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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1879. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... SPEECH OF HON. S. S. COX. The House having under consideration Senate bill No. 1685, to provide for the taking of the federal census--Mr. COX, of New York, said: Mr. Speaker: A census is no new thing under the sun. It antedates the Christian era. It illustrates the Chinese, Japanese, Hebraic, Grecian, and Roman civilizations. Its literal meaning is to weigh, to tax, to assess. It does not mean to guess, but to count. It does not mean to compute. It means to gather, collate, and weigh facts, to make an analysis of the country, so that we can weigh or measure the individual elements that make up its collective force. History and literature are full of statistical observations collected by private and official investigation. It was indispensable in early days, as it is to-day, for the proper conduct of government. It is well agreed now that that government is wise and just which renders the condition of its people easy and secure; and that country under such a government will always abound most in that which enriches, comforts, and strengthens. A country without a census cannot be well governed; and the more frequent and accurate the census, the better the conduct of affairs in government. The states of antiquity which lasted longest and declined most slowly and gave to the world the impress of their civilization had the most careful system of registration of persons and property. Were there no reasons other than those prescribed by the Constitution for the enumeration of our people, there is an urgent necessity of an exact and accurate census, for the application of its results to science and to the deductions of values and energies; for these make up the growth, advantage, prosperity, and soul of. a nation. They have often another salutary effect; for they ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235459894
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235459896
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 59 gr


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