The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-12
States comPOsing the
is set down as follows:
The superficial area of the Territories,
organized and unorganized, is estimated as

To the above, the great Territory of Da-
cosah is to be added, the precise extent of
which is not known, and canuot therefore,
be taken into the calculation. aaFa .-.s-
According to the foregoing, the Terrific
ries of the United States contain three hum
dred and forty five thousand nine hundred
and ninety square miles of land more than
the thirty-one States to which they belong?
In comparison Of extent, the largest coun-
tries OF Europe, not even excepting Russia
in Europe, dwindle into positive insignif-
canoe. aas..f s. --....
The authority above quoted then goes on
to speculate in this wise: sit is seen that the
area of Kansas is nineteen thousand square
miles greater than all New England, New
York and New Jersey; and that the area of
Nebraska is ninety-fve thousand miles
greater than that of the non slave holding
States, except California. Oregon is near
ly equal in extent to oil New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. 1t
is possible that New Mexico and MesilIa will
be embraced in one Territorial organization
by Congress at the present session, contain
ing two hundred and eighty-eisht thousand
square miles of territory, exceeding that of
ali New England, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Utah is nearly
equal in extent to all New England, New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Washington
exceeds in extent all New England and New
York.
If the Territories should be cut up into
States of the average size of the present
States, the Union would consist, when they
should be admitted, of between sixty and
seventy members. ltis not likely this will
be done; but as Texas will probably be d.
yided into three States, and Nebraska into
three more, the Union will, when all the ter
ritory now belonging to US shall be erected
into States, consist Of at least fifty mem
bers."~ -.
The New Orleans Crescent gives publica-
\ ton to the above statement, and accompa-
nies it with the following lugubrious reaec-
tions: Ez .. H.
"There may be superfcialists who will
take pleasure in contemplating the picture
SO resplendently drawn above. For our part
we can realize no enjoyment in the contem-
plation. As we are, with only thirty-on
States, we can neither live together in peace
or concord, and the most intelligent and pa
triotic men on both sides of the dividing
line between the North and South, openly
express their apprehensions that the present
Union is not only in danger, but that it is
impossible, according to the probable order
ing of events, that it can last much longer.
Add to what is already cumbersome, inhar-
monious, conflicting, and in many cases
what is absolutely hostile, nineteen new
sovereIgnties, with their jarring interests,
autipodal feelings and fanatical prejudices,
and the chances are about a million to one
that the gigantic structure would break to
pieces of its own weight. even if there were
no other causes to precipitate the stupen-
dous catastrophe.
"Apd in the manufacture of new States
out of the Territories, one fact is as clear
as demonstration itself, viz: that the slave
holding States, provided the present Union
lasts, will continue to decrease in political
strength and Importance, just as Northern
free soil strength increases, until they are
as helpless to protect themselves or vindicate
their rights as are the inhabitants Of the col
lonial possessions of Great Britain, France
and Spain. A very agreeable future to
contemplatew p.