A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . Spaniards, descended from the original settlers. The popu-lation, which in 1810 was 76,556, more than doubled itself within the following ten years,and in it had increased to 517,739. Nearly one half the population are slaves. Climate. — There are large tracts in this state, which, at certain seasons, are decidedly un-favorable to human health. During the summer and autumn, the low and marshy localitiesare frequently visited by yellow fever, cholera, and other destructive maladies. Other partsof tJie state, however, enjoy a salubrious clim
A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . Spaniards, descended from the original settlers. The popu-lation, which in 1810 was 76,556, more than doubled itself within the following ten years,and in it had increased to 517,739. Nearly one half the population are slaves. Climate. — There are large tracts in this state, which, at certain seasons, are decidedly un-favorable to human health. During the summer and autumn, the low and marshy localitiesare frequently visited by yellow fever, cholera, and other destructive maladies. Other partsof tJie state, however, enjoy a salubrious climate. The winters in general are said to be lessmild than those on the Atlantic coast in the same parallel of latitude. Religion. — The Roman Catholics have ever been the prevailing sect, the country havingbeen originally settled by them, altliough other denominations are at present are numerous bodies of Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians, all ofwhich are growing in numbers more rapidly than the MAINE. History is, in more than one point of view, an instructor of mankind. It can beconsidered morally, as it teaches the connection of the virtues witli domestic and nationalprosperity. By its statistics it enlightens the politician, animates the philanthropist, and 62 UNITED STATES CwVZETTEER. warns the tyrant. It directs tlie cfibrts of art, science, and benevolence; connects distanttimes and places with our own period and abode ; makes us denizens almost of a world • andkindles a glowing interest in the affairs of our whole race. The enlightened European might disdain to look for lessons of wisdom to the compara-tively obscure settlers of American wildernesses ; but it may be successfully maintained thaieven from them ho could be tauglit. A population laborious and sober, frugal yet free, pos-sessing and consulting tlie sacred records of divine revelation, and unobstructed in the reductionof their precepts into practical life, m
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