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etii|iloycil in foreign trade 41t,5c^0,000 ilols.; in 

 iiiiuiufactuies (J3,37J,125 ; eiop of cereal gniiii 

 of 1842 esiiriiuteil lU 57,000,000 bushels. I'uljlic 

 debt 2(j,078,.3G'J dols. liil.nx-stfd in (JOO miles ol 

 caiml and in 800 niiirs of raih-oud. New york 

 meets licr interest pniictuully. Her ability to do 

 so in futnre no one qncstioiis. She has numer- 

 ous resources. Her pnijiie works are generally 

 useful, and pay some dividends, while from her 

 salt springs (state property) she derives a large 

 revenue. It was believed that within her limits 

 there was not a solitar;, " Repudiator," but latter ly 

 an individual high in olVice has become its advo- 

 cate — without, however, making any cunverls. 



M.issACHUSKTTS. — Settled in 11)20 by English : 

 eontaius a population ol' 758,000 inhahitaiit:-; ; 

 extent of territory 7,800 English scpiare miles; 

 general election second Monday in November; 

 voters, citizens 21 years of age, one year's resi- 

 dents, and have paiil a state or county tax; leg- 

 islatm-e meet first Wednesday in .January; me- 

 tropoliSjjBoston ; animal expenses of state insti- 

 tutions 450,000 dols.; menjbers in the National 

 House of Representatives 10; capital employed 

 in foreign trade 14,000,000 dols ; in manuiactmes 

 (34,000,000 d(ds.; crop of cereal grain, of 1842 

 estimated at 8,000,000 bushels. Public debt .5,- 

 424,137 dols., interest regularly providctl. Inter- 

 ested it) 27 miles of canal ami in 382 miles of 

 railroad, which pays l.irgc dividen<ls. Entirely 

 free from '■ Repudialors." 



New Hajipsuire. — Settled in 1623 by English ; 

 contains a population of 287,000 inliabitants ; 

 extent of territory 9,280 English square miles; 

 general election second Tuesday in March ; vo- 

 ters, citi/cns, no other ipialificalion than to be 

 21 years of age ; Legislature meet lirst Wednes- 

 day in June ; melro[>olis, t'oucord ; annual e.v- 

 |)enses of state institutions 50,000 dollars; mem- 

 bers in the National House of Heprpsnntatives 4 ; 

 capital employed in foreign trade 1,500,000 dols. 

 In manufactures 10,000,000 dols.; crop of cereal 

 grain of 1812 estimated at 3,500,000 bushels.— 

 Public debt, NONE ; interested in about 50 miles 

 of railroad. (None as state.) 



New .Ieiisey. — Settled in 1624 by D.-uies ; con- 

 tains a population of 375,000 inhabit.\nts ; extent 

 of territory 6,900 English square irdles; general 

 election second Tuesday in October ; voters, 

 citizens 21 years of age, one year's residence in 

 the State : Legislature me'-t umuially; metropo- 

 lis, Trenton ; aimu;rl expense of state institutions 

 60,000 dols.: members in the National House of 

 Representatives 5; capital emploved in foreiirn 

 trade 95,000 dols.; in maiuifuctiires 12,500,000 

 crop of cereal grain of 1842 estimated at 13,0(10,- 

 000 bushels. Public debt, none. Interested in 

 43 miles of canal, and in about I-'jO miles of 

 railroad. 



Delaware. — Settled in liTJ/ by Swedes and 

 Fins; contains a popidation of 78,000 while in- 

 habitants and 2,600 negroes; extent of territory 

 2,0(>8 English square miles; generitl election, 

 second Tuesday in November; voters, citizens 

 21 years old, residents in the stale one year, and 

 paid tax assessed ti'U days before voting; Legis- 

 lature meet first Tuesday in January : metropolis, 

 Dover; annmd expense of state institntions 30,- 

 000 dols., memljers in the National House of 

 Representatives 1 ; no cajiital employed in for- 

 eign trade ; in manufactures J,7.'i0,000; crop of 

 cereal grain ol' 1842 estimated at 5,500,000 bush- 

 els. Public debt, none. Interested in 14 miles 

 of canal, and in 17 miles of rcilroad. 



Connecticut. — Settled in 1()33 by English ; 

 contains a population of 312,000 iidiabhants ; ex- 

 tent of territory 4,770 English square miles: 

 gener.d election first Monday iu April ; voters^ 

 citizen 21 yc:irs old, to possess a freehold of 7 

 dols. per auiunn, have done military duty, and 

 ()aid a stale tax ; Legislature meet first Wednes- 

 day in May; U'.etro'polis, New Haven; annual 

 expense of st.ite institutions 80,000 dols.; mem- 

 bers in the National House of Representatives 4 ; 

 capital employed in foreign trade 5f;.5,000 dols.; 

 in manutiiclures 19,152,000 drf*.; luop'of cereal 

 grain of 1842 estimated at 0,370,000 bushels.— 

 Public debt. .■VL^^E. Interested iu about 135 miles 

 of railroad. 



Marvlanu,- Settled iliUKil by English- eo-, 

 tains a populaiiou of 480,000 white i V-, '.',L 

 and 87,937 negroes; extent of ^^"'''"HS 

 English squai-e miles ; general ■e^.i^lTZ^^^ 

 day in October; voters, 



.'•"■^ens 21 years oJ" age. 



ihey vote; Legislature meet first Monday in De- 

 cember; metropolis, Annapolis; annual expense 

 of slalc iiisfuntioiis 2(i0,0(}0 dols.; members in 

 the National House of Representatives, 6 ; capital 

 employed in foreign trade 4,500,000 dollars; in 

 inanufactures 8,000,000 dols.; crop of lereal grain 

 of 1842 estimated at ] 8.000,000 bushels ; of to- 

 bacco 28,000,000 lb. Public debt, 14,989,940 

 dols.; including a large amount of interest un- 

 paid. Inlerested in 2()0 miles of canal, and in 

 315 of railroad. Maryland, in order to relieve 

 herself from her enibarrassmenis, proposes to 

 sell her entire interest in her railroads and canals, 

 which she estiui.ites at 11.700,000 dols. This 

 with her siiikiug fund would leave a del.'tof only 

 2,110,664 dobs, against her, which she could 

 speedily exiinguish. The lialiimore and Ohio 

 railroad is the very best work of the kind in any 

 of the slates, and is already, although not com- 

 pleted, more than half the length to its original 

 point of destinatinn, the great thoroughfare from 

 (he west to the metropolis of the nation and to 

 the northern cities. Energetic measures have 

 within the last few weeks beei'i taken at Pittsburg 

 to exiend it to the Ohio river. So soon as this is 

 accomplished it will yield, in all coining time, 

 dividends equal to any railroad in "the world. — 

 The Che.sa|>eake and Ohio canal tod, in which 

 she holds an interest lo the amount of 5,000,000 

 dols., is a stU|ren(lous work. Seventeen miles 

 remain to be finished before a test can be fully 

 put to its g'reat importance. So soon as il con- 

 nects the vast and heretoliire untouched iron and 

 coal moimfains of (Cumberland with the Atlantic, 

 ihere is not a (picstion but it will yield dividends 

 eipial lo ihe Erie and Hudson cunal. It \vill ul- 

 timately be extended to the waters of the west, 

 in w liich event must of the produce bordering 

 upon the Ohio river would be transported upon 

 it to Haltiiuore and other seaporLs in that direc- 

 tion. Amidst all the (lifiicnlties which she has 

 had to encounter, Mnryland has frowned indig- 

 nantly upon repudiation. She will pay lo the 

 last farthing. 



RnoDE lsi,A.ND. — .Sctlled iu lf>3G by English ; 

 contains a po[)ulalion of 108,000 inliabilants ; 

 extent of territory 1,363 English square miles; 

 general election in April ; voters, citizens 21 

 years of age, inust In- resident iu the stale three 

 mouths and have a freehold of 134 dol.-.; Legis- 

 lature meet in June anil October; metropolis. 

 Providence, annual expense of state inslitiilions 

 38,000 dols.; lueinbcrs in the National House of 

 Re|>resBnlatives 1 ; capital employed in foreicn 

 trade 2,144,000 dols.: in nianuficliires 18,630,000 

 dols.; cro|i of cereal grain of 1842 estimated at 

 800,000 bushels. Public debt, none. Interested 

 in about 60 miles of rnih'oad. 



North Carolina.— Settled in 16.50 by En- 

 glish; contains a population of 756,000 white 

 inliabilant.s, ami 247,000 negroes; extent (d" ter- 

 ritory 48,060 English s(juare miles; general el- 

 ection in .August; voters, citizens of the age of 

 21 years, twelve months iu the state, may vole 

 for a member 10 the popular branch cf the As- 

 sembly, bul must own 50 acres of land before 

 they <^an vole for a Senator: l.i-gislature iiiecl 

 second Monday iu November; metropolis, Ral- 

 eigh ; annual expense of state institutions, 107, 

 000 dols.; members in the National House of 

 Rejjresentaiives, 9 ; ca|)itai emploved in foreign 

 trade, S 50,000 dols.; in manuliictures, 4,842,900 

 dols.; crtqi of cereal grain of 1842 estimated at 

 35,000,000 bushels ; cotton 5.5,000,000 1b.; tobac- 

 co 17,000,000 11'.; Public debt no.ne. Interested 

 in 15 miles of canals, luid in iqiwards of 200 

 miles of railroads. 



Pennsvlvania.— Settled in 1683 by English : 

 contains a popul.-ition of 1,600.000 inhabitants; 

 extent of territory 4;VW0 English square miles; 

 general election second Tuesday in October; 

 voters spiue qualilications as in Delaware; leg- 

 islature meet first Tuesday in January-, inetrop- 

 lis, Harr'i.,;lii|rgh : annual expense of state insti- 

 tutions 700,000 'dols.; members in the National 

 House- of RcTireseiitatives 24: capital emjiloyed 

 in foi'e'5*^jfr'adc 3,662,811 dols.; in manufactures 

 36,-500,000 *lols.; crop of cereal grain of 1842 es- 

 timated at 80,000,000 bushels. Public debt, in- 

 cluding interest wliicli she failed to provide lor, 

 39,47(>,000 ilols. Interested in about 578 miles 

 of' railroad, and in upwards of 800 miles of ca- 

 nal. Pennsylvania's negligence in not resorting 

 nt the outset to ihred taxation, to (lay the interest 



a residence of 12 n,o,ubs i„ ,|.e c-onmv" the^re on her bonds, seriously affected th. rep 



of other indebted states. When it was seen that 

 with taxable property to the amount of 900,000,- 

 000 dols. she permitted her credit to be dishon- 

 ored fiir comparatively small simis, taken in 

 conneclion wilh her vast w-eallh, it was feared 

 that her influence on other states might be pro- 

 ductive of mischievous consnqnence.-i. The last 

 legislature, however, luilhorized the sali; of 16,- 

 000,000 dols. worth of her works; and should 

 this be consummated, which there is every reason 

 now 10 believe, there is a certainly that the in- 

 terest on her remaining bonds will be promptly 

 paid hereafter, from means already adopted. In 

 Pliiladelphia a few individuals in February 1842 

 got up a nu-etiug in favor of repudiation, but it 

 was so di.=reputal)le lo those concerned in it, 

 lluu the do(-irine is disavowed by all classes and 

 conditions. 



South Carolina.— Seliled in 1069 by English ; 

 contains a population of 600,000 white inhabi- 

 tants and 330,000 negroes; extent of territory 

 24,000 English square miles; general election 

 in August ; voters, citizens 21 years of age, resi- 

 dents of the stale two years, and of the district 

 in which they vote six months; legislature meet 

 fourth Monday in November; metropolis, Col- 

 unibia'; annual expense of state insiitniiuns 

 307,000 dols.; nieuibers in the Nruional House 

 of Representatives 7 ; capital employed in for- 

 eign trade 3,668,050 dols; in manufactures 3,- 

 837,000; crop of cereal grain of 1S42 estimated 

 at 2.5,000,000 bushels; cotton 70,000,000 lb.— 

 Public debt, .5,424,137 dol.s. Inlerested in 22 

 miles of canal and in about 250 miles of railroad. 

 South Carolina pays her interest without an ef- 

 fort. Re|)udialioii never was esiiouscd by any 

 one belonging to her soil. 



Georgia. — Settled in 1733 by English ; con- 

 tains a population of 700,000 white inhabitants 

 and 285,000 negroeti ; extent of territory 60,000 

 English square miles; general election first 

 Monday in Octobifr; votcr.s, citizens 21 years 

 of age, (j months in the county where voting and 

 paid taxes; legislature meet first Monday in No- 

 vember; metropolis, Milledgeville ; annual e.x- 

 pense of slate iiislitntioiis 187,000 dols.; mem- 

 bers in the National House of Re[u-esentatives 8, 

 capital employed in foreign trade, 1,543,500 dols.; 

 in mauufiictures 3,479.085 ; crop of cereal grain 

 of 1842 esiimated at 29,000,000 bushels; colton, 

 165,000,000 1b. Owes about 1,000,000 dols.; in- 

 leresl paid ])uuctually ; debt regarded as nothing 

 compairing with her resources. Interested in 

 72 miles of canal and in upwards of 200 miles 

 of railroad. 



Ver.mont.— Settled in 1740 by English ; ad- 

 mitted into the Union March 4, 1791 ; contains 

 a population of 2'.!2,000 inhabitants; extent of 

 territory 10,205 English square miles; general 

 eleclion first Tuesday in Septeinbpr; voters, citi- 

 zens 21 years of age, residents of the state one 

 year; legislature meet second Thursday in Oc- 

 tober ; metropolis, iMontpelier: .•uiuual ex[)ense 

 of state institutions 50,(i00 dols.: members in 

 the National House of Representatives 4 ; capital 

 employed in manufiictures 6,000,000 dols.; crop 

 of cereal grain of 1842 esiiinaled at 5,500,000 

 bushels. Public debt, none. No interest either 

 in canals or lailroails. 



Kentuckv. — Settled in 1775 by Virginians; 

 admited into the Union June 1st, 1791 ; contains 

 a population of 800,000 white inhabitanl.s and 

 183,000 negroes ; extent of territory 42,000 En- 

 glish square miles; genera! election in August ; 

 voters, citizens 21 'years of age, residents two 

 years in the state and one year In the county in 

 which they vole; legislature meet first Monday 

 iu December ; metropolis, Frankfort ; annual ex- 

 pense of state institutions 257,000 dols.; meni- 

 liers in the National House of Represenlaliv(-s 

 10 ; capital employed in foreign trade (320,000 

 dols. In inanuficiiires 6,400,000 dols.; crop of 

 cereal iirain of 1842 estimated at 70,000,000 

 bushels-' of tobacco 70,000,000 lb. Public debt 

 3,085,.500 dols., intercs! regularly paid; always 

 acts in the best of faith towards her creditors; 

 interested in the canal around the fidls in the 

 Ohio river; iu 30 miles of lailroad, in well-coti- 

 diicted banks, and in various improvements on 

 highw.iys and rivers. 



Tennessee. — Settled in 1765 by English; a.t- 

 mitted into the Union 1796; contains a popula- 

 tion of 860,000 while inhabilanls and 185,000 

 negroes ; extent of territory 40,000 English 

 square miles: -{enerHl election in .'\iigust annu- 



