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DELAWAEE. 



DENMARK. 



its Legislature has been to avoid a national 

 debt. During the recent war, however, a debt 

 was contracted to provide the number of men, 

 demanded of the State by the Federal Govern- 

 ment, without conscription. This debt con- 

 sists of bonds authorized to be issued in 1864 

 and 1865, and amounts to $1,110,000. The 

 State is also liable for certain internal im- 

 provement bonds issued to railroad companies, 

 amounting to $346,000. The real and ap- 

 parent indebtedness of the State thus amounts 

 to $1,456,000. The investments of the State, 

 consisting of bank stock and loans to improve- 

 ment corporations, amount to $850,150, which, 

 deducted from the debt, leaves $605,850. The 

 income derived from these investments has 

 been appropriated in part to support the State 

 government and in part to purposes of educa- 

 tion. The amount thus applied to free schools 

 during the year!868-'69 was $36,867. The 

 amount of income from all sources for the sup- 

 port of the government was $30,349, which, 

 with the previous balance on hand, made an 

 unappropriated surplus at the close of the year 

 of $37,796. It was anticipated that the Phila- 

 delphia, Baltimore, and Wilmington Eailroad 

 would resist the further payment of an annual 

 tax to the State. The principal source of 

 revenue in former years had been the tax on 

 the banks. Upon the change from State to 

 national banks, all but two had ceased to pay 

 this tax. The tax on the railroads, although 

 less than in previous years, was sufficient to 

 pay the interest on the State debt. This de- 

 crease was ascribed to a diminution of passen- 

 gers since the close of the war. It becomes, 

 therefore, a financial question whether the 

 State should not impose a small tax to pro- 

 vide against any contingencies that might af- 

 fect her credit. This tax, it was suggested by 

 the Governor, should include "bonds and mort- 

 gages and machinery, and reach the national 

 banks. The Legislature at the beginning of 

 the year was Democratic, with the exception 

 of two members of the Senate. Its acts were 

 entirely of a local nature. 



The State is strongly Democratic. At a con- 

 vention held in June, to nominate delegates to 

 the National Democratic Convention, the fol- 

 lowing resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That the elective franchise is a political 

 privilege and not a natural right, and is to be granted 

 or withheld by the several States to their respective 

 inhabitants as in the free, sound judgment and dis- 

 cretion of each State shall be deemed best for the 

 public interest and welfare. 



Resolved, That we regard negro rule in this coun- 

 try, under its names of " impartial " or "universal 

 suffrage," as the vital issue against which, as the 

 champions of a constitutional government founded 

 on the consent of free white men, we are ever ar- 

 rayedand that our delegates to to the National Con- 

 vention, to be held at New York, while left to their 

 own sound discretion in selecting worthy candidates 

 for the presidency and the vice-presidency, are 

 hereby instructed to vote for no candidate who is 

 not clearly and distinctly in favor of ruling this 

 country by the virtue and intelligence of white men 

 only. 



At the convention of the Eepublican party, 

 held on April 23d to nominate delegates to the 

 National Republican Convention, the following 

 resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That we approve the plan adopted by 

 Congress for the reorganization of the rebel States ; 

 that its vital principle of impartial suffrage is just as 

 well as politic, and that in view of the action of Con- 

 gress already had, as well as of natural justice, we 

 express the hope that such an amendment of the 

 Constitution of the United States will be made as 

 will secure the application of the principle throughout 

 the Eepublic. 



Resolved, That we give one voice to and pledge our 

 assistance in the maintenance of the national faith 

 and credit, insisting that, in the payment of the debt, 

 the spirit of contract shall be truly and honorably ob- 

 served. 



At the election for President, Seymour, 

 Democrat, received 10,980 votes; and Grant, 

 Republican, received 7,623 : Democratic ma- 

 jority 3,357. The Legislature chosen at this 

 election was entirely Democratic. 



DENMARK, a kingdom in Europe. King, 

 Christian IX., born on April 8, 1808; succeeded 

 King Frederick VII. on November 15, 1863. 

 Heir, Prince Frederick, born June 3, 1843 ; be- 

 trothed with Princess Louisa, of Sweden, on 

 July 15, 1868. Area of Denmark Proper, 

 14,698 English square miles ; of the depen- 

 dencies Faroe, Iceland, Danish settlements in 

 Greenland, the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, 

 and St. John, in the West Indies, 40,214 square 

 miles. Minister of the United States in Den- 

 mark, George H. Yeaman, appointed in 1865. 

 The population of Denmark, according to the 

 official census of 1860, was 1,608,095 ; in 1865, 

 it was estimated at 1,717,802. The popula- 

 tion of the Danish dependencies, in 1860, was 

 108,983. In the budget for the year 1868-'69 

 the revenue is estimated at 27,438,748 rix- 

 dollars; the expenditures at 28,024,955. The 

 public debt, on March 31, 1868, amounted to 

 132,685,400 rix-dollars. The army,* in 1868, 

 was composed as follows : 



The fleet, at the close of 1867, consisted of 

 30 steamers, inclusive of 6 iron-clads, with an 

 aggregate of 389 guns, one sailing-vessel, 22 

 gunboats, and 31 transports. 



The movement of shipping in 1867 was as 

 follows : 



Vessels. Lasts. 



Domestic Navigation 41,592 251,142 



Foreign Navigation 35,878 514,382 



The number of foreign vessels taking part in 

 the domestic navigation was 942, or 2.3 per 



* See the ANNUAL AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA for 1867, for 

 an account of the military law of 1867 ; the latest statis- 

 tics of the value of imports and exports ; and an account 

 of the present constitution. 



