The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-04-28
ROSS & RossER Publishers.
For the West Chester Penn. J JefEersOnian.
ANTI-sLAvERY, GAINS.
Free Soil and Slave Soil.

Free Soil and Slave Soil.
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Mr.. .EDIToR:-Inh have collected aIfew
facts and figures, which present to your
readers, that they may be enabled to under
stand the question of >. Southern Aggressions.
SO much talked of, before the war. hope
if they meet the. eye OF honest Republicans,
they will give them their attention. Truth
and justice ever will prevail against fal Sc
hood and injustice. -,...t- -......t
The war OF 1776 which resulted in the
Independence of America. was begun bot
with the purpose of separating the colonies
from the mother country, thatdid not enter
into the design Of the patriots of that day.
They I0ere not ut the outset revolitionists nor
secessiopists, but fought to, maintain the
rights of British freemen, they resisted op :
preston, and Id doing so against obstinacy,
conquered their freedom and their inde-
pendence.
Besides the thirteen colonies which re-
volted, there were other British possessions
in America; there were Nova Scotia. New
Brunswick. and Upper apd Lower Canada.
But these refused to join with the thirteen
colonies. and to this day they are under
British dominion.
The war was carried on, and indepeu =
dence finally acquired by New York, New
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Virginia, North and South Carolina. Geor-
four in number, viz: New Ham pshire, N as
sachusetts, Conn necticut and Rhod Island
These constituted the origininal thirteen
States, and all The other states low in the
Union are indebted to them for their posi-
tion as States id the Union.
The Territory ACQUIRED with Indepen-
deuce from Great Britsir, extended from
New Brunswick and the Canadas on the
North, to the Northern bou ndary of Florida
on the South, and from the Atlantic Ocean
on the East, to the Mississippi River and
Louisiana Territory on the West.
The area Of this domain. is upwards of
SO4 600 square miles-alf East of the Mis-
sissippi River.
The territory lying to the west Of the
Mississippi River. was at the time of the
American Rev olution under the dominion
of France and Spain; it extends from the
British possessions on the North, to the Rio
Grande on the South, and to the Pacific
OceaL Oh the West, and including Oregon
and California, contains an area of over 2,
600 COO Of square miles. The United States
at this moment claim dominion over all
this vast tract of country from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, EN- bracirg an area Qnclud;ng
Il
600 square miles.
At the date of the Declaration of Iude-
peudence, all this immense territory was
slave territory, and every siguer Of the
Declaration of Independence--the siguer
from N assach usetts equally with the siguer
from South Caroliua-was either himself a
or was the representative of
slave olders.
During the period from the close of the
Revolution to the year 1893, slavery was
abolished in Pennsylvania. and the States
to the East and North of it. So at that
latter date, seven of the original thirteen
States had become free States, and six re-
maned slave States.
Previous to the year 1903, the United
States held 10 territory west of the Missis-
sippi River, and the territory east of that
River, not organized into States, was the
domain Of several ofthe thirteen StaIes-as
follows: The territories Of Vermont and
NJ aine, which were the domain OF New
FORK aud Massach usetts, respectively, were
Into the Union as free States, Yer
mont 1871. and Maine as a balance to Mis-
souri. n 1920. r..a
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan. Wis
consins and part Of Minnesota forming what
was known as the North west territory, was
ritory. .. .s-..f.e-.. 81 - r.
Kentucky, was likewise the property of
Tennessee, of North Carolina;
Mississippi and Alabama, of Georgia and
South Carolina z-.7-
In 1888. Virginia Of her own free Will and
without price, ceeded the North west terri
tory to the United States. s ..t. ..
- Th immense domain, in area equal to
26O,O 600 square miles, was by consent of Vir-
oinia. divided into FIVE free States, as. stated
above viz: OHIO Indiana, Illinois Michigan
and Wisconsin, and part Of Minnesota; about
one third part of this latter S tate, is of that
Virginia territory. ...
The aggregate area of all the free states east of
the Mississippi River, is 466, ,663 So. miles.
Of which Pennsylvania, Now
York, New jersey, and the
Now England States, together
contain but 1s9 .4s5 SO. miles
And the other States of Ohio, -.
Indiana, illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, an Fart OF Min
nesota all dOnlted5y T5rginfc.
contain together an area Of 26o,227 SO. miles
Aggregatinz to 466 6SS So miles
ALL OF WHICH WAS FORMERLY SLAVE TER
RIToRY, BUT NOW ALL FREE TERRIToRY.
1t is thus seen, how VIRGINIA is en-
titled to the once endearing sppellation. oil
OF STATES" ii is also seen ta1t
OLD VIRGINIA has donated Of her own
territory and of her own free will. an area
greater iu extent (by nearly 100, 900 square
miIes) than the total area of the States OF
New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
the six New England States.
Does the donation Of this imm ense do
main, the consentins that it shall be free
exhibit a spirit of aggression on
the part of the slave power?
Let men who desire to be Just spd who sre
searching alter truth read this array of facts
a nd ponder well over them.
In 1908, the Louisiana territory was pur
chased from Frsnce-this comprised Texas,