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18G0 only 7 million from 31 million, tlie population of 

 the United States increased from 9 million in 1820 to 

 31 million in 1860; and although greatly swelled by 

 ■emigration yet the increase from that source during that 

 period was only 5 million, while the actual increase was 

 .22 million. Or, to state facts in other words, the per 

 centage of increase in France was, for the whole period 

 of forty years, about 22 per cent., or one half of one per 

 •cent, per annum, while the increase in the United States 

 was for the same period 244 per cent., or six per cent, 

 per annum, being twelve times greater increase in the 

 United States than in France ; and this too affected by 

 less than one-fourth by immigration, leaA^ing the actual 

 increase, without immigration, nine times greater in this 

 country than in France. Here we see the work of a 

 republic. 



If by bringing to your attention these figures and 

 the results— claiming no other merit than that I have 

 undertaken in your behalf the labor of preparing and 

 arrano'ing them — I have succeeded in directino- attention 

 to the effects of better cultivation of the soil, caused by 

 its proper and greater subdivision, so that you shall be 

 satisfied that changes in this rei!;ard mar be made effec- 

 tual and useful to the country, and that we should look 

 abroad to compare the situation of other nations with 

 our own, and learn how best we can take advantage of 

 the great blessings of civil and religious liberty we enjoy, 

 I have done far more than I had thought to do when I 

 began ; and it now only remains to me to thank you for 

 your patient and courteous attention. 



