New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-30
The superficial area Of the Territories organized
and unorganized, is estimated as fellows:

To the above the great Territory OF Dacotah is to
be added, the precise extent OF which is not known
and cannot therefore, be taken into the calculation
| According 70 the foregoing the Territories OF the
United States contain three hundred and forty.fve
thousand nine hundred and ninety square miles Of
land more than the thirtyone States to which they
belong! What the fate of this boundless domain, or
OF the States themselves, will be- tie future must
alone determine In comparison of extent the larg-
est countries Of Europe, not even excepting Russia
10 Europe, dwindle into positive insignfcance
The authority above quoted then goes on TO specu-
late in figures, areas divisions and subdivisions. in
this wise " It is seen that the area of Kansas is
nineteen thousand square miles greater than that OF
all New England, New York. and New Jersey and
that the area Of Nebraska is ninety-ive thousand
miles greater than that Of all the non-sayeholding
States except California Oregon is nearly equal in
extent to all New England, New York, Pennsylvania.
Ohio, and Indiana. 1t is possible that New Mexico
and Messila will be embraced in one Territorial or
gsnzation by Congress at the present session, con-
tanning two hundred and lightweight thousand
square miles Of territory, exceeding that Of all 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.
II the Territories should be cut up into States Of
the average size of the present States, the Union
would consist. when they should all be admitted, Of
between sixty and seventy members 1t is not likely
this will be done but Texas will probably be d.
vded into three States and Nebraska into three more
the Union will, when all the territory now belonging
to us shall be erected into States consist of at least
fifty members"
There may be superfcialists who viii take pleasure
in contemplating the picture so resplendently drawn
above. For our part, realize no enjoyment in
the contemplation. As we are, with only thirty-one
States neither live together in peace or con-
cord and the most intelligent and patriotic men on
both sides Of the dividing line between the North
and the South, openly express their apprehensious
that the present Union is not only in danger, but
that i Is impossible, according to the probable order
ing Of events, that it can last much longer Add to
what is hlready cumbersome, inharmonious, conflict
ing, and in many cases what Is absolutely hostile
nineteen sosereignties, with their Earring inter
ests, antpoda feelings and fanatca prejudices and
the chances about million to one that the gigan
tic structure would break TO pieces of its own weight
even If there were no other causes to precptae the
stupendous catastrophe
And in the manufacture of new States out OF the
Territories fact is as clear as demonstration 1t.
self, viz that the slaveholdng States provided the
present Union lasts, will continue to decrease in DO
litical strength and importance just as Northern
Freeso strength increases until they are as helpless
to protect themselves vndicate their rights as are
the inhabitants Of the colonial possessions Of Great
Britain, France and Spain. very agreeable future
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