Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-30
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ditAen - easHpsrd vita ahs natsts Of IL WORLD
IsF hpt snlF ilastFats chief reason n he f.H-
slaH esiensy il.at he beeag of late eshlhtsa to-
NAha our keplhiio huA they thruRa foaa af light.
al'E ne gFeas qsssioh Of present eils9 n tbe
tfs.ainseut Of Tie fetsll;an,
V3&t9TitnrF, Nhfeh erlfaeed at tha lsaass ~
tsS$ $500 8altAle mites, wa eaafeef y sEIa-
psFehass q hxahlaBa ths acquisition 81 ffaFsas
we aanexatio ct TEXAS. end tho Oregon treaty cad
ne treaty With Mexico, 10 280o,a01 aqnare miies
alsiost foir times ts original area, nearly double
me ARA q ell Eltope excluding Russia and twan.
Vi tines As large Is 6rsat Britain Our population
eaf fteteased frsts Rhnnt 4 00e,0o0 IN i7aa 81
soe y isee 10 sailtaI ineFease having fasb
saf slea thai Of Rssla sir tlHlsa that Of England
ane tsaes that az AustFa aRd tnn times that of
Fsnss and according TO the ratio Of Increase,
WITH hHs bcta slhgtlsrls uniform our population
10 isn would b aEuul To- eao,eeo
2. y als ssesnsfsnefal sad ssggeralssi Fsmsmker
aast resort V sssllsties is 20 only safs mode Of
Of oaFcoaniry, and rs Lord stanlsy--who BY the
way appreciates Alright the American auestisl--hss
well remarked, When In Disgusting the social aues
ss Ne spply the statistical tzl we are really doing
n, moe than appealing from imagination 10 faetS,
from ss 'peFtces 70 perfect system Of obsefsA-
Darng the last decade, then, from 1850 b 1880.
while the population cf Crest Britain increased less
than eae per cent, that os the United States In. I
tassses hifsy.ave par cent During The same ten I
years shs che estimated national wealth 10 Great
hrsaiA Naa 80 per cenl The increase 81 oar haten-
q wealth was l2s eeg cent, rising from s.f35fso..
9oe el In 1869 20 ist5o 600 IN 1860 at the rate
~ mare than poo. 900 900 year +
- peste Hsesiea,f From lhis little Item Of tbs
ssts yea can Judge Of The stature OF yonr eountry
FolFms Of statistics could hardly show more
fteaFiy fhe length and breadth and height Of che
gigantic nationality which this rebellion HssigAtsA
~ The ambition Of handful Of slaYsholdegs Is At
tempting 70 destroy.
territory twenty times IS large as Great Britain.
population Increasing az the rate Of s. per cent
10 her one per eent.NHd natioual wealth inereas-
ing atf times rapidly despite her monster capi-
ial accumulated through centuries, and Der early
superiority In agriculture, commerce. arts and man
afactuFes.
idnap Tbs tepie Of comparison, which have In
trodaeedaat To encourage In this trial hour n spirit
Of hoasifnsss, for which it will be lime enough
when We have put our arHloF or bat simply 20 en-
aifc Us Che more readily 10 appreciate our sestlsi
position now.
although still in our earliest youth, We are ex.
Allsting sigor without prtuedeut IN The history
Tears agoi and 70 Is Werthy % careful note thsl
+ bile the increase cf numbers has been steady
Il about - per cent fpr each decade the ratio Of
increase ~ our national wealth has been always in
'Seess OF the increase Of population, and Of late
'xsmpled IN its Advancement
From 1870 10 1870 our wealth Increased a per
'ests FROM isfo 10 1859, ca per ccat; and from
SSe 70 ls5e, as have said, Is8 per cent At the
'sne rate in 1870 IL would be go per cent and as
iiF. Walker has shows, IN the rear ls9o--tuenty-
Il years from to-tlay.-.ous national weaith vsutI
y nearly taef times that II Great Britain, a fact
lest should tend 10 relieve the anxiety Of ear Eng
iah frieads Ia regard to our ability 70 pay debt
srily half a. large IS their ewn.
Our national wealth in 1850, II VIC look siIRply
o The ssstes IN eur possession was estimated 1t
early 1900, 0o1o0o about four times thai Of the
c5els and. Ri the annual rate Of increase of ia
er cent? II has increased in the four years sincs
Soa, seute 09U, 0e0,o
The loyal States despite the boasts Of Davis and !
d cabinet, that they would water their horses In
he. Hudson, occupy the palaces Of New York, and {
liant Their Confederate counterfeit OF our dag over
'aAeuii Halt have escaped the desolation and de-
lFuciiun OF war, thanks 60 tho bTaye army OF the
'ctenaas, under Mcclellan at Ahtietam, and under
fcade a Gettysburg The national payments are :
hiegy 10 cur own people Emigration that mex
~si"e SeHfN""i Ne"t'h hta PpNefi mas Hhcfesisti
increasing and will continue 20 increase despite q
II the efforts Of Mayor GHnther 20 prevent IL The
ew States and Territories are rapidly filing up. c
ur res0lrcss being msrvelousiy developed and =
be American who in the face Of these facts, ven
Tres 10 saggest the danger Of rfpQdiaticH, even
losgh the suggestion be simply for plrty purposes
lows that bis discFvlioH, his iaseligsnce and hIa
onesly aFe al upon PsFs -.
Even Ia Engsnd, where, perhaps, the wish was
aiine father II tAs thought and the Bcnstruus in
sntions Of rebel agents havs besa accepted % !
riptllrAl truth, the London Eeoas,ast and Safsr-
~ Reriese have recently enlightcd their bewdrfed
shefs, and shown them that the wealth of America
distributed among an inlmsnse number Of persons
ssaall income, aud the keoHspiist estimating che
Aga-ineoms Of the LATED Ststes as equal % the
ropeFty income OF Grcat Britain, demonstrated car
aeits 20 bear easily 5000 loe 600 annual taxation
Speech ~ .iehs Jay on ne great issae.
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