The republic., 1851-08-12
Entire boundary, in 1893, miles.


fc ocean at San Diego. o.................. 400
Thence along the Pacific TO the
Straights OF St. Jean de Fuca. ......... 1900
Thence eastward along north latitude 49o
to Lake of the Woods. ,.............. 1900
Thence along former northern or Cana
dian .,...r. ..:............ 1900
And thence along the Atlantic ocean to the
mouth OF st. Croix river. r............. $50
Entire existing boundary in 1851 ~ 9,45O
We find that by these tabular elements the pres
ent aggregate of outline exceeds the former as
they existed in l793 not materially differing from
TWO TO one. The most important contrast is not.
however, in the outline, but in relative contents
one million OF square miles demand, if laid down
In square, ons thousand miles, each side But if
the sides are doubled, the quantity is quadruped
Estimated by the comparative Rhumbs, the Joint
surface added to the territory of the United States
since 1898 rather exceeds two millions of SQUARE
miles II is therefore, safe to allow, that within
the existing perimeter of the United States there
are three millions of square miles. Therefore
while the outline has nearly doubled, the contents
have trebled.
1t may, indeed ought to be, observed that the
maritime outlines, as given in the tables herewith
included are general distances, and irrespective of
the inner curves of bays or nlets. OF the whole
aggregate, 4.700 miles along maritime coasts,
to which, if due allowance is made for inland
curves, the entire outline would exceed eleven
thousand miles, with the Atlantic border facing
Europe and Africa, and the Pacific coast fronting
eastern Asia. Neither recorded history or existing
national limits present a parallel
WILLIAM darcy.
WAsHINGToN, July D.
The aboye, furnished by MIR. Darby an old ge-
ographer and statiscian, of Washington, for the
Express, gives the reader hardly fair outline Of
the extension OF the boundaries Of the country. 1t
is certain, however, that the $500 miles of bound
ary in November 1893, the date of the laying of the
corner. stone of the old Capitol, by George Wash
ington, have grown, under the acquisitions of fty-
eightyears, Ito the laying of the corner stone of
the newer extended Capitol by President Fill
morc) to $3.50 miles. This is the extended bound
ary, without the ndentations of rivers bays coves
inlets, which would many times multiply these
nine ten thousand miles.
We have no doubt that the example of growth
like this is without parallel The extended ocean
front on the Atlantic and Pacific, with the vast
land area between, alone give the reader any
thing like just magnitude Of the territorial pos
sessions of the country. And yet there are multi
tudes dissatisfied, and who in all these vast pos
sessions, fail to
"Ample room and verge enough'
to contain their boundless anticipations Canada
is looked to with greedy eyes by some at the North
and Cuba by others at the South and North both
Some want Lower California, and are ready to
seize ii vi ct armis Others look with longing ewes
on the South American States; and there are but
few who do not expect the coming of that day when
this nation shall exclam, in all the fulness of an
actual possession
''No pent-up Utica contracts powers,
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