A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . d then we will eat all togethei\ Isthis not good 1 What dost thou say tothis, father 1 When we take into view the extentof the territory of this state, with itsvariety of surface and soil—the number,directions, and navigable character ofits streams, and the favorable nature ofthe climate—we can not but anticipate arapid increase in population and circumstances indeed exist,but not gi-eater than in many older statesin its neighborhood, which hav
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . d then we will eat all togethei\ Isthis not good 1 What dost thou say tothis, father 1 When we take into view the extentof the territory of this state, with itsvariety of surface and soil—the number,directions, and navigable character ofits streams, and the favorable nature ofthe climate—we can not but anticipate arapid increase in population and circumstances indeed exist,but not gi-eater than in many older statesin its neighborhood, which have made,and are still making, great advances. Early and due attention to publiceducation and moral improvement, canhardly be overlooked by the intelligent,virtuous, and public-spirited inhabitantsof Arkansas ; and here, as elsewhere,they will prove the most solid founda-tions of permanent prosperity. Withso many sad warnings as are here pre-sented, on the one hand, of the dangersof delay, and, on the other, the nobleexamples set by some other states, theAmericans have enough to show them in what their great strength This state is bounded iiortliby Kentucky, northeast by Vir-ginia, east by North Carolina,southeast by Georgia, southwestby Mississippi, west by the Mis-sissippi river, which separates itfrom Arkansas, and northwestby Missouri. The main Appa-lachian ridge forms the boundaryline for one hundred and sixty-eight miles, from the south bor-der of Virginia to Macon county ;and the entire outline is 1,171miles. It is between 35^ and36C 7 north latitude, and 4° 39and 13^ 14 west longitude from Washington. The longest straight line that canbe drawn in this state, is from the northeast to the southwest corner—south sev-enty-seven degrees by calculation—almost five hundred miles. The mean lengthof the state is four hundred miles ; the mean breadth, one hundred and fourteen ;and the mean area, forty-five thousand six hundred, or above twenty-nine millionsof squar
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