New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-24
clude this extraditable offence in the National
criminal law.
SIXTY MILLIONS.

The official return of immigration at prin-
cipal ports during the last fiscal year has just
been made. Unfortunately it omts the immi-
grafton from Canada and Mexico altogether,
the present Administration having preferred to
give no information regarding the additions u
population from either quarter because defec's
in the law render it impossible to give apro
lutely accurate information. Hence the pupnc
is comnelled TO guess at the increase from Btu
ish America, which during the last fiscal year
was IS, GOO The immigration fIom Mexico l.
insignificant. The total number OF Immigrants
reported from six principal districts, USUALLY
about % per cent of the entile Immigration
WAS 32S917 for the last year, decline OF
nor cent compared with the year preceding
Assuming that thele has been Us great ne
crease in the immigration from canada alSo'
which is not quite probable i'll view OF events
cbronicled during the year, the addition to pop
ulation by foreign immigration must have been
moi les than 365,2I7 during the last year.
The most accurate estimate yet made OF the
increase of population from year to year is by
adding per cent for increase by excess OF
births over deaths, and the number OF nnnll-
grants from other countries. Reckoning on
that method from the census OF lSSO, II appears
that the population OF the United States, July
/ 1856. is GO025,000. 1t is presumably a
little larger because the estimate Tor unle-
ported immigration Is probably low. Ch-
coubt.,lly the United States now has more than
go OOO. 900 of people China has about seven
times AS mmy inhabitants British India has
about 4 times Us many, and tie CzaI Vi
Russia rules over about GG per cent more SUD-
ects than the inhabitants of this country. Blll
cvcenting these the United States sllrpasses all
nations in population, having one third more
tlan Germany had at the last census. France
and AustIo-IIungary, numbering each about
~ 800 600. have together about n quarter
more than the population of the United States
Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, ;uld
Suiu. taken togcthei but slightly outnumber
this nation Italy, Greece, Rouinana, and Iur-
kew also together slightly outnumber tie United
States. Bat this nation is gaining rapidly,
while no other considerable power Is adymc-
ing at nearly the same rate.
Sixty millions of peoplo-uttcrly defcnccleSs
in all their Iich scapolts, because demagoSueS
in Congress fancy tina; the people prefer economy
to the means OF sell-detcncc. Sixty millions OF
pcople-who produce more AMI consume more
than any other population of one hundred mill
ions on eanth, BECAUSE the Republican system OF
protection lIlS not yet been broken down by
repeated assaults OF the party now III power
Sixty million, OF pcoplc-dcpendcnt on the
charity of foreigners for the transportation OF
our mails to some foreign countries, becdI>o
a reform Admin STATION refuses to obey Law
enacted a year ago To provide more hbelally
than before for the needs of commerce. Sixty
millions of pcoplc-who aIe rul,d by about a
third of their number i'll sixteen States, because
the Constitution and laws of the Nation ue i'll
those States Systematically violated.