New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-18
THE AFRICANIZA TION OF ARIZONA.

There seems to be an organized and armed em'grs
ton setting from the extreme South 70 Anrons
patty for the purpose Of making thss Slave Sts'e,
bet with fnlther view Of extending operations into
Sonora and Chihustus. The early expeditions sre TO
be in charge of men famous in the annals OF NIcsrs
qua. Thus we end the following in late number Of
The Ga, rcstoa Ntrs:
"EMCRATroS To AgIzoSA.-We had the pleasure
of call On Tuesday from Col L1okridge and Capt.
Warpock, who arrived by the Texas from New-Or-
leans and lett by the ZANE steamer yesterday for the
West TO arrange we learn, the means OF Transports
on for the which 20 leave Victoria early
in April, for tie Territory OF Arizona IL seIpected
there will be 600 emlgrants IN the mines oy tue st OF
Iuly ard Col LockIidge informs us be will return TO
Neg-OrIeaps in about two weeks, to take charge OF
tho expedition. Those wishing To ION the company
have row good opportunity they vii pass through
our city en- route for their destination"
TIE Austin Std;e Gazette, referring TO another
brarch Of the same expedition ssys:
I'VE learn that an Arizona emigration company
viii start en- tie st of March next from San Antonio.
II will be divided into four companies with captain,
IeuteUaEt three ss'geants and twenty men each. All
will lie well mounted, and armed with one Colt
revolver, and ore rife or ublebarreIed shot gun.
Each member provides himself with fifteen dsfs
rations and ore hundred pounds Of smmur tion. Tae
expedition viii be governed by the rules OF the nited
S-h,es army and they who refuse to obey orders will
he discharged ard forfeit all that may DO raie by the
eNpedifipn. "a.
Gen TIenLin gsen will leave Washington in day
or two for New Orleans, where he VIII take command
of body of regulators who are TO establish lag
and order in Arizons. Slavery having been estsb-
labed il New.Meiico Arizona is next 70 be made
territory ard these two States will be claiming admis
sion to balance Minnesota aud Oregon. Those who
went cat 10 Arizona last year DO not write back tue
most favorable accounts of II as pleasant home Tor
any human being, white or black"
a sauna tine a OF Articles headed
Southern Emigration to Arizona and Sonors," are in
course of publ IN The Galresf0n Necs from the
pen OF ono Vim. III. Parsons containing such
sta.eme nts az the following:
"The almo,t alarming exodus OF slaves from the
border States Of Virgins, h ntucky aud Missouri, 10
q more Southern field of labor, while II naturally
awakens spprehensops for the stability Of the ins.l-
tuton in those States should arouse attention TO the
necessity OF acquiring extended Southern area
for their profitable occupation in the future.
"The States enumerated are bemp and tobaccor sls-
ing localities; and the future wilt develop fact
with more certainty than that the demand tor cotton
culture and the exorbant value Of slaves as cotton
producers coupled with the insecurity OF the property
IN those border States will inevitably drain them OF
their slave population 1t is a result however dsa-
greeable to contemplate ard how much soever denied
slowly but surely taking place. The region compns-
ing toe Gulf States Of the South aud tnat potion OF
the temperate included within the ca ne latltu fe,
embracing Texas and the Northern States of Mexico
globe where cotton has been successfully ana profit
ably grown. Upon the black uplsnd praires OF North
ern Texas, 10 Ellis County, 100 pounds OF cotton
have been produced to the acre, during the three
past wears of extreme drouth And II is fact
worthy Of obsery ston that two cotton factories are
At this time in successful operation in Chihuahus,
manufacturing excellent article Of brown seetlng
from the productions Of their own soil The trestles
recently ratified with the empires Of China aud Japan
have opened up new theater for commercial
enterprise. We DO Dot at this d,y produce sufficient
cotton TO furnish cotton garment to each nhaban.
Of those vast empires, comprising as they do more
enormously increased consumption Of cotton fabrics
will create corresponding demand for In increased
production Of tie raw material
"Tte increased production, while steadily enhanc-
ing it, value viii eventually require more extended
area Of cotton territory. TEen II is, that cIcum-
scribed, Insy be- to the narrow margin Of the
States upon the Gulf the South will rspert, when too
late that she had not extended her domestic institu
tobs over the territory 30 invitingy open 10 our
occupancy.
let TIE South but follow the lead Of President Bu-
cnanan, and let Southern colonization press onward
for Arizona.
Having thus secured monopoly Of the soil cspa-
bic OF cotton culture aud with t. secured control Of
'Ormus and Of Ind, will have made ourselves
matters OF our fate and may dict.te terms only
to Northern aggression but 10 European intervention.
New England may, and we hope will, secede;
but these gaest results accomplished, and q direct
Southern trade oponod with Europe and Asia on the
Continental transit and We will soon see tae con-
mercs dependence az orr Northern brethren upon the
then 10 longer de pre- -sed ard insulted South"
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