New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-18

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STATE ii being, ior te whole perio5, lO9S, and i0r
tlc decade 'J.i.
Tie growth of popnlarion IN he limited States hrs
been marvellous. The toad population Of Gr.M
bItoin and Ireland. April s. 1854. was - OJl Us or
not tir from TWO SUD a half millions leFs than ,.e
population Of our couItry one wear before. lius
has ne cblld ouigrONn the parent. SIMPLY Dy We
dtycll en of natural clUscs hove We grow 10 lie
PEOPLE greater thGn tiaf which ri2hiully ncsncTl
edges The supremacy OF the BiIuah monar,hy. III
sev. nty-fve years bad eGined the posiiion from
which We could have become he conquer0f "a tie
Couqueror oi tie world.
OF >LAStS.
The nurnber of slaves IN tic S.ates of ihe Union
to,el ting Slavery Is Get down ~ > -, 1"l-Woie
than -0tUo gfehi"r tisn the eniIe ropn aiin Of ~
New England. Ihoy arc embraced, o come, n
to-e States Whieh, snce lie census was Ok ~ nave
seeded from he Uiion and in tie Border Sate,
Of Delaware, Maryland, koutucky, aid II soar.
kau,as, however, c'DtIin.dtW slaves. NeV-JerstY
eighteen, The Territory OF Nebraska hAeer, ! tan
80 and tie District OF Columbia 3,lS5, Which ilst
hive Low been eIaancpA'cd by act Il C09gIess. IN
1890. tie number # slaves va, t.I,S1; IN ls'V
S"30ii n 1910, l,i9i.3Gi, in 1870, 103o; N
lSJJ 2.GU3,Oi3; in ls4O, 2,sS1 49, sad IN 1917,
g. >0i3I3. The smallest rate increase wac during
tue - decade, Thei. II was -JdJ per cent. Inc
Lfgcsi Us. 40 pei cent was between 1880 and 1870
Wien acp uiIed the elaveB al Loulsiaua.
The oen.us clearly shows tne iHct hat the eolored
race 10 less profile CT raiber shofe. lived, IN This
country than The white. Tie rate per cen, Of in
crease among the wliles from 1890 "a 1860 IL shown
10 have been 5000; among the total eooren people
fsiiS, aBL among the slaves ft6.13. But the rate
Of ncreae among The free c0Ored population for the
same period has been 1900 jer ceAt. Increase is
lclst amoi toe u 4ve'. The difference between the
ncrsafe OF he Tree oolored population and that OF
The whites u not great enough 10 wnfrart the con-
cus0n that climate is better adopted "a the one
race than The other. A race prescribed, they Tut
t,r, Ia more frequent deaths. tie penalties Of their
iO.i iOal and social Olilawry. The moraii among
the lessaitfy Of Ireland is Only similar exhibition
OF he result OF olpiess ION. But why % slaves clc
of 70 much iapI1ly than whites or Tree colorod
eope Notorously, Inc climate OF our eKtreG,e
Southern States Is better adapted to tho nrgro than
he White race. The eXoCs,ive mortnhiy-we take
il for granted The births arc comparatively more
numerous Than among the whites-am0ns the slaves
thoIo shows that they are worked 10 death by thou
sands
In 1880, Slavery existed in Vermont, New-Iamp-
shire, Rhode land, Connecticut, Nrw-York, New
Jcriev, and pcnusylyaria. From all these States
xceIt hcw-jcr. ey, where Is slaves sil remain, il
hhs entirely Disappeared A few remained IN oil Of
them no 20 1910. IL 1910. Iliinoi,, Inoiann. anJ
Michigan, contained sltves; in 1870, the two former
held more than 100 slayee aud, though unlawful,
IL did lot entirely disappear nom their borders til
after tie cersls Il lS40 There Were sixteen slave =
IN the teiIi'ofy Of Iowa III 1910. There were sX
slaves owned IN Ohio ia 1880, and thee IN 1870
the census reports, from 1879 down. are Mailc
Massachusetts, tahlollla, ind Oregon. lhluy
wears ago, there were more thsn Two thousand
slayes in New Icrsev and ten years before, the m
rire STATE owned more than iO,WO There Il now
40 real Slavery nOiih Of Mason AID DiXOn's li1c.
Ia but two pro'cesediy Slave States las slavery
decreased during ITO last decide in 1850, Della ware
confined $50 slaves; IN 100, i,fge, being de-
cf.Rsc of 2i.4S pei cent. L. 1850, Maryland con-
aimed go sos shaver, md in 1850, ~ lsol decrease
- I'D g 81
Border Slave S.aic.-t irguit, koutucly. aud Mi.-
fouIi--Siayory Increased during the &C. ade 3.-S
CS7 and 3l.45 per cent Te,pe. .ely, aud that, cot
wit standing these are tie grclt fufi Is rrl1n5 Of
the more S0lihcrn markets. sld TIE eHcale "
iBgitves.
Mr.. Kennedy IN speaking Of biz tables Of fl.iiiyc
slave, fly-: That the complaint Of insecurity 10
ave pfOIfr'y iy tie escape 81 bid elias Of psrois
into ilc r., safes, au4 ther re .ovoIN lmlcdtd
NterAy is yalIc Das been lef-tu,d, D. tie result
sl. reAcu. or, J. evident, no. only from The fm-
rumlcr who have been lot 20 ucir owner, blt
lol % % fact that M 10 iho present time The num-
0.r of e.uaTes has been gradually Diminishing o.
au,h a., cNient that tie whole annual Lore TO the
a bern aie- from this cause bean i-fn lro 0rtion
60 lu0unf Of capital involved ttan itc ~
ri o,s vs. ci 20 ordinary times Oocur DO the fnc,l-
lti.ls o. Stale or GoyeIamen, seo-nlcs ia tie ti'
OF Nev-No tlone.' NJ. kcnu,dy is Fp,i enough
20 ,oucIGre, whit TIE census indeed ~ yts, t.rt
ecater occur " lI dependent ~ IroTiml'y 90 ifD'
population, ben in the nature Of tlugs inc dent to
Lie r,l firu AZ mas'er a. Il tl4ve." Ile'c is otc
ffup taken out o. the harp ~ tie = .c.fiori.i by
Tie testimony Of an old line Wig The fact j.. olly
ouf-ff .fh %! ole per cent O. all TIE slave c'cu-
90 from their mssi.rs between june !, 49, AID
J.ne !, ls6a pretty reason, TO be srIe, Tor o dis-
solution Of tle tnion.
4 lea melancholy fscs ihat tie Indians in 'he
territory Wet OF Arkan.as hold in Slavery 1850
psr.ous If African descent
or TIT INSANE. BLIND, MUrrs, AID IDIOTS.
Tie numtcr q insane pnuons IN our States end
Territories ia 1850 MAS 1879 81 WHOM .i.3.5 were
free. aud 400 were ,lnye. Oi oil tho cnet, bob
recent ard chronic received for treatment 90 TIE
pubic institution. Of The country, the ayer.Ic 81
cures j. about 80 ser cent. he most OF the Slater
have Institutions ior the treatment Of ihe insane,
Which compare favorabiy with the better clans OF
similar institutions IN Great BfilGiD lTin,o tld
Germany.
The number Of bnd II set down at J. 1885, being
1 i'm every -. 80 oil tie whole population. IL b.
stafed us remarkable fact thar tbe blind 10 he
Tuited states but hlle exceed twO-iitAs Of tie
uuuLer il Great Britain aud Ireland, and are lcss
Than three Gfhs o. the number ~ France ~ ifolof
ton 10 tie pOpuls ioDs 4 those couutics. TIE
nunlacr Of pups and blind employed ~ tic - pub
lie III, ,ituiicns uuded for tltir beDoht ~ -.
Tie number of mutes among tho fee population Is
II 16H. bling one 10 90 OF the whole u ie 'rgn-
lr that ne proportion Of these afflicted pefsou, Das
only varied nbolt olt-teLth part IN tlifty year.
Willie the rcturrs show that tie black race j.
IoLle 10 llilduess than tho white, they show tie
reyerse rs % deai-dumbness. Tue general average
OF the census gives only one slave desi mute 20
every 800 slaves, whereas there Is one IN le than
coo among the free population. There j., natu-
rslly enough, larger proportion Of deaf end duub
among population FROM winch on grafton Lns been
large than among o population gaming largely ~
euio ration. Thus, California aud Oregon returned
In 1850 only deaf mutot in a popula On of lrJ0JO
sud in 1860 OILY ~ in population Of $1,000
Kentucky appears 70 have larger proportion 81 deaf
u.ntes tlan any other Stae.
The number oil idiots 10 ,565, made up Of IL, 20
from the fte population, and 80 from the slave,