The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-07-07
The Population Of Massachusetts,.


(uere is q very striking article. 1t
presents long array Of the most startling
truths. The source whence VIC take it Is
not Irisb, but pure AmoTican.)
From the Albany argus.
The Twenty second Annual Report
made TO the Legislature by the Secretary
OF Massachusetts, in relation 70 Births,
Deaths and Marriages, presents some curl
Gus figures. They relate TO the year 1863,
during which is COZ boys were born, and
II SO girls. The excess Of male deaths
over female, was 1864 which restores
the balaCce Of the sexes. The effect OF
tho war is shown in the fact that, compar-
ed with the annual average for the five
preceding years, there is a decrease OF H.
423 births, or 5 1877 less than in the year
1860; a djmiuu,ion Of 400 marriages, or
1929 !ogs than il the year 1860; and an
increase Of G,552 deaths. The natu3l
increase TO the population OF the STATE,
that is, the excess Of births over deaths Is,
therefore, only 2,563, which is G,138 less
than in the year 1862 and 10,420 less
than in the year 186l The number Of
marriages l0,87G) was III less than in
1862, and 405 less than in 1860. These
are also the results Of the war. The fig
ures show a Sigh: fractional increase of
longevity; and the whole population is
estimated at 100000. But the most
remarkable fact is that indicated by the
rarcntago Of children born. OF these,
Is, ,16G wore Of purely American parent
age; 1850 of purely foreign; and
2,l44 were mixed. The prePondeTance
Of foreign over ,ativo births continues to
increase year after year What is the
cause and what is the result That it is
owing to the greater pro,ifcnoss Of the
/ foreign racN is eyiden: from the fact that
the majority of married couples are Amer
can. In 1853 the per contage Of strictly
American marriages was 50 G1. which
steadily increased soracwhat, I'll! in 1857
il went down to 55 il; since then it has
! been gradually rising, ill in 1868 it was
G2 10, and the preceding year was as high
as 63 03 The war, which has drawn
] largely from the ranks Of manageable
;
this, tie fact remains that the majority Of
! the children toGu il Massachusetts are Of
+ foreign paraGta~a Jho natives in greater
numbers get married, but the foreigners
/ get tie children Is looks as if the phji-
andropic women Of Massachusetts devoted
their attention to The interests OF human
! ity in every way but The simple, oil>Eash-
ionad right way. Locking with intent
eyes at BoTiogoola Cha, they forget the
interests Of home. The philal .LroPic lady
who dropped her intent in the fro while
she was penning tract upon the elevation
Of the negro. sacrificed the practical to
/ the ,heogetc The women Of Massachu-
setts give out their babies, Exc their wash
ing and ironing, to the Irish " to be dope.' y
This is literally labor saving, and is very
coz ~enient, doubtless. BuE think Of the
Consequences In twenty years Massa-
chusctts will be nothing but an Irish co!
Our, y ..h IN Infusion oT German, There
are already somo hundreds Of thousands
Of this class Of population q the second
gereraGon-bogn there, bu. Of uunlixcd
foreign parantag:. We have no. doubt
these are active contributors to the pop
uIaio0. Estimate, in adition to these,
the annual PyerouGeTanco Of purely for
eign bi.ths, 1900 y.1r, and the influx
] Of emigration, and tako into consideration
! the Ceomotrical rule Of population familiar
/ to the readers Of Matthias In twenty
years What Gen. Scott called tho "gich
/ Isish bfogue" and the "sweet German