The national Republican., 1861-03-30
l40,439

Slaves 6l,753
.. l4O439
Florida is said to have seeded" but as no
action of that kind has been submitted to q
popular vote, and the Convention which passed
the ordinance Of secession, was elected upon
90 short notice, that the presumption that it
represented the popular WILL is exceedingly
slight.
But even if this population Of 1856 free
persons, mere handful, were as unanimous,
as they are known to be divided, upon this
question Of secession, their views would be en-.
titled to little consideration, in contrast with
the magnitude of the reasons of policy which
induced the original purchase Of Florida, and
which have reconciled the country to the vast
expenses of defending it during the past forty
years.
The present issue is, not whether Florida
shall be permitted to secede, but whether the
United States, or the Southern Confederacy,
SHALL possess a region, which has no population,
either entitled to control it, or having the power
to control it. Indeed the feebleness of Florida
is so well understood, that it is already pro-
posed, in the event Of its abandonment to the
Southern Confederacy, to divide it between
Georgia and Alabama.
Undoubtedly, the dynasty Of JEFF. Davis &
Co. would be glad to control the naval station
Of Pensacola, as point Of control over the
Gulf, but would it be safe to let them have it?
CENSUS OF SLAvERY.-During the last de-
slave States, has been Ia per cent, while their
free population has increased % per cent
That is progress in direction which under
mines, and will finally destroy, the institution.
In the seeded States, slaves have increased
81 per cent, while the free have increased not
quite SO per cent. This is scarcely appre
cisble step in the right direction, but it is not
. step in the wrong direction, which is con.
soling.
In all the slave States, slaves have increased
232 per cent, while the free have increased 29
per cent. In these States, during the decade
ending in 1850, slaves increased 20 per cent?
while the free increased 34f per cent.
SpEcIE.-The Vigo, which arrived at New
York on Wednesday, had f24s,OOO. The City
of Baltimore, arrived on Thursday, had fsl,-
900. This is an aggregate of million and a
half of dollars.
NJ A correspondent suggests that ex-Ad.
jutant General Cooper was born, not in Massa.
chusetts, as stated by US, but in New York. 1t
is our correspondent who is mistaken. The
Cooper family was Massachusetts family.
"a Wright Rives, of this District q son of
]. G. Rives, reported in the list of lieutensnts
in the army of JEFF. Davis, is at West Point,
and not likely to abandon the service Of the
United States.
A SPECIMEN MAN.-The Atlanta Geo. In
telligencer gives the following account of the
services rendered to the cause of disunion by
one Of the Southern agitators:
&C. G. Baylor is native of Kentucky. He
became identified with Texas during the Mex
icsn war, having served in the regiment of Col.
Bell, afterward Governor of the State. At the
close Of the war, Mr.. Baylor was made dis.
OuhoiuS ohiCcE III inc pay utpdrtment vi Tue
United States army. From that position, he
was appointed consul to Amsterdam, in Hol.
land, and made his first movement for direct
trade in this State, while ON visit to this coun
try, upon leave of absence. He was afterward
promoted to the consulate of Manchester, Eng
land, where he investigated the subject of cot
ton yarns, and the capacity Of the South to be-
come the spinner as well as the grower of the
cotton crop.
"Mr. Baylor was afterward appointed consul
to Cologne, in Prussia, which position he re-
signed upon Lincoln's election. He will be
recognised in Alabama as the nephew of the
late Judge Walker R. Baylor, of that State,
and Judge R. E. B. Baylor, of Texas, the
founder Of the Baylor University, and man
of distinction and piety. The subject of our
sketch is the brother of the gallant Col. John
R. Baylor, of Texas-the first man to raise the
standard Of resistance against Federal tyranny
and wrong, and who is now at the head of the
forces in Northwestern Texas. Mr.. Baylor's
family is extensively connected throughout the
South, and the name has figured honorably
in every stage of American and Southern pro.
gress. Mr.. Baylor has always acted with the
State Rights party and we remember him in
1850 as o supporter of Southern Rights prnc
pies. As writer upon political economy, com
merce, and finance, he is known to all the lead
ing journalists in Europe and America. AS the
builderup Of the direct.trade movement in the
face of almost insurmountable difficulties, his
name has had an honorable place in the esteem
and goodwill of the Southern people. Mr. Bay.
lor's father was surgeon in the United States
army, and resided in Adams county, near
Natchez, Miss, at the time of his death. The
Baylors are descendants of the Cavaliers of
England, and, like great many other families,
inherit natural antagonism to the Purtans." "
This Mr.. Baylor, who was for Southern
rights" that is, for secession in 1850, and who
has been devoting his activity ever since to
stimulating Southern passions by delusions in
respect to direct trade, has been, all the while,
in the enjoyment of lucrative offices given him