The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-23

469, 900 tuns.
Every item Of the material wealth of
the North has increased in the same ra-
ito with the increase of the slave" sta
pies Of The south. That is the way ''Slave-
r." has hurt us. BY the blessing OF Al
mighty God, may it continue to DO for our
children as it has for us-giving employ
ment to our capital and to our industry
giving cheap clothing and high wages to
our laboring men, and to our commerce a
name respected on every sea. That is
what slavery" has done for the North
We know how profanely the Abolitionists
will rave at these stern truths. But there
stand the facts and the fgures-let them
deny them if they dare.
?. We are told that slavery" has i'm
poverished the South itself; and to rene
dy this evil, VIC arc now trying to cut the
throat Of every white man, woman and
child there, and to give the lands to ne
groes, and to such people, in the North
US are willing to live on terms of perfect
equality with the negroes. That we may
see how slavery has impoverished the
South, we will take the five old slave
Statea, from Maryland, and including
Georgia, and compare with the six New
England States, which boast Of being pos
sesscd Of almost all possible advantage
over the rest of mankind. la 1850 these
New England States had population Of
2,12S 600. In two hundred years they
had according to the census Of 1899, ac-
cumulated wealth to the amount Of 81
5000 400 900, while the FIVE slave" States,
with the same population. had accumulated
wealth to the amount Of 81 ,420, 800, $50
Thus the i've ''slayc" States accumula-
ted an aggregate wealth over the aecumu-
lated wealth Of the six New England
States of Sill, $4,000 If the whole
wealth Of New England wear equally di-
yidcd among its citizens, it would give
each but $500. while the property of the
five slave SrateS, equally divided among
their citizens, would give each the sum Of
$500, showing difference in favor Of the
slave" States of $l53 per capita. This,
then, is the way slavery has impover-
ishcd the Southern people. massachusetts,
which is the richest Of the New England
Saatcs, and. perhaps, the richest OF the
non-slayeholding States, could, if her prop.
erty were equally divided among all her
citizens, give each S54S But South
Carolina, if her property were So divided,
could give every citizen 81 ,000.
After Connecticut and Rhode Island,
there is no non-.lavcholding State that
could give over $3.50 TO each Of its inhabl
tants, and majority of the northern States
coul,! Dot give over $500 to each, while
majority Of the ':slavc" States could give
500 to every white man. The popula-
ton Of all the free States, according to the
census OF 1850. was 1921 $50. The
white population of the ''slave States was
G.312.S79 All the northern States OF
thirteen million citizens had accumulated
property to the amount Of So. lSG, ,6S3, ,00?,
while the :.slavc" States Of only six mill
ion citizens had accumulated S2,I73, 20
900 worth ofpropcrty.
While the population Of the North was
one hundrcd and nine per cent greater
than the South, it has accumulated riches
but sixteen per cent, above the South
So division of all the property Of the
non-slaveholding States. among all their
inhabitants equally, would give TO each
only S233, while the same division Of the
riches of all the "slave" States would give
to every white man S439. This !, the
way slavery" has impoverished the white
people of the South. This is the losing
game Of ofslavcry," Of which we have heard
50 much for quarter of century. The
census OF so shows that the wealth Of
the "slaye" States was about double per
capita, to that of the no. slavcholding
Statos What folly, then, what impu
dcncc for Us here in the North to talk OF
the closing game of slavery with these
figures staring US in the face
g. We hear a great deal about the bar
blrism and wrctchcdncss which slavery
inhicts upon a family and home in the
South. What say the figures on this sub
iect? Let us take again the six boasting
New England States, and compare them
with the five old ''slave" States, having
the same population. 1t must be conccl-
el that home for every family is ono of
the most desirable blessings that civiiiza-
ton can bcstow. The more complete, or
the less mixed this home, the greater the
probabilities of happiness and virtue Now
these six New England States had accor-
Jiu,r to tho couSuS 5lS no families Will