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Show 40 COMP ARIS NS DETWEEN TilE r_r All L E D. VALUE OF FARMS A~. D DO~IE 'TIC ANDfAJJ IN THE FREE AND IN TilE SLA\K fl.'£ A'l'ES-1860. --- r ·' 1.1'1-: OF F \ R \1:4 AXD lH>'lESTI<' A XI .\1 \1$ J:-;' 'l'IIE J:<"H.EE ~·T.\'1'1<:~-1'-"~). \' .\LCI·~ or F \ IDf:-; ND no~n:. Tir . \~J )1 \Li' IX Till<: SL \Vi<~ ST \TE.'-18.51) . al. ... Conti. . lllinol ] IH\. •. }O\\ tl .. !\hint•. l:l .. '\lkh .. ...... 11. •• ~ .I " y Ohw p '1111 •• H. 1. .. 't ..... '\i. ... Ylllue of \·ntut• or , uimnl-1 Lh u 'lock. ::-:tuughlcrcd. ~!1 ,3:,1 ,ors '107,17)31 7,4<17,4!10 2 202 21lli 2 t,'lO!l.2!'i 4,' V72,' 'l~fi 22, 17"'1,~);') 6 ,()67,9!~5 R,6 \1,27~ 21,11il 9,70\7'.W 1, <i-!n, n:~l !l,ll17,710 2,51)U,U:H ,no ,i!H 1,:~~ ..... :!:.!7 i I !ltll l ,M~, 7:l ln:lii!':~vt 2,ti:~ ,flo'l~ 7;l,r,70,1!l!l l:l.f>ia, "i:J 4t,l~l ,7-t I 7, t:3!),:! I '~ 41 ,rxlo, o;~!1 ,21!1,'-lh 1 ,r,:l2,1i!l7 (j(jj ,.t ti 12,HI-!l,22" 1, ut,ll!~G 4, H7,l3'15 ~~0, 17ti C'11!.h Ynluc of F11rlll'<1 Fnrtll in I{ I 111 p 1 Ill HI )larh im•ry. $!1,977,r>2t 7·1,61 ,U()l3 102 .(~lR, 51 11:l,O !l,HI7 17, 1.\!3(}, 1!W :lll(CS. Ala .... Ark . . . Del. . .. Florida Oa ..... ri711 w,aur> l{y. ... Jl~,'l :1,tlHl La ... . ut7na 11 1 Mtt .... [> 7I, !>tiOI, 122 '~'I S .. • 121 lit~3 ot l Mo .... nw:n:1t>>ti N. c ... :371 M!l I" t4. C ... I I 422/>!h,ti-tO Tenn. . 17 .f>li '00!3 'L'cxas. 0(),1 Oli,5liU Va .... 30,l70,1lH *2 6,376,5-11 $5U,990,237 \$2,28:3,05 ,6191 Y nltt<' or \' n~nr of Lho , 'tock. ' Au•mnls 1 s luuglltcrcd.. $2t,6n0,112 $4, 2:1,4 5 6,().!7,!1<.i~ ~ 1, 1H>3,H1BI l, W,2 t ~H!3,HG5 \ 2,~ o,o:> u t t,G f> 2f),7:.! ,<!IG G,:~:W , 71i'l ~!l,liiH ,.t:~() G, W2 fJ!I'i 1 t,t52,27i> 1, 1f> ·:Huo 7,U!17,li!H l,tl;>t , 00 1H,40!~, tiG~ a,u:3ti,t) 2 HI, 7 ,0'-~ll :3,:3<i7, HW l7,717,ti-t7 5,7()7, ' (jf) l5,0GO,lll5 o,f>02,G!H 29,U7",ol6 ti,·10l,7H5 1 ,112,U27 1,116,1!37 33 65G u5U 7 "'0~ Ub6 I , I ,.., , ('nsh Value of Farms, F11nn. in.!{ Imp., n.. 11 l\lachiucry $69,•l4 I '7 1 (i, '66,fl-tl 1 9,ano.~to 6,9 1,!10.1 l 1)1 16-!7 .~!IS J (j() I 1 !HI ~!19 7,a9t,~ili !1,6H,!J , GO,f>lH .~1llt 67,2071()1; 71, 2:3,19 6,56 ,03 103,211 ,4t~ 1 ,7111,712 223,-~:3,315 I $258,723,6 71$54,3 ,3771$1,1 3,905,214 REOAPIT T.ATIO:X-FUEE STATES. Value of live tock .............................. .. .......... .•... .. $2, G,37G,5!1 Value of Animal laughtcrcll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5G,9UO 231 Value of Farms, Fanning-lmplcm nt. and Machinery ....... ....... .. 2 233,05 ,613 Total. .............................................. $2,57G,425,3~1 REO.AP1TULATION-SLA VE STATES. V nlue of Live tock. .. .................. ......... ................ .. $253 723,G 7 Value of Animal laughtered.................................. ... .. 54,3 ,3i7 Value of Farm Farming-Implement· and Machinery ......... .. ..... 1,1 3,995,2i4 Total ............................................... $1,4!l2,!07,m DIFFERENCE lN VALUE-FARMS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Fr c tateR .. . ... ................ ............ ......... ...... .. .... $2,576,4~5,397 Slave States ..... ... ...... ..... .. ..••.. ...•.•..• • •.. ..•....•.... .•• 1 4!J2 107,33 ---- Balance in favor of the Free States •...... ... ...... . .. $1,084,31 ,059 FH.EE .AND THE SL.A VE STATES. 41 By ndtlillg to tlli ' la~t bnlan c in iil\·or of t1w fre 'tatcs the diil"'renct• s in ,nine ·wlti('lt w found in tb •ir favor in onr a ·conut of t] 11; bn:-hd-aud-pounu-m •a:4uro product ·, we ~Lall h:tvo n. ' •ry orrect idea of tho extent to whiclt t'1o utHlividou ngri ·ultural iniero ·t · of tho freo 'tnto pr pon<lerato OY 'l' tlto.~o or tho slave ~·tate~. Let u' ntltl tbo diiforcucc · together and. bee w hnt \\'ill Lo t.lto ro ·nit. BALA~CES-ALL IS F.A. VOR OF THE .. • HTII. Difference in the value of hm~hcl-mca. nrc }H'01lnrt~ . ........... . .. . J)itlcrcuce in tllC vain of pomHl-mcaHurc prodw·t:-; ..... . ......... . Differ nee in the value of ftll'lll::i aUll domCl:ilic auimal'l ....... .. .... . $l4 7 2,G3G fl!l, 1 !1!1,1 0~ 1 ,o 1 :H ",o:;~ Balance in favor of the Free tatcH . ..... ........... .... 1,1 ~.· 2~!J,h03 o figure of rl1 toric r~n adll mplmsiB oe Rignificanco to tlte~o figur . of nritlnnet ic. Tl1 'Y d 'lllOilHtrat.o con('lnsi \'ely th gr at monll triumph of I.Jib rty ov r f-;l~tv l'y. Tlt y sl10w unc<rnivocnlly, in ~pile of all the blarn y nnd bo.-vting. of ~l:tv 1J01(1ing polit i ·iam~, ill at tit clltiro value of all tho ngricnlturnl int re.'t:-i of th' free 'tn.t s is n .'I'Y ncnr1y twice a , (.,.rent n. tlt \ntiro value of all th ngricultural int~re-..tH of tl!c ·lav 'tnt s-tho valu of tho ·e inter :;ts in tlw fonHer heiug tw nty-fiye hundred 1nil1ion of d llnrs, tl1at of ihos · in the latter only fourteen lnmdr c1 nlillion, 1 'n.ving n. bnlan<' in f:n·or of the fr, Htatcr of one 'billion one hundre(l cnul eighty-eight 'million ltco ltundrc(l and ninety-nine tlwusantl eight hundred an(l three dollars I Tl1nt i · \\hat we call a full, fair and omp1 t · villdicnLion of Fr , Lab r. '\Voulu wo not uo on·oct in calling it n. tot~tl lip: of tlt B1ncl· rb? It will Le oLs rveu that \\" haYO omitted tll T \rritori .' fill<l tlJO Di trict f olmuLia in n.ll tl1 pr c <ling tabl .. . '\V" ~ did tlJi · purpo ely. Our objcet wn. to draw an 'quitnble comparison b ·twc n th • valu' of ft· Ullll H1:tre labor in the thirty-one ·ov •reign Htnt s, wliCr the two ·y~t ·ms, compn.rati 1y unnfl'e t <.1 l>y the wrangling of politician~. and, n a matt r of course, fi·c f1·o1n the int rfcr n e of tl1 g ncrul gov ru-mcnt lmve had the full .·t opportunitic to ox ·rt th ir influ '11 , t cxltil>it th •ir virtue~, nnd to conun nd them. lvc to th . obcr judgm nt of nlight ned an<l di. rin1inati11g IniiHht Had w count <1 th Territoric · on the iuo of th orth, und tb District of C luml>ia on th , iuo of tho 'outh, tho rc ·nlt \Yould Jwvc b en still gr at 'r in b half of fr o labor. Though "tho .·um of all villaini \ ' lw · but a n1crc nominal exi tcnc in Delaware nnd 1fnrylnn<l, w la1.vo invariably counted tho ·o 'tutc on the siue of tho onth; anu tl1 o iL' qu nco i ~, that, in u1n.ny particular, the hop le: , fOt·tun I of lavery hav h n proppc<.l up au<.l ·u-,tain <1 by an impo ing urrny of figur wlticlt f right ought t~ uo rc«~'ardecl a the prop rty of fr dou1. But w like to 1c g nerous to nn unfortunate foe, and woulu utt rly di <lain the u ~e of any unfair mcnn~ of nt.tack or defence. |