The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-05-01

by the nnexation OF Texas, by the settlement
oil our title to part OF Oregon and by the ac-
QUESTION OF New Mexico and California 'we are
In undisputed possession OF territory somewhat
larger than would be embraced BY a line drawn
from PASSPORT, in Maine, to the southern bound
airy OF North Carolina, thence 10 the State OF
Tennessee, thence due North to the British or
canada line, and thence to the beginning What
aheld! Who can gauge its dimensions or its re.
sources Let Christian benevolence contemp.
late 1t with all her eagerness and wisdom. This
territory Is fully sufficient to make an empire of
the largest size which has cohered for century.
II now peglns to be every where animated with
spirit as free liberty itself and vet spirit
that loves law and peace and is satisfied with the
fruits OF honest industry The sea coast OF the
United States on the Pacific is nearly if not quite
as large as that on the Atlantic. We now pos,
sess more than five thousand miles of sea coast
and gulf coast
That Minnesota and Nebraska must in half
century be pOpuious and powerful States no man
douots. That Oregon must contain a vast multi.
tude oil human beings is evident from its soil.
climate and productions. There, cattle attain a
large size without food from the barn, or the
crib, or the NOW. There, forest trees often ex-
ceed TWO hundred teetin height. One measured
TWO hundred and sixteen feet as it lay IN its tai.
len majesty on the ground; that is it was forty
SIX feet higher, when standing, than the Wash
lngton Monument in Baltimore OF Texas, even
more is known In fifty years, most OF the sugar
mace IN the United States will be grown in Texas
Its cotton crop will also be immense The pro-
ducts OF agriculture in New Mexico are not yerv
abundant but far more than many suppose. The
amount OF fertile and tilable land is D. sitiyely
large' mo compared with the whole surface OF
the country, it is small. In ancient Egvpt the
average crop OF wheat in good wear was not
over eighty bushels for one 81 wn and the great
est return was hundred to one. California has
produced hundred and twenty bushels for one
soWn. 1t is true that in New Mexico and Cali
lorna, the culture OF the soil can be made sure
~ ana highly profitable only by irrigating the
ianos' But this can be done to an extent and
with cost that would surprise most of the farm.
ers in the Middle States. 1t is already done to
large extent.
The mineral wealth of New Mexico and Cali.
fornia Is unquestionaby vast. Its mineral springs
are numerous, large, and in variety unsurpassed.
not and cold, cathartic and tonic Salt is abppd
am IN the interior in many places TIE Great
SAT- Lake is one hundred and fifty miles long.an
us water is so rongly mpregnated that one pound
oi SAT- is obtained from three pounds of water.
oo'u Is idr more abundant than even now is gen.
orally supposed. Patina, until OF late worth il.
weight in gold,is certainly there. Silver ia know
10 be there in considerable ouantiues AZ small
cost. VI all the ores in these countries the con.
per mines oil New Mexico are probably the most
valuable yet known. In some OF them is topnd
geid enough to pay for smelling the copper and
ior carving it on mules all the way to the civ Of
Mexico, The iron ore and coal of New MeI;co
are often found together, and iron can therefore
be chesply manufactured.
AN these remarks are made for the purpose of
showing mat these countries open vast field for
successful e2tsaRnse and for population for long
nliie 70 CONG must, ere hall century shall
pass pass contain ads OF human beings. So they
oPen vast hef0Tor Missions, and for Bible. Tract
and Sabbath school agents. NJ ~ Obse,, a,e'