future, an opportunity will be afforded them of securing that most valuable of all possessions attainable on earth, a conscience void of offence toward God and man. Each separate table or particular compilation of statis tics will afford food for at least an hour's profitable reflec tion; indeed, the more these figures are studied, and the better they are understood, the sooner will the author's object be accomplished,-the sooner will the genius of Universal Liberty dispel the dark clouds of slavery. B T W States. TABLE NO. XXVI. TONNAGE, EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF THE FREE STATES- -1855. States. Alabama.... Delaware.. Florida.. Georgia. Kentucky.. Louisiana Maryland.. Mississippi.. North Carolina... South Carolina.. Tennessee.. Texas. 68,087 1,403,594 7,513,519 TABLE NO. XXVII. TONNAGE, EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF THE SLAVE STATES-1855. Tonnage. Exports. Imports. 36,274 $14,270,585 19,186 14,835 29,505 22,680 204,149 234,805 60,592 60,077 60,935 8,404 8,812 92,788 855,517 $107,480,688 55,367,962 433,818 12,700,250 916,961 4,379,928 Imports. $5,951,379 636,826 54,509 2,927,443 45,113,774 281,379 17,786 1,473 161,776,511 600,656 15,300,935 586,387 591,593 48,159 $236,847,810 $619,964 5,821 45,998 273,716 12,900,821 7,788,949 1,661 213,083 1,588,542 262.568 855,405 $24,586,528 TABLE NO. XXVIII. PRODUCT OF MANUFACTURES IN THE FREE STATES-1850. States. California Illinois... Indiana... Iowa..... Maine.. .... Massachusetts.... Pennsylvania.. States. Alabama... Florida. Georgia.. Kentucky. Louisiana. Maryland. Mississippi. North Carolina. South Carolina.. Texas., Val. of Annual products. $12,862,522 17,236,073 18,922,651 3,551,783 21,664,135 151,137,145 TABLE NO. XXIX. PRODUCT OF MANUFACTURES IN THE SLAVE STATES-1850. Val, of Annual Capital invested. $4,538,878 607,436 4,649,296 668,338 7,086,525 24,588,483 7,320,948 32,477,702 2,972,038 23,749,265 $1,006,197 23,890,348 6,385,387 7,941,602 1,292,875 14,700,452 83,357,612 6,534,250 18,242,114 10 976,894 39,713,586 237,597,249 62,647,259 51,489 155,044,910 94,473,810 146,766 22,093,258 12,923,176 20,881 5,001,377 8,445 8,570,920 3,382,148 6,089 $812,586,058 $430,240,051 780,576 22,184,730 99,904,405 29,019,538 Capital invested. $3,450,606 324,065 2,978,945 547,060 Hands employed. 5,460,483 12,350,734 5,318,074 14,753,143 1,833,420 9,079,695 7,252,225 6,056,865 7,063,513 | 9,728,438 1,165,538 29,705,387 6,975,279 539,290 18,109,993 $165,413,027 $95,029,879 3,964 47,770 12,065 14,342 1,707 28,078 165,938 9,290 27,092 37,311 199,349 Hands employed. 4,936 3,888 991 8,378 24,385 6,437 30,124 3,173 16,850 12,444 7,009 12,032 1,066 29,109 161,733 States. TABLE NO. XXX. MILES OF CANALS AND RAILROADS IN THE FREE STATES- 1854-1857. Canals, miles, California Illinois... Indiana. Iowa... Maine... New Jersey.. Ohio...... Pennsylvania. Vermont. Wisconsin. States. Alabama.... Delaware.. Florida.. Georgia... Kentucky. Louisiana.. Maryland.. Mississippi. North Carolina.. South Carolina... Tennessee. Texas.. 61 100 367 50 100 11 147 989 921 936 3,682 Canals, miles, 51 14 28 486 101 184 TABLE NO. XXXI. MILES OF CANALS AND RAILROADS IN THE SLAVE STATES 1854-1857. 13 i 50 Railroads, miles, 1857. 189 1,116 22 600 2,524 1,806 253 442 1,285 600 645 472 2,700 2,869 2,407 85 515 629 Railroads, 484 120 86 Cost of Railroads, 1855. 1,062 306 $25,224,191 55,663,656 29,585,923 2,300,000 17,998,835 5,600,000 17,855 $538,313,647 13,749,021 59,167,781 22,370,397 15,860,949 13 840,030 111,882,503 67,798,202 94,657,675 2,614,484 Cost of Railroads, 1855. $3,986,208 600,000 250,000 17,034,802 6,179,072 $1,731,000 12,651,333 4,520,000 1,000,000 6,847,213 263 597 410. 189 612 706 508 57 1,479 6,859 $95,252,581 13,547,093 10,436.610 16,166,250 TABLE NO. XXXII. BANK CAPITAL IN THE FREE AND IN THE SLAVE STATES 1855. 1 California. Free States. Iowa.. California Hinois... Indiana... 3.275,656 1,400,000 Tetal..... $230,100,340 .... ....... Free States. Massachusetts... Michigan.... $15,597.831 New Hampshire.. Pennsylvania... Wisconsin... 7.301.252 54.492.660 980,416 3.626,000 5.314,885 83,773,288 7,166.581 19,864.825 17,511.162 Total..... TABLE NO. XXXIII. MILITIA FORCE OF THE FREE AND THE SLAVE STATES-1852. 51.649 170.359 53,918 62.558 119.690 32,151 39.171 265.293 176,455 276 070 14,443 23.915 32,203 1,381,843 |