Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-10

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now ur rut the end ui th. eerlury. t.,,t nr,
intermediate limr, " Lv dppree, extend.
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nod nud it uhFrss no two ~laic. to i,to.
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''.on, anu, generally the mode Of nuk
NE I lh'S 30 would seem, must further
mitigate she dissatisuctinn of those who
la'oI perpetual slavery, and especially Of
moe VINO arc 10 reycIyc compen,ation .-
Doubtless some of those who are to pay
and not TO receive will object; vet TINT
''c measure is both Just and economical
ls cella.n. The liberation Of the slnvcs
Is the destruction Of propcrty-prop.
triy acquired by decent or by purN
chase, the same rs any ther property. II
ls no less tue for having been often said,
that the people of the South are no mere
r. pOnsjblc fer the original introduction
oi this property than are the people of the
North and when it is remcmbegod how
unhosltatlngly we ure- all of us usc-coi-
ton and sugar, and shure the prof Of
dealing in them, j. may lot be quite safe
to say that the South hus been more res.
ponsible than the North for its continu>
anee u, then, for common object, this
property is TO be sacrificed, is it not inst
that il be done at a common charge? And
II, with less money or money more easily
paid, we can better preserve the benefits
Of the Union by this means than we can
by the war alone, is il not economical to
10 it2 Let US consider it, then. Let
IA ascertain the sum we have eXpens
ded since compensated emancipation WAS
proposed last Maj ch, md consider wheth-
or, if that measure had been promptly nc.
cepted by even some Of the slave States,
the same sum would not have done more
TO close the war than has been otherwise
done. If so, tho measure would save mo.
ncy, and IN that view would be o prudent
and economical measure certainly. ii is .
not so easy to pay something's it is to pay
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than it is to pay n larger one and it is cas-
Ter 10 pay any sum when we are able than |
ii ~ 10 pay il before we are able. The war
requires il at once. TIE aggregate sum
necessary for com mpcnsated emancipation, /
OF course, would be large bu, i would /
require no ready cash or bonds any iaster |
than the emancipation progresses.
TEE prospective increase Of tho Cdystry 10 aid |
the Mentre.
This might not, and probably would not, !
close before the end OF the thirty-sevon
years. At that time we shall probably
have lOO,O00,0O0 of people 10 share the
burden, instead ot 81 100000 rs now and
not only SO, but tho increase Of our popd'
lation may be expected to continue for q
long time after that period as rapidly as
before, because ou~ territory will not have
become full. | do not state this il con.
tiderately. Al the same ratio ofincrease
which VIC have main n,ained on an average
from our first national census in 1890 until /,
thai Of 1850, ne should in 1900 have pop
ulatlon of lO3, POS, ,4i5. And why may we
not continRe that ratio far beyond that
period? Our abundant room our broad
national homestead, is our ample resource.
Were our territory az limited as are The
British Isles, very certainly our popula-
tlon could not expand as stated. Instead
OF receiving the foreign born as now, we
should be compelled to send pslt of the
native born away; but such IS rot our
condition. We have ., ,9G3. 900 square miles.
Europe has $500, 900, with population
averaging 73t persons to the square mile.
why may not our country at some time
average as many Is it less fertile? Has
il more waste surface BY mountains, rivers,
lakes, deserts, or other causes? Is it in
ieHOr to Europe in any natural adyane
tageY If then, we are at some time to be
rs populous as Europe, how sooL As to
when this may be we can Judge by the
past and the present. As TO when this
will oe, if ever depends much on whether
we maintain the Union. Several of our
States are above the average Of Europe,
739 10 the square mile. Massachusetts
has lj7, Rhode Island 1873, Connecticut 90, |
New York and New Jersey, each 80.
Also, the two other great states of Penn
sylvania and Ohio, are not far below, the
former having 63 and the lsttor So
The States already above the European
average, except new OTk, nave increased
in as rapid ratio since passing that point
as ever before, while no one Of them is
equal to some other parts of our country
in natural capacity for sustaining dense
population.
Taking the nation in the aggregate, and
we find its population and ratio OF ncrace
for the several decennlul periods to be as
follows
Pr Cen! Il
Year. PopsLlt,oa. Ratio Of Iaereace.
1890. 3,Q29 827 Il
1900. 5,305,937 1902
1910. 7.239,Sl4 36.45
1920 9,638,I4l 1918 ,
1870 10 SCG OQO % iO