The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-03
UUxU1HIu THE LI0HFOH THE
PAST.

DDAY XOhNING, JAN. 8.
0uTU1HIn THE LlsHF01 THE
PAST.
- papers Of The country have very gem
y improved New Years morning BY ~
1ng 70 he minds Of their readers the
nn Of he PEA ysaf ipdicsting Tie rapid
pch Of humanity in the path Of progress.
49, brief rsvisws Of the events Of the pass
- pear. while they afford gratifying evidsn
- Of he Increasingly rapid development
" md widely extended operation Of The mo-
live influences and powers Of civilization in
the recent past, afford most cheering sssur-
! ancs Of brighter prospects in the future
Every new discovery and invensios, every in
ecrease In the instrumentalities and facilities
I Of production and transportation, every I'D.
dition to the area Of cultivated land, and ev-
Try extension Of settlement and increase of
population, add to the number and the Ell.
cheney of the forces which prcpsi society for
ward. Tho constant increase Of knowl.
edge, and the rapid diffusion Of intelligence
amongst the names Of the people, constitute
constantly expanding influence, which op,
crates 70 increase the power Of these com
bined forces in geometrical ratio. And
looking the wide world over, il 10 matter OF
pride and JOY that our own country il blessed
y above al the lands Of the earth, in possessing
4 thoss favorable conditions which promise
I'D win secure The most rapid advance in
the development, Of itsresources, the increase
OF population, and the welfare of the people.
While the progress indicated BY events dur
ing pasGng year 10 notable. We are moved
u along with the grand panorama, and are too
\ nesf and too much part Of Il, to spprehend
Itull significance Of the events 1--WE
- hack . half century, or . score Of years
oalys and contrast that period with the pres.
H6xt, and then look forward - far in the fu-
1Ne, by tho light reflected from the past, We
ID be able to form more definite and nat
~ tory estimate of the march Of events and
Progress of the country or the world.
have NO intention of institut,ng any gen
Comparisons of the character indicated,
simply wish to make local application
20 or three historical and statistical facts.
khefs w published in the papers some
- go statement of the population of
United States half . century or 50 since,
obstinate formed at that time of the de-
sal increase of population to the end Of
NntufN By that estimate il was compu.
g the population Of the United States
year 1900 would be one hundred mil
and the accuracy Of the deceunial est.
Atss to the present time furnishes assurance
that the principle on which the calculation
was based is correct, and will be verified in
the final result by the census tables of the |
first year of the next century. Thus, in thir. |
ty-three years there will be nearly three times |
IS large population in the United States as
there IL now. Although statistics are the /
only valuable and reliable basis to estimate
she progress of social improvement, most,
Ipeople have horror Of them, and shall
80 their feelings and content myself With
genersf> statements calculated to slim.
nate further investigation in the same direc-
uon third of century ago, when the |
population of the United States was but .
third Of what it is now, the men amonRs, |
ms now in their prime were boys at
school. Railroads and Telegraphs, and |
many other modern improvements we're un>
known in this country, while steamboats, were
scarce and canal navigation was regarded as
. grand achievement. The State Of Ohio |
ws the only State in the Northwest with !
population superior to the present popula-
tion ofIowa, and the region now constitu.
ling our State was simply known ~ the
retreat Of the defeated Indians who fought
for their rights in the Black Hawk war.
Let the ratio of improvement bear the same
@eonespondence with the ratio of the increase
: -. nRRelasion during the next thirsy-three
during the past, and the imag
must fail to picture and the reason to
lie mighty change in the appearance
Condition Of the United States, to be
kght ere the year 1900 shall take ito place
- annals Of time.
BIT how. will Iowa figure In that Grand
penorama Of the future, and what will be her
ank in the roll of States3 The population
The State is about ~ large a. that Of OhioI
sH years ago, but in most other re-
ects she 10 a. far ahead Of Ohio in 1888 a.
present period il ahead Of that, and 10
Esfy respect her prospects Of future growth
better than those of Ohio we're q third oil
enssry since. Buff the progress Of Iowa
= IL Increase Of her population should be
= similar ratio to that Of Illinois in the
- = 1900 she would number . population
1nfee millions within her borders, with
- sixty persons 10 the square mile
that d not very dense population, -
ooe may see BY travelling over the Buck.
6tats. which has . population of about
density.
2Ae population of towns il likely to in
1Isass more rapidly than that Of the country
6SHagficaltural districts, and the 1ouriahine
ssvns on the mighty Father of Waters,
WITH railroad and navigation, and all the ia.
49, commerce and manufactures, mpst
N 'a.s mora rapid increase Of po}u.
aoa. And Il the dsvsionm.nt 81 n.
~ Advantage and resourc.. os /
0n4 shcik iacalcul.bla n.-.-xl
2 Population IN ~esl.b,
% suppose, ii pald be
>-sfOn to linis lhe ex.
- VA = ~. messed in
Di6 The young men
Bat even on the moss ,
e increase conceivable in
History Of the country and ,
.....;3 ture development, the State I
- - city of Keokuk will make I
s,, Pss within the period Of the !,
-. &C. any citizens already in the
- life. J.B. H. I,
y
! q rspotta, in regard TO the recent decisions
10 Supreme Court, are to be relied on, {
slognl peqpie e The country win be great
Nd il their expectations. The
~ de- as announced b public ,
6AAto tLa denial Of any disqualiR-
i lDfice ~ the result Of treason to |
and, carried to their legitimate
A.