The Cavalier Dismounted
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Excerpt from The Cavalier Dismounted: An Essay on the Origin of the Founders of the Thirteen Colonies This essay is an enlargement of an article which appeared in the Continental Magazine for June, 1863. The additions are mainly of authorities quoted, and though but a portion of the writer´s collections are here printed, it is presumed that there are enough to substantiate his assertions. Two points are intended to be discussed. The first is the proportion of native-born citizens in the United States, descended from the inhabitants in 1790. The second is the origin of the ancestors of the colonists. The result of investigations of the first point, differs widely from the opinion of recent journalists. In the New York Shipping -List for Sept. 24th, 1864. will be found a statement, that the natural increase of the colonists of 1790, would amount to only eight millions out of nearly thirty millions, now inhabiting the United States. If there be no mistake in the table prepared from the official Census of the United States, the reverse of this statement is the truth. Twenty millions of our citizens were in 1860 descended from our original colonists, and only six and one half millions were foreign-born or descended from immigrants arriving here since 1790. This question is one of too great importance to remain thus doubtful. Our nationality is a stubborn fact; and the question is to be solved whether we are formed from a heterogenous collection of all nationalities, or have in reality one predominant race which gives its tone to the whole. The opinion herein expressed is, that the English race predominates here, and that the reason of its influence is to be found in the fact that New England was so intensely English. If the figures be correct, New England has contributed one quarter or one third of the population of the country, and this portion has constantly allied itself to the English part of the remainder of our population. Hence the preponderance of the English language, laws and national characteristics. As to the second point, our investigations have been mainly directed toward the correction of false statements made by the Rebel emissaries and press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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