The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-25
THE FUTURE OF THE NATION.

Some people have expressed a hope
that the census of the United States
taken In 1900 Will show our population
see the century rounded out with that
even figure There is nothing extrava-
CANT In this hope. The probability is
that we shall exceed that number. Those
who have made study of the rate of in
crease in our population find that be-
fore the disturbing influence Of the
panic it amounted to about million and
half per annum; but, like the ring
upon the waters, we increase faster as
we go along, so that it is extremely prob
able that by the expiration of the next
quarter Of a century we shall have reach
| ed the number named. We have now
about a, 000,O0 more than any nation
| in Europe except Russia. England can
beat us with her colonies; but not at
home. There are two causes which
| have so far contributed to our rapid
growth, the greater number OF births
| than deaths, and immigration. The
first cause is sure to continue, unless
some sweeping and terrible epidemic
| should occur. And to our mind the
second is almost equally sure. The
| present falling off in the nature of things
can only be temporary. In country
where land can be had for almost moth
ing, where labor is well paid, and politi-
cal freedom guaranteed, there are at
fractions which no nation Ii Europe can
| offer, and the poorer classes will con-
tinue to come ove.' to US just as surely
as water Will seek it's level. Andwhere,
it may be asked, will these people go.
| They will follow the natural law, and go
| where they can find the greatest adj
vantages. If they can do better in the
West than they can in the East, they
will go West. There is room for an i'm
mense filling out in all the states of the
union, but the preference now seems
to be given to the Western and North
| Western states. We can donicile all
that is necessary to make up the 1O0,-
| 0OO,00 in four or five states, right
about us here and not be crowded In the
least. On the contrary, we shall be very
| glad to have the opportunity. Then
there are the territories beyond. When
the available parts of these are occupied,
if the South continues in its inhospit-
able disposition towards newcomers 1t
will be found that out of her spite she
will have sunk in numbers to very in
considerable part of our people. The
growth will have SO developed itself in
the Northern and Western states and
| territories that she will feel her insig
nificance keenly. Every year that the
South perseveres in her suicidal spirit,
she will be comparatively losing ground.
It ispretty certain that for several years
yet neither capital nor labor will seek to
take advantage of her idle and fertile
plantations; but in time, whether the
hostile feeling passes away or not, there
will be an irrnption of colonlsts from
the North to find subsistence in her soil.
Capital and labor will go there protected,
if it can not go safely without. The
South has not modified her foolishness
any within the last ten years; but is like
ly to within the next twenty-five.
There are possible drawbacks to this
prospective growth. We may have an
other civil war The last one retarded
us considerably. 1t not only destroyed
| hundreds and thousands of able-boded
men, and diminished immigration, but
placed on us an immense public debt,
and public debts are never inviting fea-
lures We may have bad legislation, as
we are sure to if the Democracy gain
power, and there are other unforeseen
contingencies which may arise. But on
the whole, we are moderately sure OF
going forward in the way we have indi
Gated. Another war in Europe, which
is not at all unlikely to happen, will
swell the tide of emigration to our shores.
Since the co-Prussian war over
/ 100000 Germans have come to us.
Military CONSUMPTION in Russia has given
US the Mennononites, and perhaps for
the same reason italian emigration has
| been largely on the increase IN late
years.
And when we are all settled down into
one general mass ofhomogeneousp people,
what kind of people shall we be.
English, IRISH, Scotch, German, Scan
dinavian, italian and French are all
here. We shall use the English language,
but it cannot be said that the English
blood will predominant. We shall form
new race, in the world, essentially an
American race, and there is little doubt
but that the crossing of blood will make
US superior people, The Normans
who conquered the Saxons were a mixed
people, and strong people. The re-
suit of their amalgamation with the Sax
OnS produced a stronger race still. The
old Romans were q composite people,
and Rome was made in the time of the
kings an asylum for the oppressed OF
all nations. Therefore, we may conf
IDENTIFY believe that there Is some good
in mixture. Men are but a higher order
of animals, and every stock raiser knows
the advantage of crossing the blood of
domestic animals. If there is any adj
vantage to be gained by the Informing
| ling of bloods, this nation has a right to
expect to be the greatest the world ever
saw, for never before were so many diff
us only have good government ana keep
this union whole, and our future will
| Justify all that is predicted Of it both in
population and in civilized progress
| Sentinel.
Scarcely has the harvest of observa-
tionc from tho +rancit Of VenuS aypadi-