The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-11
DAILY NEWS.
CHARLESTON.
MONDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER II. 1865.

thcro arc various Opinions aS 10 us soiu'io" A'"'
arc greatly influenced by individual feeling Mch
influenced by sentiment OF repugnancc to the
nogro-which feeling, however, strangely enough,
exiats tn tho greatest extent among those who
have had the least to 10 with thenl-have conf
mon belief that they must ultimately perish; that
thcy cannot stand the trials of freedom-cannot
practice the selfSoycrnmcnt necessary to subsist-
ence and well-being--canuot resist the pressure of
constantly advancing competition from the Ia
borcrs OF the North and Europe, and must yield,
therefore, lighter bodies yield to denscr: anu,
accepting this solution, they are ready to concur
in measures yield to tendencies that lead to that
result.
For ourselves, however, we must say we arc not
willing to accept of that solution. There arc many
reasons confess, that indicate it, but they are
not necessarily conclusive. Relations may be con-
ccivcd os entirely consistent with the webeing of
both the races here, whci, might be sufficient to
sustain the weaker; and the conviction to the
trary is SO rcpugnart that we would yield to q
conviction of its necessity with great reluctance.
Our odisorinl ehui u, rhI have been much adj
dressed to tho object OF showing the Importance
of the colored population. This We have chiefly
done by efforts to show that he is 80 indissoubly
associated with U.S. We cannot be torn apart with
out irrcparahlc damage to society. But perhaps
more efficient reasons may be dcduccd from con-
siderations of individual interest This is potent
principle. 1t may be unworthy. 1t wcro certain
ly to be wished that men and states could act
from higher motives; but experience would seem
to show they cannot. 1t comes down on human
actions like law of nature; mprcsscs them Ike
great physical fact, which there can be no moral
motive strong enough to overcome; and as we feel
tolerablu assured of the course Of people whom
we have como to be assured of the course to which
they conceive their personal interests points, we
would avail ourselves of this most potent pr .ncipe,
and show that we all have distinct personal and
pecunary interests in tho support anu prcscrva-
tion OF our colorcd race.
That interest consists in its tendency to sustain
the value of our vested interests. Most people
have general notion that population is in some
way necessary to the wealth of states; but few
we presume, are aware how simply it is of wealth,
the one sufficient and necessary condition The
Importance OF this element is more apparent in
rudimentary forms Of society, and few full to per-
ceivc that q vast domain, utterly valucless to its
one i.tabitant, becomes Of value when there are
two, increases with third, and rises i'll value
with the rising tide of population, without the
slightest change in it's condition. But tho con-
tinuancc of this relation between population and
valuo in established conditions OF society is not
80 GENERALLY perceived; and yet, it certainly does
continue There is necessary and constant rela-
tion between The estimated value of property and
tho number of people connected with it, and n
change occurring i'll the one as necessarily occa-
sions q corresponding change i'll the other, as CT
fccts do follow Causes
The fact is more clearly perceived in the value
of land. A very slight examination of the census
reports of this and other countries, will show that
the value of every tract of country, per acre, is il
strict proportion to tho peoifc on it; and what
perhaps, will seem more singular, the number o.
people, III the present state of money in the world
will indicate with tolcrable certainty the none,
value of the land OH which they live. In thos.
States of this Union, for instance, where there
ten to the square mile, the average value of land
is not far from five dollars per acre in those
where there arc twenty, the value is not far from
ten in those where thcro fifty the value IL
not far from twenty-five in those where there arc
one hundred, as in Massachusetts,, the average is
not far from fifty in England, where there nre
three hundred and thrty-threc to the square mile,
the average, per acre, is not far from hundred
and sixty; in towns, where there arc ono thousand
on square mile, the average, per acre, is
not far from fvo hundred dollars and in cities,
where there are fifty thousand to the mile, the
value per acre. is about twenty-five thousand dol
lara. This would indicate that every individual
who comes to reside upon any o.e square mile oi
this carth's surface will add proportionately to its
worth, end that this addition, i'll the present rcla-
tons of money, will not be far from three hundred
dollars.
With equal certainty can it be shown that he
" adds to the valuo Of other property. The census
returns Of 1885, the only one to which We have ac-
cess, will show the principle to be applicable to
this country at least. Massachusetts,, with q
population Of about one million, had an aggregate
of abo;:t $500, 900, 900 worth of property. Mchi-
gan, with population Of about four hundred
thousand, had an aggregate of about 100000, 900
Connecticut, with population Of about three hun.
drea and seventy thousand had an aggregate o
about SlS5,0O0. Nor was this ratio confined to
the free States. South Carolina, with q popua-
ton of about seven hundred Thousand had on ag.
gregate of $3.50, 900 900; and Georgia with popua
ton OF about nine hundred thousand, had an ag.
gregate of about s45O, 100000. These statemcnts
do not correspond with any of the tables set fortl
in that census but they result in principle from
comparison nf thn diffnrrnt +aI'~~ tt--- r4.se..t
ed, ond are sufficient to establish the permanen
fact tnat population is wealth,-that every man
whether bond or free, is worth five hundred dol
lars to the state; and they afford us ground fo
the belief that 'wo cannot part with portion o
our present population without the loss of q cor
il. responding portion Of our present property; ant
thata ointcrestod to tho precise extent Of Lii
interests hero, If from no better reason, to cher
ish and sustain the colored race. We know tho
to this it will be excepted, that what may be tru
with respect to IN active white population will no