The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-20


doubt that in sections of country, this lrul,
wing idea will be made to play important part IN the
presidential canvass 10 other sections will doubtless
be ceaked up and kept in the back ground ai'er The
wing fashion Of cheating the people But VIII not On
that account. be the less likely to be carried out II The
wings elect their President
To show the ualue of the Territory which the wings
propose thus to a1Jfes sacrificing with IT, at the same
time the honor of their countywe quote the following
remarks Of Hon James s. Wiley of Maine, delivered in
the House of Representatives the 10th May, 1913:
Value OF our Acquisitions ~ndsr the Treaty with
mexicos
Having thus disposed Of the constitutional obec ton
involved and the question OF the unavoabe bearing OF
the proposed acquisition upon the Union. proceed to
consider some directly in favor of the measure
We have been told, sir. that this acquisition would not
he worth dollar to the United States The gentleman
from Connecticut, [Mr SMTHl in his speech delivered
in this House few weeks since, gave us very dark
would make US believe that this whole proposed acqus
ton, far from being of any value would be
10 Union; and, consequently should the treaty be
ratified, we should obtain no indemnity whatever. and
that every dollar we pay will be worse than thrown
away
Now. sir, let see how this matter really stands
And, first, will survey New Mexico
1t is not strange at all that should have unfavorabe
accounts Of these countries from our own country
men, prejudiced they would naturally be against
country with which they at war. In the language OF
an officer in the American army, written from Santa Re,
written from New Mexico respecting it. doubtless org
mated more from dislike Of and desire to abuse the
country than from wish to mpart correct information
concerning it," But, sir, men the most preudlced will
sometimes tell the TRUTH although they may not design TO
do 40. 1t zig so with of the Witnesses whom the
gentleman from Connecticut calls to the stand Colonel
Hardin is made to speak thus:
"No land Is or be cultivated in Mexico, except by ir
rgstion The Mexicans evace great ingenuity in the
poor farmers Their plough consists of straight beam
with coulter OF wood, which is sometimes covered with
inches IS
.hs old Roman plough Oxen are fastened to the beam by
When we read this description of their plough we are
very ready to believe that the Mexcans are poor farm
er," and are hardly prepared to believe what follows
the Rio Grande, and pretty good at Parras and PuIos
Wheat raised in the vicinity of Moncova and Parras
4 ' sa ws
on ana ohl1 Fas at MGncova
that they can be cultivated all seasons of the year"
Another extract runs thus
their ploughs better than those the Egyptians used
bandry for hundred years. and the whole aspect Of
the country denotes decay and retrogression."
These extracts, although they come from the other
side, and were intended to make different impression
to wonder ts at Ry Of
decay, but we do wonder that the soil not long ago
entirely exhausted, informed that no dreSsin
is used the land nor has been for ages Sir we could
hardly have stronger evidence of the greatest natural
fertility
will here introduce another extract from the letter
written in January last from Santa Fe:
IL is now mid.winer, and yet enjoying as fine
weaher as Known in tle States in the pleasant
September. For saabrlty and genaliy the climate no
Mexico" '''''' k'00e Cd" S"fpass mat OF New
Again:
81 know that writers have generally represented New
Mexico comparatively valueless district with but few
narrow valleys well adapted agriculture They are
however, such persons Stene has sad can travel from
Dan to Beersheba and that all is barren The valley
of tho Rio del Norte has number of important set
20 south han ns @ and
tcanno be matched in beauty; while for productive
OF soi the best agricultural districts OF the United
not equal it, with all the advantages which that
over this in the implements of agriculture and superior Gull
He then speaks of the rude implements of husbandry
and the miserable mode of cultivation, and adds:
'Yet the SOIL, thus imperfecty cultivated, yields in
the Territory; while in the United States, he average in
the best wheatgowng districts, but te any,
wheat south of this. Rio Vega country as it is called,
equal e sJ pounds 70 the bushe and sxywo pounds
This gentleman estimates the white population of New
Mexico at 10000, and remarks:
This and the valley Of San according the last
taken, contain 800 and all the intelligent resi-
dents concur in estimating The population of Ell Valley de
s and the Ro Vega with s dense
en,nenty favorable animal and vegetable development
occupants. and dedicated the profitable purposes
which it was evidently designed BY Providence, will prove
This account is corroborated by the description given
of the same region by the Hon. Willard p Hail. repre-
sentative from Missouri, (who travelled through New
Mexico and Upper California about two wears ago and
to whom am much indebted for very valuable nforma-
ION in regard to these countries except that my friend
from Missouri estimates the population at little more
than 100 0O0 the census having been TAKEN he thinks
IN lSi3 These settlements confined a very small
part OF the habitable portion of the country and as we
have seen, the portions of country occupied have
been cultivated in the most miserable manner for two
hundred years The gentleman before referred to- in.
forms me that there is much good land which has ne
been cultivated at all. And we may safely conclude
that when the Indians shall retire, as they will readi-
~ 40, before hardy industrious, and enterprism pop
ulaton, which will doubtless soon flow in from the
tised shall give way to the superior and still improving
modes now in use here; when the rude and miserable
crooked beam of the ancient Roman shall weld to the
excellent and efficient Yankee plough New Mexico will
easily sustain 100000 100000 people as its
present number
New Mexico is also rich in mineral productions
shall quote from work which the gentleman from Con-
neccu cites and which, of course will be acknowl-
edged as good authority, by him least it is Gregg
Commerce of the Prairies published in 1874 Mr. Gregg
spent great portion OF the time for nine years New
Mexico and IS therefore entitled to speak with authority
IN regard to matters pertaining to the country
Speaking OF the gold mine called Gel Placer" he re-
marks:
The quantity of gold extracted between the veal 1872
ana ,oSo gould not have announced to less than $50
And although there has been considerable falling oa
since that time he remarks: e va
Inc rednctlon IN profit during the last few years has
been caused more by of energy and than
by exhaustion of the precious metal as only verv
portion of the gold region has yet been dug ( '
Th dust and grains obtained at this virgin gold
hacn~a .I-xI.-