Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-11
Correspondence Of the Ns4 York Post
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sB1ke-BueR0s 4grss LadSe&
BuESos ATAEs, june 5, 1855.
As the people of this province have Tor the
present at least, assumed to themselves dis
tinct nationality, it VIII be proper for me 10 say
that the national legislature is now IN session
Were Governor OblIgado an american tEesa-
dent or a British King he might expect many
smart things TO be said in regard to the length
/ of the Animal Message It occupies only tWen-
! " columns of the Tribune, a daily single sheet
nearly rs large as the New York Times or Sun.
/ In explanation, however, of what might other
wise seem like unpardonable pnollxlty m
statesman, it must be said that the Executive
Message includes the several reports OF the naln-
/ listers who compose the Cabinet OF War and
1 Marine. of the Interior and of the Treasury.
| This document represents the various branch
es of the public service as being in very salts
factory condition. and the progress of the state,
altogether, as hopeful and encouraging There
Is no good reason for surprising that 1t IS not an
honest document. The present political and
social condition, as compared with that OF ten
years since, must indeed, to every weil-wisher
Of the country. be cheering to behold. And
with political settlement and social order will
come every blessing within the reach of skill
and industry in what have long been regarded
as the most favored lands
The PorEeit0s (as the Buenos AYreans call
themselves, and, believe, like TO be called are
deserving of sucla change. a kind, polite, pa
cific people, Of most engaging manners, and an
xious to avaiIthemselyes of whatever constitu-
tes an element of progress in the career ofOlder
i nations, they have, notwithstanding, long been
lheld in check and deprived of their rights by
i those men Of the sword who never fail TO hang
upon the skirts of great revolutions, and who
owing to certain local peculiariies not to be ex-
planned in a hurried correspondence, obtained
immense influence in all these countries during
Tprn
y dence. They have, no doubt, learned valuable
lessons in the school ofoppreSsion aud ADVERSE
ty and now a future opens before them that
promises 10 more than atone for all the failures
and sorrows of the past Ifforcign governments
do not interfere, my impression IS that there
will not be another serious war in the Atlantic
states of South America for many years TO come.
The census of our city, ordered by the lcgis-
lature at its previous session, has just been com
lpleted. 1t presents some curious facts. Though
some difficulty was experienced by the collec'
TORS owing TO the groundless suspicious engen-
dered by previous years of cruel and shameful
ImisgoYernment, presume that the aggregate 81
their labors may be relied on as toEerably accu'
rate The population of the city is setdown al
t91, 1875 souls. This nothing like equals what
many had supposed, rating, as they did, the pop
ulation ofthc city at from a hundred and twen1
Ity to hundred and fifty thousand. The sum
total is classified as follows: Natives OF Buenos
Ayres, 90, 1922; Argentines, from the River Plate
provinces 5,1s6; foreigners, 32,sTT. These
stand in the following proportions; Italians,
ilO.2T9; French, 9, 4S9; Old Spaniards, 5,792
Orientals, j. e., natives of Uruguay, S,3l4i Eng
lish. 2,048; other nations, 800.
Under the general term English, are included
all who speak the English language as their ma
tive tongue-the Irish, Scotch and North Ameri'
cans, The Irish form considerable proportion
of the aggregate, the Scotch larger proportion
than the Irish, and the North Americans by faI
the smallest part of the general sum. The North
American population, indeed, OF this city is be-
coming "small by degrees, and beautifully less
and should it go on decreasing as it has done fol-
some time past, in few years more it will have
entirely disappeared, no doubt to the great relief
of the quiet forbcaring, hospitable natives, who,
from their great distance view with no very kind
feelings the rapid growth, and listen with very
patient ears to the boasts Of people who are
lperpetuaIIy threatening to swallow the whole
western continent, the remaining portions oil
the world, "and the rest Of mankind"
The lute census, be it remembered, as now
made ont is for the city alone. The amount OF
population, speaking the English language must
not, therefore, be inferred from that Standard
The number of Scotch and Irish residents in the
country districts is much greater than in the
city The Scotch thus settled thrive almost to
a man. Where is it indeed that they do not
thrive? The Irish succeed much better than
might be expected, from that extravaganza which
is in part the fruit of their native generosity
There arc but few native Engllshmcn in the coun'
try districts. In the city, however, their num-
Der is considerable The most influential among
them are engaged chiefly as merchants, and like
Englishmen Of the middle and higher classes al
home--I may say, almost without exception al
home and i'll other foreign lands-they are en-
tcrpising, intelligent and sociable gentlemen
or the Germans as will be observed, no dis
tinct mention is made in the census. They are
presume, included under the general head o.
"other nations" This is hardly fair; for their
number cannot be less or but little less than that
of those who are ranged under the general heaG
Of English And as to their character, il is
to say the least equal to that Of any other class
of foreigners in this country. In taste and ed
ucation, it may be said, without just cause o.
offence to any other parties, that they stand un
rivalled. Thelate immigrations-csp especially from
the German states-are Of a very superior class
Many young men Of liberal education, of polish
ed manners and Of intelligent and energetic bus
iuess habits, have of late come to push their for
tunes in this country. All future alliances be
tween these and the fair PortenaS, should be re
garded as nation blessings.
The Italians form the largest, and the French
the next largest proportion Of the foreign pop
ulatiou. These, at best, make bad republicans
and all who wish for the national and free gov
ernmcnt of these countries in the great future
which awaits them, will not felicitate themselves
upon any increase of their numbers. What the
Italians may yet achieve is proble,natic. But
certainly he is but dull philosopher who calcu
lates that any generation of Frenchmen yet tc
be born, will ever be capable Of self government
In regard to the native population, it will be
seen that the census shows startling disparity
between males and females-therc being in the
SO, 1922 surplus of 1926 females over males
OF all the causes of this difference foreigner
cannot be competent judge. There is one
cause, however, apparent to all, and that tells
with terrible recollcctions upon many aching
hearts-the bloody wars that have been waged
by the military chiefs to CRAFTY their own lust
of money or of power.
Tho papers have said some pleasant things
respecting this surplus of female population
EThe chnnces it IS said are so much the better