Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-25


daa.l.- ss ,Sn1 :.si.sestSs1t5 -sf all eondi-
tions, equal to SGT per cent. Of this in
crease, 10, ,825 are whites, and the remain
der free colored and slaves. II is, per-
haps, little remarkable that the relative
increase Of the free eOlored class Of this
State was more considerable than that Of
any other. As their number, 1914 is so
small as to excite neither apprehension
nor Jealousy among the white race, the in
crease is probably due both to manumis-
sion and natural causes. This state has
made slower plogress during the last term
than ahy other in the South, having adj
vaneed only from 27.88 10 28.72 inhabi-
tants to the square mile.
Tennessee, it will be observed, has
made bnt the moderate gain Of 1908 per
cent for all classes. OF this aggregate in
crease, the whites have gained at the rate
Of 9.24 per cent. upon 1855, the free colored
1857, and slaves 1914
The next lowest in the rate of increase
in the list Of Southern States is Virginia,
whose gain upon her aggregate population
in 1850 was ia, ,857, equal to 1929 per
cent. The white class gained 1921 or
1I,06. per cent, the slaves 1887, or 3.S8
per cent.
STATISTICS OF RAPID INCREASE.
nThese are examples Of the states where
| in the population has advanced with slow
est progress the past ten years. Turning
now to the states which have made the
/ most rapid advance, we find that New
/ York has increased from 3,097, 394 10
ts. .see, 735, exhibiting an augmentation Of
! 7S8.sll inhabitants, being at the rate Of
4 25.2e per cent, The free colored popula-
ton has fallen Of 64 since 1850, diminu-
ton to be accounted for probably by the
operation Of the Fugitive Slave law, which
induced many eolored persons to migrate
further North.
aThe gain Of Pennsylvania has been In
round numbers 595, 600. In that state the
free colored have increased about s, 900.
The greater mildness Of the climate, and 8
milder type Of the prsjudiees connected
with this class Of population, the result oi
benevolent influences and its proximity te
the slavehoiding states may account for
the fact that this race holds its own in
Pennsylvania, while undergoing dimin-
ution In the state next adjoining on the
north. ai.
fHinnesota was chiefly unsettled terri
tory at the date Of the seventh census it.
: large present population, as shown by tht
returns, IS, therefore, nearly clear gain.
The vast region Of Texas ten year
since was comparatively a wilderness. /
has now apopulati0n of over 800,000 an,
the rate Gifts Increase is given at l84 pc
cent
aIllin0is presents the most wonderful
) ezamplsof great, continuous and healthfu
{ inoreass. n 1880. Illinois epntained l57,
455 inhabitants in 1910, 47o, 1888; in 1854
851, 40; IN 1850, .1,71l,95l. The gaii
during the last decade, was; therefore, 500
! 4sI, or 101.O per cent, 50 large a popula
: tion-more than doubling itself In te
] years, By the regular course Of settlemen
and natural increase-is without a para
: lei The condition tc which Illinoi
l. has attained, under the progress of th
last thirty years, is a monument Of u
blessings Of industry, enterprise, peaC
and free institutions.
GThe growth Of Indiana in population
4 though less extraordinary than that of
d neirhboring state, has been most satisfa'
a t5rv, her gain during the decade havin
: bssn S62, 600 or more than thirty-six p'
'ed cent. upen her number IN 1850 III
t s H1lickipah, Wisconsin and Iowa hay
~ participated to the full extent In the su
}. prising development Of the Northwes
L The remarkable healthfulness Of the elm
e ate Of that region seems to more than con
= pensate .forlits Iigors, and the fertility
8 the new soil leads men eagerly TO eonteI
; with and overcome the harshness oft
d elements. The energies thus called in
d action have, In "a few years, made the stat
70 Of The Northwest the granary Of .Europ
3 ana that section Of cur Union whie
a uiflan tie fscoliectfon CT living men, "
g 4 silSSt y aoraess- u now the chief sour
g. Of sub5ly IN soEso6s o. scarcity for {
isdsfl AIlHsas v another eoRtinsnt