Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-04-30

Senior Florentino Gonzales, has recommended
that if some proposed reforms are rejected,
that the eight states, which make the Re-
public of New Granada, apply for admission
into the American Union. He saws
"'Lct US become part of the American
Union, and the States of New Granada will
find themselves in the same condition as are
the States of New York. Pennsylvania. and
the other States of the Confederation: enjoy
ins externally the protection of the power
that great people can insure us, and prescry-
ing our government, and the means ofbetter-
ins our internal condition without risk from
those yandalic incursions with which We are
at present threatened.
The resources which our country has to
fulfill its obligations, will acquire an i'm
mense value, because We shall be rid of the
fears that our precarious position ought nat
urally to inspire, and which discourages ag-
riculture and commerce. Our public lands
will be in great demand for cultivation, our
rivers will he improved, and our commerce
be prodigiously extended. The income from
our wild lands, from the customs, and from
all the national properties, will give the gov
eminent of the Union more than means suf-
icient to pay the public debt that presses SO
heavily upon us, at the same time that midi
vidual prosperity will increase in most no.
table degree. Our public lands will be in
demand on which to establish an agricultu-
raj popu lation, because then the settlers can
count upon that security in working them
that cannot he guaranteed to them in the
situation in which We are at present placed.
We lack security because the constant threats
Of European nations make us fear for the in
terruption Of commerce, which would result
from the products of the soil; and because
they make us fear that our laborers must be
turned into soldiers, and our earnings must
go to pay the expenses of war"
If our government docs not manifest too
much haste to purchase, at cnormou. prices,
the balance of the Continent of North and
Soul. America, it will find the weak and
inefficient governments that now exist, there,
one after another, asking to be admitted in
70 the Union, and for precisely the same
reasons that are given above by Attorney
General Gonzales The trouble with this
mcribund State does not come from having
bad system of government, for its constitu-
ton is close copy of that of the L s., hav-
ing President, Senate, and House of Repre-
sentatiyes But the evil lies deeper than
this 1t is to be found in the miserable in
efficiency Of the inhabitants. No amount Of
legislation however good, no system of gov
ernment however democratic, no natural
advantages Of climate, soil, and productions
however great, can supply the inherent wan,
of energy, ability, and perseverance,, lack
ing in tho races inhabiting Spanish America.
These races deteriorate by mixing, each
losing its native energy and yigor; and they
have thus been retrogading, until imbecility
and vascillation stamp all their acts. The
population of New Granada in 1858, is pu,
down-whites sos ,OO3; Indians A 900; Ne
groes 80 600; Mixed races l,4l2,05l; Total
1868 ,054. OF the Indians, 30l 900 were
set down as civilized, and 100 900 savage
All races and colors are politically equal
Slavery has ceased to exist, and care ha,
been taken to secure tho equal rights ane
liberty OF all. The constitution provides fol
the support of public schools There arr
two Colleges and public Library at tn
Capital, Bogots.