Rhode Island 477 South Carolina 462 Tennessee 483 Texas 511 Vermont 479 Virginia 459 West Virginia 524 Wisconsin 518 CHAPTER LXVII. MOTTOES AND NAMES OF THE STATES 531 Mottoes translated—Origin and meaning of name—Familiar name. CHAPTER LXVIII. THE NATIONAL DOMAIN 534 Public domain after the Revolutionary War—Various acquisitions of territory by the General Government—Character of a Territorial government—Organized by Congress—Appointment of officers—Territorial Legislature—When a State may be formed—Constitution to be approved by Congress—Admission may be vetoed by the President. CHAPTER LXIX. INDIVIDUAL TERRITORIES 537 Discovery and early history of each—When organized—Surface—Climate Agricultural and mineral resources—Future prospects and desirableness as a location—Area—Population in 1870. TERRITORIES. PAGE. Alaska 547 Arizona 544 Dakotah 543 District of Columbia 549 Idaho 545 Montana 546 New Mexico 537 Washington 540 Wyoming 548 Utah 539 CHAPTER LXX. THE ANNEXATION POLICY 550 Causes of increase of national area—A traditional policy—Importance of national unity—The Mexican War—Causes—Annexation of Territory—Excuses urged—We shall never do it again—Superior steadiness of American people—The probable future of annexation. CHAPTER LXXI. CENSUS STATISTICS 556 PART THIRD.