Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-09

Why, sir, there is no country in Christen-
dom possessed of such material means as
belonging to the United States, and no
country is more able to bear such burden
as is devolved upon us by this grievous
war. Our population in 1860 was 3e,445,-
900 souls. The increase in every decade
since 1916, has been nearly thirty-fve per
cent. 1t is estimated that in 1870 our pop
ulation viii be 42,3l8,432. We are con-
tinuAlly receiving large additions from i'm
migration. The official valuation of prop
erty in the country, not including slaves,
was, in 1860, $l4,223, ,6Is,O O5S. As the in
crease of property in the last decade was
one hundred and thirty per cent, it is fair
to presume that the aggregate now must
exceed twenty thousand million dollars-
Our territorial area is 2,936,166 SQUARE
miller, or 1875, lac, ,240 acres, of which, in
May, 1868, there remained undisposed of
GAG, ,9OI, ,625 acres of arabic lands, and 2,O0O,-
600 of gold and and silver bearing lands.
The Government lands altogether are sup
posed to worth $l,00O,OO0, 900, so that here
we have fund to fall back upon, if need
be, when we attempt to exonerate our
selves from the pressure of this national
debt
In the year 1850 the cereal productions
Of eight States (Ohio, Indiana, Missouri,
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin snd Michi-
GAM reached 588, 100 323 bushels, exceed
ing the whole annual produce of ENGLAND,
about equal to that of France. The cattle
numbered 7,204,8IO; their swine, 11,O39,-
3S2.
Our mineral productions are Of inesti-
msble value, snd exhsustleas in quantity.
Our resources in the shape of coal are i'm
mense, according to Sir William Arm
strong, who presented an Armstrong gun
cased in mahogany to JEFF. Davis, which
wss captured by our gallant soldiers at
Fort Fisher the other day.
and by the way, in passing, might say
that if we are at loss to see the necessity
of being prepared for any contingency
that may arise of an unfriendly character,
as between the United States and Great
Britain and believe the advice given to
Us by the Father of his country was, "If
you wish to preserve peace, be prepared
for war" I say that if we are to look for
the feeling that snimates the English bo-
som, where should we go for moro con-
vincing proof than to Fort Fisher, where
we find a masterpiece of artillery present.
ed by the English inventor himself to JEFF.
Davis, the prince of rebeldom, to enable
him to beat down the fair fabric Of our
Government say that we have warn
ings coming to US from every quarter to
be on our guard, and it would be the part
of extreme folly for the American people
to pass on, needless of those manifold ad-
monitiOns,
Our coal is said by Sir William Arm
strong to be thirty-two times as great in
quantity as that of the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland. And our iron
bears the same proportion. The copper
mines of Lake Superior and the lead and
iron mines of Missouri are sources of
wealth of incalculable extent. Our coast
and shore line is in all l22, 1874 miles, and
no coast on the globe has such facilities for
cheap water communication. In tho yesr
1860 our tonnage was 53,O5s, ,80s tons, and
our commercial fleet on the oceans, lakes
and rivers numbered nearly $4,000 vessels
In the same year our manufactured arti-
cles amounted to $1,000 100000; and l
have but just commenced to touch upon
the astonishing resources Of the American
people.
l say, then, that in addition to the bur-
dens of this war, which we all hope and
pray may bespeedily brought to q success
ful, honorable, and righteous conclusion +;
in addition to these burdens, the AmeTi-
can people can well afford to increase their
responsibilities by losDiug the credit of
the United States
Mr.. Speaker, have about concluded
the few remarks which 1 designed to sub
nit. l will only say that within a few
days 1 have received a resolution adopted
by the Board Of Trade of the city where 1
live, Olevelond, Ohio, urging upon me by
every sense of duty to endeaVor to pro-
mote the success of this great object The
resolution is as follows:
CLEVELAND, Jan. II, 1864.
Resolved, By the Board of Trade of the
city OF Cleveland, that we, the members of
this Board of Trade, sre impressed more
deeply than ever before with the vital i'm
portsnce, for the welfare and safety of the
whole country, of q national ship canal
around the Falls of Niagara that we
earnestly invite the attention of Congress
to its absolute necessity that we cordially
approve Of the course of our able and pa
trioti3 Representative in relation thereto,
and request him to persevere in urging the
subject upon the attention Of Congress and
the Government.
s. F.s,LEsToR,,
Secretary Cleveland Board Of Trade.
ARTHUR II. QUINN,
Secretary.