Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-06-17
what profit hath he that hath
Iabored for the WindW


"The country between Camargo and Monter-
ey isa miserable desert waste producing moth,
ing but stunteG thorny shrubs and vast beds of
cactus, in all varieties. The soil is absolutely
worthless No water is to be found, except in
the single stream--the San Juan which winds
its way from the mountains, unaided by brook or
rivuet in its whole course from this point TO its
confluence with the Rio Grande del Norte. |
pronounce the whole of the two States | have
named, as utterly ,corihtess, for Notwithstanding
there are points from to 20 miles apart, at which
you will find Mexican village or rancho, yet
such is the climate OF the country, and so ncom-
parably vast is the desert compared to the few
fertile spots, that no value is to be attached TO
the latter. believe utter the opinion of every
well informed man in the army when say, that
the whole of the Northern Mexican provinces,
west of the CALIFORNIA;, are not worth governing
nor will they ever be to the Anglo-Saxon race.
The politicians at home, who have been dispu-
ting about the annexation of slave States, about
to be carved out of this portion of the conquered
Mexican territory may as well save their breath,
or expend it on some other subject. The time
never will be when an African slave population
can subsist in any part oil this country. The
miserable Mexican seris, who live without meat
and almost without bread-feedlng upon the dust,
like the reptiles to which they seem nearer akin
than the human species-can alone inhabit such
a country"
The above is extracted from the Jackson Mis-
ssslppian, an ultra organ of the Southern De-
mocracy, and expresses the opinion OF the senior
, editor, formed upon observation, Of the value of
those ands--or portion OF those londs-the
very Dorado of Southern imugnatons, which
the American arms have torn from Mexico
Here them is the fruit the practical result Of the
New Crusade,-he war of Southern Locofoco-
ism for the acquisition of slave territory from our
free out unhappy neighbour The war has been
h declared, and fiercely waged; bloody battles
have been fought and great victories won; and
the territory has been seized and prepared TO the
. hands of the planter by rich irrigation of blood.
It The land is ours; the planter has been to Inspect
e it, and-oh, vanity of human hopes! he pro-
claims, with disgust, that it is "a miserable des-
!, ert waste producing nothing but stunted thorny
II shrubs and vast beds Of cactus" and declares,
with indignation,- may, with kind of rage, that
reminds us Of the Spanish robber, who is always
civil to unfortunate gentlemen that have full
. pockets, but maltreats the beggarly victims who
who have nothing worth taking-that the miser-
d able Mexican seTls, who live without meat and
s. almost without bread-feeding upon the dust
=: like the reptiles TO which they seem nearer akin
than the human species-can alone inhabit such
country"
u This, then, is the result. Our acquisitive
Of friends have been willing to plunge the country
N into war of rapne 10 obtain land, without am
previous inquiry whether the land would sui
y their purpose they have plunged it, too into
war with poor "Mexican serts,"-So poor tina
Or they live without meat, and almost withou
bread, "-to rob them of their miserable field
@ absolutely worthless" that produce nothing bu
thorns and cactus
rs Does the history of the world furnish an ex
ce ample of SO foolish and fruitless Twent,
millions of freemen, the richest, the strongest
the happiest in the world, precipitated with storm
and fire, upon seven millions of "serls," tn
d. poorest, and ieebest, and most miserable, to 70
he them of their single possession; which, whe
or we have got it, we find it is not worth keeping
:; And this, be it known, is about the true value
all the broad territories we have taken fror
u Mexico, New Mexico, where we have judicia
nd ly hanged eleven Mexican traitors-who, PEI
hops, the stupid " serls," thought they were onl
patriots-an out.o.-the-world mounan-desert
rock, ice, sand and mud California, mario
strip OF parched sea coast, with one good port @
K the Pacific he debateable ground of the Nut
eco, covered with suit pools and thickets of mu
ny keet; and The cls-Andean sands and chappara
os of Tamaulipas and New Leon, and Vera Cru
lie where the very ranchero seems compelled to ell
out life of want with the spoils of robbery.
Nothing is more certain than Mexico has
is valuable possession which Americans want,
To- ought to covet. Providence has bountifully u
NJ signed to US, we might say, all the land on II
m North American continent which is really wo
led thy of possession; and in this and all other ma
,t- urnl elements of wealth, we are more richly e
tx dowed than any other people on the EARTH
it'll the Brton and the Muscovile it has given il
Try nense wastes of polar snow, where few shi
&c erlng hunters roam in quest of furs to the Me
,as leans, the remaining refuse of the continent.
tn wild ridges OF sterile mountains, where mines
ull gold and silver tempt and ruin, without rewar
his ing industry-and seaside deserts, where far
IN inc and pestllence brood together side by sid
ch There are but few places in all Mexico whe
African slave labor could be rendered proGtabl
lu- otherwise the Spaniards would have cover
lry them with slaves long ago, as they did in Gu
The and Puerto Rico. In 1903 Humbolt estimate
per the negroes in Mexico to be only 6l00, out OF
his population of nearly SIX millions.
Reflection upon this fact, and further obs6
eft vation Of the country, will perfectly abale I
IAN passion to carve slave States out of Mexic
M territory, and thereby, while bringing us near
}, Il the hopes of peace, remove the danger of ci
xxi dissenson among ourselves in which, should
uld ever fatally occur Mexico would find her rch'
all revenge for the woes of Buena Vista and Cei
uld Gordo.--.No,th .americon.
FoREiGN DEMAND FOR BREADsTuFFs. T
Law. June number Of Hunts Merchants Magazi
nee contains valuable article on the cost of prodl