case in which a vessel shall be fitted out and armed, or in which the force of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel shall be increased or augmented, in every case of the capture of a ship or vessel within the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, as before defined, and in every case in which any process issuing out of any court of the United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any person or persons having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser or other armed vessel of any prince or State, or of any colony, district or people, or of any subjects or citizens of any foreign prince, State, or of any colony, district or people in any such case, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose to employ such part of the land and naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking of and detaining any such ship or vessel with her prize or prizes, if any, in order to the execution of the prohibition or penalties of this act, and to the restoring the prize or prizes in the cases in which restoration shall have been adjudged.

SEC. S. And be it futher enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land and naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall

be necessary to compel any foreign ship or vessel to depart the United States in all cases in which, by the laws of nations or the treaties of the United States they ought not to remain within the United States.

SEO. 9. And be it further enacted, That offences made punishable by the provisions of this act, committed by citizens of the United States, beyond the jurisdiction of the United States, may be prosecuted and tried before any court having jurisdiction of the offences prohibited by this act.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit citizens of the United States from selling vessels, ships or steamers built within the limits thereof, or materials or munitions of war, the growth or product of the same, to inhabitants of other countries, or to Governments not at war with the United States: provided that the operation of this section of this act shall be suspended by the President of the United States with regard to any classes of purchases, whenever the United States shall be engaged in war, or whenever the maintenance of friendly relations with any foreign nation may in his judgment require it.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the foregoing act shall be construed to prevent the prosecution or punishment of treason, or any

piracy or other felony defined by the laws of the United States.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act or inflicting any further or other penalty or forfeiture than are herein before provided for. The acts forbilden herein are hereby repealed.

The United States of America is a federal republic composed of a union of independent States, and at this writing (1882) consists of thirty-eight States and eleven organized Territories, under the control of the General Government, and covers an area of 3,678,392 square miles, and extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, a distance of about 3,000 miles, and from the Gulf of Mexico to the great lakes, a distance of over 1,000 miles, with an Atlantic and Pacific seaboard of over 5,000 miles.

The Confederation. prior to 1783, claimed for their western boundary the Mississippi River, and some even as far west as the Pacific. These States, one after another, ceded to the United States all the territory west of their present limits.

The original thirteen States,

By treaty with Great Britain, September 3, 1783 (at the close of the Revolutionary War), the territory of the United States was declared to extend from the

hantic Ocean to the Mississippi River on the west, and from the great lakes to the southern border of Georgia, and comprised 815,615 square miles.

The Province of Louisiana, acquired by purchase from France, April 30, 1803, for $15,000,000, includes all the territory west of the Mississippi River, except the present States and Territories of Oregon, Texas. California, Arizona, and Alaska, comprising 930,928 square miles.

Florida, ceded by Spain, February 22, 1819, for the consideration of $5,000,000, included the State of Florida and southern portions of Alabama and Mississippi, and comprised 59,268 square miles.

Texas, an independent republic of Mexico, was admitted December 29, 1845, and gave rise to the Mexican War. Comprised 237,504 square miles.

Oregon, acquired by treaty with Great Britain, in April, 1846, comprised 280,420 square miles.

California and Nevada, ceded by Mexico at the close of the Mexican War, February 2, 1848, comprised 649,762 square miles.

Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, acquired by treaty with Mexico, December 30, 1853, comprised 127,500 square miles.

Alaska, by purchase from Russia, May 28, 1867, for $7,200,000. Comprised 577,390 square miles.

The growth of our Republic, its increase in wealth, commerce, manufactures, and arts, has no parallel among the nations of the world. What may be accomplished in the 100 years to come we are unable to predicate. Patrick Henry said: "We are to judge of the future by the past." With the record of a century before us, and Mexico, the Canadas, Cuba, and the islands of the sea knocking for admission, who can estimate the prospective power, grandness, and extent of the United States of America at its second centennial anniversary?