It  has  five  city  railroads,  viz :  the  2d,  3d,  4th,  6th  and  8th
Avenues.  I  hope  it  will  be  larger  than  London  in  a  few
years.  G.  H.
The  United  States  of  America.
Every  person  in  the  United  States  is  patriotic  and  pre-
fers to  reside  here  rather  than  in  any  other  nation  in  Eu-
rope, because  he  enjoys  the  freedom  of  the  United  States.
I  wonder  at  that  beautiful  word  the  Independence  of  the
United  States  of  America.  It  is  the  most  beautiful  word
that  I  ever  learned.  My  hopes  are  rising  that  the
Union  will  be  more  glorious  and  distinguished  for  its
liberty  than  any  nation  in  the  world.  It  has  increased
more  rapidly  in  population,  commercial  wealth  and  great
extent  of  agriculture  and  manufactures,  within  the  la^l
seventy-eight  years,  than  the  kindoms  in  the  old  world.
Though  they  are  older  than  the  Union,  it  now  ranks  next
to  England  in  wealth,  naval  power,  and  commercial  re-
sources.    The  Americans  are  noted  for  their  liberty,  their


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enterprise,  and  their  valuable  and  extensive  system  of
education.  I  think  the  influence  of  freedom  has  caused
the  Union  to  increase  so  rapidly  since  the  war  which  lasten
eight  years.
Before  the  revolutionary  war,  many  English  people
landed  in  this  country  to  settle  it,  and  began  to  occupy
themselves  with  various  employments.  This  colony  be-
longed to  the  British  crown.  The  English  came  to  the
colonies  and  treated  the  colonists  without  mercy,  justice  or
kindness,  and  oppressed  them  cruelly.
