New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-23
THE TRIBUN E
Letters OF Corinne montgomery.
rys1xEs BcrSp,RY OF TrIAs-THx PRAIRIE DESERT
Tx Two RACES.

& vxsTEEs BcrSp,RY OF TxIAs-THr PRAIRIE DESERT
Ink Two RACES.
No one can DO more Gesirous Of seeing the
unity Of the Anglo. American family promoted
b7 the admission OF Texas into the Union than
myself, yet Go not see how the boundary can
), settled with ls,ice to all parties, while An
p.xltion is made the sport OF party politics in
;ead of question OF national advantage. Texas
can ro more claim sovereignty 10 the Rio C7arde
than she can over The city Of Mexico. Beyond
San Antonio dc Bexar she has never exercised
he shadow OF authority. From that poin. to
near the Rlo Grandc, xhichis settled by thorough
! Mexic4ns, stretches an inteiminable prairie de-
strt, the cne1plored domain of the Indian and
bafTalo. Neither Mexican nor Yankee have yet
lcen abe to mark with tie plow an acre of this
;as. uni.uitful wilderness. 1t is more unknown
I, ciyili- alton than the desert of Sahara, and
offers the lcas; possible inducement tothe en-
coachments of the wnite race Streams and
groves are few, far between and of little account
uhon found. ;hc soil is generally arid and Migrate
and the whole region SO cut off from navgab.e
streams and all the facilities Of commerce, that it
vii! loag remain what it now is mere hunting
ground and battlefield for the most forocious
Indian tribes now left on this continent. 1t pre-.
sents OF itself field of dcmarcation between the
Spanish and Anglo American races On the
one side lies Texas proper, settled claimed and
actually governed by The last ofshoot from
thc stock of the Old Thirteen. On the other is
-.,-.1 OF 6vo mr. civ hrndrod yn;Jes 5,,onoo a. ,
( Spanish Mexican settlements and the territory
.sued or unsettled, of Mexico. There in a
slough of religious intolerance, indifference to
Democratic principles, love of old observances
and dislike of social innovations live the descend
ants Of the old Aztecs A race slightly ,inc.uyed
with Spanish blocd,-in fact but civilized Indi.
uns-decply embucd with reverence for the
union of Church and State, suspicious OF novel.
ties and in all things tho very antpodes of the
restless, creed and clcck manufacturing, law.
making, law-changing, yet law.respecting Yam.
kees. There can be no amelgamation of these
races, until new generations with kindlier, and
more similar habits of thought arise until then one
or the other must learn submission, or they must
keep apart.
The Spanish Mexican settlements form mar
tcw belt along the Rio Grande They are kept to
the very margin of the river, partly from the ste
rilo uninvitipg character OF tho country beyond,
bu; s,il! more from fear of the Indians Of the
prairie dosert, whc wage perpetual war with the
Christians, and often make forays into the hear,
their village settlements. 1t will take stronger
arm than either Mexico or Texas can reach forth
to grasp and subdue these warrior tribes, who,
like the Arabs lft their hands "against every man,
rs every mans hand is against them.'
The Texans have settled, and as creators may
claim as their own all the civilization to be found
in tho country between the Colorado and Sabine,
or rather below line drawn from the head
waters of the Gaudelupe North eastward to the
Red River at about 800 North latitude. This,
however, is but fragment of the vast territory
claimed by them, but over which the red race as
vet held sh'o!uto dominion. Who is 10 decide on
the owno,shp on tho broad uninhabited belt six
hundred miles IN width which intervenes between
the Mexican and Anglo. American settlements 2
Texls, though willing, is yet too feeble to
overlesp this land Of thirst and starvation and
seize BY force the settlements on the Rio Grande
AZ little is Mexico abe-wthout European aid
10 traverse the prairie desert and reduce Texas
10 obedience. Still neither has the generous
wisdom 20 forego her cxtravagant and imp,ac.
tcsbe claims and divide the barrier expanse be-
tween them. The Rio Grande would be de-
srablc line for the United States if Texas were
annexed, but don't see how it could be obtain
Cd. As means Of shooting Anglo. American
influences still deeper into the old Mexican en-
pife and de;aching more states from the Catholic
domain tho river would be convenient, but if the
United States Or Texas wished to establish per
manent peace and guard against future en-
croachmcnt line passing due North from the
sources of the Nueccs to the United States boun
dary would give Texas all she could ask anc
more than she las ever really possessed, while i
tobs Mexico OF nothing. 1t will not take al
acre that has at any time yielded hor the slightes
f-otii or advantage. A broad belt of norman:
land would keep nssuEder tLe opposing races
without affecting the march Of trade more thar
The revenue officers Of both countries would finC
convenient. To check oncroachment, and re-
strain each within its own limits, the two prea,
aud distinct families of this continent, and te
orest4l all occasions OF dispute the sterile wastes
Of Western Texas will from the best line OF &c
inarcation, bu: if onward, ever onward is e
b the Ango.American watch.word never minc
Me1ico, neve, mind honor, equity and inter
national rights, but call Tamaulipas, Chihuahus
and cw-Mexico, or so mach of those province.
as are Eastward of the Rio Grande, Texas, arc
boldly carry your flag as far to the West as yo,
choose to plant it.
L S. CIRCUIT CouKr-The October Term o
this Court commenced its session in this CITY or
MoDaay-Ilon. Judge MCLEAN presiding. The
Grand Jury were empancled on Tuesday-Maior
ROBERT A. FORSYTH. Foyeman-end were ad
Creased by Judge Mclean in a blef, bu, cleal
aud mos. impressive charge. A considerable
amount of public business we learn has alread,