The Impending Crisis of the South

te to Commerce, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, Education and Religion. Originally it was our intention to devote a separate chapter to each of the

the chief statistics which follow will be none the les

where the exercise of eloquence is too often characterized by violent passion and subterfuge, but in their own private apartments, where no eye save that of the All-seeing One will rest upon them, and where, in considering the

eflection; indeed, the more these figures are studied, and the better they are understood, the sooner will the a

NO.

AND IMPORTS OF TH

nage. Expor

,623 $8,224,0

137,170 87

3,797 547,

ana

o

87 4,851,20

970,727 28,190

9,490 568,

re 30,330 1

y 121,020

,221 113,731,2

07 847,14

397,768 6,274

d 51,038 33

915 2,895,

15,624 174

167,520,693

NO.

ND IMPORTS OF THE

nage. Expor

274 $14,270

ka

19,186 68

,835 1,403

,505 7,543

cky 2

,149 55,367,9

,805 10,395,

ippi 2,

uri 6

na 60,077 43

60,935 12,700

ssee

12 916,96

,788 4,379,

07,480,688

NO.

ACTURES IN THE F

Val. o

cts.

ted.

loy

2,862,522 $1,

5,110,102 23,

236,073 6,38

922,651 7,9

,783 1,292

4,135 14,70

151,137,145 83

,976,894 6,

23,164,503 18,

,713,586 22,1

597,249 99,90

,259 29,019

55,044,910 94,

22,093,258 12

70,920 5,00

,293,068 3,

8 $430,240,

NO.

ACTURES IN THE S

Val. o

cts.

ted.

loy

538,878 $3,

607,436 3

649,296 2,9

68,338 54

86,525 5,46

588,483 12,3

,320,948 5,

477,702 14,7

2,972,038 1,

749,265 9,07

a 9,111,245 7

a 7,063,513 6

728,438 6,97

65,538 53

705,387 18,1

27 $95,029

E NO

RAILROADS IN THE F

Canals

Rail

7. Cost of

8

forn

t 61 600 $

100 2,524

67 1,806

53 2,3

0 442 1

ts 100 1,28

n 600 2

ire 11 645

y 147 472

89 2,700 1

2,869 6

a 936 2,407

land 85

515 17

in 629

,855 $53

NO.

RAILROADS IN THE SLA

Canals

Rail

7. Cost of

8

51 484 $

ka

e 14 12

a 86 2

8 1,062 1

486 306

101 263

184 597 1

ppi 410

i 189 1

lina 13 61

lina 50 70

e 508 10

57 16,

ia 184

,859 $9

NO.

E FREE AND IN THE

tes. Sla

a Alabama

t $15,597,

13,790 Delaw

7,281,93

orgia 1

,252 Kentuc

4,492,660 Louis

,416 Marylan

3,626,000 Miss

314,885 Misso

3,288 North Ca

1 South Carol

9,864,825 Tenn

and 17,51

5,656 Virgin

sin 1,

00,340 Total

NO.

THE FREE AND THE

tes. Sla

ia Alaba

51,649 Ark

70,359 Del

3,918 Flo

eorgia

588 Kentu

s 119,690 Lo

3,938 Mary

32,151 Missi

39,171 Miss

,293 North C

5 South Car

276,070 Ten

nd 14,443

,915 Virgi

nsin

81,843 To

NO.

RATIONS IN THE

es.

Total

d. Cost

ma

81,437 $234,

79,284 179

05,252 279

,578 180,4

198 82,4

165 151,3

s 259,062 53

9,763 142,

re 38,387 9

31,495 10

2,498 1,383

958 452,6

217,293 583

d 30,291 58

6,314 92,

33,538 112

$4,670,72

NO.

ATIONS IN THE SL

es.

Total

d. Cost

ma

4,514 $104

8,941 30,

7,298 19,

,764 19,2

,880 149,0

5,694 130,

50,778 133

7,743 191,

31,182 78,

3,742 139,

na 34,235 72

na 47,368 91

48,377 103

530 70,43

6,799 217,

1,553,198

NO.

S OF THE FREE

ber. Teache

ornia

t 1,656 1,

4,052 4,2

,822 4,86

40 828

042 5,54

ts 3,679 4,

2,714 3,2

ire 2,381

y 1,473 1

1,580 13,9

661 12,8

a 9,061 10,

and 416 5

2,731 4,

1,423 1,

72,621

NO.

S IN THE SLAV

ber. Teache

1,152 1,

s 353 3

e 194 2

a 69 7

1,251 1,

2,234 2,3

a 664 82

d 898 9

ppi 782

1,570 1,6

ina 2,657 2

olina 724

2,680 2,

349 36

2,930 2,9

19,307

NO. XX

HAN PRIVATE IN TH

Number.

ifo

icut 16

is 152

a 151

32

236

etts 1,46

an 417

shire 12

sey 128

11,013

352 1

ania 393

sland 9

nt 96

sin 72

1 3,8

NO.

AN PRIVATE IN THE

Number.

ma 56

nsas

re 17

da 7

ia 38

ky 80

ana 10

nd 124

ippi 11

ri 97

rolina 3

rolina 2

see 34

s 12

ia 54

64

E NO

DICALS PUBLISHED IN

mber. Copi

ual

rnia 7

cut 46 4

s 107 5

107 4,

29 1,

49 4,2

etts 202

n 58 3,

shire 38

sey 51

428 115

61 30,

nia 309 8

land 19

t 35 2

in 46 2

334,

E NO

DICALS PUBLISHED IN

mber. Copi

ual

a 60 2

as 9 3

re 10

a 10 3

a 51 4

y 62 6,

na 55 1

d 68 19

ppi 50 1

i 61 6,

olina 51

olina 46

ee 50 6

34 1,2

a 87 9,

81,0

NO.

ADULTS IN THE F

tive. Fore

a 2,201 2

ut 826 4,

34,107 5,

7,275 3,2

043 1,0

,999 4,

ts 1,055 26

4,903 3

hire 893

y 8,370 5

23,241 68

968 9,06

a 41,944 24

and 981 2

565 5,

1,459 4,

173,79

NO.

ADULTS IN THE S

tive. Fore

33,618 1

16,792

4,132 4

3,564

40,794 4

64,340 2,

14,950 6

17,364 3,

pi 13,324

34,420 1,

lina 73,22

lina 15,58

77,017 5

037 2,48

75,868 1,

19,856

NO.

AL POWER OF THE

nators. Re

ong. El

te

ornia

cticu

ois 2

na 2

a 2

ne

usetts

igan

mpshir

ersey

ork 2

2 2

lvania

Island

ont

nsin

141

E NO

AL POWER OF THE

nators. Re

ong. El

te

ama

nsas

ware

ida

gia

cky 2

iana

land

ssipp

ouri

arolina

Caroli

ssee

as

nia 2

90

NO.

PRESIDENT BY THE

. Repu

t. Ame

e. Demo

nan.

,339 35,113 5

42,715 2,615

189 37,444 1

75 22,386 11

4 9,180 36

9 3,325 39,

108,190 19,626

762 1,660 52

e 38,345 422

8,338 24,115

907 124,604 1

7 28,126 17

47,510 82,175

11,467 1,67

,561 545 1

6,090 579 5

3,590 1,224,

NO.

PRESIDENT BY THE

. Repu

t. Ame

e. Demo

nan.

8,552 46,

10,787 21

08 6,175 8

4,833 6,

2,228 56,

4 67,416 74

20,709 22,

1 47,460 39

i 24,195 3

8,524 58,1

ina 36,886

Caro

66,178 73,

,244 28,

1 60,278 89

465 609,58

NO.

N THE FREE AND IN T

tes. Sla

288,400 Alab

3,599,330 Ar

532,305 Del

68,906 Flor

12 Georgia

,209 Kentuc

10,504,888 Lou

3,180 Maryl

1,433,266 Miss

712,863 Misso

9,561 North Ca

9 South Carol

1,853,291 Tenn

1,293,600 T

1,655 Virgin

nsin

73,477 Tota

NO.

VENTIONS IN THE FREE AND

tes. Sla

ia 13 Al

cut 142

s 93 De

a 67 F

4 Geor

42 Ken

tts 331 Lo

n 22 Ma

ire 43 Mis

ey 78 Mi

592 North

South C

nia 267 T

sland 1

35 Vir

onsi

,929 To

E NO

RACT CAUSE IN THE

Contri

Cause. Con

ract

nia $1,

cut 24,5

s 28,40

a 6,75

4,216

5,44

etts 43,4

an 5,5

shire 6,

sey 15,

k 123,3

25,75

ania 25,

land 2,6

t 5,70

sin 4,

667 $

E NO

RACT CAUSE IN THE

Contri

Cause. Con

ract

a $3,3

as 2,9

re 1,0

da 1,

a 4,53

ky 5,9

na 1,81

nd 8,9

ippi 1,

ri 4,7

rolina 6

rolina 3

ee 8,38

3,98

ia 9,2

25 $2

E NO

ONIZATION[4] CAUSE IN TH

Contribu

es, 1855. Con

a. pur.

rnia $

cut 48,0

is 10,

na 4,

1,7

13,929

etts 128,

gan 4

shire 11

sey 19,

k 172,1

19,89

ania 43,

land 9,4

t 11,0

sin 2,

174 $

NO.

ONIZATION[4] CAUSE IN TH

Contribu

es, 1855. Con

a. pur.

$5,963

nsas

re 1,0

ida

a 9,84

ky 6,9

iana

nd 20,

ippi 4,

ri 2,7

rolina 6

rolina 1

ee 4,97

as

a 22,10

934 $

E NO

HE FREE STA

s. Nu

. Rati

er l

ifo

icut 5,

s 11,61

a 12,7

2,044

7,54

setts 19

an 4,5

shire 4,

sey 6,4

k 44,33

28,94

ania 28,

land 2,2

t 3,13

in 2,88

249

E NO

HE SLAVE ST

s. Nu

. Rati

er l

a 9,08

as 2,9

re 1,2

da 93

a 9,92

y 15,20

na 11,9

nd 9,5

ippi 8,

i 12,21

olina 10,

rolina 7

ee 11,7

3,04

a 19,0

865

E NO

PERSONS OVER FIF

AND OTHER OUT-DOOR LABOR

. No.

ure. No.

o

r labor

7,742 7,2

28,436 5,

6,225 4,1

5,472 2,

2,107 11,

10,119 26,

11,524 13,

24,672 17

i 50,028 5

64,292 19

ina 76,338

ina 37,612

115,844 16

,987 22,

7,654 33,9

215,968

non-slaveholding whites over the age of fifteen, who derive their entire support from manual labor in the open fields. The sun, that bugbear of slaveholding demagogues, shone on more than one million of free white laborers-mostly agriculturists-in the slave States in 1850, exclusive of those engaged in commerce, trade, manufactures, the mechanic arts, and mining. Yet, notwithstanding all these instances of exposure to his wra

ry, 1857, while the snow was from three to five feet deep in many parts of North Carolina, the thermometer indicated a degree of coldness seldom exceeded in any State in the Union-thirteen degrees below zero. The truth is, instead of its

his cradle. In the immediate neighborhood from which we hail, there are not less than thirty young women, non-slaveholding whites, between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five-some of whom are so well known to us that we could call them by name-who labor in the fields every summer; two

sisters, are not righted in some of the more important particulars in which they have been wronged, the fault shall lie at other doors than our own. In their behalf, chiefly, have we written and compiled this work; and until our object shall have been accomplished, or until life shall have been extinguished, there shall be no abatement in our efforts to aid them in regaining the n

s the testimony of reliable Southrons them

enjoyment of health. But how about Cotton? I am informed by a friend of mine-himself a slaveholder and therefore good authority-that in Northwestern Texas, among the German settlements, who true to their national i

mmond, of So

o prostrating as the short, but frequent

the reader, it will be seen that this same South Carolinian, speaking of "not less than fif

twright of N

ring exposure to the sun, as railroad-making, street-paving, dra

ritical examination of said tables will disclose the fact that, in proportion to population, deaths occur more frequently in Massachusetts than in any Southern State except Louisiana; more frequently in New York than in any of the Southern States, except Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas; more frequently in New Jersey, in Pennsylvania, and in Ohio, than in either Georgia, Florida, or Alab

. C. Nott,

itself but also the numerous bayous which meander through Louisiana. Here is a perfectly flat alluvial country, covering several hundred miles, interspersed with interminable lakes, lagunes and jungles, and still we are informed by Dr. Cartwright, one of the most acu

to inhabit it as the healthful servitors of other men, a carefully kept register of all the deaths that occurred in Charleston, South Carolina, for the space of six years, shows that, even in that locali

44; whites alone, 1 in 58-a very remarkable result, certainly. This mortality is perhaps not an unfair test, as the population

merican longevity, published in a recent edition of Blake's Biographical Dictionary, 68 deceased centenarians are credited to the Southern States, and 59

NO.

FREE STATES, AND NATIVES OF THE FRE

Native

. States. Na

Sta

24,055 Al

t 1,390 Ar

44,809 Del

76,581 Fl

392 Geor

8 Kentuc

s 2,980 Loui

,634 Maryl

re 215 Miss

4,110 Mis

625 North Ca

9 South Car

a 47,180 Te

and 982 T

40 Virgin

nsin

23 20

g whites away from their homes, and keeping at a distance other decent people. From the South the tide of emigration still flows in a westerly and north-westerly direction, and it will continue to do so until

mes three-going crowded from early morn until the boats cease making their trips at night. It is no uncommon sight to see from twenty to forty wagons e

oke with surprise of the multitude of emigrants crow

late of Chapel Hill,

West, knowing, as they did, that free and slave labor could not both exist and prosper in the same community. If any one thinks that I speak without knowledge, let him refer to the last census. He will there find that in 1850 there were fifty-eight thousand native North Carolinians living in

hem who will go to Kansas during the next five years, would prefer that it should be

emptorily dismissed from his post of analytical and agricultural chemist in the University of North Carolina, ignominiously subjected to the indignities of a mob, and then savagely driven beyond the borders

NO.

AVES AT $400 PE

alue of t

ead. Value of

less the

at $400

37,137,600

8,840,000

916,000 1

5,724,000

2,672,800

4,392,400

97,923,600

6,147,200

123,951,20

4,968,800

na 115,419,2

na 153,993,6

95,783,600

264,400 3

89,011,200

5,600 $1,

Southern States, during the year 1855, at an extra cost to the General Government of more than six hundred thousand dollars! In t

are indebted for the following useful and interesting statistics, to wh

OF THE UN

oin

h 4,

eorge Washing

h 4,

John Adams,

h 4,

homas Jeffers

h 4,

James Madiso

h 4,

James Monr

h 4,

ohn Q. Adams,

h 4,

Andrew Jacks

h 4,

artin Van Bur

h 4,

William H. H

h 4,

James K. Pol

h 4,

Zachary Tayl

h 4,

anklin Pierce,

h 4,

ames Buchanan

is elected, it will have been seventy-two years

, the candidates chosen in twelve of them being Southern men and

re-elected, but five Souther

isiana, about four months after his inauguration. In the former case, John Tyler,

out, Southern men and slaveholders have occupied the Presidential chair fort

PREME

the population, wealth, and business of the latter are far in advance of those of the former. The arrangement aff

MB

e- R. B. Tan

tice- J. M. W

Catron, T

Daniel,

. Campbell

n McLea

elson, N

Grier, Pen

Curtis, Ma

. C. Howard

T. Carro

RIES OF

Since the year 1789, there have been twenty-two appointments to the office-fourteen from slave States, eight from free. Or, coun

oin

, Thomas Jeffe

, E. Randolp

T. Pickering,

, J. Marshal

, James Madis

09, R. Smit

1, James Mon

8, 181

J. Q. Adams,

5, Henry Cla

Martin Van Bu

E. Livingsto

, Louis McLa

34, J. Fors

Daniel Webster,

3, A. P. Ups

J. C. Calhoun,

James Buchana

, J. M. Clayt

Daniel Webster,

E. Everett,

3, W. L. Mar

PRO TEM. OF

of Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey, who held the office for a very short time, and Mr. Bright, of Indiana, who has held it for one or two

HE HOUSE OF R

il,

} F. A. Muhl

24,

} J. Trumbul

2,

} F. A. Muhl

7,

} Jonathan Day

15,

3, 179

2,

} Theodore S

7,

} Nathaniel

26,

} J. B. Varnum

h 4,

4 } Henry Cl

19,

} Laugdon Ch

4,

0 } Henry Cl

15,

} J. W. Tayl

3,

} P. B. Barb

1,

5 } Henry Cl

5,

} J. W. Tayl

3,

} A. Steven

2,

5 } John Bel

7,

} James K. P

16,

} R. M. T. Hun

31,

3 } John Whi

4,

5 } J. W. Jo

1,

7 } J. W. Da

6,

9 } R. C. Wi

22,

1 } Howell C

1,

3 } Linn Boy

. 1

3, 185

28,

} Nathaniel

STERS-

oin

9, S. Osgood,

T. Pickering,

5, J. Habers

, G. Granger,

814, R. J.

23, John Mc

9, W. T. Bar

, A. Kendal

J. M. Niles,

1, F. Grange

, C. A. Wickli

5, C. Johnso

9, J. Collam

0, N. K. Hal

S. D. Hubbard

, J. Campbell

uch to do with this Department or with t

ES OF THE

oin

849, T. Ew

0, J. A. Pea

T. M. T. McKenn

, A. H. H. Stu

, R. McClella

EYS-GE

oin

89, E. Rando

, W. Bradford

795, C. Le

, T. Parsons,

, L. Lincoln,

05, R. Smit

, J. Breckinr

C. A. Rodney,

1, W. Pinkne

4, R. Rush,

17, W. Wirt

J. McPherson Be

, Roger B. Ta

3, B. F. But

8, F. Grund

H. D. Gilpin,

J. J. Critten

H. S. Legare,

, John Nelso

5, J. Y. Mas

46, N. Clif

, Isaac Touce

9, R. Johnso

J. J. Critten

, C. Cushing,

ES OF THE

d in the North than in the South, and affords little opportunity for influencing general politics, or the questions springing out of Slavery. We need

oin

89, A. Hamil

, O. Wolcott

, S. Dexter,

A. Gallatin,

G. W. Campbe

A. J. Dallas

, W. H. Crawf

5, R. Rush,

S. D. Ingham,

1, L. McLan

W. J. Duane,

3, Roger B. T

L. Woodbury,

41, Thomas

1, W. Forward

, J. C. Spenc

4, G. M. Bib

, R. J. Walke

W. M. Meredit

50, Thomas

, James Guthr

S OF WAR A

the Secretaryship only two years. Nor has any Northern man been Secretary of War since 1849. Considering that nearly all the shipping belongs to the free

ARIES

oin

, Henry Knox,

T. Pickering,

6, J. McHenr

, J. Marsha

S. Dexter, M

R. Griswold,

H. Dearborn,

, W. Eustis,

3, J. Armstr

4, James Monr

, W. H. Crawf

17, G. Grah

17, J. Shel

J. C. Calhoun,

5, J. Barbou

P. B. Porter

9, J. H. Eat

31, Lewis

7, B. F. But

J. R. Poinsett,

1, James Bel

841, John M

, J. C. Spenc

J. W. Porter,

, W. Wilkins,

William L. Ma

, G. W. Crawf

50, E. Bate

, C. M. Conra

Jefferson Dav

IES OF T

oin

G. Cabot, M

B. Stoddart,

01, R. Smit

Crowninshield,

P. Hamilton,

3, W. Jones,

. W. Crowninshie

Smith Thomps

John Rogers,

, S. L. Southa

John Branch,

L. Woodbury,

, M. Dickerso

, J. K. Pauld

G. F. Badger,

1, A. P. Upsh

, D. Henshaw,

4, T. W. Gil

4, James Y. M

, G. Bancroft,

, James Y. Ma

, W. B. Prest

, W. A. Graha

, J. P. Kenne

, J. C. Dobbi

ITULA

aveholders, 48 years 3 months;

9, held by Southern men and Slaveholders, exc

outhern men and Slaveholders forty-th

Judges, including Chief Justice

Southern men and Slaveholders fo

thern men and Slaveholders forty-tw

outhern men and Slaveholders, the last six

ntly holy crusade now going on against slavery and the devil, furnished not long since, to the Edinburgh Review, in the course of a long and highly interesting art

nts 11

Supreme Cour

General 14

f the Senate

the House

nisters 80

y before the people as candidates for the Presidency, there have been at least 16 slaveholders who were wil

L ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED

f Candidate.

John

Jeffe

homas Je

Ada

omas Jeff

C. Pin

ames Mad

C. Pin

ames Mad

t Clin

James M

s Ki

James M

ition bu

24

w Jacks

Q. Ad

Craw

y Cl

ndrew Ja

Q. Ad

32

ew Jac

y Cl

Flo

iam

8

n Van B

H. Har

L. Wh

e P. Ma

l Web

liam H. Ha

Van B

ames K.

y Cl

achary T

s Ca

ranklin

Winfield

ames Buc

. Frem

d Fill

OR KA

ill here introduce a few items which will more fully illustra

d (Va.,) Dispatch, in July, 1856, bewailing the close-

the Kansas relief meeting in Albany, $3,000. Prior to that, he had sent about $1,000 to the Boston Emigrant Committee. Out of his own funds, he subsequently equipped a Madison county com

ern pap

have been contributed for the same purpose: $2,000 in Taunton: $600 in Raynham: $800 in Clinton: $300 in Danbury, Ct.

dated Boston, January

as Aid Committee acknowled

duals and societies have, from time to time, made large contributions, of which we have failed to keep a memorandum. The legislature of Vermont has appropriated $20,000; and other free State le

ave labored so hard to gain for it "a local habitation and a name" in the disputed territory. One D. B. Atchison, Chair

pt Missouri, we have only received the follo

, Houston,

ton, Eufal

ick, South

,1

further comment

to the disease, and most of those who survived, and who were not too unwell to travel, left their homes, horror-stricken and dejected. To the horror of mankind in general, and to the glory of freemen in particular, contributions in money, provisions, clothing, and other valuable supplies, poured in from all parts of the country, for the relief of the sufferers. Portsmouth alone, according to the report of her relief

examine the following statistics of Congressional representation, wh

STATES

hite population of 13,23

white population of 6,18

the same political privileges in the U. S. Sen

REPRESE

s have a total

es have a tota

ntative represents 91,

ntative represents 68,7

y an advantage over freedom of 30 vo

USE RECEI

tes, $60

tates,

of the Free Sta

quite disti

ntry, as we have frequently heard them attempt to do, by falsely asserting that the North has enjoyed

STA

first settled

setts settled

shire settled

rsey settled

cut settled by

and settled by

ania settled b

t admitted i

admitted in

a admitted i

s admitted in

admitted int

n admitted in

admitted in

in admitted i

nia admitted

E ST

first settled

settled by the

settled by Ir

rolina settled

olina settled b

settled by G

y admitted in

ee admitted i

na admitted i

ppi admitted i

a admitted i

i admitted in

s admitted in

a admitted i

admitted int

early settlements in America, R. K. Browne, formerly editor

t who settled upon our shores, and therefore that they ought to b

o our readers a list of settlements made in the

h Protestants under Rib

ine[8] founded b

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remiums, ranging from three to fifty dollars each, were awarded to successful competitors-the aggregate amount of said premiu

olt, George

y, J. Sta

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, Wm. Joh

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emiums, ranging from twenty-five cents to two dollars each, were awarded to successful competitors-the aggregate amount of said

Colt, T. A.

y, James

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J. F. McC

, J. F. McC

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lected that agriculture is the peculiar province of the slave States. If commerce or manufactures had been the subject of the fair, the result might have shown even a greater disproportion in favor of freedom, and yet there would have been some excuse for slavery, for it makes

h report we have gleaned a single item, which, when compared, the one with the other, speaks volumes in favor of freedom and

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particular, how much North Carolina has lost by the retention of slavery. As we have already seen, the average value per acre of land in the State of New York is $36.97; in North Carolina it is only $3.06; why is it so much less, or even any less, in the latter than in the former? The answer is, slavery. In soil, in clim

ber of acres of land in North Carolina, will show, in this one particular, the enormo

res a $33,91

ndreds of millions of dollars have left the State, either in search of profitable, permanent investment abroad, or in the shape of profits to Northern merchants and manufactures, who have become the money

dollars per head, amounted to less than one hundred and sixteen millions of dollars. Is the sum of one hundred and sixteen millions of dollars more desirable than the sum of eleven hundred millions of dollars? When a man has land for sale, does he reject thirty-six dollars per acre and take three? Non-slaveholding whites! look well to your interests! Many of you have lands; comparatively speaking, you have nothing else. Abolish slavery, and you will enhance the value of every league, your own and your neighbors', from three to thirty-six dollars per acre. Yo

sand slaveholders, owning, it may be safely assumed, an average of at least five hundred acres of land each-fourteen millions of acres in all. This number of acres, multiplied by thirty-three dollars and ninety-one cents, the difference in value between free s

eceive the lion's share of the increase in the value of not only real estate, but also of other genuine property, of which they are likewise the principal owners. How ridiculously absurd, therefore, is the objection, that, if we liberate the slaves, we ruin the masters! Not long since, a gentleman in Baltimore, a native of Maryland, remarked in our presence that he was an abolitionist because he felt that it was right and proper to be one; "but," inquired he, "are there not, in some of the States, many widows and orphans who would be left in destitute circumstances, if their negroes were taken from them?" In answer to the question, we replied that slavery had already reduced thousands and tens of thousands of non-

idual owners, and them only in a pecuniary point of view, and at the sacrifice of the dearest rights and interests of the whole mass of non-slaveholders, white and black. Even the masters themselves, as we have alre