St. Cloud Democrat., 1864-03-10
SPEECH OF HON. IGEATIUS DON
NELLY ON IIHEi
St. Paul, March !, 1864.

l"-the Globe of the Goth ult we
find Speech delivered by Hon. Iena-
thus porne1!;7, which though not Ling
IS able and comprehensive. Mr.. D.
appreciates fully the truly incalcuiable
benefits to be derived by us, as ma:
ton, from foreign Immigration, and
the bill introduced by him, iii support
ofwbich this speech was delivered, is to
offer proper aid and encouragement.
Ajr. ponnelly states thai almost one
billion acrcs-or more than half-uf
the land constituting the area Of the
United States is yet uudi<pcsed IF and
in the hands of the GosGr6iljent, and
much that has been puFG:'i;l$ed remains
but srarscly settled or not at I'LL .~s
1t is estimated, liz says, that the
State Of Massachusetts possesses 15S
inhabitants to the square mile while
the northwestern States including
Michigan, Illinois, y isconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Kansas have sbu!
1892 inhabitants to the square mile
The difference, then, between 1882
and l58, represents the margin of cx-
pai1sion yet open even III the compara-
tivelyssettled portions Of the country.
We have now a total population Of 3D.
445,O80. Should We attain a rate Of
density equal to that Of Europe, our
total population would be S,lS6,OO0,
or seven times our present numbers!
Mr.. Donnelly continues:
"In the great Northwest We have ample
room and verge enough for all these COM
ing multitudes. In Minnesota alone We
possess So, SOC, 900 acres Of land, Of which
100000 are under cultivation We need
hands to till those remaining S 100000
uncuitlvated acres; We need "a house on
every ''quarter section" p ssarden by ev.
cry house, q church and t. school house in
every settlem ant. We car; not how null
tifarious may be the Languages spoken, nor
from what remote regi.ns of the worlds
surface that population may be gathered
together. Let them but erioI the school,
house, the church, the newspaper, and free
institutions, aud one generation will fuse
the heterogeneous mass into population
Intelligent, :enterprising, patriotic, ready
to spend their hearts best blood in de-;
Tense Of the ins'itutions,t transmitted to
them by their emigraht fathers, and which
have 50 incalculably blessed and benefited
them." 3, . s,ayy1sz4 s2& a"E '52 F4%FTa :tas.
Referring to the capability Of the
Northwest to produce wheat ii d[1nan-
titles sufficient to meet the increasing
requirements, he says
-.i''steadily the seat Of empire of this won
derful cereal is being transferred north
westward. Gradually, imperceptibly, and
by the force Of powerful natural laws. new
regions of country, are rising into TIE first
consequence as the bread-producing re-
gions Of the wcrld. During the ten years
in which the Eastern States diminished
their wheat crop G.6Ot', 600 bushels, the
Northwest increased its wheat crop 55,-
100000. .'...I
.'1n NO other locality is this starting
growth more stsikingly displayed than ID
the State which have the hsLor in part
to represent Minnesota: In 1853 that
State was on importer, to latRe extent. 81
hour, beef, &C., to supply the wants of her
own people. In 1860 her entire CROP Of
grain and potatoes wae II, ,693, SIT bushels:
her entire crop Of wheat 5,1Ol ,432 bushels,