The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-04-17
THE EFFECTS or sLAvERY.--A
FEW FIGURES.

.1 That portion OF the Demccrati
p party that glory in the name o
o Oopperhesd, end whoee member
!saro afflicted with an eruption o
Bu,ternut Pins, are ardent low r
OF the institution OF Slav,ry. a1c
one plank, the main one, in thei
q platform, is slavery in sll the states
Indeed they rely entirely upon This
proffer as the chic. means OF pur
.chssingi peace, and with it tho priv
ilegs Of again bowling their head'
to their Southern masters.
That the people Of Ohio may
know the value OF the system o! ev'
cry man owning himself, whict
those Coppsrbeaded gentry are &C
anxious to resign, and the beauties
Of an institution they propose to pu
in it's place, We propose TO show
briefly the difference between free
dom and slavery, as illustrated IN
the states Of Virginia and Pennsyl
vania. ,....
Virginia is q much larger state
than Pennsylvania, possesses a bet
ter soil, more and better harbors
better water power, better and NOR,
nsvigable strosms, o better climate.
and nearly as much mineral wealth
Of course oil other things being equal
Virginia should be far beyond Penn
sylvania in population, wealth and
commerce, and manufactures. Lst
ne see. lr % . 7.- H.t'
The population Of Virginia in
.17oo, was 74s, ,3Os; Of Pennsylvania,
434 373. Virginia having a popu-
lstion of 313 825 more than Penn
sylvanis. In 1860 the census show
cd a startling difference. Pennsyl-
yania had population off 905, ,1l5,
while Virginia had 1,596.3lS, l..
308 797 in favor Of Pennsylvania.
q Nothing so marks the progress ol
. state go clearly as its railroads.
How do the states compare in this
particular aar
Pennsylvania has in operation
1890 miles; Virginia l,77l miles.
in canals, the difference 10 still
greater. Virginia having only IT'S
miles, while Pennsylvania ,259.
The products Of industry, minea,
agriculture manufactures and fish
eri,s. show an enormous difference.
Virgins in 1860 shows $12O.OOO,.
00o-jost SIS per capita, while
Pennsylvania makes an exhibit cf
$39s, 100000. or $l37 per capita ::
Va The tonnsge of vessels built in
Eennsylvania in 1860, was 2l.6I5,
tons, against Virginis's 4372.-
And bear in mind the immense
natural advantages, Virginia en-.
joys over Pennsylvania as n mar.
atime state.
The census reports show the cdsk
value OF farms in all the states
The farms Of Virginia are worth i1
cash. S371, ,092 211 or sl1 81 pei
acre. Now look at Pennsylvania
cash value; $662 ,O5o,707 or s3s 81
per acrel Considerably more thar
three times. a ..sr
ut is unnecessary to give furlh 4,
figures. In everything, the sam
disparity exists, While one stat
II making rapid strides in wealth
agriculture, commerce, education
going forward grandly in the pail
OF progress, her map net work O
railroads and canals, her territor,
filled with towns and cities. dotte,
with those twin sisters of civil z,
tion, churches and school houses =
the other to whom the Almight
gave double the natural advantage
10 dwindling away year by year, an
from the first position in the siste,
hood OF states, has sunk to tho n t
and ia going lower and lower ever
decade, q..t.. .r...r
This is the difference between rrs
and slave labor. The first attrac
population and capital, the other r,
psls il. The one system makes e.
cry one man, the other makes or
atyrant aud q sensuslist st-the min,
'ty-nine, slaves and harlots. An
yet with the census tables le'ol
them, there are men who are labor
Ing to-day to extend this curse, tb
consuming leprosy over the fr
sfelds Of Ohio-who. to purchase {
iguomipious peace Of slave breeder
,wouli consent that the curse tb