Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-10
MEXICAN Territory. =

We glad such articles as the following in the
columns 81 leading L"cofoco paper. and especially Of
Southern journal. When ersyely commended hat We
cannot hononby make peace with Mexico without rsqui..
ing her to csdc large portion OF her territory ought 10
be al least satisfied that the coveted acquisition is Of sui
value justly encouoterng the peril- to our
national tranquility and To the pepeui,y our Union To
which Is apparent, it attempted must expose
But, Tor the possession Of such country as is de-
scrbed below by evidently intelligent, correspondent Of
the MsssspPiGn who would think hazardug the peace
and the perpetuy of the Union Indemnity. How can
country barren ahd zieriea country ft only for ,Ii-
live inindemnify Us any proper sense Of the
word Tor the OF which complain and for the
expenses OF the which sometimes told has been
undertaken 10 avengc and redress heml
1t is our solemn conviction, that independently OF the
agitating controversy upon the slavery question, 10
which s attempted annexation the Union must OF ne
eessiy give rise, s acquisition would be an evil Of no lit
tie magnitude especially If We take with it the wretch
ed population which nature have adapted 10 the
soil they occupy for il they be expelled what need
have tor the uniohlbed desert which it must in TIN,
event become 1t WISER ii the region described be-
low already ours TO pay the MeIcsns millions OF dol
ars take It back, rather than force or purchase from
them title 10 tue Than worthless SOIL the imaginary
wealth and fertility OF which, II to be feared have Tenn
ted our Rulers to hazard a tor lie conquest.
Bulo in what terms the correspondent Of the Ms
sssppan speaks OF that portion Of the WeTie1n payad.
which, lying alongside Of Texas, necessarily form
portion Of our new territory, II acquire any in the val.
ley Of the Rio Grande. lie writes:
THE country between Camargo and Monterey 10 mis-
cradle desert waste producing nothing but Ftgned horny
shrubs and vast beds Of IN all varieties The soil
absolutely worthless. No water j. 10 be found except In
the single sueam--tho san Juan-whlch winds lis way
from the mountains unaided by brook or rvuet IN IL
whole course from this point It's confluence with the
Rio Gfande del N0rie. pronounce the whole u the two
states have nbmed, utterly WOThisss for notw
there points from to 20 miles apart at which YOU
will hud Mexican village rancho yet such is the ci-
mate Of The county, and nc0mparaby vast IL the desert
compared 10 the few fertile spOts that no value ID 10 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 Of the California
ore not worth guyefuug-nor will they ever be a. the An
go-SaI0n race. The politicians al home who have been
dpuunR about the annexation Of slave States about 10 be
carved out OF this portion oil the conquered Mexican terri
tory, may as well save their brealh expend t on some
other subject The time will be when an African
slave population subsst any part of this country
The miserable Mexican scrs. who live without meat and
almost without bread-ieeding upon the dust like the rep
tiles to which they akin Than the human soc
cits-can alone iuhabt such q county"
rive copied from the New York Herald Yesterday =,
otter from Chapel fill, giving on account Of Oh, Prs.
dents arrival nl that place. and the proceedings tbore
up TO the ume % written The Washington cor.
fopoudonto Of The Baltimore Clipper who followed in the
Pc.den'- Ca staic that the evening Of the Sd inst
Judge Mason delivered charming addfc.. u ap sv. D.,
flowing audience. He subject we the cumpfc hcnsiye
held of The adaptation ~ the l1suurJus of tlo United
States 60 FOIL development Of tue Intellect and hapgius.
of man" On rc ith, series nj compositions were deli
yeed by the graduating c.a degrees conferred &c
IT. Mauy was h0nofrd with the dcgrco of a NJ and 90
o'clock r. ~ the President end sue took their dcpsr.
tufc, home ward bound