which they live; yet they are not a part of them; they cannot become a part of them; and no length of residence is, as a rule, sufficient to put the Northern man or the foreign immigrant thoroughly in harmony with Southern life.

Therefore, because the colored man is at the South already, in equal force with the whites; because of his superior reproductive power and the prospect that he will very soon greatly exceed the whites in number; because the Southern white man cannot or will not extend to those coming into his vicinage that peculiar assimilative recognition which has built up the Westbecause of all these things, it matters not how great the opportunity, it matters not how fertile the soil, it matters not how rich the mineral treasures, it matters not how varied and marvelous the manufacturing facilities may be, Northern immigration will not seek the South (and especially the States we have named lying in the Black Belt) in sufficient numbers to constitute any material element of its life-not, at least, until some very notable change has been made in its social economy. Of such change there is no

present indication, and the most careful analysis of the social statistics offers no ground for reasonable hope that any immigration of whites to these States will in any sensible degree affect the numerical relation of the races.

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HE data we have given effectually exclude all prospect of any modification of the rate of increase in the white race by any movement of population from without the States we have under consideration, so far as the white race is concerned. As regards the negro, it is perhaps sufficient to say that there is not any present indication of a tendency to move into these States from any other part of the country.

It remains, then, to consider whether there are any evidences of any interior movement of population of either race that might affect this propor

tion. Of course any special migratory tendency on the part of either race would naturally reduce its rate in the future and increase the proportionate advantage of the other race. A careful analysis of the statistics of migration of the natives of each race in the different States of the Union reveals some curious facts. Among these are the following, which would no doubt be deemed almost incredible were they not unmistakably sustained by the figures of the census:

1. A greater proportion of the native whites of the South than of the native whites of the North emigrate from the State of their birth.

2.-There are a greater number of native whites of the South residing in the North than of Northern natives living in the South.

3.-The percentage of the native whites of the

South living at the North is almost thrice as

great as of white natives of the North residing at the South.

4.-The proportion of Southern whites who are

removing from the State of their birth is rapidly increasing.

5.-The percentage of colored natives of Southern

States who migrate from the State of birth is perceptibly diminishing.

If these facts do not stimulate the desire of the reader to see and examine the tables on which they are based, it is certain that he has little interest not merely in social and ethnological questions, but also in matters affecting most closely the interest and safety of the country. We regret the necessity of troubling the reader with so many tables, but the facts are of so startling and unex

TABLE R.

Number and Percentage of Native Whites of each Northern State resident in other Northern States in 1870, and in 1880.