The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-08-23

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
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The contrast exhibited between the New World and the
Oo The present time Is indeed striking Here. conf
aniively speaking all Enjoyed in the arts o.
peace and he uogress Of civilization There. sAnguin-
ny contests are The order Of the day Here there no
army IN he sld actively engaged in the bloody business
Of war 1hsre awful struggles are IN progress-hnn-
rejs Of thousands OF men banded together, and
endsavosng 10 take each others veswhile the contest
10 fearful between the kings on he one hand, and the
Republicans ON the other The end the result may
ell Years may eapss before order and peace shall be
fully restored while thousands and tens OF thousands
OF lives may be SACRIFICED Meanwhile Il is to be
hoped that civilization win progress on this side of
the Atlantic; thai people, approaching the bless
ings they enjoy, win strive to perpetuate them. The
great enterprise for the United States Is the Atlantic and
Pasi6c nixoad. So gigantic an undertaking naturally
excss deep interest; and while the public sentiment is
warmly in it, favor, we occasionally hear doubt
pseesed to its practicablty. The Merchants Maya
zine. Just Issued. contains an article upon the subject
from 1he pen Of Mr. William Darby the author Of the
celehNtsd Gazetteer Coming from such source. il
posses unusual interest," He ssysthat America. equal
ling Asia in the extent Of asss rvals il il does not ex
coed Europe, in the advantages bestowed BY nature
America possesses all that is common, with other ad
yaniages peculiar to ITSELF and. therefore, give il pref
erence, 70 Europe. Cfossng al the northern tenn
peie and totd xones, all the southern torrid and 800
1outA1uEn tcuYcxae LOuc Cu(usdcduie
tndes Of the earth are embraced Bathed the two 0p-
p0site sides BY me two great highway oceans, Europe
Asa and Africa are faced on the east. and Asia and
Oceanica the west Thus formed and situated, Amer
lea must become, and thenceforwa remain the highway
Of naticno. Mn. d. continues:
One Of he moot II net he very most Important and also
dnal problems In physical geography, 10 deter
mine how much Of the land area of the earth will admit
given density Of population. To reach the solution
Of ha problem any Discriminate exacess Is hope
sss bat may, however, reach very Interesting deerm
na1s rcsul The whole sapercies OF the earth
which exrsnt about "a 600 900 land; consequently the
relations Of surface land and water about
land and three winter OF the land surface, In round num-
bore
America, Gsssnlaad. &c, square miles l54ooooo
Asia, and contiguous islands 10, 900
Africa, Madagascar, &c. I0SO00O0
Europe and IL islands, inclusive 100000
Oceaniea, New Holland, &c. 100000
Tonilsnd area 47,7O00OO
When making up the matter for my Geographical Die
tionary put reputation all the elements disposa
good part Of which Of the accredited geoaph
ical authority, and led the subjoined conclusion
70 The capabiy Of the land part to sustain population
- square miles
General aggregate Of land a, 900
From which deduct Tor frozen regions,
desserts, Gc.i
Northern polar circle 100000
Asiafic deserts 4OOOOoO
African deserts 5,O00,0O0
Australian Or oceaniean deserts 100000
American deserts 5O0,0o0
100000
Amount Of habisable land to amy density