Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-12

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ss...sy I'D ssakallsar tliassl. We desire
ssb.sIally 10 call attention 6 p Or three
+ lseia sllsaltesd IN this report !.
llsEss Tie sasl areaef lard nthe uaitsd
elalsA not sst reduced 8 sulllssti,,r, 1hs.I
while tesfIiafy amounts, II round numbers,
sso s@o nssIlisHA niAe hundred sii'i THIRTY: SIS
lahonsand saaafe miles, or ono ksillon eight
shenarsa aha ssx asy.liue millions Of aerse
AT the tais 81 tho Fepura of .ar. RaEg'es
thrft rpsaslaad aaaiispssef sf 'ninu hundred
| afki sIkiy four millions Of aetss or nearly
oae half he territory Of she United sta.ea
| II d probably SAFE 70 assame ihst one half
Iof shaa which hes been .lisIs Of remains
unsulslsAtea, Prom which e Blows TINT
only about ono fourth Of shssland OF tho
country d under cultivation. Arsl yet with
this eenparatirely small anl5aat under cul
tivalisn, We are able 70 supply the wants Of
the world Our commerce. iloasa on every
sea. ard rcsches every clitas
sehond.--Aa etAsr remarkable fact dis.
leiossi u, the vgudsefsI laercAss in popuIa
ton III the United States In 100 our pop
nlasiea esseussisd % s,ess SCI in 1860 10
3l .44S,as0 Since that date the increase Cor
each ten ysaFs has been about thirty. three
and ohs third per cent thar Il, the increase
Of earh decade over the population At the
end &c the preceding one has been At that
! rate. And for sbeat every period Of TWEEN.
! ty.ona years the ropaistien bee doubled
According - thai ratio of inereass the ysar
! iSsg viii witness rs With population of
noar sixty millions; and The year 1900 with,
near hundred millions The increase IN
population IN the Iiniied States Cor the
period Of sixty years has been 5a3 per cent
while Tho increase in England sud Wales
for the same period hss bees III per cent,
81 France lexefasise OF Aigsrisl ~ per rent.
and OF Prussia Cor 20 ) sars 20 per cont No
wonscr the nations Of the old work. hook
on cur progress with aluazcmen,, mingled
/ With fear aud envy No wonder many of
!she people. respectfully Of France sud Eng
land, - sraently Gosits The disruption of
or glorioss rnion Of States When sky
sasllions OF people shall iahablt osr country,
and cultivate it, hoiI, history wiii indeed al
ford no parallel 10 our progress in greatness,
sEhisl @ssTho third tactic which VIC call
k.tenfisa i ilA wonderful mineral wealth
II or * sntry Tie prineipal gold AID
silver region lies between the Missouri river
and De pac.ae oe,0a,' will. an area Of
sliilioai of squarc miles aad principally in
it1e Territories aud States OF Delota Ne
fFsslsa. eeIsfasls,.s NV Mexico, Arizona
Tsah. Neyada, C..,f.ri.la, Urssea and
!. II ssitfngtoa The yie,d In goisl alosc in
! ls1s MAS oze HUNDRED ,sfIiiors Of dollars. !;
! via. estimated that in ten years ifent 1862
the arnrsi yield Of tho prSelons metals
worl4 Be rs krsirti ailifoss Of dollars,
while the yis, ii ether minerals wu,ld be
enc hnaslsct millions of dollars: andsthAt
the yieIsl @slI augment with ths inerSs.
Of pcpufssson fps ccntrries to cortA" his
/ estimated That II the sstas relative labor
were applied 10 AL the mines that Is 10 ti.eAc
of California. tile sainRal Troduc.ion Of tka
j precious mctals@roaid be ass.s 4sa4red rti{.
! lioas 81 fofFfsss
Il isa question more appropriate f9- tbs
/ politicel tAonsAlsl 70 determine the eiIafs
such strcana Of gold is TO have upon Ii
commerce Of the world Certain ii Z. f.:.as
/ in all civilized countries, where gold Is the
standard Of value the va'aa of eli kinds 81
property viii be enhanced. Ia otacf ws,r,i..
gold win become eAe4pc-, and in prorcsti,s
As that Is 40, other property win become
! dearcr. Gold is 10 itsell Of ia more ne
triasie value than iron, but having become.
/! in commerce, tho great standard Of value,
/ BY which oil other articles arc estimated. It's
value. - well as that Of all other articles. is
greater or less in proportion TO its abun.
dance or scarcity.
Bat there is APPOINT Of view in which the
vast yield Of gold from our mines is Of the
highes; practical importance to Us SIS ma.
ton. Il will enable Us TO bear the hurlen
| OF taxation, and pay of the vast war debt
which &c arc now contracting. II will en-
ahlo the Government, ia the course Of lime,
70 make coed md Feier0i erery dollar ~ Tr,rs-
ary Notes aad Bonds tssseS for carrying on
| Tho car, Our people can bear larger In.
debteslaess and . heavier taxation than any
in the world, for the plaid reason that they
viii have more ssoaeg--more Of tho precious
s.eAais These mines are ours and the
profits are ours. The influence of throwing
two hundred millions of dollars worth Of