The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-20
Proportionate Increase Of the Races

co'ne tlme ago tho Now York Su7,
published statistics to show that tho
colorcd population in tho United
States had increased in very much
larger ratio than the whites during the
past decade. The figures of the cen
s"s OF 1870 were used in making tho
comparison, although the utter I'M
reliability of that enumeration had al
ready been conclusivoly shown. We
have been unable to procure this table
giving the population of the different
States Dy races according to the last
census, and are compelled to depend
Tor upon memory in the follow
ing comparisons:
IN 1860 the whites Of tho entire
Union numbered 2G,922,53 and the
blacks 4,44l $3.50. There were, in 1870
oo'oo'.ooo WHITES anu 4,oou,ooo n,.,h.,,
al increase of nearly twenty-five per
cent. for the whites and only ten per
cent. for the blacks, Notwithstanding"
mat the losses Of the war were sus
tame" almost entirely hy Glc former.
1he ;"'sur''ity o: this WAS manifest,
ana should have stamped thr crU>u&
OF 1870 rs Il fraud from the !vu.inuiu"..
II "" rrmcmbrr alright. i.!r rrl,uS
OF 1850 give, in round m,n.lrrrs i3 eco
O"o whites nnd 6,HGV,OU0 blacks. Skip
ping over 'hc census OF 1870, it j.,
t"li'd, II these figures be correct, ihal
III" whites have gained sixty per cent.
ana tie BLACKS titty-tour Per cent. sinc,
1860. y considerable error in thr
above estimate will he required ir
give prcponderAncc of pcrccnia.;c ia
The blacks.
We happen TO have accurate Stats.
tie" regarding four States that can be
fajr'F 'nHcn as an average. In Florida
ana H'%IN"S white immigration has
f">''' ! VHc"ctcd colorcd immiora-
N... 'h2ugh many blacks nockcd to
'i''- S'-:rs Just after the war. In
Hon'h Carolina and Louisiana, both on
account Of their climate and their
hadlcal governments, black immigra-
ton from adjoining Democratic States
mas been in excess, while, especially
from South Carolina, largo number
of whites emigratcd. The AVERAGE.
therefore, is pretty fairly maintained.
IN 1850 these States contained $780,
$50 whites and 936, ,629 blacks; in 1880
tho whites numbered 1,6sO,923, the
blacks 1928, AGO, a gain of forty-two
per cent. for the whites and forty-one
per cent. for the blacks.
IL ls said that 10 census taken pro-
vious to tho war gives the full colored
population, because planters failed to
return NIL their slaves, in order to
escape taxation. Whetlpr this be true
we know not, but hope not. If so, the
comparison would be less favorable Ia
the blacks.
We shall await al authoritative re-
port Of the census Of 1880. Whether
or not it will vary from tho estimates
given above, it is needless to say that
any comparison Instituted with the
census Of 1870 is worthless, And large
~ exaggerates the colored increase.
The conclusion wo draw from the
above is that, given similar conditions,
the races Increase in about the same
ratio, whilc the fact that the blacks
have kept their own, or have gained
on the whites, is proof conclusive that
they arc not systematically bulldozed,
dehauded or maltreated by Southern
whites. Both races 1.-Two togcthcr in
tranquility until some Radical dcma-
goguc comes along about election
times and raises disturbance that
q1iets down rs soon ne the election is
over. Last, hut not least, taking both
races together, tho South is making
strides IN population and prosperity
well calculated TO mako stalwarts
pause and reflect. Instead of losing
anything, the South goins one vote
over the North In the Electoral Col.
lego. !.
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