New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-11-12
4 those east of the Rocky

Mountains, which have promise Of a more bril-
liont future. The tide of emigration which has
been setting westward will be diverted to the
South, attracted by milder climate and soil
almost equally fertile. Let US take the two
States of Kentucky and Ohio for the purpose OF
making few comparisons. In 1860, Kentucky,
with an area of 1850 square miles, had
7,Gii,2l7 acres Of improved land IN farms;
500 unimproyed. Ohio, with an area OF
3o. g61 square miles, had I2,G65,5s7 acres I'M
proved; e,O75, 55l unimproved. The valuation
of these lands was, in Kentucky, $29l ,496,955;
and in Ohio, $500, jGi, III. And the value OF
the live stock upon them was, in Kentucky,
sci sGs. 237; and in Ohio, SGT, 1880. Value
of orchard products in kentucky, $6Ol,o5l; IN
OHIO. 81. s5S, 673 Value Of animals slaughtered,
in Kentucky, 81 6fO,67O; in Ohio, Sll, 293,9'2.
Total number of live stock Of all sorts, Ken
mcky 300; OHIO, 1906. In the year
ending with June, 1860, Kentucky produced
-four and meal to the amount OF Sj,O34,7i5;
Ohio, $27, 100 io5. Among wheat-growing
States. Kentucky is tenth, Ohio fourth; in corn,
Kentucky fifth, Ohio third; in live stock Ken
tuokv fifth. Ohio second; in wool, Kentucky
tenth. Ohio first. The valuation OF the State OF
Kentucky was, S5es, 2l2, SOB; Of Ohio, 81, 49,
SO. A22. Kentucky had population OIL
l.l55,6sl, having 3O67 to the square mile, a
greater density than any other Southern State
except Maryland which had 1925; Ohio bad
., 800. 5O2, being 5c.5i to the NILE In the last
decade, Kentucky increased in population
1929, an increase Of I7.6i per ceat; Ohio.
1859, Is2, an increase Of l8.ii per cent.
If we take Missouri instead Of Kentucky, We,
find that, with an area Of 81. $50 square miles
being two-thirds as large again as Ohio-she
had but half Ohio's population, namely, 49,
Ol2 Her density is but l7.5i against 1854 in
Ohio. Missouri had -, 737, 93o acres OF unim-
proved land; Ohio. s,075,55l OF improved
lands, Missouri had 6,2i6, 81; Ohio, 1905, 5o1.
Value of farms in Missouri, $3.50, G22, l26; in
Ohio, 5000, III. The total valuation of
Missouri is S5OI PA 1898; Of Ohio, 81 1913, -9-,.
~ And, in nearly every particular in respect
to which we have compared Ohio and Kentucky,
Missouri makes poorer show than even Ken
lucky, which falls lar below Ohio.
These figures make the most effective argu-
ment against Slavery They show that, while
it is profitable TO the individual IT, utterly ruin
Gus 10 the State; that as 81 economic system,
il is the worst that could be devised; that the
ANNA, los to the country and to the world by
he employment Of Slave labor, II tle Border
States alone is 20 be reckoLed by hundreds o.!
millions; and that nothing but Slavery has kept
these States thus behind. In natural modes Of
INSTRUMENTATION. Kentucky is bet,eroti than
Ohio, making up by river wha, size lacks by
lake. For her magnificent network OF railways,
Ohio il indebted to nothing hu, her own enter
prise; Kentucky might have them, and her ell
mate is milder, and her soil equally good. Mis-
SCUM has river communication in an unparalleled
degree, and her mineral resources have been
Only slightly drawn Upon: moreover, she is the
natural western highway Of Tie nations, end
The Pacific Railway will yery surely cut across
her soil Tie comparison Of the density
# population az the Free and TIE Slave
States speaks volumes. Thus Kentucky.
tho most dense of all the Southern
State. except Maryland. which has one large
city. has 30.67 inhabitants to the square mile,
and Missouri 1854, while Mas.alhu cts, whose
valuation s SOL, ,553-oycl S3g0,OoooOO in
excess Of Ms.ouri-hss I,i39 inhabitants TO the
square mile But Slavery plays with tie soil,
indolcntly gathering tie crops from tie surface,
and then looks about for new acres.
No event of the last twenty years has been
70 great q stimulus to emigration as the present
war; the shittingi OF population caused By II
win not be over for years yet Adventurous
sodin IS from al the Eastern and Middle States
viii DO YcuIably smitten With tie charms OF
the SouAl, and will return and settle there after
ueaee com, 80; New-England has been ior ten
wears and N. ore sending swarms TO people the
Wet and nov the war will prove one of the
,rea, conyulsio,. which break up ard scatter
the uopulaton of q country. Slavery is abso-
lately sure TO retire southwark, and that very
Don; even # the Gull States cling 10 it through
the present century, u. Border states VIII
uoi-Freedom has marked them Tor her own.
Aud the tide OF Northern emf. ration waits only
for the removal of Slavery; mt 70 ulah ua'' II
~ ro' wait, but will pour down ana heip III
hc .,uoyal. If We call it ye, O. unsettled
climatic problem whether white In or can
be employed successfully in the extreme >oulh'
there is no shadow Of doubt respecting It's
adaptability to the Border States. Nor ish
necessary to change their staples, for the cotton
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