Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-17

1910 to 1890 ; Of nnc per cent.
l"&o TO 1879 BIO per cent.
In the fourth district,
From 1890 to 1900 per cent,
1900 to 1910 per cent.
1910 to 1890 81 per cont
1920 IT, 1879 29-5 per cont
FhUs you that in the western district the
ratio having decreased between the wears 1900 and
ib(o, irom By per cent to a7l--appcnrs by the
il'nrs estimate have risen in Tie Inst nine venrs
20 SO 10 per cent which is equivalent to 40 per cent
tor ten vcars-this may be owing to SOME error in
the Auditors estimate j. - perh FPS b. accoun-
Ted tor upon the snppos1., iiat EN- grafton from
'hit district has diminished. within the last nine
years, and migration 10 il increased T. il cnJtnliv
however, not according the usual course of thinrs
that the ratio of increase n,-vly settled country
should rise, rs the pOpuation becomes more dense
You VIII observe that The Valley district having
renamed nearly Stationary for The ten years from 300
10 l8io-increascd 1lS per cent Tor the next len
wears and II 2-5 per cent FIR the last unr;-hat the
hiuue district remaining nearly stationary Tor 20
years from 1900 to 1870, appears TO have ircrcased
upwards ut . per cent for the last nne;--and that
the tde-water district being nearly stationary for
20 years from 1900 to 1910. Increased ia the NEXT
~ years 81 per cent? and IN TIE last nine about p
per cent.
There can be no doubt that these irregularities
proceed III great degree from the difference of en-
igraton ut different times aud that the emigration
from all the districts IN the is fast diminishing
Us the western States and territories are becoming
pophouS, and csern audS rising in price The
TIME therefore Is probably moi distant when the in
crease OF our population will be lett chiefly TO It's
natural causes, and when the ratio in each district
Will be nearly the same.
have made Calculation Of the pfobib.t Witt,
population OF the several dstrcs in the year 1870
upon the suppOsItIOn,ihat The Auditors as matrs
nre correct that the western district viii increase
70 per cent Tor the n'Nt ten and 10 per cent
Tor the succeeding ten-that the Valley district will
increase 10 per c"ut ior each period Of ten years.
ahd that the two eastern districts Will increase Der
cent Tor each period ci ten years The result OF
tins calculation is, that III the year 1850 the white
ID "a l'sfr Ia, L..
23I,OO0-that of the Valley 10000 of The middle
district the tide wutcr district 79 QUO
giving to the wet of the Blue Ridge about 400 OeO
and to the east about $4,000 THIS | am persun
ded Is calculation more liberal 10 the west than
they are entitled TO. and it results in giving, them
email majority of white population in 1850 From
thencetorward they can have reason to expect
that their population would increase, more rapidly
than that of the east. Look for Il moment M the
comparative extent of the two districts and at some
ot the causes which would affect the ncrcase of their
population
The two districts west of the Blnc Ridge contain
1896 square miles;thc two OF the Ridge con-
tain 3D. ~ square miles Considering the vast OK.
tent of enounteins beyond the Blue RIdgaa.it would
be giSshg to the west II most iUar4 o. TO its
aTablc lands 10 suppose hem equal ia quality to the
arabic lands east of the mountains Reflect then on
the circumstance that the whole lands OF the east must
lac always employed IN planting and farming while
q very large proportion OF those Of the wCst.-rhe
whole extensive district from the north mountains to
tho western boundary with the exception only uf
those narrow valleys which lie convenient to the
navipable waters, must for ages to come be III tic
hands Of the grazcr;-recocct too that five should
ever have large towns and extensive manufactures
they will seek the maTtS of foreign Commerce, and
probably be found about the falls Of the eastern riv-
crs-and think you will find strong reason TO be-
lcvc, that the eastern side of The mountains will al
ways maintain greater population than the west,
and can be much inferior to in white populu-
ton.
have heard it said that the eastern districts con.
tain already, nearly as much population they
could sustan.-No;hing can bs erroneous -
The middle district counting all is inhabitants, has a
population of about %, and the tide water district
population Of about 80, TO the square mile Compare
this with the population of Older countries. In G1l,
Scotland had population Of about 6i-Wales 70
England f96 to the square inheritance about the
beginning of this century had population of 10 TO
the square milc.-Can any one doubt, that the couE
Try between the blue ridge and The ocean, is capa.
bic OF sustaining more population than Scotland or
EYalcs?-and can any good reason be assigned. why
j. may not be as populous as England or France?
II | am riglt in my estimate of the future pro-
rrrss OF white population. and can be satisfied,
That im tue of twenty years, there will be
few pppuous coumiics beyond the mountains. essen
tally Slave. holding counties, having kindred inter-
est with the east III the good government Of that
r-oncrtv aud is exemption from unjust burt hens
lien YOU have assurance that the basis OF white pop
uatlon will not carry the power OF the government
into unfricndly hands
Referring again 10 our tables, wc find that thc
tide of slave population has been ting strongly II
the west and that it IL now swcIrd to IT'S groatcst
height, at tho very base OF the blue ridgc-that II
due time, it will find IFS level, through the passes
that mountain, there BE- little reason to doubt 80
We have seen by how much The slave population cE
ccods the white population, IN the two eastern dis
tricts and by how much u falls short, IN the tw,
western. Let Us now sec what has been the rali,
ofincrcasc, from 1890 10 o., present time. !. stand
thus:
Ia the First District
From l79J 10 1900 -i3B per cent
l8OO 10 lsiO-6jl per cent
1910 to 1906 per cent
1870 1929 49, per cent
In Me S~rond District
From 1870 O--i0l per cent.
1900 to 1910 3ll per
1910 10 l8lO-25l per
1870 to l9l9-l2 - per cent
IL fho Third District
From 1880 I80O--28A per
1900 70 iaiO-2Ol per
1870 70 l820-iOl per
1870 to 1870 0per cent
In ne Fourth Disirtrf--