Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-12

Of the the many contemplated annex
ations which would be practically bene-
fetal to our territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
none is of more importance at the present
time than that specifiedin the treaty now
before the Senate.
This tract of country, laying as it does,
in close proximity to California, and i'm
mediately intervening between her and
her sister States, with the possession of
vast mineral resources and wealth, offers
an enticing field for commercial and ag-
ricultural enhancement, and an exten.
sion of that energetic enterprise, which,
receiving stimulus by the golden dis
coveries in California, has aroused the
cupidity and excited the interest of the
whole world. af
The rich gold and silver mines of So
nora, which now lie with their album.
dance of precious metal hidden from the
civilized eye, are numerous, and were,
when under the dominion of the Spaniard,
exceedingly productive, and worked with
the greatest success; but in its retro
grade movement, caused by the many
revolutions and internal dissensions to
which Mexico has been subject, the peo-
pie have been neglected and oppressed by
their government, the wild Apache has
retraced his steps, and the bright pros
pect and fame of wealth which Sonora
promised, has been temporarily obscured
and is now constant field of dispute
between the unprotected Ranchero and
Barbarian.
If reliance may be placed in history
the mineralogy of Sonora, is valuable
indeed and it has been represented by
the few travellers who have penetrated to
the interior to realize, in the abundance
of its precious metal, many of the ex-
trayagant accounts described by Cortez
III the territory of Montezuma.
Let American skill and American en-
terprise, aided by the freedom Of our in
situations, be established in that quarter,
and in very short lapse o. time our COM
merclai and financial interests will &C
knowledge the benefit of this acquisition
to our country; it will add another link
to that great chain which, wrought by
freedom, progress, and independence, is
extending its binding influence from
North to South, through East and West,
bounding an asylum for the tyrant-ridden
and oppressed of the old world. 1t will
prove to the world that when it becomes
necessary to our progress and extension
to increase our territory, we can do so by
treaty and purchase, and thus be step
ping stone to the requirement of other
parts equally necessary.to the extension
of our external commerce
The Inhabitants of this Northern coun-
try are more inclined to the customs and
freedom of our institutions, than to the
oppressive government of Mexico; and
are, moreover, a people whose hard ma
ture and experience in Indian warfare, if
aided by the countenance and support of
their government, would form desira-
BILE population on the frontier, and an ef
fectual barrier to the incursions of the In
dams.
We cannot agree with your Baltimore
contemporary of 1.-The Evening Times
that Santa Anna is actuated by seIfinter-
est alone in this important question: for
1T would indeed appear that necessity
alone compels him to part with that which
he well knows would, if governed bv a
system unshackled with his letters, and
aided by an adequate treasury, be Mex.
lcos most valuable portion; and under
the existing impossibility of such a sys-
TEN, We conceive it policy on the part of
santa Anna to seek at any cost the means
which alone will procure for Mexico that
stability of government so desired by all
good Mexicans. K.