Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-09-28

tlOn, there are TWO, particularly oil note. One
by Darby, in mos. excellent work, view of
the United Sla,es;" and the other by Professor
Tucker.
Mr.. Darby's estimate was made before the
census of $50, and is therefore subject 10 two
tests;
Estimate. Reality.
1880 l4,O93,ooO l2,S66,o0o
ls40 l9,335,o0O 100000
But an important fac, is TO be noticed. The
greatest error in MIR. Darby's estimate was III
the number of slaves, which according 10 his
Ieslimate
Would have been in ls40 4,ll4,000
But were in fact 2,4S7,000
A difference of estimate equal to more than
one half the whole number OF slaves. 1t is 10
be observed that this over estimate of the
growth of The slave population has peryaded
the calculations of all writer's on the subject.
They have never allowed enough for the Two
great slave-checks, emancipation and bad con-
dltion. Mr. Darby proceeds TO make an estl-
male for each year I'LL l940 one century from
this lime The following are some OF The re-
sulIs
1860 35,l67 900
1900 ll5,000,000
l940 386,000,000
Professor Tucker, in his calculations, pub
lished in Hunts Merchants Magazine, assumes
iha, the ratio by which our population has IN
creased will not long continue the same, but
will gradually diminish as the number of per-
sons increases to the square mile. This is
mere matter of speculation and when the
people have become very dense, undoubtedly
this is true bu, as each new state is as fresh
and fruitful as the oldest was, this check will
not happen very soon. 1t is 10 be observed
that the increase from $50 10 lS40 was 30 l-2
per cent, which doubles in llltle more twenty
four years. This ralio on the population ex-
tant one hundred years ago, will give the pres
ent actual result So that this is the real, nat
uraI increase Of the American population.
Stiis
1900 so,o00Oo0
1910 2O0,O0O,OO0
Comparing the estimates Of Darby and
Tucker, and taking The mean, it may be con-
sidering certain that, without Divine interposi-
y.
The population of the United States 10 three
hundred millions.
IL may be interesting 10 know the ultimate
capabilities of the American territory. Ireland
contains eighteen thousand six hundred miles
square of surface, and eight millions OF per-
sons. Notwithstanding this diversity OF popu-
lalion, Ireland has yeI great deal OF waste
land. Ii is certain that the United States can
contain as great proportional population as
Ireland Take The same proportion. and it
gives the United States an ultimate capacity oi
containing eight hundred millions Of people, more
than the snlIre population of the globei In
historical point of view, the period may not be
long before that prodigious result is reached; ;
for, in history, two or three centuries is not
very great portion of time. There is nothing
in all This for the people of The United States
10 make boas, Of but there is much for graf
itude, and much for contemplation. The pres
ent generation will never see these astonlsh-
ing results, bu, they are doing what will GER
tanIy influence widely these advancing mil
lions We do not believe that political society
admits of much reformation III lis old age,
which was mol attempted in It's youth, any more
than an old man is apt 10 change the habits OF
his life The foundations, we wish this vast
political society 10 stand upon, we ought to have
no, only laid, but most firmly built up at this
very lime In vain do we grow, il we grow
not wisely The power which the U. States
must have 20 maintain happy liberty, is an in
lelgenl, moral power. They must do right,
and do right nlelligently The great levers
of this are the school, the press, and the church.
The school needs to be more elevated, the press
TO be pursr and better. Can we not attain a.
higher and better standard! To nation like
our own. ignorance is death; the loss Of virtue,
annihaion. We are trying to unite interests
the most diverse and jarrng, and TO bind in o1e
bond Of union the hot and fiery disposition of
the man living within the tropic, with ,ne cold
calculating nhabilan, Of the Green Mountains;
but men of all climates are moi men of one mind
their character is moul4ed by the things pas
sing around them; it takes stamp from scenes
in early hfe, an i,npress from nature. The
Italians, under al their changes Of government,
are continually the same people. Overcome,
irodden do'sa, ,rampled under foot, there is an
elastic resilency that for ever bears them up
I, hat prhlc al