Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-02-10
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The Nashville, Tenn, Southern
Press publishes tho following letter
from Commodore MaurY upon tho
subject Of immigration from the
South. He says .....
recently went into some ealcu.
lations upon European cmigrati ~.
The natural increase of tho white
population is 1873 per cent. from
census to census, so that according
TO q writer in the Norfolk Virgin
ian of the 18th instant, had there
been no immigration into the coun-
try since the census of 1900, the
total white population Of the Unit
ted States in 1870 would have beer,
in round numbers, 100000 in
stead of 35, 900 600. This differences
of25, 90, 600 of inhabitants Is dnc 10
tho immig grants and the descend
ants of immigrants who have set.
tied in this country during the last
eighty years.
OF these 25,OOO,OOO the States
which ten years ago were called
the ''slavc States,' liavo 7,5GO, 900,
and the "frce States" 1880, ,0tpD,
difference in favor of the latter, IO,.
600, 600 of white inhabitants.
Neither Spain, nor Denmark, fi6f
Holland had ten millions inhabi-
tants nor had England mBft than
half us many in the time of good
Queen Bcss. Yet they were pow
erful nations. Nor is there any
other nation in the New World
that has ten millions of straight
haired inhabitants. Brazil, tho
most populons among them has on.
ly twelve millions, codhting ne.
grocs and all. ......-..
Now, according to Mr.. Chasc's
estimates, each one of these ten
millions of people is worth to tho
North, in their persons, and with
their capital and labor, $1,000 , |
think that this estimate is too higIr,
and suppose that $500 would bo
nearer the mark. Then IS 600 a0a,-
0O0--fve thousand millions Of dol
lars-reprcsents what the North
has gained moro than the South,
by Immigration alone this, cxclu-
sive of the military power that re-
sides in ten millions ofpeople. Now
it was not "Yankee enterprise" nor
"Yankee cnergy"-which arc such
pet terms for accounting for thu
difference of wealth, power an'i
prosperity between the scrtioas--
that created this wealth, this poW-
or or this population. II was i'm
migration. And a like immigra-
ton of settlers in the South would
increase the wealth of the South by
an equal sum of five thousand mil
lions of dollars in gold; or rather
| what is better than gold or silver.
Suppose the South could set in
motion for her borders = stream 0f
immigrants no greater, but as great
as that which gave the North her
excess Of wealth and population
over us, these Southern immigrants,
together with their descendants,
will, within the next eighty year.,
have added five ,h6esand millions
Of dollars 90 the Nea'th, and ten
millions of souls to tho population
of the South. Don't you think it
would be something worth striving
for? / think so, and ! think we
can yet it. if the Southern States
and people will only take hold to-
gethcr and pull With a will. 4
The following is the old Saxon
statute referring to Leap Year.
"Albcit, as often rs lcape yearrc
dothe occurre, the woman hUldcih
prcrogative over the menfie In all
matters of esbfisbippc, love and
matrimonic; 50 that when tho lady
proposeth it shall not be lawful fpr
tho man to say her nae, but shall
.entertaire her proposal in NIL g'rie
courtcsie."
A committee has been app, inted
by the Dominion board Of trade, sit
ting in OttowO, Canada, 10 meet
the executive Of the National loard
Of the United States, 10 confer on
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