The Placer herald., 1864-07-23

New England States had a population of q
12o,0Oo. In two hundred years they had, &C
cording to the census of 1850, accumulated
wealth to the amount of one billion, three
million, four hundred and sirty thousand
dollars, while the five slave States, with the
same population had accumulated wealth to
the amount of one billion, four hundred and
ta0enty million, nine hundred and eighty nine
thousand dollars Thus the five slave States
accumulated an aggregate wealth over the
six New England States 1889, 900. II
the whole wealth of New England were
equally divided among its citizens, it would
give each but $500, while the property oi
the five slave States, equally divided among
their citizens, would give each the sum o
$500, showing difference in favor of the
slave States ofsl53 per capita. This, then,
is the way slavery has impoverished the
southern people. Massachusetts, which is
the richest of the New England States, and
perhaps the richest of the non,slavehoding
States could, if her property were equally d.
vded among all her citizens, give each S54s
But South Carolina, if her property W ere
so divided, could give every citizen $1,000
After Connecticut and Rhode Island, there
is no non on'slaveholding State that could give
over two hundred and eighty. dollars to each
OF It's inhabitants, and a majority of the
northern States could not give over two
hundred dollars to each, while majority of
the slave States could give four hundred
dollars to every white man. The popua-
ton of all the free States, according to the
census of 1850, was 13,2l4,3SO. The white
population of the slave States was 6,3l2,
$40. All the northern States Of thirteen
million citizens had accumulated property to
the amount of three billion, one hundred and
eiqhty-sir million, sic hundred and eighty
three thousand dollars, while the slave State s
of only six million citizens had accumula.
ted tepo billion, seven hundred and seventy. fve
million, one hundred and twenty thousand
dollars of property While the population
OF the North was 100 per cent. greater than
the South, it had accumulated riches but
6 per cent. above the South So division
of all the property of the nonlslavehoding
States, among all their inhabitants equally,
would give to each only 1898, while the
same division Of the riches of all the slave
States would give to every white man $439.
This is the way slavery has impoverished the
white people of the South. This is the 10
sing game of slavery" of which we have
heard so much for quarter of century,
The census of 1850 shows that the wealth Of
the slave States was about double per capita
to that of the non slaveholding States.-
What folly, then, what impudence for US
here in the North to talk of the closing
game OF slavery, with these figures staring
us in the face!
3. We hear great deal about the barbarr
ism and wretchedness which slavery inhicts
upon family and home in the South. What
say the figures on this subject? 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 conceded that a home for every family is
one of the most desirable blessings that civil
izaton can bestow. The more complete,
or the less mixed this home, the greater the
probabilities of happpiness and virtue. Now
these five New England States had, accord
ing to the census, 5l8,532 families, while
they had only 447,7s7 dwellings. So that
New England had seventy thousand seven
hundred and forty-three families without
separate home while the five slave States,
containing the same population, have 5O6,-
7GS families, and 476,369 dwellings. Thus,
in New Eng land, one family in every seven
is without home, while in the slave States,
only one family in every fifty two is destitute
of this inestimabe blessing. This, then, is
what slavery has done for the aOhite homes Of
the South. This the social wretchedness
and barbarism we hear so much about. -
There are actually more white fam lilies bro
ken up, separated, and scattered to the four
winds of heaven in these New England than
there are slave families thus separated in
the southern States. But our present esti.
mates are all concerning white people North
and South.
4. We hear necessarily Of the irreligon
of the slave holders, and our northern clergy
are in the habit of praying for the southern
people as though they were heatheus, and
without Christian habits. 1t is not an easy
matter to estimate the relative religious mer-
its of people. We can only take the visi-
bic evidences of attachment or of inditfer-
ence to religious institutions as our guide.
Let us again take the six New England States,
and the five old slave States, and see in
which section we find the greatest evidence
of profound attachment to the worship of
God. We are still guided by the census Of
1850. After two centuries Of religious
agony, New England has erected 1907
churches, while the five old slave States, with
the same population, have erected s,osl
churches. The New England churches ac-
commodae l,O0O,893 souls, while the
churches in the five old slave States accom-
modate 2,896,472 souls. So these irreligious
slave States have erected double the number
of churches, and furnished the means Of
grace to over a million more souls than the
boasting pharisees Of New England have.
One-thlrd Of the population Of New England
is uuprovided with any place of worship,
while these slave States have provided
churches for million more people than can
90 to church, if they wanted to, in New
England. This is the 'irreligon Of slave