Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-31
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of the States, before the High Court Of /
Public Opinion, and let the sorthiess 1
bear away the laurel As the roll is a .
long one, we mRst content ourselves with /
calling the representative ones.
Statesl You will answer as your
numbers are called out
Number 0nel
EEw YogK-Here. was 9Th in ~ ~
in 1870. now lam FIRST Popab .,;on
3,85l,000; wealth 81, 343, 23s, 90 NJ
laboTeEs are feemeR
Number Twol
PEsssYLyAsIA-HeFe, Twas second
in 1893, and hold ny ow pm,,.Ys 800
100000 wealth q, ~ 6 Sol mob NJ
laborers are freemen.
Number Threel
OBto-HeTe. anteraa = 1ooo
the eighteenthin ranL I'd n a. ~ 20. =
90 6,SSs,Vo1 popf .lation, and 81 ,I93. 1898
srsa I IJ@l.O Ny property is the work Of
Number FonrI
iLLSoiS.-Here / entered in 1910 as
the t,osp- ty.fourth in rank. EovI have
poPa~.tion Of III 1851, and 1911 $780,
wy: No bondH.an trsads my soil.
Number Fivei
YIRGfsIA--Here. entered the Union
in 1870 as the. frst in rank Ny popula.
ton is $4,000, Of whom 10000 are
stdDes. My wealth is $793, 247,-
600. My splendid climate and fer
tile soil have not saved me. Each ten
years since 1921 have taken place
. lower in the class.
Number Six
INDlAsA-Here. ! entered in $50
as t'eeaty5tlrst in rank. Ny population
is $4,000 Ny wealth $685., 1896, 900
have but l3,809 square miles Of ter
ritory, while Virginia has over $1,000.
My motto is free labor
Number Seven
NAssAcHusETTs-Her entered in
1890 as the fourth in rank with 1900
square miles,of barren, rocky soil. NV
population is ,22l 900 My wealth 1915
237, 900. Ny sons are everywhere, the
pioneers Of education, commerce, nav
igation and colonization. Ny citizens
are all lreemen.
Number Eight
MIssoURf-Here. entered in 1910
as tI0eHty.tktrd in rank. Ny population
lis |, ls2, 900 Of whom ia, 300 are slaves
Ny wealth is 1901 ,2l4 900 | have es-
tablished an ordinance of universal free
dom.
Number Nine
KESTUoKY-Here entered in 1870
as the fourteenth in rank. MY area ia
near 80 900. square miles, sol and eli
mate superior. My wealth Ia 1906 ,000,-
600. Population l,lh5,000 Of whom
225, 800 are slaves. Had improved my
opportunities and gifts would have rank.
ed to-day as the fourth State in place Of
Illinois. believe in the divinity Of hu.
man bondage, and the justice OF invol-
upsary labor.
Number Ten
TEEEEssEE- Here | entered in 1890
ms the seuenteentb in rank, with a do.
main of %, 900 square miles OF the g.
nest land the sun ever shone upon. NJ
population Is 100000, Of whom 2z5,-
7l9 are, or we're, slaves My wealth Is.
or was, S493, 100000 Had wisdom guild
ed me would to-day hold the third rank
in place Of Ohio My political guides
have worshipped negro slavery.
We must close the roll-cah for the
time, for the purpose Of adding few re-
Elections and Suggestions Ii ia not re-
markable that Massachusetts, with n
soil proyerhally poor, and hgrsh eli
mate, should be three ranks above Ten.
nesaee IN point OF powerR II is remarka-
BILE to superficial observer, but in this
case, happy Is he who can find out the
causes Of thingA" And the cause Is
readily found. One State exalts, dieni.
hes and rewards labor, invention aad
n
enterprise of oil kinds, and idlenesa is
aisreputable. In the other it islessaemed
sort of degradation 10 laboz. and
great honor to be able to ike in luxur-
ious ease, on the unpaid tell of hundred
slaves, whose sole incesliye to their dai.
iy labor is the seourgs ofan overeseer
In one State tbs lahorer is counted
man and a oitiaen; in.the other . piaao
OF property, mere brute IL is 20 the
9nterest, of the Massachusetts, laborer to
love ais State, but the Tennessee bond
men have every motive TO hate their
State with an exceedingly bitter hatred.
Consequently while the Free States pros.
per, the slave States gradually decay.
Now let us reason with those who Nave
been friendly to a Southern Confe3ern-
cy, on the matter. Grant your Goxnrn-
ment established and acknowledged:
How long could it last with a continue
ton OF the same relative psogress be-
tween free labor and slave labor, in the
future which we have had hithertofore2
In City years the slave government would
be so weak compared with its free neigh.
Dor, that it could not protect itself.
Much has been spoken and written in
this country about States sovereignty
and independence, but surely the most
superficial observer must see that the
labor system of the South tends ineyita-
bly, to weaken the States, and divest them
of all sovereignty and independence.
NaskeiYa Ty.a~s