The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-11
wing Policy aud American Prosperity.

tits not little remarkable that the admiration felt for
county by transatlantic brethren is seized hold
OF with aydity by the wing party, and appropriated
the ament out OF which it is TO feed in times to come.
il has done in times past upon the patronage and power
OF The people. lnheng in this respect the old idea OF
The elder Adams that this country was TO follow the ex.
ample Of Great Britain in considering government as only
safe when il administered by the rich and sceH born
this party is almost the only thing our land which has
not changed its preiudices.
Let our readers examine the following comments OF
the Baltimore American the just tribute paid to our
national by the London Athensum, and they will
the point which is purpose to expose by few
remarks;
From the Baltimore American.
THE GROWTH THE REpuBLIc.--The remarkable in
Of population in the United States indicated by
the late census has called forth some significant comments
in The English journals The London Athensus~1hus n
1.-THE American census is not yet complete b, the re.
already received point conclusions far beyond hope
expectation Look at New York. for instance In 1920
i bad population Of l2a 900; in 1885, 2os ooo n 1870
OF statistics Bot the population now said to have
risen to the astonishing number o. 100000! This includes
cities Ia Europe IN ten years more al the same rate OF
this New York VIII, the terms, be larger than
London. .t ...a.E.s.. 3. #.H ..e.s#
of America is not fed, like Manchester and Liver
pool at the expense OF the couny It's advance is the type
OF that Of an enie continent, $50 the population Of
1850 numbered 10000 So far the general OF
the be- inferred fom the data at hand the pop
ulaton OF the Union will be about 25,000,O From the
year 1900, when the number little than 5000 600
lsso when it had advanced to 1900 600 the ua
of increase about 80 per This would
have given for 1850 population Of Y 600 900 only.
Material power has been developed equally with pop
uation. Great Britain alone excepted State Europe
could maintain equal ornaments in the field for any
length of time This marvellous growth is derangipg all
tbs oil adj nj haa N ma il moi
only rstclass States in lew years, If internal dis
order shall occur she will be the greatest Of all Should
the $4,000 OF increase be maintained for fifty years.
the population will then amount to more than one hundred
mIioos' s'ma" and Ffemeh revolutions sink into
complete .atseanes by the side of combinations like
:" With such a mmen,, how well we may understand
the OF lsu ghtcr with which the American Senate
Gently received the menaces OF Austria When the Uni-
ted States shook of the yoke Of England their people
bered ban 5000, 900 when they last
ured agains, European power, they were than
100000 Ten hence they will be equal 10 France
Austria. There hardly seems 10 be limit their
growth. The valley Of the Mississippi would alone
port the whole population Of Europe In Us vast basin
nations growing If at the bidding OF enclan
ment"
OF the European world in the steady and stately progress
this country, under It's republican Institutions, well cal
culaed to inspire wonder and In some cases alarm No
mpedment reiards our onward march TO have
taken bond Of fate make the OF great des
tiny douby Altogether the spectacle without
Not only 10 population have advanced in aston
shpg bu, increase also In and
maIne second only 10 that OF England ranks above hers,
include Internal and coasng trade. For speed
and capacity, the superiors,
and their number increases rapidly The yea
may witness the acknowledged supremacy Of the and
the pes the oil the worda
acy inevitable and 50 clearly SO that II may not involve
contest
there be OF accompanmsnts OF sponsibty
too and momentoas to be regarded Otherwise
with and serious reflections selfgoveIning PEG
pie ruling over continent and controlling hemisphere,
and possessed with vital energy before equslled
han hnf hiatt he rkna fail
powerful Influence OF such Presence1 History will be
obliged 10 enlarge her pages to admit the record OF our
which transcend all that has told
of Roman grandeur We may hope that the conscious.
ness OF strength will keep peaceful; for what enemy
domain large enough satisfy the mos. cap.cious smb.
ton ours already and abounds in which
turtles cannot exhaust which Indefinite progress civil
izailon viii find work In developing and improving.
The foreign journalist looking at the wonderful results
produced by the increase of population the accession
oil territory, and the immense necessary give
such unparalleled growth TO cities in the valley OF the
Mississippi well those the seaboard very naturally
exclams. The commercial capital Of america fed
like our Manchester and Liverpool al the expense Of the
country: ITS advance the type Of that Of entire con.
tinsnt" German and French revolutions sink into
complete issgnfeane BY the nds Of considerations Like
these" Now wha, ought 10 be the response OF paper
in this country exclusively 10 the service OF the whig
party. and laborng necessarily break down the demo.
catc party in the presence OF that responsibility which
is 10 test the claim Of the parties to the favor Of the
people, II certainly does not natural find such
paper echoing the JOY produced by such facts by re.
marks like these: History gM Be obliged TO enlarge
her pages TO admit The record Of our greatness uhieh
must transcend oil that has been told of Roman
grandeur"
We AJAX the reader bear in mind the facts recently
acknowledged by Mr. Webster in the speeches he made
for Mr.. Fillmore and the wing party (for their special
organ, the Republic has soemny declared that there was
no difference OF opinion between the President and his
cabinet) The most prominent, OF these facts was tina,
the extension OF our limits TO the Pacific ocean was
violation OF the constituon-tha the acquisition OF
Florida and Louisiana was not only unconstitutional but
moral evil which the democratic party can never be
pardoned Tor counienancngand that the more recent
acqusition OF California which gives u.s. in the bay Of San
Francisco, the key OF the Pacific ocean, was all wrong
because ], was the result Of war, not unjust because
Mexico was innocent, but because the grew out of
policy which did not condemn slavery as political ain
The wing party, through its abes most trusted, and
most authentic organs, thus procaims to the people that
all the advantages we have gained by policy which
has given to them which centuries cannot en-
haust and which will carry the cvzing presence OF
American liberty TO the millions OF human be;nrs
that are now held in slavery in Asia and the Pacific
that will make New York the centre
Of the commerce Of the world, and our republican prn
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