The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . - country on the THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. 105 The second contrast may be found in the population. Our growth has beenthe marvel of history. Patrick Henry eloquently spoke of three millions of peo-ple armed in the holy cause of liberty as an invincible host. We can now pleadsixty millions, not less, in love with our country and her institutions. Thisvast number of people is but a beginning. It has been computed that theState of Texas could support the entire population of the United States andthat the whole cou
The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . - country on the THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. 105 The second contrast may be found in the population. Our growth has beenthe marvel of history. Patrick Henry eloquently spoke of three millions of peo-ple armed in the holy cause of liberty as an invincible host. We can now pleadsixty millions, not less, in love with our country and her institutions. Thisvast number of people is but a beginning. It has been computed that theState of Texas could support the entire population of the United States andthat the whole country could readily support one thousand millions. Such apopulation would not more densly populate our country than some countriesare now settled. To this population we are now adding year by year nearlythre-quarters of a million from other lands. Our cities are growing withwonderful rapidity. In 1791 one in thirty of our population lived in citiesof 8000. Now nearly one fourth live in such cities. In 1791 there werenot more than half a dozen cities with 8000 population. Now we h
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