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patriarchal government, ruled by his advice and example. They 
are not necessitous persons, who have fled for their crimes or 
misfortunes, like those that gathered unto David, in the cave of 
Adullam; they all live well, and possess the necessaries and 
comforts of life, as they could wish. They retired through 
choice. Perhaps, they acted wisely in placing themselves at a 
distance from the deceit and turbulence of the World. They en¬ 
joy an uninterrupted quiet, and a real comfort in their little soci¬ 
ety, beyond the sphere of that larger society, where government 
Is necessary ; where, without walls of adamant, and bands of iron, 
the Anarch Fiend , or the Monster Despotism , would trample 
their security, their happiness, and their dearest possessions un¬ 
der foot. Here they are truly free; exempt from the vexing du¬ 
ties and impositions, even of the best of governments ; they are. 
neither assailed by the madness of ambition, nor tortured by the 
poison of party spirit. Is not this, one of the most powerful in¬ 
centives, which impels the wandering Anglo-American , to bury 
himself in the midst of the wilderness ? 
The following is an abstract of the population of the terri- 
tory 3 according to the last census; 
St. Charles .... 
St. Louis. 
. 5,667 
St. Genevieve . . . 
Cape Girardeau . . 
, . 3,888 
New Madrid . . . 
• . 3,103 
Hope Fields 
St. Francis C 
Arkansas. 
21.845 
Allow for the droops at the military posts 
in this territory . 
. 200 
Hunting and trading parties up the Mis- 
souri and Mississippi 
. 300 
Families settled m remote places, and not 
found by the sheriff 
. 300 
22.645 
Of these, 8.011 are slaves ; the number of civilized Indians 
and of metiffs, not known, but cannot be considerable. 
