The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-26

cities or boroughs on the Delaware and Schuviku.
az perfectly transparent. as IL IL futile. - z
The North 4msytcan cyphers, and "guesses''
the population of Philadelphia, and all its suburbs
to be about 10000; and he guesses that New
York, without its suburbs, contains no more. Now.
we make no que sses about ii but we state the es-
tablished and ascertaned fact, that New York
city proper, without counting any suburban por-
tons, contained, the Sth Of June, 1880 popula-
ton nearly 100, 600 greater than that now claimed
for Philadelphia, with the adjacent boroughs
added! Add to New York its eastern suburbs.
the farthest portions of which are nearer TO our
City Hall than several of the Philadelphia suburbs
are to its State House, and the united metropolis
presents an aggregate population larger than that
of Philadelphia and the whole region within ten
miles radius around Its State House, with the
whole State of Delaware thrown in
10 estimate the population of this metropolis
properly, and to compare il fairly with that of any
city that aspires to compete with it, take the num-
Der Of inhabitants on the shores of its inner har
forty rods from tide water, four fathoms deep. nor
farther than that from its paved or mac adamised
streets, lighted at the public expense; and the
Phiadeiphans then need not stop at the fork Of tho
Delaware nver, but may take ten miles wide of
both shores of Delaware Bay, down to Capes May
and Henlopen and when they find that it won't
t: ss s and Of
TO Cape Charles; and when they get there, they will
find Gas John Jacob Astor quietly said, when the
aggregate value of property disposed of by Stephen
won't do"
The people of New York have no interest in de-
preciatng the greatness of tempta-
tation, OCCASION or disposition to do Its gain
is not the loss of any competitor, but is de-
rived from its own position and resources, and so
far from being impeded by the emuous growth of
that and other American cities, its advance is ac-
CELEBRATED by theirs. 1t cannot lose by their gain,
any more than II can gain by their loss. This is
great country" as was originally remarked by
chief magistrate of this city. Il is greater now
han WA hen 10 uUh IN hail
New York and Philadelphia to be great in teach
lin its degree" 1t is constantly growing greater,
and, il it were not, New York can say to William
PENIS city" the world is wide enough for thee
and me, as Uncle Toby said-to the fly that buzzed
SO long about his nose, even if New York does not
add with him)-" Go, poor devil will not harm
theew
The four great Atlantic cities--New York, Phi.
ladelphia, Boston, ana Baltimore-must always
grow together in due proportion, they have for
this half century: The same causes which pro-
operate with additional power on this city So let
them all flourish. Intelligent New Workers would
rather contribute to increase the prosperity Of these
sister cities than 10 their diminution They have
a common interest in keeping among and in them
the commerce of the Union. When divided among
them, as it is and long has been, there is enough
for each, with assurance of constant increase 10
each. The Improvements of a few years in rapidly
of communication between them are tending fast
to make them but wards of one great city-portions
of one mighty Atlantean metropOs-nearer to each
/
of Yeddo are TO each other.
These four cities can learn something from each
other and from the few rivals now left them among
Europea an cities. Philadelphia and New York, parti-
culary can learn from Boston and London, las COM
pared with Baltimore and Paris ard other cities of
both continents,) the necessity OF timely provision
against The overshadowng and overmastering of
parent city, by its independent suburbs. The char
tered city of London is now but small and d.
miDishing fraction OF the whole metropolis, and is
without jurisdiction or power over any of the con-
coli cd fkat
around IT, and have derived their superior great
ness from it,-except the borough of Southwark,
annexed to II by charter from Richard Occur de
Lion, in the thirteenth century The growth of
the city of London, with its purely republican
government after that time, so alarmed the tyranni-
cal Pantagenets, Stuarts and Tudors, that constant
efforts were made by royalty to prevent its enlarge
men and TO hinder its growth even within its pre-
vious chartered limits. Ii was declared to be too
large already, in the reign of Henry VIII, and in
that:of his daughter, Elizabeth, and continued to be
of the commonwealth" until the triumph of the
principles of representative government, on the ex-
pulsion of James H., who, by a singular coinci-
dence, was the English founder of New York, and
gave II its present name, end obtained its first
English charter for il from his brother and royal
predecessor, Charles ii. When tory ascendancy
was renewed under the III anoverians, il was found
that the growth of the metropolis was no longer
dangerous, because il was outside Of the chartered
liberties of democratic London. with its annual
elechons sndlts government composed of mechanics
and tradesmen. From that time, il was found that
the vast majority of the inhabitants of the metropo
lis should be under the direct royal, ministerial
and parlia mentsry government, with no inalienabie
charters to protect them against yearly changes in
their civic system, without reference TO their sup
posed or expressed will Shall this be the fate Of
New York. IL owns allegiance to no government
royal or otherwise, that governs without "the con-
sent OF The governed" The enlargement OF its
jurisdiction and the extension of its inaleuable
franchises are not hostile the State sovereignty
which II has created d, and Of which il now forms
third part, ana TO which its growth, so far from
being detrimental, is trbuiary-s the sole suaran-
tee of the continuance Of the States imperial
name, influence and supremacy in the federal
union.
Boston furnishes another and like instance of
The progressive nultcation, aud almost annha-
ton, OF parent commercial city, by the ungraeful
suburban offspring which its commercial facilities
end energies have originated Roxbury, Dor
chester, Cambridge, Charlestown, and other indie
pendent municipalities which Boston has created
around II TO suck the ie-blood from il, now over
master II and defy it-use those facilities without
paying for them--use them 20 make the centre and
source OF their being-to make the heart of their
life eak and contemplate, 1t must become un-
der the prolonged operation of such agencies. A
short time ago, Boston attempted to effect the
union OF one OF these suburbs TO itself, but was
dehed and defeated by the combined action of the
creatures around 1.-THE creations of its prosperity
The old fable of Esop was re-enacted, "as large
as life and twice as natural" The members re-
belled against the belly, and "got the upper hand
OF it, Both belly and members will soon
enough sympathize in their appreciation Of the
mistake, when they waste together in divided and
distracted interestwhen, after long struggling to
pull each other down, they all succeed; happily
for Boston's rivals, however IL may be for Boston.
The Phiadephians "look aud learn" and seek the
union and consolidation that alone can save them
from such fate. Shall New Workers alone be
blind
The SCHOOL MISTRESS AND HER CANINE FrrESp
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