Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-03-30
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,on 70 and Arizona feffit0n ] LEptnslon
The hfa u NJ Patoh's articles upoa thls sahlsai,
" rhlch the lssi t~o haze slfssiy spps,fsl In oaf
solumss, vill he bunl 10 io-day's papsr The iwo
hui aprsarsi originally 10 the Gal'ss,on 'Sssa'--
We rvErs, the awkward m,nnsr In which they have
sppsared Tia owing 10 q inisiake by which tho
second number sas inserted In the Ssus' in advance
d the fret, and vas thus copied into the Herald. Al
the request u friend. (nO, Mr.. Parsons) In JUS
ties 10 the writer, aud 10 the able. ingenious aud
logical Arguments that eharaeerite the whole series
Nc rus, tina, those who have read the two preevedhg
articles, wll now read them all eonsscutiyely,
The subjects discussed ably by Mr.. Parsons, open
up wide field for inquiry Inviting a. II Is. il Is
too extensive fer the limited space a, our command ut
present. and We can only glance at II desultoriy -
We trust however. It may arrest the serious attention
Of Southern men, Ii is true there are u thousand
conflicting rumors to the value Of Sonora and Arr
iona some asserting that they are an arid waste Of
sandy desert, with some gold. silver aud other mines,
that cannot be worked for want Of WATER others with
the rapture Of enthusiasm claiming them as pari-
disisn Fl Dorado, glittering In gold and shining
with silver, ahordng the finest pasurage in the world
and pre-eminently adapted y agricultural pursuits.
habit ton Of salamander whilst the other points to
them as an Anel usia of fertility, 0phir Of miner
al wealth, We have attempted to place both views
before our readers. and said TO them, "Look here,
upon this pi,ture, aud on this" and udg, for your
selves.
For our,elf we have no doubt Of the great mineral
wealth Of these regions We have no doubt that be-
sides the mineral wealth, they are capable of sustain
ing by agriculture and pasturage dense population.
An intelligent, and we thought on this subject rather
enthusiastic, officer Of the army who had spent
time in the Messia valley, in his glowing description
Of the riches Of the country and its
mineral and agricultural said to several years ago
that there were evidences ancient ruins &c to sat
isy him that the Gadsden purchase had once sustain
ed population Of 100000. But however this
may be, which ever picture may be the true ''pre-
sentment,, is not the question The most important
consideration in opinion is to secure those regions
rich in minerals or not. unproductve or fertile to
the South, and practicable to slave labor and above
sll as the route laid out by nature for the Southern
Pacific Railroad. That Sonora and chihuahua will
shortly yield to the crowdng destiny of event and
like the Messa Valley, rest under the wing of our
national Eagle, we have no doubt. The question
is, arc they adapted by "Isothermal law" to the
labor Of our southern Constitution Is the soil and
climate such ns to make slave labor proftable9 Will
they open new fields for the production Of the great
Southern staple! On these points we are not sufl-
GENTLY informed to give opinion. AS to restoring
the sectional equilibrium in the confederacy, we con-
fess that We long since gave up al hope of that. In
that respect the southern scale has clicked the BEAM
never to find its equipoise again. We must rely on
the equality secured us by the constitution. But
should such considerations deter US from looking to
our future-from seeking the expansion and growth
of southern interest? Avenues for southern enter
PRISE fields for southern labor tributaries for south.
EN- wealth. Certainly not.
We utterly discard the croakinss Of those who dccry
the acquisition Of territory. The doctrine that
this empire Of freedom may become SO larg, that it
will fall to pieces Of its weight, rs stupid as it
10 unphilosophic, The same old fogies that ur. it
might mcI, II Iney had been present, have warned
the Creator Of the universe that he was making the
earth we habit too large With an intelligent and
patriotic people this government can exist in harmony
and prosper in happiness just well comprising the
whole "boundless continent" rs in the spent up
Utica" Of few States or degrees of latitude. The
whole history of country from the landing of the
Pilgrim fathers to the present hour has been one of
expansion--cxpansion. From the infant colonies at
Plymouth Rock and jamestown, we expanded into
thirteen "free and Independent States' From these
thirteen original States, in less than three quarters
of century, we have expanded into thirty-three
States, with others knocking impatienty at the door
for admission. We have expanded from the narrow
belt Of States along the Atlantic shore across noun
tains, rivers and deserts, to the mighty Pacific Ex
banded from the lakes to the Mexican Gulf In our
expansive have embraced by treaties vast In
dian domains. We took in Louisiana, an empire in
ITSELF Florida, Texas, California New Mexico Mes
slla, and would have gone nearly up to Bhering's
Straits if "54 40'' had not declined to eight -
Expanded wonderfully in population--from the 81
600 900 that won the revolution, to the more than
30O0000O that enjoy its blessings. Nor has oui
territorial and commercial expansion been ALL as We
have expanded in territory have expanded, grown
multiplied in wealth, power and greatness. Their
who is SO tmid as to be afraid of expansion 1t il
the destiny of the Countrywide guiding star of its
fate. Shall we lag behind, follow it as it lead.
westward to empire7 Our Brierian arms still
stretched forth and soon the "Queen of the Antilles
Central America and the northern States of Mexico,
will be within their grasp. We are the locomotive
expansion. The steam is up and the bell will ring
soon; those that don't want to take ride had better
get'of. Sonora will be the nex' watering place.
We have not room to pursue the subject further
With some of MIR. Parsons views we do not coincide,
but We have not room to point them out.
Twenty Of the Wanderers Africans arrived in
Dallas, Texas, on the 10th ult -
We find the above bit of news in an Indianola pa
per. We would like to have some one who knows, to
tell us how many Africans the Wanderer brought
over. We have heard of portions of this cargo in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia,