The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-09-21
3. THE .COUNTRY'S PROGRESS.

The New York Herald publishes a
table, compiled from census returns,
which shows that the popular suppo-
sition that there are about fifty millions
Of people in the United States, is near.
" if not quite correct. The Herald
giyes the, number of inhabitants in the
thirty- eight States as approximating
49,302, IA. The population of six Ter
ritniies brings the total up to 40, $685.,
l42, and the population Of four Terri
tories, not included, will make the
grand, total 5O,000,OOO. This shows
the increase to be about ll,7O0, 600 in
she) last: ten years. This is unparal-
lsled progress, and in the language of
she old song, proves that
dof all the mighty nations from the East unto
the West,
This glorious Yankee nation is the greatest and
the BEST
Unfortunately, however, one of the
great political parties appears to be
doing all in its power to retard the de-
velogment and prosperity Of q large
section of the Univn by creating section
al feelings Of animosity and attempt
ing to make the world believe that life
and property. are unsafe in eighS or ten
of the. thiuty-eight States which consti-
sute, the Union, TIE object of this
party seems to be to make the North
oppose anything and everything the
South proposes or favors. The leaders
Of that party ignore the fact that every
State in the Union has rights guaran-
taed it by the Constitution which each
.nd all Of the Others should respect;
vet there is a disposition evinced by
the politicians to treat the Southern
States as. conquered provinces. These
States, after foup years war to estab-
Ash the principle that no State could
voluntarily. sever its connection with
ehe Union, we're declared out Of the
, Union by Act of Congress. Subse
g lently, when they We're reconstructed,
aud their governments We're under Re
publican control, they were readmit-
ted into the Union on an equality with
, the other States Since then, the gov
eraments Of. those States became Dem
ocratic, and fcrs this the Republican
: leaders. would aga.n. if they had the
taower, declare, them out of the Union,
notwithstanding that they are much
more peaceable and prosperous than
when under carpet-bag rule. The cot
Ton crop is the largest ever raised in
! tbs. South, yet the politicians would
] have the people believe that in the cot
ton States the landowners do nothing
. but carry shotguns to intimidate voters
who differ from them politically. The
leaders Of a great party, which ella ms
70 be national and progressive, do all in
their power toarouse prejudices against
81 large, prosperous and peaceable sec
tion of rthe Union, knowing that their
leaae Of power depends exclusively
upon their success IN creating. the i'm
preston that lawlessness and anarchy
prevail there, and that citizens Of the
United States are not permitted, under
penalty of a charge of buckshot. to ex-
press thar. political sentiments. The
merchants. and. manufacturers Of the
Eastern States, who are now carrying
aa profitable trade with the South,
2;a getting very tired Of such argu-
mortz, and, if what the Democratic
and independent papers say be true,
will n9 longer sustain the party whose
ih0pes of-succcss arc based exclusively
upon sectional prcjudices, which ought
,nst to exist. They cannot afford to
ilose their profitable and growing trade
with the. South, and will not longer
a2ho.d the party Of sectionalism.