Only five, besides our own, have added to their domain.

And the one which has done the most in this direction has added only a little over half a million of square miles, while we have added nearly two millions.

Thus the United States government has added over fourteen hundred thousand square miles of territory more than any other single nation, and over eight hundred thousand more than have been added by all the other nations of the earth put together: In view of these facts, can any one doubt, looking the whole world over, which government it is that has been, during this time, emphatically, "coming up"?
In point of population, our increase since 1798, according to the census of the several decades, has been as follows: In 1800, the total number of inhabitants in the United States was 5,305,925; in 1810, 7,239,814; in 1820, 9,638,191; in 1830, 12,866,020; in 1840, 17,069,453; in 1850, 23,191,876; in 1860, 31,445,089; in 1870, 38,555,983.

These figures are almost too large for the mind to readily grasp.

Perhaps a better idea can be formed of the rapid increase of population by looking at a few representative cities.