Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-10-24
,MEXICO--CALIFORNIA.

| The CircinnE.i Gazette says, q Mexican
correspondent Of The London piHaes i1S
writeeA "a long Ierter upon the retations o
The United STATES with Mexico. THE Bri
tish GopernEfent end people are evidenEy
apprehensive Chat tbe result OF our contro
versy witll Mexico will be to place Califo'
MIA under oar control. They dread also
The advantage this viii give flIe U. States
in their commeFciai linleEGByse with the
East Indies. The declared TBlicyDf Eng
taud has been to dssuade Mexico from q
wEr with the United States, UWt IF thepos-
session Of California be our object, H is now
ntinasea that The imterference Uf some
European power may be necessary to saqy
our progress! And should any European
power interfere with our controversy with
Mexco,' cor any other power on this cont
nent, uie only dfect will be more firmly to
determine our purpose, and render more
certain itssttanment. Me quote from the
letter WhatiolIowS
Can the United States be allowed tOsend
in settlers 70 the NRoccupied landseefaheir
neighhors, end then take pessessienof the
department by the votes OF those ssethors2
And whist 7oiianoe has Upper California,
which, in my ,Opinien, is a vital point for
.,lp In
4 800 American settlers on the banks,of
the rtVer.SacTmenta, 6ischarging itsef'in-
10 the 'beyof San Francisco, the iinest polt
in the world, whoniey next year vote III
iaVOr,Of annexation,
The plans t0r the Unhpd States are mos
'insidious; by demanding the Rie bravo as
the aeEan dfontier, insleade0i tire did limit
'oG the .Nueres, theg unt immense slices
ironi four departments 'ot Mexico, ghcy
get the'o,n,osite balik .of the rWegto Meta
fmores, the MeTiUanpnft'of the north, asst
'is'calIed they ldke in one ethalf 'ot TamaG-
lipss, dlre departments on the Gui6 good
Share tof GOahulla, "a good portion of Chr
'huuhun, and nearly 'ate @hole of New
.McTis9, with ahe ecapitdl, Santa Fe. The
4erfitbCv inns laid hold ,of lis lorger than
T%as, and the uoshern pert '5t IL, Santa
iFe, rs mrost .iWp0ftBln, assalresHy through
iii all he ronrateutl OF the ,Unite6 States
lis lnttoiuced so nIuth 40 that the sHppB
'of the Whole north ei Mexico is in the hands
'of American 'sniHggtars. Froa. all ahese
IIDoints ad%carsions are rot difficult into
MexicUn departments, and
Nlhese States lHnguishing Wnder a centrai
I'govermrent, without g'hysicul or Msordl
IHorco, will one ty one submitto American
NtnHpeTe, until 'the pniIiing DISTRICTS HFe
,taid hod'ot, and the >serrceobeot of Yam
I'kee policy be fnaINy6btdined, This result
is evident7-4-Hs Russian 'enCroschments on
the Vutkish enlPre~Ato to those who ore on
the SPOT and have,Rn Interest in studying
tire question; hut Near it will not be deem
ed egualEy clear by those in Europe who
have so many other poiHtspressing on theil
attention. Let are, aheSetore, ,'call your no.
tice 10 the coast oi the Pucifc, and to those
MARITIME stations wheltce, ii Mexico cal
rival England inWanuiactures sNitedto tn
Chinese market, she can send supplies -four
wedksseouR than we can by the uosa eX
Tedti5as conveyance, alfWde More par
| INicuhrly toUpper California and 10 the Ba!
| of San Francisco--as tire soil Of tfie l0rme
is Eertle beyond expression, the climate ex
cellent, and the harborot the latter is capa
bic OF containing dll Thc tleelso OF all the ma
tons in the Wofla. This province is mucl
discontenlea with the central Government
Il hgs been more than once in open revolt
and 70 powerless is the Government, tina
an expedition of 1000 men destined 70 Sc
cure it from United States aggression, thu
prepared several months buck, is unable t.
move for wantOf money to buy the soldier
rations.
The Americans arr assiduously gettin,
possession OF thar territory; they alread
command the banks Of the leading river
the Sacramento; they are buying titles iron
the hungry governors, and as | said before
they have 1900 settlers in district when
only 40 British subjects are TO be found
Mexico owes 600 900 dollars Of unsettle'
claims, besides 100000 OF adn,itte
claims, 10 the United States. and it is jus