The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-04-15
VOL. HI. NO. s4l.

The, are absorbed in the sandy and desert
plains Of the coantry There IS no culture
anywhere, save that which can can be obtained
oy artificial watering or irrigation. Yon can
have this along the mar ow valley of the Rio
Cgande. II the gorges OF the FOUNTAINS, where
the streams are, but You cannot nave it down
along the course OF those streams that lose
themselves in the sands.
Now, sir. there is no public domain in New
Mexico. There IS not 4 foot OF land to be
sold By the Government. There is not IN
acre that Will become ours when the country
becomes oUrs--not an acre. But, more than
this,'the country is full Of eople, such IS
they are There is not the least thing in it to
invite the settlement of our planters or farm
ers. There viii go, dare say, spectators.
traders, some OF them adventures, tired OF
the good country III the Valley OF the Mis-
s.ssppi, who d, re to wander; but under
take 10 say there will not be two hundred
farmers or planters from the United States ir
New Mexico II the next fifty years. They
cannot live there Do you suppose they are
going to cultivate ands which cannot be
made productive in the slightest degree with
out irrigation The people that are there
produce little and i've upon little. | believe
tie characteristic OF orr farmers t,roue hout
TINS country IS to produce a good deal and
consume good del. Again, New Sic NIco i
rot like Texas | had hoped, and stll nope,
that Texas IS TO be filed up by a popnl. Ii n
like curselves-not by the Spanish raee--not
By pcons-not by coarse, ignorant, vulgar
landlords, with tribes of slaves around them,
predical and otherwise!
Mr.. Rusk.--W VIII the honorable Senator a.
low me one word. did not like to interrupt
the Senator when he was reading an account
OF the t0untry lying in the Valley Of the
Nuects. When that country come to be
known, Il will be found to be as valuable as
any portion q Texas. From its source to its
mouth, the valley Of the Rio Grande will be 8
found tie same thing. did not choose to
Interrupt the honorable Senator, but We dc y
not claim L as indemnify believing 1T to be !.
ouE jiust and equitable right. So far as Mex ).
lean Population IS concerned there is good
deal OF j; noW IL Texas, highly respectable,
and am0G., them those who have distinguished
themselves Is patriots men of intelligence and
Of worth. These are coming over and settling
il feIas, encouraged by the prospect Of peace.
Ag. Webster y take what say in regard
e -ac Valley q. the Rio Grande, from the;
statement of Major Cal es. I am glad to
heat tiIas there IS part Of it fit for the foot
OF civilized man. am glad 10 hear, also,
that there are some Of the inhabitants of New
Mexico, who are not SO besotted with their
miserable condition as not to make some eff
fort TO get out OF the country, and to colLle
i.to & better
Sir, would, # I had time, call the atten-
ton 0. the Sena to very instructive speech
shat was r.ads in the other House by Mr.
Smith, Of ltnnecticut. lie seems to have ex-
alained all our authorities eonrcsed with alI
our Travellers, cores pended with all our agents
Ills speech contains al their COMMUNICATIONS,
and recommend It to every ran in the Uni,-
cd States VINO wishes to knoN What We are
9 CT TO acquire BY the acquisition of New
h.eNiCo. New MeSltu is secluded, isoloted-
a place os itsele--in the middle OF h noun
tmns-Eyo hundred miles, | believe, ron
Texas.
14r. Ru-k.-Tive hundred miles from the
settled portions Of Texas.
Mr, Webster -FMrAor from anywhere
eseIJ II does not belong anywhere. 1t has
10 Belonging about it. Sir, at this moment, t
commun:cauon with the civilized world than
the Sandwich Islands, q most f tn I S
IN the Pacific ocea. It presses nard on :
pee, and the peql l. are infinitely less eleva ed
IN niud ard condition, than the people Of the
Sandwich IslaHds--taI le worthy OF our a
saeia.icns--tar less lit TO send their 5 nat rs
here, than are the inhabitants 81 the Sandwich
IIslauds-fag less worthy aGa they than the be,"
ter classes Of Indians IN oGr neighborhoad.--
Commend lie to the Chcrollees, the Cloc-
taws-if you please, to speak Of the Pawnees,
tie Dlacktoct and the Snake lndaps, and The
I'athcads ANYTHING except the - Indians,
ana Z a,l satisfied with them instead O. the
pee; r. Of New Mexico They have no notion
Of cur Institutions, or Of any free installations.
Slave they any notion Of popular govegnmenea
Why NOT the sligAtcs--hot the SIT 5htest on
earth. And The question is asked, What viii
be their constitution 1t is iaycical to talk of