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this system of labor — more enriching than the mines of California or the wand of the god?
the increase in the value of farm lands of the South has been equally as striking.
According to the valuations of the census in 1850 and the assessments of eight of the Southern States in 1858 this increase was most remarkable.
1850.1858
Virginia$216,401,543$374,989,888
Georgia95,753,445181,677,194
Florida6,323,10913,910,981
Texas16,550,00986,539,306
Arkansas15,265,24542,385,704
Tennessee97,861,212166,417,907
Kentucky155,021,262270,960,818
Missouri63,225,543235,892,792
$666,391,368$1,372,774,597
Here is an increase in eight years of $706,883,229 in the value of farm lands in eight of the Southern States, or more than double.--The increase in the other six Southern States has been doubtless as great; but their State assessments for 1858 if made at all, are inaccessible.
The figures given are sufficient to show the rapid progress of the South in wealth.
Does any one