Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-11-13

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terln'nable was.. es to place n void betwee,
the massos OF ,ts population. Divided as i
Is into three natural sectlo IL, this great re
E'on OF The earfh abouudi5 = in rivers, hal
tho Atlantic slope falling b. gentle decfivi
~ towards the eastern cont t,cnt the Cen
tral Mississippi basin, and western slop,
falling towards Asia, polyn sia, and Aus
tra'ia. Without pretending 10 an uuneces
sary accuracy these sections, contain:
Atlantic slope, 100000 sqr. mile,
Central Basin, 100000 do.
Western or Pacific slope, 100000 do.
Aggregate areH, f,2Jj,AOU do.
III we draw, or suppose drawn, il linz
IRON the mouth Of the Sabine, along West.
ern Lost slafia, Arkansas, Missouri. ane
thence due north TO N. lat. 40 : . or our
northern border. such line will divide the
u .. territory into two not very uneutlaI
sections OF one million one hundred and
twenty thousand square miles. The east.
etn section will comprise the already or.
ganlzed States and Territories, and the
westward the great unappropriated region
yet the abode Of sayagcs. The two great
sections may be distinguished from each
other BY terms expressive Of their respec.
i've most prominent features. The Appa-
lachian or Allegheny system Of mountains
IS the nucleus ofoan immense forest, which
extends from the Gulf OF Mexico SOUTH
wardlJ into Labrador to the north. This
forest limited by the Atlantic ocean east.
ward, is gradually diminished advancing
westward, and is followed by %prairics or
open grassy surfaces spreading with par.
tial interruptions on all sides, and gives
character to the Western, or what might
otherwise be called the Pacific grand divi.
sion Of the United States territory.
In soil, ais well rs in supply of timber,
the Eastern section ls taken us II whole s,i.
perior, and will, under any given circum.
stances support a more dense population
than will the Western The Eastern Sec
ton IL already subdivided into thirty polit-
'cal divisions, averaging II supcrfcies Of
$4,000 square miles, with an already dis
tributlve population Of II snail fraction
over 10 to the square mile; and were it
peop'ed only equal to what Ohio is already,
the d'strlbutive population would be 3s to
the square mile, and aggregate 1860, 900;
or if equal to New York, the distribution
would be 30, and aggregate 56,Oo0,0O0.-
The latter density will, unless the existing
course of things IS arrested, be reached be.
fore the end of the current century, and
yet leave I'm immense void TO be filed, and
will be filed. I'VE may be pardoned in ex-
tending these comparative views. Europe
on three millions Of square miles s~.istains
23O,0OO,00O of inhabitants, equal to n frac-
ton above 70 to tho square mile, and were
our own country THUS peopied the amount
would be s5, 10000. g
VIC might multiply these comparative
illustrations to shew The advance of our
population and the probability if not Ger.
tninty of an indefinite expansion. When
our objects are vegetable introduction or
culture, China is our proper reflector, but
wher our inquiry is directed towards pc.
l%ltlcal, moral, or statistical element, then
Europe is our theatre. European nations,
however, differ in language, religion, and
extremely on principles'of government
In our comparative estimates ajl Europe is
included, though perhaps the territory of
the U. States would justly have a claim to
advantage over Europe taken in its utmost
extent. But in order to guard against dc.
ceptive element | have taken into view
large sections diverse in climate, soil and
government, some large parts extending
beyond the Arctic Circle; and over the
whole, have in all ages ragged destructive
wars and dlstracting revolutions. Sinister
events, the natural results of huffman pas
sions and weakness, are continually rising,
and which excite fears of the perpetuity of
our union. Such fears it is idle to indulge,
even were they well founded, which they
are not. Already n common language, diff.
fering less in dialect and idiom, is spoken
in the United States over a wider extent,
Spanish America excepted, than on any
other section OF the earth. This assertion
may startle many, hut it is true neverthe.
less, and a common language will conse-
quently follow, spreading population until
the vast space we have been surveyings is
filled with an active, energetic and intelli-
gent people. History abounds with the
%misapplied term ReBoluiioa, used to desig-
nate those outbreaks, which in themselves
are the mere thunder ~pronouncing effects,
not causes. Real Revolution il silent. and
powerful as the step OF Time. Of all Reyo-
buttons the advance of A%nglo-Saxon popu-
Iation ON North America is tbe most inl-
portant, and must have the most decided
influence On mankind. What is usually
called the American revolution, was only
n of theAets of this heightened drama.
A revolution which indeed has already
changed the relations of power in the CT
vilized world, by the rise of a great soye-
reignty on a former void. A great agricul-
tural society or congregation of societies,
already, TO instance but one product, COT
TON, have permanently, deeply, and uni
yersally influenced commerce, and more,
c~f1eapened to an amount above calculation
human clothing.
Great, however, as the culture of Cotton
in the United States has operated on man.
kind, il is rendered more than merely
speculative, that in the hands of the same
people, and on the Atlantic section of the
same country, a far more extensive and
important revolution is in embryo by the
cultivation of SILK. Of the many who
have made the Silk business an object of
their industry, few are aware that the east.
ern side of all continents, and in fact Of
islands, are more favorable to the two re-.
quisite elements, The Mords genus Of trees
and to the Silk Worm, than the western.
If this postulate is true, and wa trust to
shew IFS truth, then Tie eastern side of