Allowing to each class the same percentage of increase as in the former table, we shall see how our nineteen millions of native-born citizens originated:
INCREASE OF NATIVE WHITE POPULATION.
Table No. II.
| Date. | Percent of Natural Increase | Total as per 'Native' column, Table No. I. | New England &c. | New York &c. | Virginia &c. | Delaware &c. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 | 33.7 | 3,172,464 | 992,781 335,417 | 908,195 306,911 | 923,383 312,030 | 348,105 117,618 |
| 1800 | 34.4 | 4,244,435 | 1,328,198 458,465 | 1,215,106 419,596 | 1,235,413 426,582 | 465,718 160,647 |
| 1810 | 32.1 | 5,709,725 | 1,786,663 574,369 | 1,634,702 525,589 | 1,661,995 534,350 | 626,365 201,364 |
| 1820 | 32.1 | 7,545,397 | 2,361,032 758,541 | 2,160,291 694,103 | 2,196,345 705,676 | 827,729 265,908 |
| 1830 | 29 | 9,969,625 | 3,119,573 907,176 | 2,854,394 830,274 | 2,902,021 844,086 | 1,093,637 317,908 |
| 1840 | 25.1 | 12,869,069 | 4,026,749 1,012,464 | 3,684,668 927,852 | 3,746,107 943,272 | 1,411,545 355,111 |
| 1850 | 23.9 | 16,107,768 | 5,039,213 1,210,270 | 4,612,520 1,108,292 | 4,689,379 1,126,661 | 1,766,656 423,771 |
| 1860 | 19,976,762 | 6,249,483 | 5,720,812 | 5,816,040 | 2,190,427 |
Here then we see that New England has contributed nearly one third of the number, and nearly one quarter of the entire population.
But I will endeavor further to analyze the constitution of the different States which were added to the Union previous to 1860. The following table will show the numbers at each decade:
NORTHERN FOREIGN IMMIGRATION AND SOUTHERN EMIGRATION.
Table No. III.
| Date. | Free States. | Slave States. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhabitants per Census. | Natives. | Immigrants. | Inhabitants all Native. | Emigrants. | Immigrants. | |
| 1810 | 3,653,219 | 3,421,365 | 231,854 | 2,192,706 | 95,654 | |
| 1820 | 5,030,371 | 4,521,323 | 509,048 | 2,808,946 | 215,048 | |
| 1830 | 6,874,302 | 5,973,967 | 900,335 | 3,635,513 | 360,145 | |
| 1840 | 9,560,165 | 7,711,417 | 1,848,748 | 4,604,873 | 552,779 | |
| 1850 | 13,257,795 | 9,651,733 | 3,606,062 | 6,184,477 | 271,558 | |
| 1860 | 17,993,585 | 11,970,295 | 6,023,290 | 8,712,840 | — | 706,373 |
We have now certain data from which to argue, and I will first investigate the alleged homogeneity of the South. Conceding that every citizen of the two classes of Virginia, etc., and Delaware, etc., in 1790, was indisputably the descendant of an English cavalier, and that the increase of population found an outlet into the new Slave States, how would the case stand?