Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-12-04

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AMERICAN PROGRESS.
The changes which have taken place in
America are, perhaps. the most wonderful on
record. When we think Of them, they assume
all the proportions and characteristics OF tie
marvellous Discarling, as mere legends, the
claims set up by Iceland navi@atorS and
others, the discovery Of America dates back
only three hundred and ciyhty-onc years. For
a period of one hundred and fifteen Years after
the discovery, no permanent settlement WAS
made Columbus made the discovery Of the
continent in 149S, six years after he had di.-
covered the island that is now called Cat
Island. Nothing, however, was done in the
way of permanently settling the country until
the year 1907. At that time the jamestown
colony was planted About the same time
the Pilgrim fathers left England and went to
Holland. In the fall, or rather winter, of
1920 they landed in Massachusetts, All the
other States were settled at a later period.
From the settlement of jamestown to the pres
cnt PERIOD is only two hundred and <iXty.>ix
years. At first the coloni<ts were few in
numbers and had many difficulties to con-
tend with. OnScvcral occasions, from various
causes they were nearly cXtcrminatcd. Up
to the Revolutionary war, Il period Of more
than one hundred and fifty Years, the number
of inhabitants was less than three Millions
The commencement Of American progress
may be dated from the close of the revolution.
Then the country WAS Impoverished by Il long
and cruel war. Much of it had been over
run, and nothing left to the inhabitants but
the soil Of the ground. \ large proportion Of
the population was widows and orphans.
Many Of the men had been killed, and
only was the wealth and improvements Of the
country ruined by the Revolutionary war,
but the number of the inhabitants waS greatly
decreased. In 1872 another disastrous war
with England occurred. The capital Of the
United States wls laid in ruins, and the COM
mcrcc Of the country, for the timr, destroyed,
and progress in the arts of civilization greatly Y
impcdcd Notwithstanding all the difficult
ties in the way, the population of the ntrd
States has increased, and it is now about eight
times as great a. it WAS at the beginning Of
the present century. In 1890 the population
of the United States Was 3.929,2l4 The popu.
lation of the State Of Pennsylvania by the
last census is 1921 ,9j1 nearly us much a>
the whole of the United States eighty years
ago The population Of the State Of New
York is 4,}S2, ,739 more than a million more
inhabitants than the whole thirteen States
contained at the breaking out Of the Ecvo!u-
tionary war.
Not only has the population increased, but
the spirit of progress is manifest i'll every
thing. In commerce and manufactures the
United States ranks with the most civilized
nations on the globe. Large cities have been
built and are still growing, and Others are
founded and springing up i'll the far West As ii
by magic.
The territory Of the United States i> cX.
ccc'lingly large. 1t extends from the Atan-
tic on the east to the Pacific on the west, and
from the Gulf of Mexico on the south to
to the tarthcSt bound of the temperate zone
ON the north. Vast is is this territory, it is
fast becoming, in many sections, drnSclv pop
ulatcd and the stream Of emigration is yearly
pouring into those portions but recently taken
possession Of. Every year changes COM
plctclv the whole aspect Of the country.
Our own State ranks now a< the twenty
second in the Union in point of population,
and, perhaps, in many other respects. Once
it ranked a. the sixth. Other States that had
no existence when South Carolina wa> first
settled and even at the close of the ltcvolu-
tionary war, are far ahead Of her in many rc.
Spcrt>. The State Of Missouri has twice ;I>
many inhabitants and there is no city in the
State Of South Carolina to be compared in
progress, with It. Louis. This seems Won
drrtul, when We reflect that the first white
child was born in South Carolina in the year
1850 not two hundred years ago. What
wonderful changes have taken place i'll the
last two hundred years. Charleston then con-
tanned thirty hutS; to-day it isa great city
with thousands Of inhabitants.
From all this we infer that the natural re-,
sources Of the United States are very great.
Whatever of greatness there may be connected
with the United States, is not the result Of
long and pcrscvcriny effort. 1t has bc"n ralh-
cr spontaneous. The soil of the country has
not been made rich by 4 tedious system Of
manuring, but in its native state 1t Is rich.
The climate is also favorable. In >lckIv
and mia>mata producing country, population
would not 50 rapidly increase.
We may also infer that the r'rnp"rai'v" re-
sources IF the country are very great. | his
may be illustrated by the present condition Of
things in our own State Six years ago our
people were poor i'll reality, u large pr"p"r-
ton of them were possessed Of nothing but the
clothes which they wore. To-day, with Il
large number of our people, no one not cog
infant ofthc fact, could tell that the Stat" had
been reduced to bcyyary by the vici>situdr> Of
war. Necessity la> proved t" be the mother
Of invention. 1t is useless to speculate re-