Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-12-03

!, Soufces---lO encourage lis settlement or
: TO give an impetus to commercial or aeri.
. cultural enterprise within its borders. N
9 inhabitants, have always been left 10 lbem.
2 selves, and in 1886 The inhabitants of
: Monterey and It's vicinity alone, drove ou,
7 all the Mexican troops, declared the indie.
pendence of the country and snccesslnllv
: maintained it against the attempts Of Nav
ico They have since, however, indicated
! their adhesion to the Mexican Government,
but so evident is the inability of Mexico
to compel its adherence that Mr.. Forbes h
1898, in the work to which reference has
already been made, declares .hal albe
" situation and natural resources Of Cali.
"iornia are SO favorable, that small nam.
" Der of inhabitants could resist any At.
"iacks made upon il by such nation as
Mexico, or il might even soon operape
The coastof Merico ITSELF and force he
" Government Of that country to gipe il
such terms as ii should demand" And
IN remarking further upon the natural re.
sources of California, he says, that with
population capable of taking advantage Of
them, Mexico, instead of being able to
reduce California, woald be obliged 10 sac.
cumb to It,"
Under these circumstances ii seems i'm.
possible that California should long remain
a portion of the Mexican territory; and
the only actual question TO be decided, is,
Shall ii belong to ENGLAND or the United
States2 1t is sufficiently clear that Eng.
land meditates its acquisition: and the
method of accomplishing this result which
has been put most prominently forward, is
by taking it as an offset for the Mexican
debt. 1t should not be supposed, however,
that this is the only means upon which in
case of necessity she may rely. Her
journalists and public writer's have omitted
no term Of ignominy. in their defamation
of the United States for having first colo.
nized, and then annexed Texas. The two
acts have been declared to be parts Of the
same scheme:-and this has been again
denounced by British writer's, as !" robbie
ry," "piracy" and wholesale plumber"
Yet the same British author from whom our
previous quotations have been made, makes
the following significant inlimaton as to a
very feasible method of obtaining posses
sion of CALIFORNIA;:
If, indeed, says he, a future Cochrane
=" should visit tho shores of California, and
=" make common cause with its inhabitants,
/" as our hero did with the Chinos, the
F." period might not be remote when it
" should make the Mexican shores trcmble
/" as Chill did those Of Peru. And. truly,
" there seems no alternative except to ad.
" mil foreign emigrants or 10 allow the
',country to remain stationary; for the
character of the present population
g leaves no probability of its rapid increase
g either in number or enterprise; and moth.
g ing can be expected Of emigration from
:" the other Mexican states, which are
g themselves but too thinly peoped, and
T" whose inhabitants are but Ill lifted tor
:" such country as California.
This was written in 1885, and deliber.
ately p roposes as will be seen, precisely
the scheme Of colonization, revolt and
conquest, which len years later
was ascribed to the United States, and
then denounced as piracy and wholesale
robbery
England seeking as she does and will
continue to do, by all the means within her
power, TO acquire possessions Of Caliior-
MIA, is governed by the belief, which as
we shall show hereafter is doubtless cor
rect, that in no other way can she prevent
he United States from becoming mistress
If the vast and immensely progressive
Jommrce of China, India, and indeed the.
whole Of eastern Asia. 1t seems mpos.
ibIe that there should be in this country
party, or even faction, composed Of
American citizens, who will aid her in
his endeavor. Directed as it ayowedly
5 against this growth in wealth, power
ommerce and permanent prosperity ofthe
United States, it would seem certain to
meet the frmest opposition of every lover
{ his country.
The boundary line between the United
tate and Mexico, is 10 be arranged when
yer the latter power shall abandon her
resent position Of imbeciIe and ridiculous
ostilny. By solemn treaty stipulation
ho owes to our citizens an immense sum
f money, which in all probability she
nnnot pay. We trust that in the end, the
djustment Of one Of these questions may
c found 10 have embraced that of The
iher:--and that, by fair, just and mulu-
ly agreeable arrangement, both Calllor'
ia and the debt of Mexico to our citizens
Jay be transferred at once to the Govern.
lent OF the United States.
N. Y.sCoar. and Eng.
In less than sixty days, exchanges will
. against every country in Europe, and
! favor OF America. In that lime our
read slulfs will hold the clasp 70 every
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