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(C.) See p. 9. In 1830, the population of the
United States was 12,866,020
In 1840, 17,068,666
Increase, 4,202,646
Of this increase, about 600,000, probably, was due to foreign
emigration. The increase of population from other causes, then,
was 3,602,646, or about 28 per cent. of the population in 1830.
We take 28 per cent., therefore, as the ratio of natural increase
of population, in ten years.
In 1830 the population of the free Western States and Territories
was 1,470,018
In 1840 it was 2,967,840
The increase was, 1,497,822
Of this increase, the portion not resulting from
emigration may be taken at 411,604
that being 28 per cent. of the population in 1830.
The increase by emigration into those States, -is
then ' 1,086,218
This emigration was almost wholly from old free States, or
through free States. The population of the old free States in
1830, was 5,536,779. The emigration westward in the next ten
years was about 20 per cent. of that number. We take two per
cent. of the population of the old States, therefore, as the proportion
which shows the annual emigration from them.
(D.) See p. 10. The resolution which admits Texas, provides
that there shall be no slavery in that portion north of 36 30',
the Missouri compromise line. Mr. Adams and Mr. Brinkerhoff
have both declared in Congress, that no pretension as to the tertory
of Texas ever carried it within a hundred miles of that line.
Mr. Adams says that he never knew that it was thought by any
one to extend further north than 34 . The government map
carries a strip of it up to the line of 42 . But whether this section
be included eventually in Texas, or not, there is no question
that it is a mountainous and desert region. The reasoning
which we have attempted to press in this pamphlet relates only
to territory farther south.
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Hale, Edward Everett, Sr., 1822-1909. How to Conquer Texas, Before Texas Conquers Us, pamphlet, January 1, 1845; Boston, Massachusetts. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2357/m1/16/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.