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Show 48 CO~PAIU NS UI~T\VEEN TilE . f nbout forty-fh ·o million thrc hnn(lr cl and fifty -h mrr nn n.Yernrrc o "' . Dnrinrr the la t tw nty-fh·c or tlnrty year', thou nn<l dollar~ per annum. how ,. r ur nnnun1 10 ::,.~ e , hn•. \ b en far grcnt r tlHln th y '" r form. er. 1)· 'I, hr 1m b ·ndunl incr u~o CY ry y nr and now tltc rntto of nagr~ • . . · . 1 ~t · C'I' dibl "\ ;. o 11nlriotiC k ou tltcrncr an b come con. lllCI'Cil~ 1~ n 1110'-' Ill ' . . . v r .... nnt · 1 tl f'· ~t' ,, ithout Xl) rioncmcr n. C• ling of nln.rm and 1ntl.irr. "1L 1 1C. ,lc s . . l' ·1 tl , , 01nntwn. nt ·th n.Loli. hed sln\'cry ·l1 lw<t uo utl vantnp; · ot u I l n • . . tl , South \YUS mur than her qual 111 'Ycry r Hpcct. But " 11 n (l1, c r 1 • 1 · · · · l l 1 C got ritl of thnt hnmpcnng ant p rnH·ton: 111'--titut i~m no soon ' 1' ttl< s I . . . . 1 1 t nb orb our w 'nlth nnd n w· 1t L ' onftd ntl · behe\ed t hall IC )('f!Hll 0 '" ... ' , -, J l llnnt ' ruHl In.v lJOh1inn· pl •a ur - · •k r: of th ~onlh an. t wt t 1 mer •L ' .. • • 11 ]llmdr d nud tw nty 1nilli n of dollars Into l1 er cofi'er· unn j pour on • • , Takiug into account thou, the prol>n~l am u.. .n t oi n~on. 'Y that hu. ~een urn.\\ 11 from the 1 onth nntl inv •stc<l 111 th orth \ntlun tho la t e11ht ) nrs nud n.tl<ling itt the grnncl l1a1nnce nl>o\· - .Uw not profit of the 'orth up t.o 1 "'30-it may b safc1 nssmnc<.l tha~, 111 th pr •. cut yc~r.of grnc, l l',)U the free lrtl(s are ~cortll at last. tlurlyjive hund~·erlmzllw/1 of dollar more tlian the .·lave tales/ Let ltnn '~rho dar ~ g:uu~uy tltc, r mark:-> and calculation · ; no truthful tongue w 1ll deny th 111; no Lon OI·ablc p u can controv rt them. 11 mor word. no\\· a. to tho valuation of negroes. \V re our natur RO <1 rrr:u1ct1, or our con ci nco ·o ]a ·tic as to p rm it u: to t a pric. upon wen as w would ot a pri o upon cattle auu corn, w should l~ content to aLi<lc by the npprais .mont of the slaYC at the • 'outh, nn\ \\ ouhl t h n enter into a cnl·ulation to a certain the value of forei rrn£ · to tit Torth. ot long inc , it wa dcclar d in the ~ Iouth that 1 01 fre labor r i" cqunl to five lave , " and as th ro aro two million fi hundr J thou ·nnu Eurupean in tb free tat . . all of w ho1n nrc free I uor r~ w might bring ~ outh rn authority to back u. in c.timuting tht valu at ixty-two h undre(l mill ion of dolla1·s-n. hand 'oino :::;um witltal to oflsct tlte a count of sixteen hund1'ed 1nillion of dol brought fonvanl aR to tho valu of 10nthern slav ·s ! lt l o th refor , tlJat if \\'O were ui. pos d to follow tho bnruarian example th · trallickcr in human ile ·11, we could prov the orth va ·tly riel. iluUl tlt ."'outh iu Lon~ and ·in •w- to ay nothing of n1ind and m which . hall r c ~ iYe our attention h •roan r. Th orth lw · j nst a~ ri(l'ltt to npprn.i:e th lri ~h immigrant, a · the outh has to · t a price tl1 Afi·ican ~lave. But u. it woulcl bo wrong to do ithe1·, we ~hnll ncith r. It i · not our bu in ss to think of man a,· a 111 •rcllautablo n10dity; and we will not, v n 1>y implicatio11, admit "t!Jc wild u: guilty fantasy,' that the on<lition f hattc•llJoo<.l llHlJ rigld f'n1ly ntt.· to :cnti •11t and. immortal hcinfr ·. .For tltc pnrpo o of ·howing what Virginia once th riche t, populou-.. nnllmo ~ t pow rful of tho 'tate", La oceomo nnuer tl1B bl 0r bl:t\()1'_\, w ~bnll now introdtwe nn xtract from on of tho ~pe clH.·~ 11 liH·n·<l by (;oH·rnor \\"i -.." <luring nlat '~nl>t·rnatorial <·:unp:li!!n in tltat dc>l!l':t<h:<l <'Olllll10ll\Y ·altlt. ..A d<lrl'-..~ing a Yirg-i nia :nt<li ' ll<'L', in I:tll~ll:lgo H. gn1pltic n it i-; trutltt'ul h' .':l}" : .. 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Jn ... tL'iHl or h,l\ iug to f 'l'd (',tl u,. <Ill a t !IOll:--:llHI I IIII~. ·'Oil h:t\' t' 11 :111 to ( h:t~ . 1lte ~ tlllllJI·tail<-d ~t~·cr th.roll.f.:h tl11• :-:< cl!!<' pntrht• · tu pr.cwJJil' n tough ll('l'f ...,t1 ak. '1'111• pn• ... eut conclltJoll ol 111111.!!" h.t...; 1'\. l .... tl'd too long Ill \' u·.~r iniu. Th<' bndlnrd ft:t !:i ldnued the teuaut , nud tlte ll'll<llll h.t-. ~ldlllled 1111' land, Hlltil alllJ:t\' rr ro\\ lllJOor } ., 0 ltl~t· l Jel'. "\rith ll•ar:; in it-; eye·~ nnd tr11 tll on it" l ip~, Cor tit ' fir~ L tim ... nl'l<'r nn interval of twenty )C:tl':-', tlt · lt'iclnno)l(l h'nfjllil'tl' hvlp.;; to pai1tt tlH! ,# lllL'lauclwl)· pidllrt.•. J 11 J tiJ~, t hal journal 11111~ lJL' \\ ail~<l tli rundit io11 of Yir:; ini:~: "We 11:1\'' r,nn"e to ft't'l clL'<'ply for our ~ilnation . Pltiladc pltia lt rrc:;clf r,nnt nin: n population f"ar grl'tltt'r cbtn th1• \\hole lrL'I' }IOjllllnt inll ol' t·:a~ll· l"ll \'11 rriuia. 'I It • !ill e. tate of .\la ... :-:u htt t· t~ . k1~ au aguregatt• \\ L'nlt !J l.\l'L' ding Uwt ut \·irniuia l1y IIIUl c th,tll " l2Li,UOO .OOO." • .Ju ln. . core of) cnrs 1>eforo t IJl"·'c word ; \\ l'l' ~ pc·nn<'d t1tc S{ltnC paper then <:llitcd Ly tiJO cltlt~ r hitc!J1,., lll:t<IL• :t ltW'- t <·an1c~t app nl to till' illlelli• tl'nC • nncl patriot i:-.111 of \ 'irn·inia, to adopt nn cfletl nallllrn ~u r • l'or tlJe Sp •edy 0\ •rt!JI'O\\' <d' tltu perllit.:iotl~ :-;_r;-.{l' :ll o{' hlllllan bulld:l ~L' . 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I tlti:-; tu ad t1kv wi. P 1111 11 ~ 1 I ' all ~Ill' lJII.t J'l'll dllal, s.p .. temalH' btlL dJ:...t"ll'l' l, ought to !J · :tdoptvd lor u ·d uc·JJJg ll11• lila "~ lJI l'\ d \\ hH.: It IS pre-..:--11\lf upoll lh L• SCllllh, tlltcl 1\111 ~till lll lll"t' Jll"l' ~~ IIJ IClll ht•J, !be lollgl'l" it ih puL oft. W • ~...;:1)' IIOW, i11 the lllllto:-.t ~·dlltl' l"d} of Oil!' Jll':ll"t ... , I h,ll C•lt~· ."'~~~ ·~ t. lll<' ll C<llllloL gi\ e too llltll·h uf th ·ir ttLtt•niJUll to th is ~ ul,jert, l JOI' c.111 Uwj gtve 1L tuu ouu." 13 ·tt<:t' abolition <loctrinc than Uti i · ~cldom l1canl. \Vlt) <lid uot tho E11 '1 11 irc.r continue to IH'L'a<'l1 it? \\bat pot ·nL iullu ·nc·o hn-..ltctl it~ r.l:u·iua \ uico, just as it Lcgun to be lifLcJ in ul'lwlf of a liueral poliey l) 0 |