Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-04

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s,oro TO close the war than has been otherwise
1one IF so, the measure would save money,
nd in that view would be product and eco
nomical measure. Certainly it is not so easy
"a nav something as it is to pay nothing
Rot it is easier to pay large sum than it is
N nav larger one, and it is easier to pay
onv sum, when we are able than it is to pay
i before we are able The war requires them
at on,e-tbe aggregate sum necessary for
compensated emancipation of course would be
large, but it wonld really require no cash, nor
bonds, any faster than the emancipation pro-
dresses. This might not, and probably would
not close before the end of thrtyseVen years.
At that time we shall probably have one
hundred millions of people to share the burd-
ems instead of thirty one millions as now, and
not only so, but the increase of our population
NAV he expected to continue for long time
after the period as rapidly as before, because
onr territory will not have become full. | do
not state this inconsiderably. At the same
ratio of increase which we have maintained on
m average from our first nat tional census n
1880, until that of 1860, we should in 1900
nave population Of l03, 20S,4l5 ard why
NAV we not continue that ratio far beyond
that period Our abundant room, Onr bro ad
national homestead is Our ample resource -
Were our territory as limited as are the Brit
ish isles, very certainly our population could
not expand as stated Instead of receiving
the foreign born as now, we should he com
pelIed to send part of the native born away
Int such is not our condition. W. have two
millions nine hundred ard sixtythree thous-
and square miles Europe has three millious
l.. III
tiCn averaging seventy-three and one.thrd
persons to the square mile. Why may not
otr country at some time average as many
Is it less fertile ? Has it more waste surface
BY mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts or other
causes Is it inferior to Europe in any natur-
al advantage If, then, we are at some time
to be as popaIous as Europe, how soon AS
to when this may be, we can Judge by the
past and the present AS to when it will
if ever, depends much on whether we maintain
the Union Several Of our States are above the
average Earopean population Of Seventy.three
and a half to the square mile. Massachusetts
l1as one hundred fifty seven, Rhode l'lan1 1873,
New York and New jersey each so also,
two other great States. Pennsylvania and
Ohio are not far below, the former having So
and the latter 50. The States above the
Europcaa average, except New York, have in.
creased ia as rapid ratio since passing that point
as ever before. while no one of them is equal
to some other parts Of onr country in natural
capacity for sustaining dense population.
Taking the nation in the aggregate aud we
fod its population and the ratio of increase
for the several decimal periods to be as fol-
lows :
l790- 3G29,227
$50 - 5.3Gj.El7-9502 per cent ratio Of increase.
lSl0- s,23J, J,Hi4-37.45 per cent ratio oi in
lS20- 9,63H l&l-33l3 cent ratio OF increase.
lS30-l2 $50 G20-}349 per cent. ratio OF increase
lNio-l1,0d94 4j3-32 81 per cent ratio OF increase
lNj0-23 l0I ,N66-35.ST per cent ratio of increase.
lSG0-5l I9O-355o per cent. ratio OF increase.
This shows IN average decennial increase of
81 60 per cent in population through the sew
enty years from our first to our last census
takea. 1t is seen that the ratio of increase
at no one of these seven periods is either 9
per cent. above the average, thus showing
how iuaexbe and consequently how reliable
the law of increase in our case is. Assuming
that it will continue, it gives the following
results: 1870, 42 323, BAL; 1880, 56.967-
2l7; 1890, 76,677, ,S92 1900, 103, ,308 AS,
1910, l3S, ,8lS, ,526; 1920, lS6,984, 235 1880,
25l, l,6S0,9l4 These figures show that our
country may be as populonS as Europe now is
at some point between 1920 and 1880, say
about 1925 our TERRITORY, 2t I3 | ; persons
to the square mile being Of the capacity to
contain 2l7 l86 geo and we will reach this,
too, if we. 90 rot relinQuish the chances 10y the
folly and evils of disunOa or by long and eX
hau>tiug war springing from the only great
element of national diScOrd among as While
it cannot be forcseen exactly how much one
huge example of secession, breeding lesser
ones Indefinitely, would retard the population,
civilization aud prOSperi Y, no one can doubt
that the extent Of it would be very great and
Injurious
IT, proposed emancipation would shorten
the war, perpetuate p'ace, insure this increase
of popniati0n, and proportiOnally the wealth
of the country. With this we should pay all
the emancipation would cost, together wlth
'onr other debts, easier than we should pay our
other debts without it, Il we had allowed
our old National debt to rua at six per cent
per auuum, at simple interest, ftom the end of
the Revolutionary struggle till today without
paying anything on either priuci pal or interest,
each pIan Of rs woud owe less upon that debt
now than each man owed upon it then 3; and
FhlS hecaRsc of oNr increase of m"n through
lhe Whole period has been greater than per
cent, and has ran faster than the interest
Gpon the debt. Thus, time alone relieves a
debtor nation so long as its population in,
creases faster than unpaid interest accnmulates
nthe debt This fact wonld be no excuse
for delaying the paymant of what is justly due;
but it shows the great Importance of tImeJn
this connection, the great advantage of poll
cyby which we shall not have to pay until we
number hundred millions, what, by a differ
ent policy, we could have to pay now when
the number is bat thirty,one millions IN a
word, it shows that dollar will be much
harder to pay for the war than will he dol,
Jar for emancipation on the proposed plan
Aud then the latter will cost no blood, 70
precious life. 1t will be saving of both. AS
10 Tho SncanA nrt:cIa / think Il unnld he i'm.