The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-05-25


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That is The way we have suffered by the
south. That is the way the south h&s wrong
ed ns. She has given employment TO our
merchants, mechanics and iaborsrs, 10 such
an extent that We may truly say We owe
| our prosperity 10 her. The production of
southern slave labor has been the gteat
motive battery that has driven nearly all
The industrial operations of the north. The
Treasury tables of ihe United States show
that not only our commerce, but the whole
OF our industrial interests, have kept exact
pace with The increase OF the slave pro-
ductions of the south In 1890, when there
were only one million five hundred thous-
and Slaves producing The staples OF CON-
mcrce, our tonnage was only AZ 900 tons ;
but IN 1856, when thers were over three
millions oftegroes producing the same STA
pies, our tonnage was i69, 600 tons. Every
Iiem of the material wealth OF the north has
in the same ratio with the in-
Crease OF the slave staples Of :ffe 'ebulh.-
That is The way slavery has hurt Us. By
the blessing of Almighty God, may it con-
tinue 10 do for oor children as il has for us
giving employment to our capital and 10
our iuduslry-gising cheap clcthing and
high wages to our laboring men, and 10
our commerce aname respected on every
sea. That is what slavery has done Tor
the north. We know how ptoianeiy the
Aboltiouists will rave at there stern truths
But there stand the facls and the figures
lei them deny them il they dare.
2. We are told also that slavery has i'm
poverisheI lhe'south itself aud to remedy
this evil we are now trying to'cutthe hroat
OF every white man, woman and child there
and to give the lands to The negroes, aud TO
such people, in the north, as are willing 10
i've terms OF perfect equally with the
negroes. That we may see how slavery
has impoverished The south, We will take
the FIVE old slave States, from Maryland,
an5 including Georgia, and compare them
oil being possessed of almost all possible
advantages over the rest Of mankind. In
| 1880, these New Eugls States had pop
ulalIon Of 2,726 600. la two hundred years
/ they had according TO the census of 1880
! accumulated wealth 10 the amount OF one
billion, three million four hundred and six
! ty thousand dollars, while The FIVE slave
States, with the same population, had ac-
cumusted wealth 10 the amount OF ole bill
! lion, four hundred and twenty million, nine
/ a;-
| Thus the FIVE slave Siasee accumulated an
aggregate wealth over the accumulated
wealth of the six New England States oi
| four hundred and seventeen mill on five
II the whole wealth OF New England were
| equaily divided among It's citizens, il would
| give each but three hundred and sky dol
lar, while the property Of the five slave
States, equally divided among their ci,izens,
would give each he sum o. FIVE hundred
and twenty dollars, showing a difference III
favor of the slave States of si53 per capita
This, Then, is the way slavery has imPov-
erished the southern people. Massachu-
selts. which is The richest OF the New En-
gland States, and perhaps The richest of rhe
nom -slaveholding States, could, If tier prop
ery were equally divided among all her
citizens, give each S54s But South Caro-
lima, if her properly were 30 divided, could
give every citizen 81 900. After Connecti
cut aud Rhode Island there is no non-sIave-
holding State thai could give over two hun.
dred aid eighty dollars TO each Of It's inhsb-
ilanls, and majority of the northern States
could not give over two hundred dollars to
each, while majority OF the slave States
could give iour h'andred dollars TO every
white man. The population OF all the fee
States, according 10 the census OF 1880, was
3,2l4 $50. The white population OF The
slave States was .6,3I2,s79. All The nor>
ihern Slales OF ,airteen million citizens had
accumulated property TO the amount of three
billion one hundred and eighly-s:x million,
six hundred and eighty three thousand dol.
lars, while the slave States of only six mil
seven hundred and seventy Ave million, one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth
OF properly. While the population OF the
norIh was one hundred aud inc per cent.
greater than the south, it had accumulated
riches but sixteen per cent. above the sou,h.
So division of all the property of the non
siayeholding States, among all their inh abb
lanls equally, would give TO each only S25s,
while the same division of the riches OF all
the slave States would give 10 every white
man S439 This is The way slavery has
impoverished the white people OF the south.
This is the "iosing game Of 'slavsrg,'" !" OF
which we have ne ard 80 much for quar-
Ter OF . century. The census of 1880 shows
that the wealth OF the slave States was
about double per capita I'd that of the non.
slayehoiding States. What folly, then, what
impudence for us here in the north tc talk
Of the 'losing game" of Slavery with
these figures staring Us in the face