Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-01-06
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of tie i,ewspa pers,s says that our govern
ment viii probably copclsds . peace with
Mexico, upon her making the Rio GrAnde,
The boundary up to North La. 80, and
that parallel TO the Pacific. THIS would
surrender to us New Mexica, PIT ot.
Chshuahua, part Of Sonora. Of Famauhpss,
and 1t Upper California. As we can 40
better than this, ne ought TO resist sscL
terms Is utterly insdmissibie. This por-
ton ofs territory i almost without inhabi-
tants. The population Of the whole not ex-
ceediDg SOC, 600 Itil,clndes none Of the
fine harb mrs on the Pacific, excepting
those in Upper California, NONE Of the sill
yer mines, and none Of the gold excepting
those near Santa Fe, and those Of a small
par, Of Sonora. Then such treaty leaves
Mexico quite as powerful as il was before
the war, and animated BY revenge against
us for loss Of this wild territory, and
consequently as readily as ever 10 become
the theatre Of European intrigue against
us. The policy Of our government shonld
be the renovation Of Mexico, by the in.
fusion Of the Anglo-Saxcn and German
races among its population, and of .'ur In
s,itutions into its political constitution. -
THIS cannot be done, unless the two ma
tions are brought into close contact; and
this canno. be done, while they are .epa-
rated by such an extensive wilderness
as this boundary would leave between
them. While they are thus separated,
the Mex,cans will Continue ID hate and
avoid their Northern neighbors, ami there
fore will Lot profit BY their example. -
Bat # The boundary be established in the
very heart OF Mexico, then the popnlous
territory ceded TO us, and which will con-
tain tn richest Of the mining regions, will
improve under our government, and I'm.
der the American aud European imigra-
ton that would flow II; and lhe remain.
ing states Of Mexico, with Example Of
improvement, before them, would so,n ask
for admltlon 10 our coniederaqt. By taxi
ing one third Of the M.xicsnf papuia'ion,
we should Amriconfze them, yahd prepare
the rest Tor The sane pro,ess- "a.
much better boundary would be as
sllows: LIT il begin at the mouth Of the
river Panuco, including the pert If TIM
pico, and proceed up that Ii;er 10 North
Lat. 20, 80. rnen lie, il ;.ruceed due
westerly about IS miles, to tEt. ri.er SAM
tiago, striking it at the peiMt where its
course changes from Nos.herb to a
Westerly direction. Then let il follow
the Santiago through the Ckaesla Lake, to
the Pacific Ocean al San Bias; the line
running through the middle III those two
rivers aud the Lake. and leaving Tampico
and San Bias to the United States. Ihls
boundary would give us the States Of Gu
anaAua'o, part Of Xslisco, z .ea,ecas, San
Luis Potosi, New Lem, Talnauiil,as,. Dur
range, >inaloa, Sonora, Coahnsla, China.
hua, New Mexico, and both Caliiornias.
This would include the large ci les @! Gu
-aRaxuato, Qurretarn, Guada1axara, San
Luis, Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua,
Monterey and N ,tamoras, all the port.
on the Pa ific, from San Bias to the South
line of Oregon, and tie Tiehest mineral
regions, which is within the States Of Gu
anaxu,t San Luis P ,tosi,, ZlraiecAx
Durango AM! 1afi>co Tie popnla,ion OF
al! this portion is abou, 100000, Of
which the greater portion are South of
Lat. 20. The population o! The remain
ing Next an ration would be about s.
900 600; and this remainder, d two thirds
Of The whole. would be under our pr,iec
ton as allies. and tboro,,sbIy identified
with us in interest, While Nexics re-
mains entire, it will be hostile to US, torn
TO pieces by its own anarchiss. the dnpe
of European intrigue, and tributary 10
European commercial rapacity.-[ Phil.
Public Ledger.