New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-26
c,nanEN,s TREATY.

The Editor Of The Charleston C0HTIer mas hAi a.
interview with M Gsdsden. who divuged to him the
leading proyfsons OF lis Treaty with Santa Anna
Thev are not essentially II in any respect, different
from the statements which have already found their
- into the uewEpspers Of New-0rleans, where
~ codsden first landed What has been obtained By
III. treaty is the Valley Of the Ga and the little strip
~ territory in dispute known as the Me5ill Valley
The Charleston Mercury says that the territory acquired
Is "a LARGE as the State of Georgia. Other statements
make Il rather larger. The object Of Mr. Gadsden IA
obtaining this grant is to secure suitable line for tue
Pacific Railroad south of our present boundary when
Il; the River ella and on our side OF which feasible
route can be found This is the only We have az
preseut for the proposed acquisition The whole Ee-
zion /. an arid waste, (eOod for nothing without lrr
cation and worth but little with inhabited By savage
and wsrlkc tribes Of Indians who have thus far re
sisted the approach of civilization. It's boundaries
are so run that every valuable part of that desoate
country is reserved to Mexico What is included in
the purchase would not support flock prairie hens
more heavenorsaken piece Of earth does not lie out
of doors So far as is known or can be coljecturei
there are 10 mines of any description upon 1t. And
the lines are 80 run as to cut of the only port az or
near the head of the Gulf Of California acquisition
that might be of some real service Then the character
Ofhe boundary is open 10 serious objections IL follows
no river runs along no mountain ridge is delnsated
BIZ no parallel Of latitude but simply zig gags from the
Rio Crande up TO the 3st degree ofAttude, and down
sesin 10 point two miles above the head Of the Gulf
TO obtain such territory and pay twenty millions for
it, when We already have as tracts ofust SUCH which
will probably remain a bowling wilderness for eentu-
res. seems preposterous enough but we presume we
shall never refuse TO buy any land that may be offered
Us till after we shall have got all between Terra del
Fuego AID the North Pole, matter what price may
be asked.
Tie negotiations with Santa Anna show that he has
mighty small opinion Of the value Of the country be
pro1osee TO ALLEVIATE. He began by demanding 3d.
OOOOOO as indemnity for Indian depredatOn5 alone.
He finally got down to 500 100000, and threw N the
disputed strip and tire valley Of the ella to boot lie
will evidently consider himself good deal richer by
the trade when it is cOnsummated for besides the
$4,000 co., he viii have-go rid of land which costs
him good deal to keep. We shall certainly be the
poorer by SO 600 600, aud by just as much more as
the acquisition Of $4,000 square miles of desert will
damage US. The more we have OF such country the
worse we are off 1t will however add to our variety
of Indian tribes and afford additional scope for the in
diligence of our national philanthropy to the red
man.
Santa Anna has certainly shown bis sense in max
ing this bargain with Mr.. Gidsden: $2D000,0)) is
fruitful addition to lis exchequer and will keep the
wheels of his Government oiled for some time to
When his funds get low again be will fnl Un,lo
Sam ready TO make another trade for an additional
strip There is the remainder of Sonora the whole of
7 Ga Il lima uill "a
for him at the rste Mr. Gadsdeu reckOns his purchase
If this treaty is confirmed the skies bright for the
new Dictator ard the jolly monteplaying priests of
Mexico Uncle Sam will pay the f1ders for them to
dance by during the full term Of their natural lives.