The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-12-13

sihiliiies 10 ours. lses and % our posler1s
are eonespondingly increased This wlll
ine lie more Obvious Nhen We consider
lhe Fasi additions whirh haze been recent
u made 10 our territorial possessions, and
Iheir great importance and value.
Wilhin less shan four years Inc annexa-
lion Of Texas IN The Uninn has heen con-
snmmaleh al conflicting lille 10 The Ore
CON Territory s0alh &C Ilhe forty ninth de-
gree ~ norih latitude. being all thai was In
sisird on by any Of my predecessors. has
been adjusted; and New Mexico and Up
pr California have been Acquired by irea-
Nv. The area Of The several Territories.
according 10 a repari carefully prepaTedbv
slle Commissioner Of iIle General Land
tldice from the mast authentic information
~ his possession. ard which il herewith
Transmitted, contains one miIlinn one hug
bred and ninriy three thousand and sixty
One square miles. or seven hundred and
sixty ihire million Eve hundred and fly
pine thousand and forty arres; while the
area Of The remaining twenty nine States.
and the lerrilory moi yet organized into
States east oI the Rocky mountains. con-
iains two million 6fiy nine thousand 1--WE
hundred aud thirteen square milrs. or ihir-
leen hundred and eighteen million one hun
dred and twenty sax lhousand and 6iiy
eight acres. These estimates show that The
territories rerenlly acquired. andOyerwhich
or exclusive jurisdiction and dominion
have been extended. constitute country
] more than half as large as all that which
!: was held by the United States beine their
acquisition. u Oregon be excluded from
the estimate, there will still remain with
in The limits of Texas, New Mexiro. and
California. eight hundred and fifty one
thousand five hundred and ninety eight
square miles. or Ave hundred and forty
Eve million twelve thousand seven hundred
and twenty acres heing an addition equal
10 more than one third Of all the territory
: owned by the United States before the
| acqnisition aud including Oregon, nearly
az great an extent oflerriIory as the whole
i of Europe. Russia only excepted. The
: Mississippi. SO lately the frontier Of our
coenlTy, is now only lis centre. VIM
/. The addition ri the late acquisitions, the
:, United States are now estimated 10 be
: nearly as large a. The whole Of Europe,
Tits estimated by the superintendent o
The cnast survey, in the accompanying re-
] pofi. that the extent of The searass, o
I 81 f0sr hnndred miles: nj the coast nj II p
: per California, on the Pacific, Of nine
{ hundred and seventy miles and of Ore
gon, including the Straits Of Fuca. OF SIX
J hundred and fifty miles; making the
4 whole extent Of the seacoas, on the Paci
( fc one thousand six hundred and twen',
miles, and the whole extent on boil
!. tie Pacific and The Gulf of Mexico sw,
d thousand and twenty miles. The length
9 of the cost on the Atlantic from the north
: en limits Of the United States. around ,h
e ,Capes of Florida 10 the Sabine, on III
n eastern boundary Of Texas, is estimates
e 10 be three thousand one hundred miles
n so tina, the addition Of seacoast, includin
l. Oregon, is very nearly Two thirds as gre'
r. as all we possessed before; and exciadli
,e Oregon, isan addition ofone thousand TIRE
ne hundred and seventy miles being nearl
10 EQUAL 10 one half Of The exten, OF The coa'
n, which we possessed before these acquis
he lions. We have now three great marl.in
in Cronts-on the Atlantic, the Gulf OF Mex
n co, and The Pacific making in the who
of am ekten, Of seacoasl exceeding five tho
"a sand miles. This is the extent ct Il
he seacoast of the United States, not inclu
se ing BAYS, sounds. and small irregulariil
,illI of The main shore, and of the sea island
II. IL these be included, the length oi Z
IN shore line of coast. as estimated by
.e,l superintendent of the coast Of survey,
for his report, would be thirty three lhousa
rec and sixty three miles. ss @ea. 9@ AZ
his II would be difficult TO calculate I
nn- value of these immense additions to
Il territorial possessions. Texas, lying ca
the lieuous 10 the western boundary oil lao
md siana, embracing within its limits p
an of the navigahle tributary waters OF
Zee. Mississippi, and an extensive sea'coa
pre- coald not long hare remained IN The ma,
ling of a fureign power without endanger.
Fri. the peace of our southwestern ir"n.l
rhe Her products in the vicinity Of The 'rI
The taries Of the Mississippi must have sou
my. market through these streams, rum
p1r. inlo and through our territory and
rms danger of Irritation and COLLISION oil u
we're rests between Texas as foreign -
Is ocI and ourselves would have been 'mm'n'
r Of while The embarrassments in the CONN
time cial intercourse between them must u
eff. been constant and unavoidable. Hau !
cans as fallen into the hands or under the IN
hear ente and control of a strong nrarlll'ne
military foreign power. as she might u
y de. done, these dangers would have been
war greater. They have been avoided oy
n the voluntary and peaceful annexation 10
rhev IJai,ed States. Texas. from her posi-
from was natural and almost mdlspens
, MIR. part of our territories. Fortunately,
,olicy has heeh restored W gu, '"" ~. =,
,al;no Constitutes one Of the States oil our c.