783, inclusive.
Number of continental troops.Number of militia.Total militia & continental troops.Conjectural estimate of militia.
Northern States.
New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300
Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500
Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500
Connecticut32,0397,79239,831 3,000
New York17,7813,31221,093 8,750
Pennsylvania25,6087,35732,965 2,000
New Jersey10,7276,05516,782 2,500
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Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950
Southern States.
Delaware2,3873762,7631,000
Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000
Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880
North Carolina7,2632,7169,96912,000
South Carolina5,508——5,50828,000
Georgia2,679——2,6799,930
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Total58,42112,71971,13076,810
It should be understood that, at this time, there was but little difference in numbers between the population of the Southern States and that of the Northern States.
By the census of 1790, the Southern had a population of 1,956,354; the Northern had a population o
eral States, to be by them exercised.
Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, with minorities in Pennsylvania and Maryland, united in this proposition.
In pursuance of these recommendations, the first Congress presented for adoption the folloJersey10,7276,05516,782 2,500
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Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950
Southern States.
Delaware2,3873762,7631,000
Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000
Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880
North Carolina7,2632,7169,96912,000
South Carolina5,508——5,5082 Mr. Mason, the resolution was so amended as to provide that the committee should be chosen by the Senate; and Pearce of Maryland, Cass of Michigan, Dodge of Wisconsin, Allen of Rhode Island and Geyer of Missouri, were selected.
The committee was ch held near the Clifton House in Canada, and sent Mr. Burlingame, late in the night, to take the cars, at the junction in Maryland, for that place.
But Brooks declined to meet Burlingame at the place designated, on the alleged ground tha
hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators, and assigns, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever.
And here is the definition supplied by the Civil Code of Louisiana:—
A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs.
The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, and his labor.
He can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything, but what must belong to his master.
In similar spirit the law of Maryland thus indirectly defines a slave as an article:—
In case the personal property of a ward shall consist of specific articles, such as slaves, working beasts, animals of any kind, . . . . the court, if it shall deem it advantageous for the ward, may at any time pass an order for the sale thereof.
Not to occupy time unnecessarily, I present a summary of the pretended law defining Slavery in all the Slave States, as made by a careful writer, Judge Stroud, in a work of juridical as wel
ly.
semi-weekly, weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or quarterly,—and whatever their character, whether literary, neutral, political, religious, or scientific.
The. whole aggregate circulation in the Free States is 334,146,281, in the Slave States 81,038,693; in Free Michigan 3,247,736, in Slave Arkansas 377,000; in Free Ohio 30,473,407, in Slave Kentucky 6,582,838; in Slave South Carolina 7,145,930, in Free Massachusetts 64,820,564,—a larger number than in the twelve Slave States, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, combined.
This enormous disproportion in the aggregate is also preserved in the details.
In the Slave States political newspapers find more favor than all others together; but even of these they publish only 47,243,209 copies, while the Free States publish 163,583,668.
Numerous as are political newspapers in the Free States, they form considerably less than one-half the aggr
e power of a master to whom he belongs.
The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, and his labor.
He can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything, but what must belong to his master.
In similar spirit the law of Maryland thus indirectly defines a slave as an article:—
In case the personal property of a ward shall consist of specific articles, such as slaves, working beasts, animals of any kind, . . . . the court, if it shall deem it advantageous for the wa038,693; in Free Michigan 3,247,736, in Slave Arkansas 377,000; in Free Ohio 30,473,407, in Slave Kentucky 6,582,838; in Slave South Carolina 7,145,930, in Free Massachusetts 64,820,564,—a larger number than in the twelve Slave States, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, combined.
This enormous disproportion in the aggregate is also preserved in the details.
In the Slave States political newspaper