Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-01
The Presidents Mexican Poiicy-Chi.
h"ahua and Sonora.

The Presidents Mexican Policy-Chi.
h"ahua and Sonora.
The inordinatc desire and deter.
mination of f;;tEe present generation of
our countrymcn to extend the nation
al domain upon AIRY trivial excuse that
may offer, without stopping particu-
larly 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, to be
received with degree Of tacit appro-
baton that would have astonished and
paralyzed the fathers of the Republic.
Tho MEN fof;the present day calmly
look npon propositions Of this charac-
ter as; ! matter Of course, and set about
calculating ,che,s the proposed end
will bee accolnplishcd-.not stopping to
reflect how or by what means.
Taking it tlicn for granted, that Mex
leo is speedilyto be further dismem-
bercd---perhaps entirely swallowed
uP--by the working out of the 'smani-
fest destiny OF An glo-Saxonisn. it on.
ly remains for the Republican party OF
the Union to see that the national law
of Mexico in prohibition Of negro sla.
very is not suffered to be overthrown
whenever any portion Of her tcrritor,
becomes part of our confcdcracy.
We must sec that however far south
or north the American eagle may ex
pand her wings, she shelters none 9th
crs than homes lof~ freedom and free
men. This is apart of the mission O.
the present Republican organization.
and to accomplish it will involve one
of the mighticst struggles it will ever
be called upon to encounter.
Chihuahua and Sonora are placed
before us as the next first prize tha,
may reward our labors in developing
our manifest destiny" We compile
from an article in late number of tn.
Chicago Press and Tribune a bric
description Of the present conditio,
and resources Of these two Mexican
States. How long will it be before We
must, in writing of them, say Amer;ca,
States?
chihuahua pronounced Chewawa'
is State Of the Mexican Republic
bounded on the north by Texas an6
land the Mexican State of Coahuilla
Gil the south by Durango, and on thu
west by Sonora. Its area is u triA<
over 100000 square miles, or nearl,
twice that Of Illinois, and. it lies. be
tween the parallels ~ and % degrees
north. The western portion Of thu
State is travcrsed by the Mexican Cor
dilleras, here called the Sierra Madr,
among which rise the principal streams
constituting the head waters of the Ri<
Grandc. On the western slope of tn.
mountains several smaller streams tax.
their rise and empty into the Gulf o
California: BY far the larger porto,
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 arr
numerous, are extensive valleys of ricl
grazing land which subsist large drove.
of cattle, sheep, horses and mulcs.--
The raising of stock is the principa
occupation Of the Chihuahuans, though
corn, wheat, barley, cotton and tRt
vine arc cultivated. Chihuahua is ricl
in minerals, which comprise gold, sill
vcr, copper, lead, iron, TIN, saltDctr<
and bituminous coal. The silver mine,
of the province have been celebrated
almost since the conquest of Cortez
In the year ls46 nearly million dol
lars in silver were coined in the cit,
of Chihuahua.
The most important mines are il
the Sierra Madrc, at FL Parral, Botop
elias, Jesu Maria and Santa Eulalia.
The highest mountain peak in northern
Mexico is that of Jcsu Maria--S. 800
above the level Of the sea. The prov
ince is infested with the Apache In
dians, who carry on ccaseless hostili
ties against the inhabitants, driving
off their herds aud .plundering theil
trains. The population Of the prov
ince in 1850 was 10000, of whom
about one fourth are whites, the bal
ance Indians, mulatsoes, mestizoes
quadroons, quinteroons, and zambocs
(the offspring of negroes and Indians
an assortment that ought to please thu
largest variety Of taste.
The city Of chihuahua, the capita
Of the State, is situated on tributar,
of the river Conchas, itself tributary
of the Rio Grandc-in the midst of q
fertile plain, and nearly in tile centre
Of the province. It's well built, clear
paved, and contains many splendid