Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-01-10

the power of The URited states within the pre-
sent century, bu, with the most appalling pros
poets
In 1890 censms Of the people was
taken, aud the numbers wero l2,000OW
IN 1910 was again taken; the mum.
brrs then were 100000
IN 1850, at the saac rate, will be 24,)S:},O0O
In iSG0, 34,llsG55
IN 1870. 4s,27N.O59
In lSsO, 6S, S,292 lS4
In is9U, 96,6i9,364
IN 1900, l37,lO2, ,5l3
Flhy-scven gears is icrg period in the life
of man, bal very little ia the life OF nations. As
has been alrcad, stated, great individual misery
occurs in this lli-reguIa,ed, haphuEard system of
,cmigration. The Immigrant is ileeced under
| the profession of advice and assistance. To the
| State il mskes d,ilerence,-it is 50 much
as it it had remained with the heeced; and let
it be remembered that this mass ofincrease ari.
ses from the residue of those who ach the far
west--it counts none of the dead in the way !;
ncne. who, as soon as landed on the quays at
! New York, beg the Tcans "f returning. which
in 1912 a,ncmnted To 10000 from that port only
| The limited know ledge and experience OF the
bulk Of mankind may lead them to conclude that
there is no room Tor suc, an immense popu!a-
ton. Read What wise nlan has written, be-
fore forming such al opinion, speaking OF the
! Mississippi basin only -
This vast excnt OF very fertile territory in
which rivers navigablc 5000 miles upward from
the ocean hold their course, extends from the
lakes of Canada on the north to the Gulf of Mex
leo on tie south, and from the highlands of the
Allegheny ond Cumberland Ranges on the east,
to the R,cky Mounia Gs, far TO the Westward.
"The greatest lsb-r Of Hercules, the nobest
deeds recorded Of man in ancient or modern his.
tory. sink 10 nought when compared with the
doncs OF Brother Jonathan. F2
ut was but as yesterday when he first stood
on the highest summit OF the Allegheny range,
and gazing down upon the ilimitable western
.wildcrn IS, boldly resolved TO people the whole
extent; and already cities, and towns and vii.
lagos, and innumerable clearances are scatter.
ed over nearly million Of square miles. True
to his purpose, Jonathan is progressing in ra-
'io Of increase never before equalled. and in The
course of century, III the present increment,
ilis great md most fertile field Tor the exten.
son of tho human race will contain progency
exceeding the whole of the population of Eu.
rope. y Matthew's Emigration Feds, p. 55.
II remains to say something of the Canadai
and the North American British colonies. Tht
and a Me,calfe, have delayed the separation o
the former from the mother country. Still, ne
yer let il be forgotten that as wise man as an,
one of them, and who personally knows these
countries-Iord AShburton, when, bearing the
proud name of Alexander Barring, when mem
ber of the commons,-proposed Offering TO the
Canadas their independence, declaring it better
10 do SO without useless expenditure of blood
aad treasure, and that it had better be done pre-
vious 10 such circumstances occurring than af
| terwards that his frcthought was correct
there is no doubt. Lord ST. Vincent, also Q
g.cat authority, was TO his dying hour adverse
10 retaining them.-see his opinions, as stated
by Lord Bingham in his public character. p. Al
E!in5urg ReuieD. Ap,il, 1850, Vol. 60; ase
Breutnn's Life If Lord 81. Vincent. The
C,nadas once independent, and other colonies
would snon adopt the example, AMI not long at
tor would Join the Federal Government of the
United States.
EDucArIoN-AN ExrRACr. By Theopitus Fisk
Ill The time shall ever cJine when the mighty
fabric shall loller. when the beacon of Joy lha
now rises in pillow OF fire, sign and wondsl
To the world, shall wax dim, the cause will be
found ignorance Of the people. II our union II
sill TO continue 10 cheer the hopes and animat,
The forts OF the oppressed OF every nation
our fe Ids 10 be untfod by the hirellngs OF des
potism, if long days of blessedness are to attend
cur country in he career of glory-is you woul,
have the sun continue to shed his unclouded
rays upon the face Of freemep, then educate al!
the children Of The land. This alone starlles
the tyrant in his dreams of power, and rouses
the slumSerins energies Of an oppressed people
II is intelligence tha. reared up the majestic
columns of our national glory, and this alone
can prevent them crumbling to ashes.