Kentucky increased in population nearly 24 per cent.. Pennsylvania nearly 22 per cent.. and New England a little over 15 per cent.. so that in spite of unequal laws her growth has been steady. homogeneous. and prosperous. without jealousy of any sister State. and with kindly regard for all sections. It is true that we have not imported contract labor from Hungary to mine our coal at a price so small that the duty upon it will pay much more than the cost of the mining. and thereby driven the native population from their homes. It istruethat wehavenotusedthelawsof the land to induce foreigners to settle among us under such contracts as to force the native laborer to work at starvation prices and thereby give to gentlemen in Kentucky the means to found great libraries. or even write valuable books showing the exploits of that "triumphant democracy" through whose delusions such accumulations became possible. For the convenience of her citizens Kentucky has divided her territory into numerous counties. and the revenue paid by the citizens of some of these counties do not equal the expenditures needed to be disbursed within those counties. and such counties are called "pauper counties." being. however. not a term of reproach nor of poverty.
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