The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-25
An Extract from Senator ConkIing's
speech


doubt the honesty Of the census Of 1870, he
said; 81 was speaking of the population of
the eleven states, now twelve by the division
of Virginia, which seeded from the union
and now constitute the chief power of the
Democratic party. In 1870 it was; White,
1867 ,2l3; black, Ais, 222; total, 1926, 4S5
The total was 80 per cent or thr e-tenths Of
the population of the United States. The
whites We're one sixth If the whole popula-
ton OF the country, the backs one-ninth.
The Democratic ma iority in all these twelve
states represents about six million people, or
Is ger cent Of our whole people. If to this
number be added all the people Of these
states, of what, yer color, then they repre-.
sent not more than per tent. of the indus.
trial, commercial, tax-payiug property in
terests of the country, the other states of the
union representing % per cent"
Mr., Conkling then declared tho i.suse Of
the canpaigl to be whether or not "our Co
lossal fabric Of commercial, Industrial and
financial interests shall be under he manage.
ment of those who chiefly created and own
il" and continued; LET us see how much
national control is now in the hands Of the
FNuNili cCdt Ms ~ 10 III lNlllptLS anu
Upwards Of thirty members sit in the house
of representatives and in the electoral collie
ges, by reason of counting the whole colored
population as citizens, with full political
rights, equal in all things with the whites.
This is double wrong AMI double robbery,
to just the extent ~ which the freedmen are
hindered or defrauded of their vote and their
voice To what extent this is true the elec-
ton returns too clearly show. This repre-
sentation, based on stiff d rights, is Il plain
violation Of the constitution and of common
honesty; but there it is, and there II votes
and speaks in the nations councils. The
sixteen lately slave states (ncluding Della
ware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri,
which did not sRCede,) having th!rty.two sen.
ators. Thirty nine is Il majority of the sem
ate; so that the south needs only seven sena-
tors from the other states to make msjority
OF all. She will never fail to get them if
seven northern Democrats are there. There
are twelve there now. In the house of rep
resentatives there are 293 members. A ma
jority is l47, The south has log members,
lacking only Al of u majority of all. The
electoral college consists of 800; a majority is
1870. The south has 1856, lacking only AZ of
a mel )rity."
As NJ. Conkling rolled this catechism of
figures from his lips the audience moved
restlessly in its seats. 1t was everywhere q
ma jrity in the north, although from his
manner one could have supposed that MIR.
Conklng was speaking of overwhelming
naorlties in the south. More figures were
to come, however, perfect hive OF them.
Here they are in full in Il their attractive
ness, although they were but as a drop in the
hogshesd to what was to follow:
"1879-Customs duti S, $l37 $50, 0iS. Col
lected at southern ports, 81, las, sos. This is
II per cent, or one'sixtieth part. 1879 Inter-
nal revenue, Sll6,84S,22l Paid by twelve
southern states S2O,332, 1854 This is II per
cent, or ono-,iAth psrt. since the war Ohio
alone has paid moro Internal revenue than
all the late CJufoderacs stgtos united So has
Illinois. New \ ork alone has paid nearly
twice as much. Ii customs duties were added
the comparison would be more striking still.
Our domestic commerce exceeds our foreign
commerce twenty-fold. Railways move 80
per cent. of it. In 1879 4l3, 0l3 freight cars
carried this traffic. Of these cars the late
Confederate states employed 3l,248 This is
7 l-25 per cent, or one tourteenth part. In
1879 the tonnag of vessels engaged IN inter-
nal traffic was 2679,06I tous The
late Confederate states employed 242,54s tons.
d 1as part IN per 1879 'S1 ie Ju1 1s
so, 1880 our exports were SS55,653, 505.
The south exported SlSS,629, III. This is
22i per cent, or two-ninths part. OF this "a
per cent. WAS cotton, and the New York
cotton exchange reports that very little OF it
WAS moved by southern capital. All that
came north was banded by northern cap-
tai. That exported directly was moved
mostly by northern and foreign capital. In
1879 Ito June 80, 1S>0) our imports were
1861 95S, S02. The south imported Sl5, 934,-
89l. This is 2! per cent, or Laid part.
Exports and imports together were Sl,503,-
sS6,S97. The share of the south was S204,.
564, l0S. This is 1S 8 9th per cent, or ! 9TH.
In 1879 (Oetober q bank loans were S878,.
503,007. Loans of southern banks, $780,
560097. This is per cent, or l'l9th. In
1879 October 2 state and national bank
circulation was S3l4 l03 223. Southern
banks, S2l3,419, 1926 This is y per cent,
or 1.lS.h. In 1873 (six months ending May
81, latest returns) deposits in saving banks
were SS73, 1857. In southern banks,
50 81, 423. This is l0.hs of per cent, or
l-250th part. In 1879, cost ofrailroads in the
United states was S4,106 331 ,92l. Cost
of southern railroads, S556,274,979. This is
10l per cent or 18th. The latest returns
show weight of mails carried on railways was
551, $40, 1853 pounds on southern roads o.
1914 1858 pounds. This is l7S per cent, or
one.sixth part In 1870 our manufactures
were S4,232. 325, 4i2. Southern portion
was 277,72O637 This is GO per
cent, or oue.sixteenth part. In
1870 the production of our mines was Sl63,-
sos, 900; of southern mines S4,996,O52. This
is ST per cent, or one-thirty-irst part. From
June 80. 1870, to June 80, 1850, the number
of immigrants who came to the United States
was 2,Sl2,l77. OF these 1862 came to
southern Atlantic ports and 47,299 to ports
of the Cult Of Mexico, making for the whole
south 499Ol. This is 77-lO0 per cent, or
one-sixtieth. The latest report of the COM
missioner of education states the total in
come for the public schools of the country at
S86, 978, 101. The south paid for public
schools SIS. 5S6,797. This is liz per cent,
or one-tentn part. This item is presented
here because it belongs to the industrial
interest"