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

| 1ne Now YORK Ne,os extracts from the las
volume Of the census for 1880, 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 sOth
1850. Not having room for the tables, VIC agere.
| gate results as follows
The nineteen Northern States Of Californis,
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas.
| Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wis
consin, contained population of 1897, ,75s,
Whole number Of paupers supported within the
year-native 14O,29S; foreign, 156,241. Whole
number OF criminals convicted within the YEAR
native, 29,0ss foreign, 62,259.
Ihe fifteen Southern States Of Alabama, Arkan.
sas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky. Lon
isiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. and
virginia, contained a population Of 12,24O, ,5es.
Whole number Of paupers supported within the
year-native, 1858; foreign, 4546.
Whole number OF criminals convicted within the
This eshbs foi the sonth With al he
baTism OF slavery" is something to be viewed
with comPlacency, if not pride. Not disposed.
We'.s & TO Dlow our own trumpet. we let the
From these tables it appears that the amount
OF pauperism in the Northern States durino the
twelve months which they include, was 1.53 ner
cent. OF the population OF those States-O.79 per
cent. OF the panpers being native born, and as
OF foreign birth. The amount Of pauperism in
the Southern States during the same period Ia
FOUND to have been 0. 10 per cent. of the popula-
ton or that section Of the country of which o. .1b
per cent. was supplied by native born paupers,
a ~ q o.O4 por cent: by those of foreign birth.
Ihe criminal statistics show that, within the
year, the number Of persons convicted in the
Northern States was 0.48 per cent. Of their popu-
lation, OF which Is per cent. were native Ameri-
cans, and O.99 per cent. foreigners The conyic
tions in the Southern States, at the Same time
we're O;O6 per cent. Of their population a fraotion
more than half being native born, and q fraction
less than half being of foreign birth.
=, mus the ratio OF pauperism and crime in the
North Were in 1860, each eight times greater than
they were in the South N
sob, but it is the large number OF foreioners
we have among US that fill our workhouses and
mark. ' i'"uioai re-
But let us take merely figures that refer to ma
i've porn Americans and see how the matter then
stands. Why We even then find that the ratio Of
native pauperlsm in the North was five times more
tnan what 1t was in the South, and that the ratio
OF CRIME among the native born was in the North
also nVe-iod what it was in the South
Ihese 1acts ccnclusively demonstrate the high
tone or morality that existed in the South and the
small amount of pauperism that was found there
prior to tho war. The Southern people can look
upon the record with no slight degree of nrida.
and the evidence it adduces ought aiono be- sufic,
tent to prove how worthy they are to stand in the
all the fig6sa gI6fsa at&6 bPeh9ges WhfS6 ts position
ought positively to guarantee