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Show 2 CO~IPAltiSONS DETWEEN THE to . 1L pnbli~h d in patnphl t form; nn<.l ircnlat cl thron<rhout the l·n~t h ancl br ullth of that nufortunnt and <1 grad cl h ritng of .lavery. )f r. Cnlll ron ·n.y : . r ,. ow MOt whrn T bn \'C lH' n m~rc hnmilin.t <1, n~ a North C'lll'nlinn. farm~r th:w \\l~cn a few week~ a~o, ttL :; railroad d ·pot at. i_lt \' l'~·y door~ of our ,'tat~ . 't· 1 1 ~nw w:tgom~ drawn by h.cntucky mHl ~, loall111g w1Lh Northern hay fnr ~t'~' ,\ 'lly' not only of th town, hut to b' taken to tl~c country. Huch a Right at the 11 '!-ltll jl)j f'" Rtatc who~~ populat.ion iH :tllt10!'lt •xcluHIV •ly devntC'<l to arrricultnrc i (' t\ Jll ;l () <0 I • • • • • 1 I ' > t ' • •tl • ' f• ' • • I • n.mo t hutniliatmg cxlulntwn. ~ 11 llH ,\. e <>. 11. c v I) Illig, .t. ar .t. 1t 1. prac-tlt'. thlt· thnt L not tit prod net ~>f our own . oil an<l _wo rk~hop ~-not an axe, or a broom' or l.meket, from 'onnc ·tJCnt. lly ,. ry conHHl •ra t10n of. cl f-pr '. crration, , , are call d to make hetter ('(fort~ to expel Ulc North 111 grocer f~om the ,'tate "'~th hi. hultcr anrl th' Ohio and Kt>ntncky hor:e, mnl an<l hog dnvcr, from our ~\-<WillY n.t Jra-,t. Jt i:; a. reproach on. n~ a~ farmer~, and no_ litll d '<lnction from our ". ·nlth, that w . utfer the popul:tlJOn ,of onr ~own~ an<l vllt;~gcs to upply them seh •-:; with butter from u,nothcr Orange County m N c w York. ,y lwse promi ed to prov that th l1ny crop of th free ~'tn.tc. 1 w rth on-;i<lcrn.l>ly more than all tl1 coLton, tobar.<'o, ric l1ay nr11l homp proull<.' )d in the fiflc '11 :lave~ tat'S. The ompil·rs or ill ]n~t CCI1"\Il' n w learn from Prof. D' How, the able and conrtcon-; ~-'llperintcrulcnt, in making up the hn.y-tabl '"l, allow 'd two Llwn-;ancl L\\'< 11nn<ln:<l anl forty pouull~ to til ton. The pric per ton at which we :h nJd c.timnte it rnln hn puzzl •<1 n ~ t 01ne xten t. D •al •r:1 in tl1 nrticl at J3a}tJ. mor think it will averng twenty-five dolb.r" in Lh 'ir market. Four or 11\' month , ngo tlt y ,·old it nt thirty dull:u·:; p 'r ton. At tho very time w writ thongli ther i ' lo , activity in th article than u unl w~ learn from an xumination oi' ·un<lry pri :-cniT nt and ommcrcial journal" that J1:1.y is lling in 'avn.nn:.th at $;:3:3 p r Lon; in :Mobile nn•l X ew rl an' at $2G · in Ohnrl ~t n at ~25 ; in Lou i. ville at .:·~J; an1l in Cincinnati at ~23. Th aYcrage of thc.·c price. i~ twenty- ix dolltu .~i.rlc n wul two-third cents; aml w nppo e it woul(l be fttir to mploy the flgnrc which wonlll~ ndi ate thi. amount, th • n •t valne of n ~in~l~ tou in calculating the total nutrl ·ot valuo r tho entire crop. "\Vcre 1\6 to do thi '-and, ·with th for going facts in viow, we snl>miL to intelli· g~nt men " ·lt ther we woulu not uo jn ·tifin.ble in doing iL-thc bny crop of tho fro 'tate;:;, 12,GUO,U 2 tons, in 1 50, would amonnt in valuation to til normou ' sum of "'331,0 l,GD5- Inore Uwn four tim the value ~fall tho cotton pr cln ·ell in Lh United 'tat :-; during the . arne period! But we .hall not make tho calculation at what we have found to be tl1e av rage value per ton throughout tho country. "\Vhat rate, then. Hltnll be ngreo<l upon as a ba ·i · of compari:on betw en Lhe vnluo of the hny crop of theN orth and that of the 'ontl1, and as a 111 an of te ting tho truth of om· <lccln.rntion-that the form or cxc' ds the aggregate value of ail th coLton, to bncco, rice, hay n.n<.l h 'In p prouuc d in the fif· teen !-<}fl.\'e tate. ? ~ 'uppo 0 w Lnko $13 0 n - j UHt lwlf th tl\'Cl'll''~ value-a the multiplier in thi. arithmetical ex r yi ·c. Thi we can well fforo to do; in<lee<l, we might rcuuce the amount per tr)n to much le 5 FREB AND TIIE SLAVE STA'fE • 2D thnn half th nv ' !'fig' Ynlnc and . till 1tav n. lnrgc. margin ] 'ft for tri utnphnnt cl~·mon-.;t rat iotl. 1 t i~ not our pttrpo~ '\ Jww ,,. '\r, to mak, nl\ 0\ el'\\ lt ~· lming /li-,plny or 1" inc·omparal)l gr ·ntn '"'i of the fr' \ ~late~. In c" t i II u t ill g til (' \' c\ lu \ () r tlt '\ y a r i 0 ll s a g r i (' ult ll r n 1 p I' 0 tlne t 8 () r t h l' t \\ () rr ·nL ~ •ctions of tl1' country, w ha,v b 'l'tt gni<l '<l by pric s etnanating fro lll th" Uur ·:w of Agri<'ulLilrO in '\Vn.Hllington ~ arHl in a catalogue of tho~ pric . now u ·!'ore us, w perc ivo that tho n.v q·~1go valn \ of' JHly througlwnt tlw nation is ·nppo.' cl to lH~ HCit Inure ilJUn lHlll' n. c 11 per potw<l-~11 2 p ·r ton-\vllich, nH wo l1:tvc s n al>ove is con..;i<l •rably lc>l than half tlw pre: nt Innr~ct Ynln ;-and thi:-; too, in tlt f:tc ofth fact thnt prices (r ·nerally rule l1igh r than th y do ju.t now. 1 t \\ill (,' admitted on all sid ·~ how v \r, that the pric ~ flx cl npon by th nur ·an ofAgricnltur , htl ... n a. a whole, arc a. fair for on' .-crtion of tl1 \country n~ forth oth r, ancl that we cannot uln.m •lcssly <1 viate from Lll m in one pn.rticuln.r without <1 •viating frolll tlt m in another. Elcvrn dollar~ nml t wen y c ntH (:t; t 1 2 ) p r ton hall tlt •refor b th pric ; nnd, nnLwithstancling th .- ~ gr atly r •du '<l Jignn''i we now rene\\' with an ndtl ndnm, our Jeclaration allCl pr01nise tlmt - 11'"f' can prorf, nnd ?rt· shall 1101ll proccerl to Jll'Ol'f that thf annuallwy rrop o.l llw ,(ree J,. talc.'J i.'l worth con8idcrau1y more in dolfro·s ruul rent8 than all tile cotton, tobacco rice, hay, lump, aml ca,r1e 8/l{far annually 2n·odttCCll in lite j(/lfcn 8laN! 1 'latc8. 12,GDO,D. 2 tons @; : ll 20 ................................. ll2,13 ,DO Sl'XDHY PHODC T' OF THE SLA \'E I T \TES-1 .) . rotton ............... . 2,·1-1.) 77Q lmlcR@ $:12 00 ........ $7 ',2() {.!12~ 'l'ouacco ...... ...... 1 ~5,02:1 9011 ll1!'1. '' 10 ........... lX, IiO'l .:\!10 Rice (rough) ....... 21:i,:IJ:J .tn lh.. " 4 ............ ,til'.>.,;,:l!) llay .................. 1,4! :n,7. 4 tonH " ll 20 ........... 12,71:1,1'--0 Hemp ................... :11 ,G7:1 toliH ' 11 ~ 00 ..... ...... . :l , ·:1, :170 CJauc 'ugar ......... 237 ,DJ,OOO ll>H. " 7 ........... Hi 5D!I,:Il0 UECA.PlTrLATIO)I'. Hay cr o1> of tb fr C' • tat s ... ......................... $112 13 ,!l!l ' uu<lry prodttet~ of ihc :l:t\'C ~ tat H •••••••...••••••• ·.·• l:l ' ,1)0,3 n:J , t ... , ~•>•) ,,_. lln.l:wc ·in fa.Yor of lbc fr c. t:t '· ... .. .. ,.J,J.>.,,~,.> Thcr i. th n.c ount; look at i t, nnd 1 \t iL tnnd in atl·.'Lution of the 'wlted virtu .' n.n<l. urpa . . ·ing pow \rs of fr tlom. can it w ·11 M . - bicur · lonl · of tho la:h, nnd 1 ·~un fr01n it new lcs ·on of th' ntt ·r inefllcieucy a11<l tle")picu.hlc imb cilily of sl:tv •ry. Examin it winut ·ly, lil>erty-lo ing patriot, of the North, nncl b ·11 1<1 in it acluiLional '' id ·nrcs of the b auty (rrauucul', nnu sup rexc 11 n of fr \ in ·Litution:. Tr ·n-snre it up in your minds, outraged friend nnu non- laveholdcr of the |
