The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-25
~. ssouth Of the Future.

We have shown toat tue ate" VI t"e $780,
arm States Is larger than the area OF tue
,or,heru states. This statement, however,
~onveys totally inadequate idea Of the re-
,s,Ivc arsble areas Of the two sections. we
should hardly exsceerate II We were to state
that there are twice as many acres Of araD'c
land in the South as in the North. THIS 'a%
s.cs Inn oltcs that the land In the southern
states Is capable OF sustaining twice rs
many ucople as The land In the northern
sts,es-nsuming. Of course, that tne ieo-
nile IN zach case are TO live upon tue pro-
aucts Of the soil OF their own seeuon'
Rut even this statement fails to Impress
upor the mind the immense advantages OF
sh~ southern over the northern states IN
shc matter OF ability 10 sustain large pop
u,a,ion. In the northern section there ~
nm average OF five months OF cold weather
such weather as necessiiates the lsteping up
ri fires. the housing and feeding OF COWS,
eheen. horses, hogs, &c. In TIE SOUTHERN
section the average cold seasnn is not as
much as three months. Here Is another
reason why the South OF the future IS 10 oe
nm immensely more popuov.s region than
the North OF the future.
But why have not the sc advantage
wrought out heretofore thef results when !
Is claiued they viii work out hereafter
Our nertfrerr brethren now the reason
we'll eoough. They offer explained 'ee.
,,s In su,e-beI lxm days. was the curse o.
-,.ver,v that drove from th o South her whitt
cons .,nd fI.cSi the West with her bes'
b,oo6. That institution was responsible eoi
;rnyucreble 's!ls. 1t rIade the rich richer
and Che posr poorer. The Stakeholder
made moncy, and as he increased IN
xvssth and his slaves increased in Kuni'
bcr. he was cOnaueled to buy more
sopd for cultivation by his slaves.
Ute poorer whites were uprooted, bought
urt. andrea pelle,d, they and their children,
10 the oceidenSI regions Of the Unhed
States. The mags ;tnde OF the plantations
rendered a public school system impracti'
cable. There were OF course no schools tor
negroes. and no disposition to have any;
and the sparseness OF the white population
forbid she establishment OF free schools for
the yctites. No other facts are needed 10
explsjn why the South has increased in
.poput1tion more rapidly in the fast ten
wears than she cid in any decade previous
to the war.
Bat, o;herth;ngs being equal, thocountry
which is most sparsely populated VIII IN
crease most rapidly in population. Slavery
rs now gone, and the South is gridironed
with railroads and dotted with pu6iic.schoo
a,~uses. .iOur climate is infinitely more plea
SAINT than that of the North Our land Is
greatly, better. A man can make bare
living in the South with half the labor that
II requires TO make bare ivsng In the
North. we have not 1.-THE of the popula'
-tion which our territorial area demands and
will support in comfort. Whist in 1870
Massachusetts had 1876 inhabitants to a
square,mile, Connecticut 113, New i ork 3D.
New Jcrsey los, Ohio sc. Pennsylvania 10,
and Rhode Island 166, Virginia hau only 80
Sonth Carolina 20. Georgia 20. Arkansas
O. and Texas 3. How could 1t possibly
be expected that the northern states
would, under such circumstances, In
grease in population as rapidly as
the southern? II was ridiculous fony
to exptct such result. Look at the
.Sienseiy.peopled countries OF Great'Brltain'
England aud Wales, for instance, increassq
from 1851 to 1871 from population OF 20
DDS. 47 to22, IL, 266, or only 10 per cent,
whilst the United States increased during
the period from 1860 TO 1870 22s percent.
But we need not enlarge upon this point
The TACT Is well known. IL China had IN
creased per centum in population for the
last eighty years as rapidly as ahsrcountry
has increased, her population would now bt
11,OQa. 0O0,0l0 instead Of 335, 000D00. Oul
northern brethren might as wei, look the
facsimile face, and make up their minds
THAT thirty gears hence the South will rule
this eoant<y. II they ansex Canada We
will annex, Mexico, and shall tbon have
still greater advantage over them than We
NOW have.
We beg leave once more to cali the atten
ton of our northern brethfe who have
complained or the reported aacrssse Of thu
South, lin population during the,last tel
years to the following table, showing th
comparative xeas OF the t@o sections il
square miles: