Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-03
GbeO Ohio 9tatesnra,r
From the Nov York Nsxs.I

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Absshed by the cenaus statistlcs OIL 1910 and
1850, New England, excepting Rhode, leland
and Connecticut, 10 her lists Of mortality for
the year ending with 1859. has omitted to give
the color Of her deceased population. Enough,
however, can be CLEANED, not only in regard 60
the small tenure Of the uegro's life among bis
pseudo friends Of the North, but OF his pRuper.
ism, vice and crime, to safety all minded
men that the status Of tho free negro Is, in ell
respects. very far below that of tho alave II any
Of the Southern States. "NI
In 1850, there were in New England 1921
negroes and mulattoes; Of these the ratio of
mortality In the aggregate was one In sixty. In
order that this ratio may compare as fayorably
as possible with that of the slaves, the five old
slave States of Maryland, Virginia, North Car
olina, South Carolina and Georgia, though not
the most favorable to the health and longevity
OF the negro may be selected as giving the
nearest approximation TO New England 10 the
conditions of climate. Against Now England's
ono death 10 every sky ameng free ne
groes, these five old slave States give
ono 10 every slxsy-iour elayes. For the same
period Of time, there we're, respectively,
among the free negFoee Of New England, dumb
or deaf, one In every three thousand and five;
among the Southern slaves, one In every elk
seSeeot1 9NO uuuuEcu huu IL lNOW
England there was one free negro blind TO. eV-
cry eight hundred and seventy; smoDg the
Southern slaves, one for every two thousand six
hundred and forty.Ave. Iosane or idiot, among
the free negroes of New England, there was
one for every niue hundred aud eighty; among
the Southern elaves, one for every three thcu-
sand and eighty. Bat the difference by no
means ends here. BY the State Registries Of
Rhode Island aud Connecticut, where the die.
tinotion OF color has been specified for the cen
sus OF 1860, tho annual deaths of the blacks
| and mulaitoea have considerably exceeded che
births In the city of Providence the ratio Of
deaths among the negroes has been one In ev-
cry twenty.tour. In Boston, during the ave
yesra ending with 1859, among the blacks and
mulattoee the number Of births was one less
thsn the number of marriages, ana the deaths
exceed the births in the proportion of nearly
two to one. Yet these are the olties which, Of
all others In the United States, offer the highest
rewards Of social position and equality Of priv.
ileges TO the negro.
The poverty and pauperism Of free negroes
10 60 patent TO every body that several OF the
free States have prohibitive enactments against
them aud no criterion is any where to be found
In the condition of slaves With which to COM
pare the every where evident destitute condi-
tion Of the Northern free negro. Vice and
crime are the legitimate consequences, and to
this the census statistics bear ample evidence.
In 1850, of one hundred aud fifty thousand
one hundred and fOrty-two negroes, North,
there were four hundred and seventy. eight, or
one In every three hundred and ten, in .jall,
while of the whole slave population of nearly
three and o half millions, South, there were but
three hundred and twenty three, or one in ten
thousand, criminal slaves, against one 10 three
hundred aud ten Northern free negroee. "a
| That freedom to the negro every where
mean5 idlepess, IL so manifest that II would be
! an Insult to common sense TO dwell upon it,
Yet there are come men, and from Amcng
such the Fresdmen's Inquiry Commission seems
| to have been selected twho defy all experiences,
abrogate all laws, human and divine, who, In
short, claim to have intercourse with spiritual
beings, and to be governed by special msnifes.
satIons from the spirit world. Ordinary men
are accustomed to costs, and estimate the prob.
able advantsges of important undertakings be.
fore proceeding to operate. Theory with them
| Is founded on fRcts. But the American Freed
mems Commission, and the Administration
that commissioned them, reverse this uni.
versal rule Of sensible men, by fsst
adopting theoly and then advertising for fsota
to bolster 1t up! Nor is this all. They have
not only resolved upon, but absolutely have IN.
dettaIren nihe difficulty Of conducting the tri
altion Of four millions of people from sia.eoi
involn ltary servitude to one Of free 0ompensat.
cd labor" and then pretend to be In search OF
lsiAtistics TO show the wisdom Of their course.
After lsboriDg for many years to suppress oil
facts In conflict with their theory, they at last
bring it forward with the tyrsnta assumption
that "it has become necessity Of our national
existence" And, In proof OF their self right
aous sincerity, they parade string of questions
as long as the phalaetaries of their ancient pri-
mogenitors, to cover the deception.
We hope THAT the Administration may yetbe
foiled in its insidious purpose, recently, IOr the
first time, openly declared, through the agency
of the American Freedtnen,s Inquiry Commits.
sIonN Il is evident that failure does not enter
Into the calculations of these unprlnoipled Eevo.
lutionists. They forget that there 10 a limit to
human endurance. Though the wheel has, in
deed, acquired q fearful velocity in preparing
nbrllcoks for the slaughter pen" self-preserva
tion 10 no less the duty sf society than OF tht
individual. Weare yes far from being ready
to believe thai, thsAnglo. .Saxonrace Of the onoi
proud United States will ever ALLOW itself to bt
brought down to level with the NEGRO.
rhe Voice Of the Soidfera