Butte record., 1853-12-17
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1883.
SONORA.

not heretofore enjoyed. 1t Is now established
as fixed fact that by the wonderful efforts and
achievements Of a few daring and adventurous
men embued with the emil shtened and pro-
gressive spirit Of the age a state-a nation
has been reyolutionizel and the bonds Of no.
hticat servitude have at once and forever cut
asunder that bound her to the mis- called
Mexican Republic, and she now stands forth
and has proclaimed it. to the world that she
is free, sovereign and independent Republic.
The principal facts connected with this Ex-
pedition are these. Cd the night of the 4th Of
October an expedition Of about forty five men.
under the command of Col Wm Walker sailed
from the port of San Francisco, in the vessel
Caroline for Lower California. Their VOYAGE
to Cape St. Lucas was a prosperous one. at
which place they arrived on the 28th Of Octo-
Der. They Immediately sailed for La Paz the
capital of Lower California. On the 81 Of
November the vessel anchored opposite the
town. Col. Walker Immediately sent de-
tachmcnt under the command of Lieut. Gilman
with orders to take possession of the town, and
to secure the person of the Goyernor-which
order was promptly and successfully executed
The town surrendered and Espenosa the Gov
ernor captured. The Mexican flag was hauled
down from over the capitol and the flag of the
Republic hoisted triumphantly TO the breeze.
The Mexican authority subyerted and a new
power from the ruin and wreck Of the-Old,
sprung into existence like Phoenix from the
ashes full ofhealth and vigor.
Having fully organised the Government
and elected Col Walker their President The
first movement that the government made was,
to move the seat Of government from La Paz
to st. Lucas, to which place on the morning of
the sixth of November the President and his
army re-embarked, carrying with them the
governor and the public documents. 1t ap-
pears that shortly after the embarkaton a
vessel came into port, having on board Col
hobollero who was sent by the Mexican gov
ernment, to supercede ex-governor Espenosa.
Upon this information being received, de-
tachment was sent to secure the governor and
bring him on board the vessel, which was
promptly executed
On the morning Of the 9th the battle of La
Paz was fought, it lasted about one hour and
half, and WAS fercely contested by both par
ties The republicans carried the day aud the
Mexicans received signal defeat. leaving
seven or eight OF their comrades dead upon the
held and some Of their wounded Thus ended
one Of the most remarkable ACHIEVEMENTS Of the
nge. Remarkable not only as fact. as a
matter of history. but in its consequences and
bearings upon the future destiny Of the new
Republic. By that achievement, Lower Cali
fornia is now and forever released from the
tyranous yoke of discordant, diseased and de-
clining Mexico. By that achievement New
Republic has quickened into life and has raised
on high her star Of destiny, and her true and
loyal subjects by the fifth and patriotism that
is within them, have sworn eternal allegiance
10 that republic, and with her have determined
''to sink or swim, survive or perish They
with Cesar can say that they came that they
saw, and that they conquered. In the short
space Of six days state was conquered.
subyerted-govcrnors captured,
a New Republic established and with the dash
OF pen as it were. laws for nation were
enacted. The policy of the new government
as foreshadowed by its DEGREES will be liberal
Whatever may be the ultimate result of this
movement, no republican can look upon this
achievement and effort to establish a repub-
lican and enlightened government with indif-
ference. 1t must enlist the svmpathies and
moral support of the republican world Ameri-
cans cannot be Indifferent to this struggle. for
1t is mastery effort to establish their en-
hghtened principles and government Cali
fornia cannot be averse to this achievment, for
in its triumph she will find a strong and willing
coadjutor, in aiding and developing the great
national improvements, upon the consumma-
ton of which, depend, the commercial aud Pc
litical greatness of the states on the Pacific
coast. The New Republic being firmly estab-
llshed, and by the force and energy of her
government recommend herself to an admiss
ion in the Union, and when that act shall
have been accomplished, the Pacific States will
then have acquired a power, and position in
the Federal Government that, will enable them
to demand their just rights, when that power
will not accede to them that protection and
security that is guaranteed by the federal
constitution. The Atlantic and western states
have not realised our Importance to the com
mercial and political, world and every act and
every circumstance that can fac;i;to+a II = co,