The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-26

not the duty Of the President TO asScn
to and even order the use of the militia
~ II necessary to enforce that decree, =
he had no business to enquire Whether
the Court had exceeded bis jurisdiction
nr Whe.h her. granting its jurisdiction, it
decree was in accordance with law an(
Justice. These questions the Conatitu
ton has provided another way for set
ting.
Ali this may be said upon the by
pothcsis that the court exceeded it,
power. But We think it is not at al
/ plain that the court was in error. L
we mistake not. its interference was In
voked under the enforcement act oi
Congress, and if so. the presum ption
was that the proceeding vas entirely
regular.
We think THAT the unprejndiced
reader OF the report of the interview
above alluded to will concede that the
President had the better OF the contro.
Versy.- Hisconsiia.
Population OF the United states,
We are accustomed to say that the
present population of this country Is SO.
us 64l, according to the last census
L hat num Der Includes only what is tech
nically called the Constitutional popu-
iailop. 1t dues not include Indians
not taxed" I. e.. those living Ia tribal
relations, nor does il embrace the inhabi-
tants of Territories. A citizen Of Utah
or Montana is as truly an American citi-
Zen as il he lived III State, only be
takes no part in Presidential elections.
and in matters of local political affairs IL
under the direct control Of the General
Government. The actual total popnla-
ton Of the country is ;4t,G09 QU0, as
against 81 399 300 in 1850 The enumcr
atien on the plains was less perfect in
1860 than IN 1870, still the actual IN
crease In the entire population of the ma
tion was about ten millions The in
crease during the previous decade wa
about eight millions, the ratio of increase
being sonleW hat greater then than since.
although at first thought it mi ght seem t.
be less
The losses of the country by the war
are given with approximate exaclness.
On the loyal side the direct loss was hal,
a million on the rebel side three hun
dred and fifty thousand For four years
nearly, about one million men in the
prime Of life. between the vigorous ages
Of l8 end 45, were of soldering" thus
withdrawn froHl domestic lite. The na-
tinnal increase Of population was thus
partially checked. Then, too. the in
crease by immigration vas arrested some
wha. by the war. 1t is altogether prob
able that the total population ofthe ma
tion would have been 43, ,OO0, ,O0O had it
not been ior the direct aud Indirect re
tardations by the war
z Three States have lost in population,
viz, NJ alnc New Hampshire afd Vir
-ginia. The former lost -so,lly O. 22 per
cent. the former II 40 per cent. whils
the Granite State lost 2.38 per cent
Vermont gained the least-4. % percent.
In the ratio Of gain, Kansas Is No. |, its
percentage being, 239 81. Minnesota
stands next 1851 per contr) Next
comes Iowa with an increase of76 81 per
cent. Illinois is the tenth In the list. it,.
ratio being As 36 per cent Florida Il
the most sparsely settled Of all States
-ah hough the first scolony WIS planted
there long before Eng!ishmen sailed UP
the James river, or touched Plymouth
Rock. During the last decade, however.
the increase was 81 34 per cent, or much
more than that OF any other Southern
State.
There are Chinese in twenty three diff
erent States. There gre Indians ia ever,
State. Delaware alone excepted, although
West Virginia has only one. Caliinrnis
has more than any other two 724l:
Michigan comes next with f. 926 North
Carolina third with |, 24l ,and Wisconsin
fourth With l,206 Texas is credited
with only 379, which is certainly too low
All estimate. There has been a VERY
small tporaasa IN fi.o augrapate negro
uopula!ion. --r-r
{ These are the POINTS of special inter
report Of the Superiutendenta Of the
kinth Census, just given TO the public in