Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-28
Total superfces.

Now, would like to know how any candid or intel-
gent could press this table of Macgregor into his
service to prove that onshaf only of the area of France
cuvable and restrict this cultivable part to meadow
vineyard, &c., is done by the author of the report
The fact is glaringy and incontrovertiby apparent
that the compiers of the report entirely misapprehend
ing its meaning took their data from this table and
looking the fact that Is 900 1852 hectares or "a
of the arabic lands of France were appropriated to
the production of grain and other crops pertaining to
arabic land jumped at and recorded the conclusion to
which they arrived restricting the arabic lands of
France the identical interests which their authority
tirely excludes While free to admit that some errors
must occur this is too serious bunder be attributed
to accident or lnadyertence In the of my prev
GUS article exception taken to the declaration
tanned in the report that 585 900 III what
was represented to be the voting population of France
composed paupers between which and the work-
ing class no distinction was drawn. In defence If the
report in this particular presented with state
ment, protesting to be from official returns distributing
these two classes as follows, viz:
Operatives mere laborers .............. 100000
INDECENT persons. 1928OO0
Had the writer taken the time to sum these amounts to-
gether he would Imagine, have declined rely upon
their support as they make of
tves and ndigents the number at which THY are
rated in the report If this latter statement be Bsted
on must be forced to the conclusion that of lie i'm
population of France only $685. 00O or OF
the adult population to be excepted from the ass
aborers and paupers That statements so irrecorIable
with truth and with each other can find any oneo de-
fend them almost surpasses belief Had the aulor OF
the report represented France fairly he would
ted from the page in Macgregor of which he has
free use this leading statement viz. total nuIber Of
properties proprietors 1926, 682 But thu same
bunder has occurred in the agricultural statistics by
negligence to discriminate between great leading inter
and minor details in tabular statement Had he
added to the proper number Of proprietors g
persons exercising trade by virtue of patenihe 400
900 soldiers the 1872 900 Government EMPLOYS the 200
900 pensioners &c., such statement would lever have
made its appearance in American State document
Trife indeed With like hardhood the wri r intends
that his cattle statement is strictly correct and in at
tempting to prove the existence of II 0O01O0 beeves
again misstaes Macgregor and seems incal1be of ap
preciatng that the Chefof the French Bureau
in enumerating the 10000 600 cattle in Frnce agrre
gaely includes the less than 600 900 beeTs for with
unheard Of obtussness he directs the reader to add the
| whole number of cattle to the number of beeyes
which, "when added together demonstrate the perfect
accuracy of the text thus proving the number o.
beef cattle in France to be II O0O Car such blum
dering be charged ignorance alone? Th{hasty enco
miums said to have been bestowed upon th work mus
greatly mortfy those whose praises have ben SO easily
elected and beg the author of the report he has tn,
written panegyrc of any friend not really ronica
values the reputation Of the writer that TO the
| he will refrain from its use. x.