Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-08-22
III UNITED STATES.

Wo cre indeb h 10 the Boston Post for the follow.
ING instructive I! J, tugges,ve statistics:
The thrty-onc States, nine territories and District
of Columbia COMPRISING the United States OF Amer
ca, contain population ut tho pre'"nt tin" OF :cc
Ooo or whom 2l, 900 0C0 are whites. The annual val
~ Of il. agricultural productions is *2O0OOGOC. IT.
most valuable products ID Indian '"T'' "il'h !i"i'
annually slC000o,OOo.
The amount nf its registered and enrolled tonnage
is ,3O7 OlU TONS The amount OF cnplta invested in
manufactures il 1900. The nn"unt {" Its Tor
ceu imports in 1853 was s26 9's,6f md "f export:
S23O Q7Gl57 The annual amount q! ii1 internal trade
is 81, 900 0UOOOO. The annual va!ur Of tn" product:
of labor (othcr than agrculturaD l5 sl1"lWh',WO-
The annual value of the incomes OF its inhabitants Is
81 900 OCO O00 The value Of its larlns md live stock
is OOO 900 OOU Its mines of gold, copper lead ant
iron are among the richest in tho world. The value
Of the got produced in California is $lOooOOoO" pei
annum be- surface Of its coal-fcs is l33,l32 squar,
miles. rcrcipts for customs, lands, %c, irr 1913
was Gil ,57i, aud its expenditures $'3ia26' IT.
national Domain consists Of 2,l7i,lSS square miles
land. Its national debt il but s5O,00u,nDO. Tho mum
ber of s banks, at the present time, S about 100
with a capital Of 5000 OOO,GO0. Within her border:
|
$500 churches Only one in twenty-five Of its white
| inhabitants il unable TO rcud and write, and nineteen
Of its twenty-one millions OF whlE inhabitants nr,
native born Its mountains are dInoug the highest
and its praries aro among the most beautiful and
| tensive upon the globe.
So much for the present sreatnobS Of our r"nfc,!c
racy; but, unless the people BE- corrupted or led
astrav By selfish denagogues OF w!d fanatics, il j,
destined no: only in physical and h"rU! wealth, but
in the higher triumph of r,fincncIt and equa
the first 'rowcrs" in the world. An article the
| "Emigrn.iun TO the United Suites, in the July mum
her of the Ednb.rg Review, docs Justice To the effort,
made in this country for the auirloration Of the con
dition Of tho cmigrants, and concludes with the fol-
lowing eloquent remarks upon th" F""rc Of North
Amer'ca
II cannot be doubted that, versatile as they are
thev will soon give the same attention TO Art which
they now give to more solid but leA graceful matters
The INCORPORATION into the community OF 70 large m
amount Of emigration from continental cities. cduca
ted in the arts of des n and contrh Ing v the pcr-
Gil and the chisel TO the national lorc Of show, will
hasten such result. When, in very distant day
the praries of the Lake country aud the valley of the
Mississippi shull he pcoped with fifty millions, gath
cred from all nations but guided By the English race
and governed by English traditions when the slope.
of the Aeghanies and the Green Mountains shall be
covered with sheep, and their vaLies filled with the
hest hred stock when the plains Of the South shall be
entirely devoted to the production OF cotton when the
higher I'd more delicate branches of manufactures
sbsI have taken root in Massuchusets, and the mo
chanieal arts found .hrmer stay III pennsylvania;