Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-19

lno;s Territory, 600; Missouri Territory. son :,
Michigan yerr,.orv ,5o0--Whilc sf all the Alante
Stses the or. attest is siow ed to Pennsyl-
wanna, bciug but SO is per cSnt-N rgnia is 1sii-
mated at but ..
Accord Ia these data. the States will stand in
the following order. tn their gross population
New-fork, Virginia, Peonsy''anis, Kentucky, n.
Csrolr,s, Ohio, Massachusetts, ). Carolins, Ten
nessee. Mar, land, Georgia, Maine, New-Jersey,
Connec,eut, Vermont, N.w-Hsmpshire. Louisiana,
Indiana, -iSsotnf, mississippi, Khode-iS'and, Del
aware, fangis
la gross nuinhers Virginia no1s stands Srst, (be-
ing VA 622) -New-York next, (being 959, o49)-
Pennsylvania third, tbeng 3i0yo9i )-Msssschu-
sets, iHeiuei, OF Maine, the fourth, viz (1OO,Il5)
MIR. Niles has rot calculated the rates of Gctu-
AZ increase on the three hsst censuses--bu., the
rates of the whole Increase may be thus stated:
Increase fran 1890 10 lS0o--s5 per cent.
1870 10 ISlO-5o
Taking SO per cent. therefore, as the average of
our increase ior every lO years, these conclusions
follow
LIST. That the L. States elouJ,e their population
i'll rs years
ond. That, applying The same ratio of increase
to the next census, may be expected To number
IN 1920, about Sac, 26S-oniy li1,9,o souls less
tAau Mir. Niles es;i,nstes.
Let saw, then, in round numbers, that in $780,
our pop,,iss.Oa will amount to ten millions OF souls
Where 10 the limit To this astonishing extension -
Let suppose, what will probably be correct,
that orr numbers in not advance every 10 years
much as SO per csnt-but, that they increase about
per cent. less in thst perio, III other woris, that
from SEC 10 1880. the increase is Only SIS per cent
Ito 1870, so per eent.--snd 1850. q per ceut.-
(Msking this ALLOW tbst may sill the sale
sits,) still it follows, that
IT, 1880 we shall have l3.500,000
1910 l7,2gOO00
1850 2i.958,S00
| BY these cstimates, the U. States will have in
thirty three gears population oil nearly t1ce'iy tsro
! nrLfons-con.lderabiy than the population oi
| Great Britain aud lreiand--and, III about ten
years more, more than the population OF France,
Whist an astonishing scene thus bursts upon the
/ sight IL the people Of the u. ). continue
derstan,i their interests Ii they silence the
voice Of local pr, jsices aud personal passions Ii
they preserve this free government, beqnf sthed 10
by the ot Our Fathers and guard the Una
| on the best security against the Vaccinations oil
| foreign enemies or the Turbulence OF intestine
tests; it they march for the merit 50 years in the
| same track which they have pursued Tor the 0Ss so
years, who will are TO calculate the prosperity Of
this western region We may say wi bout vanity.
that shall be the greatest peobIe which the sun
ever sioue on-iiappisr even tia. Asc'.iscs pre'c-
| ted the Roman people would be: for tie arts and
sciences will advance at least IS rapidly our pow
er--We dare to hope, that in statuary, in oratory,
and in astronomy, shall not fall far behind
\ contemporaries; that shall not despise them as
| the ancient Romans did but that may boast oil
| these arts also-that shall political pow
" more mildly than the descendants OF AIciiises
1 and that their boast
| Pareere SUBJECTS, ct debalare superbos-
| 10 spare the conquer'd, pull down the
| proud,
| may only mean, to u.s. that assert our rights
| against all who infringe them, ana never impose
| any unreasonable terms upon thc conquered enc
4 mics.
Visions ofglory spare the aching sight;
Ye unborn sces, press not our Sou!