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that The country is worth nothing; thar h. would
not hazl'dth the life Of single individual for ev.
lcry loot Of land from San Puicio To The valley
ot the RIO Grand'. This gentleman has been
ihrra laIrly, and is well acquainted with The con-
diiion Of the country. 81 far then as thar narl
of our acquisition is concerned ukc il lUr
graplcd II is not wolth one i1.larl
ROW Of N.W Mexico. % that. fyr,y.ni1.
hilleths at least is a lrcr: barren waste uf d.s.rl
PLAIN or mountain. Th-rs is 40 wood. no tim.
ber-liu.c iaggols 10 Iight fire carried ra,r.g or
loHy miles on mules. Tn Re- is no raural Gl.
/ OF rains as IN temperate climates. The plac..
and scene are Asialic-enornously high noun
la'ns. running up some TO th: height OF ten
thousand feel, with very narrow valleys at their
bases, through which streams sometimes tricklc
along; gHIer winas along through lhe thread
Of which runs the Rio GranIe from alar in Ihy
Rocky Mountains down to lhe Iatrude Of ubout
lhirty-Ihree degrees, some three ur four hundred
miles. There these Sky thousand per .oils are.
In The mountains, on lh. rghI aad lh. len. are
screams whose natural tendencies would b.. a.
lateral Streams 10 flow into the RIO Granl,.. and
in crr!aln seasons Of the year. whcn The rain,
have bseu abundant in The mpuuralns, some Of
Them d1 actually reach Ihs Ri Grande, bat The
greater pau OF them always. and AL Of Them
l"r greater parl Of the year, never reach an
outlet 10 the SEA. They are absorbed in The
sandy aud d,;sCr plains Of the country. There
IS no culture any where, save that which can B..
Obtained by artificial watering or irrigation. YnI
can have this along The narrow valley Of the
no Grande, IN VIC gnrg.s Of the muunlains.
n Re- h. t..,t l.
down along The course Of those streams thai lose
themselves in lhe sands.
Now. sir, there is no public domain in New
Mexico; there is nol IA foot Of and 10 be sold hv
lhe Governments there is not an acre that will
become ours when the country becomes OURS
not an acre. Bul, more than this. the coun,rv
Is luIl cI people, such as they are. There IS
moi The least Thing in il to invite the settlement
OF our planters ur farmers. There vii, 90.
dare say, Spectators, traders, ,esoma Of Them adj
Venurcr', tired Of The good country in the val.
ley ol The Mississippi. who desire 10 wander: but
/ undertake. 10 say there will not be Two hundred
farmers or planters from The United States in
New Mexico in the neXt fifty years. They can
not live there. Do you suppose they are going
TO cultivate lands which cannot be made produc.
1--WE in the slightest degree without irrgalion.-
he people thai are there produce llle and live
upon .llle. believe the characteristic Of our
farmers throughout This country is 10 produce a
good deal aud consume good deal. Again,
New Mexico is not like Texas. had hoped
AMI sill hope that Texas is 10 be filled up bv
population like ourselves-not by the Spanish
race, non by poems, not by course, ignorant. vul.
gar landlords, with tribes Of slaves around them,
preduI and otherwise.
Mr.. Rusk. Will the honorable Senator al .
low me one word! ! did not like to nterruDt
Ihe Senator when he was reading an account Of
he country wing in the valley of the Nueces.
W hen that country comes 10 be known, it will
De found as valuable as any portion Of Texas.
From It's source TO It's mouth. the valley Of the
Rio Grando will be found to be The same thing.
did not choose 10 interrupt The honorable Sen.
llor, but We do mol claim il as indemnify, be.
ieving II to be our just and equitable right. So
ar as Mexican population is concerned, there is
good deal Of il now in Texas, highly respect !
be, and amongst them those who have dstin-
gulShed themselves as patriots, men of inleIli-
,ence and Of worth. These are coming over |
md settling in Texas, encouraged By the pros.
'ecl Of peace.
Mr.. Webster. take what say in regard 10 :
he valley of the Rio Grande from the statement :
If MAJOR Gaines. am glad 10 hear, also, that :
here are some of the inhabitants of New Mexi-
% who are not So besoucd with their miserable =
ondton as not TO make some effort 10 get out !
# the country, and to coma into a better.
Sir, would, if | had lime, call the attention !,
f the Senate 10 very instructive speech that :,
'as made in the other House by Mr.. Smith, of q
He seems to have examined all
ur authorities cOnversed with all our travellers. q
with all our agents. His speech F.,
oniains all their communications, and | COM :
lend il TO every man in the United States who !
shes TO know what We are about 10 acquire by .
le acquisition of New Mexico. New Mexico l
secluded, isolatcd--a place by ilself-in the =
riddle of the mountains, five hundred miles, | !
eicve, from Texas. :,
Mr. Rusk. Five hundred miles from The =
etlled portions of Texas. 4,
Mr.. WEBSTER. Further from any where else! i
does not belong any where. 1t has no belon. a
ng about it. SIR, al this moment it is absolute.
more retired and shut out from communica.
On with The civilized world than the Sandwich
LANDS, or most Of the islands in the Pacific c
'ean. II presses hard on Iypee, and The peo. 5
G are infinitely less elevated mind and cond- |
On than the people of the Sandwich Islands: I
r less worthy of our association; far less fit 10 L
md their Senators here than are The inhabitants St
the Sandwich Islands; far less worthy are Il
icy Than the better classes of Indians in our %
elghborhood. Commend me to the Cherokees, 1t
g ChoclawS, if you please-to speak Of the q
awnees The Backieet, the Snake Indians, and ri
e FIathcads-any thing except the --ln- ol
ans. and | am satisfied with them, instead of SC
e people of New Mexico. They have no no. a
On of our institutions, or of any free inslitu- III
ons. They have no notion of popular govern IS
nnt. Not the sghtest-not the slightest on d d
rlh. And the question is asked, what will be \
cir constitution! 1t is larcicaI TO talk Of such Ji
people making constitution. They do not q,
low the meaning of the term. They do not L
low its import; they know nothing III all about
And can tell you, sir, that when we have