The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-07-25
THE UNITED STATES.

| The surface of the United States comprehend,
| space of about two millions two hundred and fN,
thousand square miles, and is about one -hreni,h yas
Of The land surface Of The earth More than one a
| this surface lies between the }5h aud 45h degrel,
| Of latitude, in the very heart Of the temperate zone
where nature brings men aud fruits to the highest
| measure OF comparative excellence. OF the wIor
two millions two hundred and fifty thousand mi OF
square surface, only about Two bundled and hi,
thousand lie IN the Atlantic slope, and two thirds
the whole lie in the valley OF the Mississippi D.
estimate rightly the population which, under Tie "a.
| tural laws of increase will arise and be readily
main aimed On this surface II is proper to cou,a,.
the arabiliiy and fertility Of the great American bs
| sin, as the valley Of the Mississippi b been
styled. In tins vast region there IS very Do.
lie space occupied by mountains, marht., .r
lakes, incapable of production. Almo'l Tue
whole surface is arabic. Its rivers are remarks
bly, long. The main stream Of The Mississippi rae,
near latitude forty eight, and joins the Gull o NtX.
about enty -nine thus running through ABOUT ~
degrees of latitude. The Red River, of Lou.iaua
one thousand miles in leng the Ohio ascending
the heads of the Monongahela and Allegany, ar9
one thousand miles long. The rains and mefl
SHOWS which oct aston the annual floods fall d.
tant mountains, and raise these streams to glr4
heights, pouring forth vast volumes of water, wuc
irrisate and ieriiize their banks These great Jc:
taken in connection with lis locality in the mo q.
the Temperate Zone, determine the conclusion li4
this great basin is capable OF producing more gran.
and consequently Of maintaining more people t.al
any other equal space the face Of the globe Il
is gratifying To know, too that far as cutN aur
has extended the practical facts correspond witt Ore
/ theory deduced from geographical facts.
The crcu ference or border sline OF tie United
States is bout nine thousand five hundred mi TO-
| length 1t may be div ded thus Boundary On eom.
| mon with British n nth America, 3, 700 miles b.4u-
Diary in common with Mexico, 2 800 coast Of ,he
Pac hc 700 coast of the Gull of Mexico 1908 l..
coast OF the Atlantic, 8 o. The terr tory thu cr.
closed includes also nearly ten thousand miles Of r
and lake NAVIGATION, o. which f"'o-tIirds are 90 lie
| valley OF the Mississippi. Gle graphers OF lorcgr
countries have admitted that this extensive counr.
has the most varied roll, climate and productions Of
any country OF the face of the earth The me, Iit.
BILE consequence Of this is, that its capabilities lot
| population and ", alth are spondingly great.
A humber OF estimates of the progress Of Amer.
can population have been made The writer b, 81
the opinion that two of these-the one by Darb, Gle
other by Professor Tucker--are particularly WORTHY
of notice. Comparing tie estimates OF these gtutt.
men, aud taking the mean, II may be usidt rel GER
tain CONTINUES the wrter) that bout divine Inter.
position 10 the contrary century will increase Co.,
population Of the United States TO ihree hundred r.
4 ons! We must confess that, to our mind the mta1
estimate here given appear by far too great
Estimates have been made " hich render Il ccriar
that The United States have an ultimate capaci, %,
containing eight hundred millions Of peop,e who. D..
more than the entire population Of the globe