Such is the deplorable condition of one of the oldest members of this Union, that dates back its settlement more than a century and a half, while other States, born as it were but yesterday, already surpass what Carolina is or ever has been, in the happiest and proudest day of her prosperity.
Tappan highlights the stark contrast in progress between older Southern states and newer ones, emphasizing the decline of South Carolina.
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But what a commentary on slavery and slaveholders is afforded by the gross ignorance prevailing in the old States of South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina!
But we have some official confessions, which give a still more deplorable account of Southern ignorance.
It, is however, worthy of remark, that its cultivation affords a livelihood to only a small proportion of the free inhabitants; and scarcely to any of those we are now addressing.
We know that this result is so startling and unexpected, that you will scarcely credit the testimony of figures themselves.