Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-06-30


10 cffms fhan are the free negro,
NsstAs % Massachusetts, the ratio
ffss aesreas 10 the State Prison, far q
4 ysars, saa sns 20 two hnsadred ana ifs,
ln the penissniiary ef Virginia. IL va
Eo-s % thYse hundred and enc. So thf
ia the non sisse holding States $50 ns
groes scomsait a. much nine aaanally q
$3.50 tree asgrosa la the slave States
Ssssa ihaasand ass handre,I "a
eighty -ssyen whiie peepls TO the fre
s:ates eeaaanis annually ~ much crime d
33 ,ul5 Shlte people commit at shs SoasE
Tha egimiaal degradation anaeng sh
shisss al lhe kaEth ID from three 80 fg
sanas greater than at the South. On
feasoa aa this undoubtedly ls, that ex
IRENE poverty IL almost anknown at th
South TneFs 10 not the same uehasiH
sosapetions tha sasae sslEsh strife for th
sceassagiFs OF life thtre, and the selRsl
psaSiaszs are inish aess exeifasl, y hiis
sense Of superiority Of race, which /
pfsctiealiy aRarlsI TO the Waite nam o
every degrees. sIsass pf from lhousan.
temp atlons Incl lent - life in the North
How else shall we account for the yastl,
less amount of crime ii the South7 Th
census proves sbe Jaes, and ought foreve
70 aeal tbs lyiag laps Of aboliiionism.
8. Aaotber Vi tbs Falsehoods of abe
litionIsna 10, that the whiIGa are physical
Iy degcneraiing in tbs slHvc States.
Where are the agurss for that? One O.
the signs Of physsa@i degeneraIloa il pau,
p risms Let Us see. la the sit N y
England States there were 33,43l pau
pers; In the Gss old slave States, contain.
ias the sarac population, there wers H..
22t, giving ia lhe New England Ststss III
axcesa OF paupers OF one hundred ane
shirty.kSs per ce1t. over these slave
States. Tha rattle Of native burn Hew
EBglandess In the psor house is one q
oae hundred and lofty thee; while i.
these 6ve slave States, IL is ons' TO twa
huti red and thirry-four. All nationali.
10 the Neg England poor houses are ia
tAe ratio OF Oas 70 eikhty-one; Rhile il
tbs slave States they ara ono TO one hun.
dFed an sevenEy-one
Aaothss sign Of physical degeneration
- the growing fEeq,aency OF iasaniiy.--
sShat saya the census on this point -
There aeEe in New England 3 ,s39 eases
of insanity; while in the ave slave States,
contracting lin eqaai populasion, there
sers only 2, 80 o4sea. Here is did r.
aaee pf more than sixty per cent. in fa-
yoE OF the slave States. Au equal r
eeat. will bs found ID favur Of the slave
sstaEes 10 relation t0 deaf aud iaanb.
Population teersase Is anothrr Evidence
Of hysieiai deterioration. New Enx.
land with 1864 more families lhsn the
old 'siave StRtes, has 1854 less blk.hs
annually, aud 10, l52 more deaths than
these 'siavs' States. Tbs SLAVE States
haye 2T par cent EnnTe births, and sh4ssy
thEee per esa; less daaths. Tbis sesm,
truly woaderfuls when va refect that the
climate Of great puttion of these fge
'slavv States ID great deal less haaIlhS
than thai u Nav Enga snd. Nghcrs asiav.
cry has existed for over two handred
years, We Aud the population, eseg in q
comparatively unhealthy climate, rxhib-
itinS signs of physical psrfcesability from
thirty TO forty per CENT. abore she health
iass and the most orderly Ut the free
States. This, then, il the way slavery
has detrroriated the physirial man. If
we wanted further proof'of this sane
kind at physicsAl detility from slavery
wa may Rmd iE ia the history OF tbs pres
ent evil war-a history in which even
oar boundlass impudence has, thus far,
foaHd nothing is dare TO hrag over,
!. Anoth4r faisehood Of aboliiionism
10, thai poaF white people are de=plss,i
aad sFodlcn nader foot by th slaYsholj-
era. This il about tba wickedrst he ef
all /; for it Is exactly tho revere in sAs
South. There the waits man bears an
sssrnal badge OF honor iB bis white skin,
whieh, however poor be may be, If be is
an honest, upright, an.i intelligent citizen
and u alxays acknowledged, at all times
and fn all places. This fact astupished
the Eaglish traveller, Col. Ere, mautle,
Hhcn be lskely visited the South. Speak
ing Of this very claAs (poor whitesl in
the South, be sayS: sEEscry white man
10 as geod another [ By theory, J and every
white female is, by courtesy, LADY
there is ouAY one esAss.o This we knew
TO be strictly true. A white nan msy
bs Us poor as Laxaras rhera, and still, II
be possesses tAs attib tss Of character
aaf lnsalligeaee, hi. poverty aeveg bars
him from the parlors of the rich as Ii
Dies In the North. There the social ban
10 on the black race, an not, as b, re,
upon the possgty eg misfortune OF cur
eau white race. Poverty is never treat
e.l rs crime In the Soalh. Let the poos,
bat h1neat white man a,.swer bow the
thing Ii hefe in the North. And let his
naswer stand for the refutasiun Of the
Abplition falsshooa In relation to this
matter.
&. Another charge Is that tho South il
without schools: and has dene nothing
fslF the cause Of e,tueation. What saws
the sen<ns9 Taksu again Ehe ssx Eew
Esglaad States, and epIupars shesn wiIh
The Ave priginal shave States. Thsse
N~w Finland States have Of cpllegs& and
aeadesafrs, ,ea)2. The Eve sslsvv'
States hare Of gba same, Las. The aew
kaglaRa States have eaabxsd THUR eol-
l'we aasi Aoadesaies to the extent ef
Ss43 .S9s. The Eve slave States have
esdoss+i th-irs to the much greater sun
% o. ,psD. .43s. Thus, the Hsa sslaFs'
States havc Isa ~ " Colleges ssd Aasd.
sEnies thsn the sig New Englana Stats,
ald these i've slave States hmsa beat
the slS States of New England m emdow.
siapas BIT shess Institutions OF learning,
. 80 $50. Uader these kgaves how
lock She editors, isctussrs snd minissnvs
sf The Ssrsh, win have esammed the pab-
iia Iaiaad rtsh 80 many ifarusisHs falss-
hoods On asbis suhjsst. II hse besn bat d
Fsw we@ks SINCE yew Engisnd ChaplHsa.
wrisiAg froln Neg Orleans, sssm Eea
Yssk paper, declared that ssshe SSasis Il
wsllssns suhos!s, 2 xfasn shs srasa Il ihal
tbs ssats 81 Lsus Asasa, From sFssh shis
clerical sagahonsa wrote, - shs 6as-sl
systTa II ossnsaeH sesasls sf 3ny Sssis
ID chr Unien; on had, befora Buaiss
brr Esthsm up 10 Nav 0rleaas, aed Baak,
snlshe assanirg a. lar ~ tr asssAnc d.
Th state uf lzsaisaaia baa swsIse Uni.