Christian Tie civihzatlun Of the
G. ucssIan has Gully changed is seats, and tho
lire Irerrnt pJpLl ion of Ne-tein Europe is only
t.. equivalen; for that Of the old Roman Emi ire.
The e.rJ rae Is ut an increasing Que, eitLer in
Ali "a OF in any "f the regions u W. lib 1t has been
Transported, with the solitary exception OF tie slaves
this couGtIy Tne tree brxn es H. every part the
ii.nt OF America aud alI Ito adjacent i.laLds,
either De living station Try In numGers, with the
Ditsry eNeepti'u OF the United S,aer and even here
cir i CREASE scarcely ap reciabe. In Hayti they
t evea 10 hsy Diminished ehaf within seventy
Year. la Jauaica and the British colonies, il their
hunters lave been se up silce tue epoch of eman-
clAiin, II har oLly b-en by iIpOrtations. In Cuba,
,is .crenen Is equal To the number OF manu-.
nj. ions. In Jexmo and South Auerics, il Is the
sine. The Tree nero does not multiply anywhere,
but as gene al cole Is aylog out aDd dis,Ppea ing
TIE exception, slight IL j., has been in thi,
try. and the .,uial Ice of tue free nego. has
already s'auii,y sed here, and there is
believe, would be chanse led into pOsi-
tive ana i'd dec Gaze, by any eoisucrabie o
Ter ae ( free colored persons in this country
from $50 to iot0 was at the following rate:
,,n.vs. P'5ssHI
In III the stpes...,. Observation-Disclosures
In ibe aggregate the increase from 424, so "a
469 When gain VI -9,1Is, Or as before ,tsiedf
OF lO. 3 per cent
How much of it is by natural Increase may be deter
mi ed with pruslDaie, although not exact accuracy.
The number Vf sltrs becoming FIRE by escape wI',
in $50 BY the census OF thai ear, lDl and III 1869,
by the 81 that year, s. BY ayeraL Ing tho-e
numbers, W. have Tor wIOlo decade y,W VIII
il at least equal all tie colOred persons VINO have
II the ouutry within THAI idIe. There was scarce
any migr tu OF hat bihd pIOr To the II 1859,
e,,cyt % the fugitive slave, themselves, who seek
G ,uads al place VI refuge. 1870 TO ic5<, q
period VI ir y.twu ,edrS only 1D free ored
sous id left al the States Il Liberia OF late
has been euIgr"tiun VI sucn p.rsons 70 Mexico
ID the We lLdia ads, 90 AVOID the strlngenry OF
tue teve,e LEGISLATION az lust Tree szrUee in OF
the Slave ater But wit out gUiue iIto nneces,Lry
nicelies Of ejaculation, l. apparent that the es-
c pes from SLAVERY GuIInS the lie a ON 1917 viii
not ohly b l,hce al tie col,ied emigration OF ,e
ereons, out alec tie number Of le soma reduced
slavery by kidnapI iug, by thoee dern LAVE OF
of he ates which Tree per OILS are occa-
ionally rod int tie condition serSItu,e.
n remains, Gu'u, to tie uedI> ted iom the IN
crvuse O. the res colyre in viier 10 determine their
tarbl lncrea 9, tie hum gained by uanumlssohs.
L ese aEoinitd in I.v, BY the oensu. OF that year,
- I,s67, and III 81, BY Of that year, To
3,0IV by averaging toe ers, we have for thu
whole deSaue, S2,voJ }, the sun lvl,l lIsnuuIis-
soUs, which Ieuce the gain VI the free coored oPu-
lation by patu al iuereise ~ - 49, which is five aud
two-ittns pr cent. Ihis lie between one-fOurth d
e-fIh vi the natural Ia, rease OF the slaves which
was quite "a Ter osbi, viz: per ,elt M exhibited
by CENSUS, aud per cent iost by eseapcs and man
uui siJns.
This small natural increase Of the free coored race
as compared win either tie shave or white popu-
iion has, VI course, always been known 10 siaiists.
IL Is eaily denUusi r Ell rs mater OF tual figures,
and tue James Of IL not Oh cure ut neither the
fact itself or tie legitimate feIen,es IRON il hsve
Teen sufficiently insisted upon, or attracted the stten-
ton they deserve. .
IL is nov possible 10 determine exactly how much the
free colood has gsiaed by natural increase aimee
$780, but considering that the whole increase has been
less than that Of the wniles snd that the additions to
their number lave been greet by from Slave
~ and Dy submissions. which were numerous 10 Tie
early hiso DRY Of ,ie country irluuing tie sweeping
maIumisrions by laws ab,,lisiing Slavery IN many
Sates tie natural increase mast obviously have been
small. AZ We aready seen IL did not probably
reach per cent during the ut decade.
During tue deeaec enns in lo5J, The increase OF the
free eoored race iIom s causes t.eluGing escapes
from Slavery and manuipiosicus) was IN the Slave
States only and oneha per cent, and In the Free
y ate, only fourteen AID oue-iourth per cant.
In New.E aland frnm gu ~ 1850. he eolored