New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-06

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in rr0pslst 18th cur irorpsn irc i'A .-'t % '--
Da Torn ss tie lslFlrr cf |trs ir--, ara ile sclA
sli o-cursrll ~ other important F1-c-s ~ ia- -
ard lsr.-r lasts tfs g1est praise % QUE .,-'
vigilance ere~gY srt skill rendered me most eie-t
service excl lci-- mur,tl-rs 90 NA sni ore ~
plies from -1e enemy Elae tlfy se--I'- "a r
f--nre for abundant surp i-s flr oar oNt army t-i
extended commerce was nowhere interrupted ana ioi
t1l- immunity from the evils % Far pee country 10 20
MIA rr.'.e s aue % ths o-crs q the several *
-r..-.va bureaus navy yart. ard stations canl-ritl
WITH me service. s under the immea-sie li'ee-'n y
t1e secretary I'd TIE Navy for i1e -nils,ly ie
end energy W,1 EI.ch everything 49, or 'li-i iNi
furnished O. eve FL cheney o. tia trrncn oi fle ser
vice The same vigilance existed n directing the oP-
era-ons of tre navy az the srmy. lIere as con
cert ci action and g purpose 1-een ne I-sds o me
teo arms oi the service by me ORDERS Nn-'n y -I'
from TINE % time issued olr vessels 90 RI 90 zoe D.
cfc and f1e Coli 10 Mexico were Stationed IN pr
time and 10 proper positions % CO. ftiae ~. i'H'y
with IRE army. Ry iris ans their combined power
/ VS. brought t0 bear successfully 90 the enemy
TIE great results which have been Developed snd
brought o. H-nt 1y tnis var VIII d. Oh lnnr e.
importance .n the future progress 90 our country.
Iaev ,s reuf powerfully o. preserve 80 from iorr -n
collisions and o. enable ls % pursue ln-litIf4fi 'y
oar cherished policy 90 peacc Wtn 81 nations cI'al'
. g..rg alliances sth zone.
Occupying ~ DO more commanding position
among nations than 40 any former period our duties
and our lespols 5res o. ourselves ani % posiffliy
are co-resp1ndiugly increased Tbs VIII be TIE more
obvious wien ne couri1er the vast editions "nich
have been recently made % our territorial possessions
. ano tleir great i'm -ortsnco and value.
Within i-ss than four years The annexation 90 lcNas
/ o. ihc Uliou rae been c0usuuHai'd Oh cona.ctns
fte o. hc Drgou Territory south 40 the forty uinth
degree n north latitude being at that ~ss insisted On
5y any oi iay pre1eces-crs. has been adjusted AMI
New Mexico and Upper California have been acquired
hF treaty The area of these several territories &C.
roreug b airport carefully prepared 1y he tommis-
suner 0i the General Lard Once from tfe most althen
o. Information n bic possession and which u here" 10
transmitted contains one million one hundred sni
ninety .hrec thousand ard siNtyoue square miles or
eren hundred and sIgty frrre million tFf hundred and
ffty pine thousand and forty while tte area af
the remaining twenty nine states aud the territory not
yet organize into states east of the Rocky Mountains
contains tRo million fty nine thousand ave hundred
end thirteen square miles. ~ th.rteeH hundred ari
eighteen million one hundred and twenty tx thousand
and lry- Of eht acrcs.
These cstma,es show that the territories recently
acquired and over which our exclusive lrsdciion and
dominion have been extended. constitute country
more tnsn half a. large s that which was held by
TIE nitef states before their acquisition u Oregon
be- excluded from the estimate there VIII still remain
within the limits of lexss. NeH Mexico. aud California
eight hundred ard ffty Thousand i've hundred and
iuetv-ei-ht square miles. or rive hundred and forty
h,c million twelve thousand seven hundred and twenty
acres being addition equal % more than one third
n' al the territory owned hy the United states before
their acquisition and. including Oregon nearly -
Russia only excepted. The Mississippi, SD i-tely toe
frontier of our country Is only its center With the
addition ol the sfe acquisitions the United states
now estimated g. br nearly IA large AZ the whole of
Europe 10 sstimsted by the superintendent 40 the
ct4.t survey The accompanying report. that the
tent of the aeacosst of ct-s the Gulf oi Mexico l.
upwards OF four hundred miles Of the coast Of PIPER
California on the Pacific ol nine hundred and seventy
miles AMI oi Oregon including the straits ot fuca of
s-arUast of tie Pacific thousand six hundred and
twenty miles and the whole extent both on the Pecinc
and the Guli Of Mexico Two thousand and twenty miles
The length OF the Coa- on Oh, Atlantic from the nor
theru limits as the ulied states around tue Cages Of
Florida o. the Sabine. the eastern boundary OF
Tcxas u estimated O. be- three thousand one hundred
u les go tnst the addition Of -eacost. including Ore
gon j. very nearly twothirds rs great a. all W. pos
.essed before and excluding Oregon. - an addition
~ one Thousand three hundred snd seventy miles
being nearly equal o oneha Of the extent Of coast
which possessed before these acquisitions We nave
now three great maritime fronts the Atlantic the
Gull of Mexico aud the facilr-inaking m The whole
sn extent of seacoa-t exceeding I'VE thousand miles
This eXtenf OF Tie Oi the ated states.
not including bays sounds ana email irregularities OF
the shore and OF the sands 70 these te ir
ciudcd the length of the shore re Of coast estmat
cd by the Superintendent OF the Coast survey in his
report would be- thftynree thousand and sixty three
three miles.
il would be difficult 20 calculate the value Of these
immense additions % our territorial possessluus Tex
lying contiguous % the western boundary of Lou
isana embracing within ts limits part Of the nsviga
BILE tributary waters OF the Mississippi and an eXtcn
sive sescosst could not long have remained ia the
bands of "a foreign power without eudtnsering the
p,aor 81 south western frontier Her products in
the vicinity of the tributaries eft tho Mississippi mlst
have sought market inr0ugh these streams, running
into and through our territory aud the danger Of rr-
t-ton and collision OF Interests between Texas a. for
eizn state and ourselves would have been imminent
while the cmbarrassmfuts in the commercial inter.
course between them uust have been constant and un
ayudahle Had Texas fallen into the hands or under
the influence and control OF strong maritime mill
tary tore power she m ght have done these dan.
scrs would have been stall greater They have been
avoided hy her voluntary AMI peaceful Ration %
natural and almost ndispensabe part OF our territories
Fortunately. she has been restored 20 our country
and constitutes one oithe states OF our coniedcra
cy upon equal footing with the original states
The ssubnty OF climate the fertility OF soil peculiarly
adapted to the production Of some of our vaua-
hl. staple commodities. and her commercial adyant-
gcs must soon make Der one Of our most populous
States.
New Mexico though situated ia the interior and with
out 4 sracOast is known 10 contain much fertile land.
abound IN rich mines Of the precious metals and o.
be- capable OF sustaining large population From its
position i IS theinternedate aud connecting Territory
between our settlements and our possessions IN Texas
aud taose cn The Pacino cuast
Tupar California irrespective of the vast mineral
wealth recently developed there holds ~ ths day ga
point oi value and importance 10 the rest OF the Union
the same relation that Louisiana did when that me
Territory acquired from France iortydye years
ago. Extending nearly ten degrees OF latitude along
The Pacific and embracing the only safe and commod-
Gus hsfbors that coast Tor many hundred miles, with
temperate climate and extensive interior OF fertile
lands 10 is scarcely possible % estimate IT. wealth until
L shall be- brought under the Government % our laws
and iis resources fully developed From rs position
10 must command the rich commerce Of China Of Asia
Of the Stands of the Pacific of Western Mexico u Cen
tral America, the South American S-i'e-. aud OF the
Russian possessions bordering on that occsn.
greet emporium gll doubtless speedily arise or
the Californian coast. which may be destined io rival
in importance New Orleans itself The depfi of the
vast commerce which must exist the Pacific will
probably be 80 point the bay of Francisco
and Will occupy the iatcn - the whole western
coast Of that ocean New Orleans does o. the valley
OF the Ms.issppi d the Gulf Of Mexico To this
depot our numerous whale ships vii resort with their
fgocs o. trade rent aud obtain supplies This Of
Itself will largely contribute % build uy city which
would soon become the center of great and rep iy
increasing commerce. S.tustcd sale narbor. sui
ccntly cspaclous for al the nases well the ma
rne ~ toe word and convenient o. excellent timber
Tor chip building owned By the United states must
become Guy great western naval depot
Il vas known that mines OF the precious metals cx
isrd considerable extent Ia California a. the time
OF 10 acquisition Recent discoveries render t proba
nle that these mn3s extensive and yal Die
than sntic Dated The accounts a the abundance
of gold 10 that territory Of such sn extraordinary
character would scarcely commsnd belief ~rfe hey
not corf1borsied By The authentic reports % officers n
the plaIc service. Hh0 have visited the mineral de
tci ard derived The facts which they detail from per.
.urfI uhsrrvatIUu Reluctant credit the ~fulrf-