National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-13
OUR COUNTRY
THROUGH ENGLISH sPEcTAoLEs.
! Wonderful EpitOme OF the Greatness or the
United States by a Tourist from Bngland
--Interesting Facts and Figures
That Should be Known.

Mr.. sIlvanus Trevail, Of Truro, England, an in.
telligcnt observer who recently paid visit TO
this country and Canada Is delivering interesting
lectures IN England ON the greatness of America
Commencing at Liverpool Mr. TrevUil described
in detail the features of ocean travel and the ap
pointments and enormous proportions Of the larg-
est Of our Transatlantic steamers, the Cunnrd Ser
via. The FIRST point sighted of the new world was
the high land Of Neycrsink, IN New Jersey, and
subsequently the splendid panoramas of New York
harbor The city and surroundings were de.
sCrbed aud particulars given Of the manner In
which emigranis are received nt Castle Garden,
and the enormous stream passing through from
Europe Of all notionnlitics, 800 on the day Mr..
Trcyni visited the establishment. Before setting
out from New York the lecturer referred to the
comparatively slight attention paid in England to
the enormous development on the American con.
tincnt. and that II Is only of very recent date that
our leading public men had commenced the habit
Of making a tour of tho States, aud satisfying
themselves as 10 the progress made IN that coun-
try, and how iar 1t was likely to influence the
future Of Great Britain. When The colonies sopa-
rated from thc mother country IN l716 The popula'
ton was about 5000 Oand the area 7oS,000 square
miles To-day the population is over 52OtO,WO,
md the nrca Z Co3,4i .quart miles. The Increase
was proceeding ON grometrcnl progression, ana
IL IL kent M as at present aud there was no sign
Of decrease Int the contrary
IN 1900 THE POPULATION WOULD DE
100000, and IN lg25 l7G.OO0COO About forty
years ego De TocqucyilIc had calculated TINT the
whites were advancing westward at the rate of
tevcntccn miles per uuuum, and u.dny that pro-
prgss was more than doubled. Whith WIS plwrr'
fully impressive IN It's grandeur aud sOlcmnity,
especially when we considered the bearing 1t was
Ikely 10 have upon u . mute of Europe. In rail.
ways inc INV o'eu VI ~, NJ I ~. i
more than 10000 miles open in 1850, comparing
WIN l,'op ivs ~ ~ u ~ ~ @ ~, ,,;
vr ~ i,h,I III Wt "Tin ,n lie nrn
ieClNt s!sttI nov 10 Iu', ,sii M ~ ,ivN ~
was ihletliy, Wnole Wy Wstts ", u eOv,,Ght hSh
mao 10 nS suppneu' Niiu "uc'u"Ve Io'urhS VI "i''h
were dlhieult 10 procure
IN ARMY AND NAVY MATTERS
the Americans had solved the problem Of main.
tanning order among 30 COO 900 Of people with about
10000 regular troops aud these were chiefly en-
5loycd in guarding distant stations agnirs, the In.
.lini, trincs Thry md however ,scrvc forces to
called out in case OF ne cessity and ns matter Of
fact 2G53,O62 men were engaged on the Union side
during the rebellion. The National debt had been
decreased 10y about f2UO,0OOO0O since tie war, and
was now in fair way OF extinction az an early
dnte-a feat uhpafalLeIed IN ine WIriu history,
nnu ~ s,iguihr Goihs. 10 Wilut nni ,'cli ~ ,nSi.H
pace ~ Europe uulllG tile SUNG Pe,Iou' rIl cii
cation tley speut ~ luii,s M losy ne I'm IN
emigration returns showed lI,e30 arrivals IN 10Y,
d3b25I III lesJ, anu WSlol IL 1921, ING present
years returns whenever published, wnl'in snow
mncn grSaler inGteH,e Inc eHp"s n odn M & ~ WSSo s
Abo3youGV, anu tlie imports ti+Vuuuoy, Dhs uut t
lng the decade ms ha 50 far changed thht Tor the
past SIX years the balance oi trade hnd Deeh NJ
favor OF the country; showing ~ 1881 sxPoTs & nos
slhl,WOOOO, and imports tl2S,OOO9JO or E33 OO0OO0
gain upon single years transactions This ADDED
" the
NARvELoUsIY DEVELOPING INTERNAL TRADE
ives the imrreysnn thot tho United States is TO.
.nv accumuiatipg wealth more rnpdly than any
other country, and with few years of such pros
neritv viii mr. out.disinnre MI Eufopenn rivals
kt no period in her history las capital been Sc
abundant or enterprise greater than nOw nor heI
people more Contented ana loyal TO tue insttu
tons OF their country, nor ireeI from poiltlea
were hily alive TO these facts and speak of tho
whole continent US being me natural heritage o.
their people Ihe immense scope OF TERRITORY
comprised Wihin the Union was iOrclbly Illustrated
by the lecturer placing on a map q lhe united
states an outline map 0l England ana WaiSs 70 lht
same scale. Whilst nlludng TO some Of the evll'
arising from universal suffrage, Mr.. Trevail ex.
plained the expansive character OF the American
political system moving particularly now INC
lied and blended without elashing, that, except.
ing ior ttrcuy feuti9l purIOsesi every sephfnl'
STATE was an inderendent country in Itself being
perhaps, one OF the
ORASDEsT POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
ever devised by human forethought So great hat
been The expnilsion under this system that maily
OF the newer State capitols We'd in size with oui
own Houses of Parliament and ierislated for dis
tricts OF greater area than Great Biilain State OF
who best understood them, without incumbernG
the Federal machinery. at Washington. Every
body appeared TO be satisfied that me greatest IA
cility was given at every point for the utmost de;
velopment, and anything blocking the way could
not 0e suffered to exist. There might be corrup.
ZION occasionally, but II was considered TO be the
1Ault OF the lndlNldual ratner lhnn thc system ana
was certain to lead toquick detection and open ex-
posurc, The CHARACTERISTICS that would strike an
Englshmhh Were the absence OF tilles ana landed
aristocmcy, endowed church aud mendicity and
the universally OF education, the high llrespect
in all classes and the boundless spirit Of enter
prise MT IreVall next described
THE RAILWAYS, HOTELS, SOCIAL IIFE,
street convcyances and the enormous growth of
the Most taking ms examples such states ms Minhi
gan Illinois, Iowa, and colorado and such citiei
55s Betrnit Chicnro pniImen DenvaT ISadviIIe
area ,vms o6out thG Size of Enrinnd nnd Males
with n cOast.liue Of 900 miles IL w0s admitted
in 1857, when the population was iTiiG7; In 1850
3g7 GA. in issO. G56 j3l. and the Tr0wih OF ms
mAnuf cturos was from ,Ai men employed ,produc.
ing 100000 properly n 1880 to OS,6Y men, pro.
E2l0oOOVV worth IN ls,o' Ihe realized wealth OF
inc stare ihd risen iEoh tOWyOOO IN lool 70 flO2,
100000 In lssly ana during the same period the
quantity Of land under cultivation had risen
from ,029, ITO acres TO 2O,3B,S9O acres. The i'm
mense grown OF Chcago had no parallel III either
ancient or modern times. IL was simply an
abandoned fort in lsl2, in 1880 1t had II houses
and population OF w souls all told, three years
later the first brick house was built, und in 1887 II
dl7O. which hud risen TO 20,063 in 1850, ll2,l72 in
1850, ggS07 in l57O, and over 100000 in 1850, when
it was
INCREASING FASTER THAN EVER.
ithod bcen done before. Tho fire Of Octobor g
1871 Lurnt NJ souare miles contninIng IL d56
houses with i tCtai damage Of EIOUO60OO. On
strSyed 60 acres. and dld damage To Tho extent of
ono million sterling But in n iow LrIrT months
Chicago rose from her ashes, and to-day stands n
wonder the world, According TO the report of
Tue department OF fuD'lc WORKS iof last year, her
pulullss covered W! uLtns OF 10 square m les, OF
23,Vio aeie;. Her streets Oacres measuring OJl
miles WIN ~ mlies OF sldewGlEs, W.! miles of
sewers, io9 inues ol mum mum water pipes; she mas
seHeH OF seven puGlic Phfks, covering over 2OJ0