Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-04-06

ors is nre,tv much tho same. We learned that
Tho roptes nursued nv General TAYLOR, south of |
Ours was throuoh countrv similar to that thro' |
which we nassed !. No nlso WINS that travelled by |
Gen. Wool from San Antonio to Presdc, on the
Rio Grande. FROM what we both saw and heard,
the whole command came to the conclusion
which I have already expressed that it was
worth nothing. have no hesitation in saying, |
that | would not hazard the life of one valuable
and useful man for every foot OF land between
San Patricio and the valley OF the Rio Grande.
The country is not now and can never be OF the
slightest value"
lie has been there lately. He Is a competent
observer He is contradicted by nobody. And
so far as that country is concerned, take 1t Tor
granted that it is not worth dollar.
Now of New Mexico what OF that? Forty
nine filteths, at least, Of the whole Of new Mex
leo, are a barren waste-a desert plain or noun
toin-wlth no wood, no timber;-lttle faggots
for lighting fire are carried thirty or forty miles
on mules-there is no natural fall OF rams there
Is IN temperate climates. 1t is Asiatlc IN scene
ry altogether enormously high mountains, run
ming up some of them O0O0 teet-with narrow
valleys at their bases through which streams
sometimes trlcklo along strpIa garter
winds along through through when runs tne
Rio Grande, from far away up the ROCKY Noun
talns to latitude 90, distance OF ,nree or four
hundred miles. There these oo,ooO persons are.
In the mountains on the rlght ana lei', are streams
which, obeying the natural tehoency as ateras,
ehould now INTO the MO uta"oe' ana winch, IN
certain seasons whvn rams aye ABUNDANT uo'
some OF theln, ac'uaiiy reach inc MO Vrehoe-
WINE the greater part Always, ana all lor lhe
greater part OF inc year, never feach an ou''ei
10 inc sea, Out are absorbed III inc sahos anu
ueseft p'aiHs oi Ine county ineIe Is ITO oul''-
Euuon tnete' mere Is cUaFa'oh "heie tneIe
else men can i've ony III lhe mario" valley
ana ID me gofges OF inc tnounlaihS which rise
around t-ano hot aIong 'ne COURSE oi tne s'rea"s
"nlch lose themselves IN tue SANDS :,
NOW mere Is no PUBIC DOMAIN IN ne" mexico
NOT 1901 OF 'ahu' 'he SOL OF "lllch we silu'i
OBTAIN title' NOT an acre becomes OURS when
the county becomes ours. more 'nau that )
tne country Is iull OF people, such US .hey are
1hefe is not me ieast 'h'ng IN 10 nVi'e se.'ie-
I'en' from 'he lertle 'aney " 'Ae MiSsissPPi.
ana undertake 10 say mat there would not be
TWO hundred ianilles or persons, VINO would en-
igra'e ron lhe onIteu 0'a.es 70 New Mexico,
lor agricultural purposes III MY years. lhey
vouio lot ,isc 'heie. suppose Ihey were 10 cui-
'Nate 'he ANUS .hey coul1 on'y make 'hem pro-
dnc'iVe IN slight degree py irrigation or artlh
Ga, watering. Inc people there produce little,
anu I'e on nue. lnat IS BIOL inc Characteristic,
lake II, OF the people OF me Eastern or OF the
hlIuuIe states, or Oh the Vaiiey OF Inc Misslss-
iPpi' lhey produce good zeal ana they con-
sumo good oeai'
AGAIN, sir, rev Mexico is not like Texas.
nave hoped ana sun nope That texas Will be
Aleu up a'hong ourseteS;Ibot WIN D! ahiards !;
not WIN peohS,-lhat us lhhaotants VIII not be
heN'cah iandiorus, VITA troops OF slaves, prae-
oial or otherwise.
Mr. husK here rose and said he dlsiiked to
interrupt the Senator, ana therefore he had said
no'hihg WINE ne was describing inc country ne
tween the Neuces and the RIO Grande but he
wished now TO say that when mat country comes
10 ne known, II VIII be found to be as valuable
as any part OF Texas. The valley of the Rio
1rande IS Vaiuaole from us source 10 Its mouth
But he ana not look upon that as indemnity; he
c'"'ihed ihat as Inc r'Sht OF lexas. so lar as
INC mexican population Is concerned, there is a
eood deai OF IL IN eXas, ohdlt comprises many
IesPec'aoie persons wealthy, intelligent and dis
uhsuisheu' good many are now moving In
IRON New Mexico ana settiing III eXas.
MI WEBSTER take what say from Ma
Joi ualnes' But am glad 10 near mat any part
OF MGXco IS mt Tor tie loot OF civilized man.
ana am glad, moreover, that there are some
persons IN new Mexico VINO are not so oesotted
Mnn '.eir .''sefuoie cohn''ioh as not To MAKE an
enoi. " No'i'o ou' Vi '4er eoun''y, anu INTO
pei'ef :,
sIr, would, II had time, call the attention
oi inc ochalc 10 an instructive speech made IN
Me o'her Rouse oy MI smith OF Connecticut.
ne seems 70 nave cohvefsed with all the travel
eis'-to pave corfcsponded win all our agents.
ms speech contains all 'helr communications
ehu commend II to every man IN the United
SUITES VINO wishes 10 Know what we are about
10 acquire oy tEe annexation oil New Mexico.
New Mexico is SECLUDED, -lsoatcd "a place
ny hsei-ln me midst and at the foot OF vas,
mountains, hve hundred mlles from the settled
par, oil Texas, and as far from anywhere else!-
~ GOES rot belong anywhere! 1t has no betong
MsS aoon' IL! AZ tbis moinent 1t is absolutely
more retired and shut ont from communication
WIN the civlhzed world, Than the Sandwich ISL
ands or other Islands OF the Pacific Sea. In Sc
ciUslon or remoteness New Mexico may press
hnrd on The character and condition Of Typee.
And Its people are infinitely less elevated, in
morals and IN condition, than the people of the
Sandwich Islands. We had much better have
Senators from Oahu. Far less intelligent are
ihey than the better class OF our Indian neigh
bo's. Commend me TO the Chcrokees, to the
Choctaws ;--if you please, speak of the Pawnees
OF the Snakes-the Flatfeet--of anything but
the D'ggtn Indians, and will be satisfied not to
take any people of New Mexico Have thew