The Nevada Democrat., 1860-09-19
WHOLE NO. 1863.
CROWN o. enc Unltea stass..

Growth OF the United States.
The eighth census, nov being taken, bids fair
TO develop some astounding facts in relation to
the growth of the Uaited States. The result Of
the labors Of the enumerators Of the people will
ere long enable Us to answer not only the mo-
mentous question what we are, but also that
other inquiry Of far mightier concernment,
whittier we are tending. Certainly no nation,
ancient or modern, has ever exhibited such
discennial increase Of population, either abso-
lutely or proportionately, as ours. Speaking
on this subject, the New York World observes
! Our vast increase Is not, as many imagine,
to be mainly attributed to the foreign popula-
tion. The extent Of our foreign element is
greatly overrated. or our entire population
in lS50-reaching 29, ,S47 ,Ss4-only 2,2lO,O28
were returned as born in foreign countries,
Unless official figures lie, Il cannot be denied
that our increase Is TO be ascribed chiefly to the
productive and expansive energies OF the An
glO-Saxou stock of this contlneut-precisely the
same agencies that impeiled us so rapidly for-
ward in our earlier history, when immigration
was comparatively unknown. From 1912 to
1921. according to official documents printed
by the House of Commons, the entire emigra-
.ion from the United Kingdom to this country
was only 6S,9SS, and from other parts of Europe
IL was comparatively Insignificant and yet our
population 10 that time augmented two millions
or thirty-three and one-third per cent.
The natural increase Of white population
from births alone, Independent Of immigration,
has averaged thirty per cent. every ten years
during the past century. Without foreign I'm
migration, the nation would have doubled once
In twenty-seven years, though with Il 1t has
doubled onco In twenty.three. Spaniards be-
gan to colonize this continent concurrently
with the English, aud for two hundred years
they occupied large extent OF IL and yet
there are not more than four millions Of actual
Spanish descent, while there are at least fifteen
millions OF English and Scotch descent.
We know that II has become rather unpopu-
lar on this side of the water to assert any supe-
riority to that old British stock that Is styled
the Anglo-Saxon race. Demagogues would
have our adopted citizens OF other descents be-
lieve that the praise Of their race implies the
dispraisc Of others. But 80 much worse for tho
demagogues We do not believe there Is In
this country an intellectual member Of the Gel
tic, or the Teutonic, or the French family, that
does not respect the stock that call itself Anglo
Saxon. Three hundred years ago, this race
numbered less than three millions; II is now
the most numerous race In the world the Slavic
alone excepted. II is not only the most nu-
merous, but II Is undoubtedly the most ener-
getc end Influential. 1t Is gradually taking
possession of all the ports and coasts of the
world. II is supersedlng every other language
and trcading down every other idiosyncracsy.
~ IN eHphusVei III not aggregate. everywhere.
The Frenchman feels II In Canada, the Roman
10 the northern Archipelago, the Italian ID
Malta, the Greek In Ionian islands, the Spaniard
in Cuba and other portions of Mexico, the Dutch
at the Cape aud at Natal, the Indian 10 the
Rocky mountains and at the Isthmus, the Afri-
can at Liberia and Sierra Leone, the Arab at
Suez and the Nile, the Australian at Sydney
and Adelaide the Malay at Bombay aud in
Burmah, the Chinese at Hongkong and Canton,
aud, finally, the stiffest of all have had to bend
before 1.-THE Japanese at Jeddo.
But the world will in due time see O stronger
and nober race than the ADgloSaxon-a race
which, like that which made Greece what II was
which made Rome what It was, aud which has
made England what II is. will be mixed of rich
or materials than were ever combined before.
The immigration from all parts of Europe,
which began In repulslon there, will increase in
geometricai ratio by attraction here, and under
its influence the people Of this country will
gradually become distinct aud peculiar peo-
pie. Gathered frcm every choice stock In tho
world, they are fast amalgamating and by op-
Grafton of the law which acts through the whole
animal world, II must become invigorated and
10 every essential respect improved. There is
hereafter to be an American race, and II will
be known and read Of all men as the race para
mount Forty years hence, even according to
the past ratio of increase, the American people
will outnumber the united population OF Eng
land, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Swe-
den and Switzerland; and there are persons
now living who will see our people outnumber
all the Inhabitants Of Europe combined.