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Show Appendix. then vote for tlwmsclres and tlich· proprrty- nnd left to t:1x themsr lves nt their 0\\"ll pJensul'e for the imprO\"Clllellt Of rivers nnd harbors. :lJICi the increase in the value of their land," what security is there,'' ask~ the n iL\iour:~ Hnquircr, "That tho non ~lavc1holding Srarc;~ would continuo fo cohere in ono political and socia1!'4ysrcm ? Tho all -porvading arHI controlling oloruont of :::!lavery wonld 1-!ivc uuity nrrd r.onsistcrrry ro rho so<·ial and political sys tcrrr of tho South. Bu t tho Northum ::-;ratoll would he houud together hy no such priuciplc of uniorr, nrrd iu rho nh~cnco of tl1e ucccssary rourraliziug torrd errcy, diverse and arrtagorrit-~r irrterost:. would S!'arter thorn a:~undur, nrrd, por!'harrco, drive thom irrto hostile coullict. At any rate, tho ~ontlwm ~lntos, ruovin:.: urrdcr tho inq>ultw of one will, aud pttr;;uiug' n single policy, \\'OHlti firrd it uo ditllcult task to play oil' rho Norrhcru t-lt~ll l'S c>no ngarrr:-;t tire otlJN, arrd thr1s acquire rorr1ploto control ovor their des tinies. It it~ ohvinrrs to tho rolloctirrg 111ind, that if tho Northum Sratos woro cur loose fron1 tho Soutlr, they would ho hrokorr up irrto ns 111any perry rornn1urriri cs, or would l'l~o ho 0\' 0I'\\ hel111cd 1uoro proba!Jio ifrar tos.o"c ial arrarclry. Tho latter alternative would, perhaps, IJo their In reply to this, we can assure our readers, North and South, that in the CYent of dissolution, the North would most certainly continue to haYc the aid of "conservative" Virginia, and of" the dignity, propriety, and selfpossession" which arc there, as the Enquirer assures us , so "chara cteri!itic of the dominant race." That tate is bound to go with the North and not with the South, nnd, thcreforr, our anxious friends may be quite r elieved of apprehension in regard to the "social anarchy," that would r esult from dissolution. Of all tlte States of the Union 1 "h·ginia is t!te one tltat is most dependent upon t!tc protection a:.IJ"onled by the North tltrou,r;h the inter vention of the Federal Got·cmment- and yet it is the most dctrrmiucd against permitting interference with what it calls freedom of trade. It hn but one branch of manufacture fairly established within its limits, and that is of negroes for exportation, in which it is protected by an absolute prohibition of foreign competition, by aid of which it sells a ncg~o for a thousancl dollars, while similar ones could be imported from the coast of Africa at Irs::~ than one-fifth that price. To what extent that export is carried on will be shown by the following figures: In 1830, the number of negroes in the State was 4(39,000, and these, according to the usual rate of increase, should, by 1840, have become 600,000, whereas they were only 410,000, and the export in that period must therefore have been about 150,000. From 18·W to 18JO, the increase was 24,000, whereas it should have been about 120,000, and this wonld give an export of about 100,000. Taking the avC>rago of the twenty years, we obtain an annual export of about 12,000, and as they arc generally fed at home until full grown, we may, we think, safely pnt them at not less than $800 each, giving a total product of nearly ten millions of dollars for conunodities that would not, under absolute free trade, s ell for more than two millions, if even for that amount. This is to "the Ancient Dominion" an important branch of trade, and its existence and prosperity are due to the Union with the North.* It i:~ -with the excess of eight millions that she pays for the iron that should be manufactured at home, and for the cloth that shottld be bought with the * Wero Y<_IU_ ~ver asked, renner, What has tho North to do with Slavery ? Hend our respons1bduy nnd condemnation in that sentence. J. R. Appendix. iron. "\Vi th the di!'lsolution of the Union this excess, h owever, 1\'0nlrl ce:1se to exist, for among the fir !jt n1 ca~urcs of a ~outhern Con fede racy 1\'0ulcl be the reopcni11g o f the African s lave- t rade for the benefit of the pl.mtcr -; of Alabama nn<ll\li:;siss ippi, long since tired of paying V irgi nia a thonsnnd dollars for a n egro th at under "absol ute free trade" could be bonght in Africa for thirty or forty dollar s, a ncl tra nsported across the ocean for as many more. "What then would be the condi t ion of Virgi nia, as a mcmhrr of a Southern onfedera cy ? H er land is alrendy to so g rrat an C.\tt•nt exhaus t ed by con s tant cropping, and con s tant export of all its pruduC'ts, that her own p eopl arc fl ying from it, and it is only l>y aiel or North<•rn men and N orthNn labor, that it is here and there acquir ing value . Otr('c separated from the N orth, N orthrrn men would C'Case to sct:k h<'r soil, and the aver s ion of fore ig ners to the l:tvc States is, ns we know, gn•at('r than is that eve.n of our own people. \ Ve hn.1·r at this morncnt bt fore us the destin at ions of the p assengrrs of the ship Un iverse, which arri \·cd at this port o. sh ort time sin ce, a nrl th<'y aff'ord on th is point such conclu:-;ive evidence, that we a rc in cl ucetl to lay them before our readers, as follows: TO" THE Hrtu·:T.rNo RTATES ." I •ro " TJJ r. AHISTOCRATIC l\fnino . 1 J\l a ry l ;~n d . . . . . . 1\lassachusotts . :m 1 l> i:o~trir r of rolnrn iJia Vor111ont . !) l< l'll lll t'ky Jthodo Island . 17 1\l i:->~<H t ri . • . t:ouuoclirut . 2:l Vn·td nia Now J cr.~cy • 41 • outh Ca rol ina Pen nsy 1 va 11 i a . 7fi n c•nq.!i a . Ohio • . Gl Lo u i~ i ana Irrdiana . • 2 [llinois . 5G Torn!, Iown • . . 10 California . J Total, 3:l·l ~T \ TEfl ." 8 1 J 2 2 I 1 ] . 17 V1. rg·m 1· a ob t am· .s two and P cn ns)·lvan ia n. o l.r ss th an 7(3! W hy is this.? Drcausc the formC>r obtains its iron hy the 1lld1rrct proc·ess of liHillll~nct~ting its corn into nrgrocs, and the ot he r by the direct J~roce~s of feec:1ng 1l.s corn t o men w h o ml.nc ore .a nd co·•1 l a n d conY<'rt th em tnto 1.r on. 1\1tss. ou.n , with nll h er natural advantages, obta ins t l\'o, nntl her nc1gh?or, Jlllnots, fifty- six, beca use Missomi till permits men, women, a nd cluldrcn to be bourrht nnd sold, and Tllin ois docs n ot. . A~ a. memhC>r of a Sout hern ni on, Virg inia conlclno longer claun the aid of any sor t of F ugitive la1·c Law, and her negroes \\'CHd<l,. of cou rse, h fn-e the s tron rrr st inducemen ts to fly to the North. H er whites would, tl~ercforc seekt'lto fly with their propc1·ty to the South, where they would be met by c; rgoes of n ewly imported African s, ant! the con ~cquence would ~e n. depreciation of pri ce to an ext ent far cxcccrli~1g any tlu~1g e~·rr .lu,lown .1~1 the history of commerce. As a member of a. onthern Confcdcl ncy, Vu ginia would be abandon ed, her people would be n iin ecl, a nd_ her towns and cities would pass out of exis tence. \Vithin a N or thern_ U niOn, on th~ contrary, she might flouri sh, for she would l>c then cm_rloymg her labor m developing her grco.t mineral wealth, and thus adchng to the value of both |