Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-01

Gently
She is sleeping
She has breathed her last.
Gently, Y
While you're weeping,
se,s She to heaven has, past!
The Presidents Mexican Pol,cy-chi.
hrahua and Sonora.
The inordinate desire and deter.
mination of;tEe present generation of
our countrymen to extend the nation
al domain upon any trivial excuse that
may offer, without stopping particu-
larry to enquipe into the means that are
to be used to accomplish the end,
causes the startling proposition of Mr..
Buchanan to seize upon and hold two
Mexican States by military force, tobe
received with 4 degree Of tacit appro-
batioon that would have astonished and
iparalyzed the fathers of the Republic.
TIC ,tep fofssthe present day calmly
look ,npon ropdsitions of this charac-
tersaSa 1natterof course, and set about
calculating ,cken the proposed end
viii ,be observation-disclosures stopping to
reflect how 81 BY what means. 81. ssz
Taking: it then for granted, that Mex
leo is speedilYto be further dismem-
bered---perhaps entirely swallowed
up--by the working out of the 'tmanii-
fest destiny" OF Anglo-Saxonis,p. it on
" remains for the Republican party Of
the Union to see that the national law
of Mexico in prohibition of negro slaa-
very is not. suffered to be overthrow
whenever any portion Of her territory
becomes q part of our confedcracy.
We must sec that however far south
or north 1.-The American, eagle may ex-
pand her wings, she shelters nonesoth.
ers than homes for freedom andsfreea
men. This is apfft of the mission Of
the present Republican organization,
and to accomplish it will involve one
of the mightiest struggles it will cvel
be called upon tb encounter.
Chihuahua and Sonora are placed
before us as the next first prize that
may reward our labors in developing
our " manifest destiny" We compile
from an article in late number of the
Chicago Press and Tribune brie1
description Of the present condition
and resources Of these, two Mexican
States. How long viii. it be before we
must, in writing of them, say american
|Statess - .
chihuahua pronounced Chewawa'
is State Of the Mexican Republic
bounded on the north by Texas and
and the Mexican State Of Coahuilla
Oh the south by Durango, and on the
west by Sonora. Its area is a trifle
over 100,0 square miles, or nearl,
twice that Of Illinois, and. it lies, be
tween the parallels ~ ands23 degree.
north. The western portion Of thu
State is travefsed by the Mexican Cor
dilleras, here called the Sierra Madr,
among which rise the principal stream,
constituting the head waters of the Rit
Grande. On the western slope Of til.
mountains several smaller streams taxi
their rise and empty into the Gulf o
California. BY far the larger portion
OF chihuahua is made up Of high, ari6
table-lands covered with thorny chap
paral and cactus unfit for agriculture
Along the water courses which are
numerous, are extensive valleys of rich
grazing land which subsist large drove.
Of cattle, sheep, horses and inules.-
The raising Of stock is the priinciipa
occupation, Of the Chihuahuans, though
corn, wheat, barley, cotton and The
vine are cultivated. Chihuahua IS ricl
in minerals, which comprise gold, sill
yer, copper, lead, iron, TIN, saltpetrt
and bituminous coal. The silver mine,
lot the province have been celebrated
almost since the conquest of Cortez
In the year 1916 nearly million dol
lars in silver were coined in the cit,
of Chihuahua. s. s-.'.i :,
The most important mines are il
the Sierra Madre, at Ell Parral. Botup
elias, Jesu Maria and Santa Eulaliaa,
The highest mountain peak in northern
Mexico is that of Jesu Maria--s 800
above the level Of the sea. Thesprov
ince is infested with the Apache In
dians, who carry on ceaseless l,ostili
ties against the inhabitants, driving
off their herds aud plunde rring theil
trains. The population Of the prov
ince in 1850 was no. Of whom
about one fourth are whites, the bal
ance Indians, mulat:oes, mestizoes
|9uadroons, quinteroons, and szamboes
(the offspring ofnegroes and Indians
an assortment that oughtto please thi
largest variety of taste. 81. I'D {,
The city Of Ghih,,ahua, the capita
of the State, is situated on ) tfibutar,
|of the river Conchas, itself . tributarss
of. the Rio Grande lin the midst Of 4
fertile plain, and nearly 10 tile sentr,
of the province. tt IS well built, clear
paved, and contains many splsndit
baulildings among them Z cathedral o