Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-06-20

AS would be expected, it is seen that
the excess Of births over deaths in the
United States is larger than in any coun-
try, and hence we have no hesitation in
adopting the percentage Of annual in>
crease of one and thirty eight hundredths
as reliable. This furnishes us rule to
solve the problem before stated. The
population in 1890 was 3,23I,93O. Ex-
Guiding all immigration, the increase OF
population each year would be at the rate
of 1888 per cent. This increase added
each year to the aggregate of the prece-
ding year, down to 1850. will give us the
population of the United States in 1850
as it would have have been upon the
know-nothing policy Of excluding all i'm
migration. The calculation is long and
tedious one, but the result is mathemari-
SAlly certain. (See appendi1.) It is
this: the population in 1890 being g.
Isl, $50, and being increased alone bv
the surplus of births over deaths, would
in 1850 amount to 1856, 423 whites and
Gree-colored persons. But upon turning
20 the actual returns Of the census for
1880, we find the number OF whites and
tree-colored persons to be 1887. 573.-I
II appears, then, that if the know-noth>
ngpolicy had been adopted in 1890 our
present population would be 1855 423,
instead Of its actual number Of 1887, 573I
"A difference in population between the
know nothing and the democratic policy
Of 1859. $50. OF this number, those
Of foreign birth. as appears by the census
OF 1880. amount to 2,940, SOL, leaving
1881 1863 native-born but descendants
Of foreign parentage. Our population,
therefore, in 1850, was made up as fol. |
lows:
Native-born of uumixcd blood 1856. 423
Native-born of foreign descent 1891 $50 |
Foreign'born 2,24O,59I |
These astounding results enable US to
discuss intelligibly the effects Of immicra.
ton upon our national progress in the |
great elements Of strength and greatness,
and wealth and prosperity. Ifimmigrution
bad been cut off in 1890 our population
IN 1850 would have been about what nc
tually was in 1890. Immigration, then,
has put us thirty years forward in this !
important element of national prosperity. |
Our increase in all the departments of ma
tlonal progress has been in the exact ratio
Of our increase in population. But for
the influence of immigration, the wonder
full works Of improvement which have adj
ded so much to our national wealth and
prosperity could not have boon accom-
plishGd. To this We are indebted in An
eminent degree for the thousands uf miles
of railroad and canal communication
which now cover our vast domain like a
network, and furnish ready and proita.
BILE facilities for realizing the benefits Of
the productive energies and enterprise of !,
every industrial pursuit. To this we are
indebted for the reduction of the vast will
derneSS Of the West and Northwest to the
dominion of civilization and industry, swell
ling the amount Of our annual revenues, in>
ereasIng to an almost limitless extent our
commercial wealth. and placing us in the
front rank oil nations as an agricultural,
manufacturing, and commercial people.
To Immigration VIC are indebted in no
small degree for the RAJ id addition OF State
after State to tho oonfederaoyuntil we have
spanned the continent with more than
double our originalnumber. But it cannot
be necessary to dwell upon results so as
founding to foreign nations and SO
hattering to our own national pride. To
appreciate them We have but to imagine
twelve millions of our population with
drawn, and reflect upon the amazing con
trast that would now be presented with a
population little more than one third Of
its present number This contrast will
be better appreciated if we imagine the
following eighteen of the bright stars
which now illustrate the galaxy Of States
expungeds from our national banner:
Alabama. Arkansas, California. Florida.
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, kentucky, Louisi.
ana, MICHIGAN. MiSSiSSiDni Missouri; |
Ohio. Tennessee. Texas, Wisconsin. Vir>
ginia. and New York. These States have
asfreeswhite population of twelve millions,
thegamount of increase resulting from i'm. ,
Instead of setting up just
claim to being the most happy. and pros
nerous, and powerful nation On the earth, u