The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-27
Statistics to be Proud OF.

The New Work Ne,os extracts from the last
volume of the census for 186O just issued from
the Government printing press tables, some facts
illustrating the comparative amount Of pauperism
and crime in the Northern and Southern States,
as we'll as of each of the States composing the re-
spective sections, for the year ending June 3oth'
1860. Not hsving room for the tables, We aggre-
gate results as follows
The nineteen Northern States of California,
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
Maine, Mass achusetts, Michigan, Minnesota' new
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, ONO, oregop'
Pennsylvania Rhode Island, Vermont ana WIS
consin, contained population of l0,9lh1oo'
Whole number of paupers supported witnln ene
year-native, 0,238; foreign, lo6' z4l. "no'o
number Of criminals convicted WITHIN tne y0"a-
native, 29,0s9 foreign, 81, 259
The fifteen Southern States OF Alabama, AiAan-
aaa Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Lou
ia;ana MARYLAND Mississippi, Missouri, Nortn
0arolina. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas ana
VIRGINIA. contained population OF lsz4o,oo5'
Whole number Of paupers supported "lenin en0
year-native, 1858; foreign, 4546. ,.,,=
whole number OF criminals convicted within tne
vaar-natiye, 3677; foreign, 3477. :, tt,,..,
This exhibit for the South, with all tine , par,
barsm Of elavery is something 70 D9 anesad yaeWed
howaver. nosm to blow our own trumpet, We let the
Mems sneaE for us. That journal says:
From there tables it appears that the amount
- nsnner;sm in the Northern States during the
Twelve months which they include, was l57 per
cant. Of the, paupers being native born, and 0.8S
Of Of foreign birth. The amount Of pauperism in
the Southern States during the same period ls
found to have been 0.19 per cent OF the popula-
ton Of that section of the country, Of which OLD
ard O, o. per cent. BY those Of foreign birth.
The criminal statistics show that. within the
wear, the number of persons convicted in the
Northern States Was o. per cent OF their popu-
lation, of which 0.15 per cent were native Amerl
cans, and 0.33 per cent. foreigners; The conYlo-
we're .O8 per cent. of their population, fraction
more than half being native born, and q fraction
less than half being Of foreign birth.
Thus the ratio Of pauperism and crime IN the
North were, in $780, each eight times greater 1nan
they were in the South.
aOh, but it is the large number Of foreigners
we have among US that fill our workhouses and
our prisons |" We fancy We hear come Radical re-
mark.
But let US take merely figures that refer to ma
tive born Americans and see now = the matter tnen
stands. Why We even then find that the ratio OF
native pauperism in the North was five times more
than what it was in the South, and that the ratio
of crime among the native born was in the North
also five-fold what it was in the South.
These facts conolusively demonstrate the high
tone of morality that existed in the South and the
small amount Of pauperism that was found there,
prior to the war. The Southern people can look
upon the record with no slight degree of pride;
and the evidence it adduoes ought alone be sufic-
lent to prove how worthy they are to stand in the
foremost rank Of American citizens and to enjoy
all the rights and privileges which that position
ought positively to guarantee.