Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-06
arl1ona-.-its Resources, Its Population
and It's sInpor:nuee 10 the Southern Con

ari.ona~.-its Resources, its Population,
and its importance 10 the Southern Com
federacS, --...
Ke co,amen;. to special attention the follow.
n; communication in behalf Of Arizona and
rs interests, and its Importance to our Con-
fsde.acy. It is from one entitled to high re-
sec; and personally informed as to his subject
T. lie Editors Of tho Enquirer:
Gentlemen 1t would seem, from the poll
CT pursued by the government towards the
Territory Of Arizona, that, in the excitement
5f ;he wsr, her importance to the Southern
G;lf;deracy has been lost sight Of When We
consider tina. Arizona at present affords the
or high~ay from the Atlantic ocean to the
zs!els Of the Pacific, her immense mineral
wealth and her stock-growing facilities Ito say
oo!nirS Of her egriculture), and the compare
i've case with which she can be taken posses
s'CH Of and held, it becomes matter Of aston.
Sancn: to US that some step has not been Ia.
kea to bold end protect the country.
As early as the 18th day of April last, the
psop:e OF that Territory, by one consent, in
Convention assembled, absolyed themselves
.:o;n al allegiance to the Federal Government,
sa1 declared themselves subjects Of the South.
e'n CoE!ederacy, 20 which power they have
Since ;hat tiroe locked for. protection; and, in
our ;:oneet cpinicn. it is high time that sone-
hing was being done to sustain them in the
POSITION they nave taken.
Tie importance Of that Territory to the
Sor:h cannot be mistaken by any one acqusint-
x With her geographical position, and her re-
s2sTces generally. Joining Texas on the west,
!. aaJ-ds d speedy and easy transit to the
Colorado river "a short distance from the head
Of the Gulf OF California; q distance Of six
suadred miles over the finest natural road in
.as world, through the entire length Of the
Territory, and for the high way alone ia in
niuab!e to the Confederate States. 1t pos.
sssses all the elements of making, Mt no
tI,:aut day, if properly fostered aad pro-
ac:ed, large wealthy, and Populous State,
eIp,b.e of contributing, in her turn, as
auca TO the Dainiaiaance and protection
9f ,ae Confederate Government as any State
(Which it is composed. Her minerals-gold,
t!7=r and copper-of which she possesses
nc:e ,han any other country on the globe Of
u same territorial extent, will be called into
:sG3is,;on, and prove an inexhaustible source
'f*eal.n tp,he country at large. The Terri
s7r OF ARR ma can produce gold and silver
s%h an entire hsrd currency. She can easily
isrAish all the beef that one half Of the Con-
's-rrscy can consume, aud at the Same time
supply her own population with all sgricul-
'a!al p-oducts Iu point OF climate, beyond
e9ss'inn she possesses the most desirable on
he Western Continent In fine, the country
Sounds in every thing that upon the score OF
s;s:tst would make it a valuable acquisition
our government.
Eut there are other considerations, in our
'pjnon, that should have greater weight With
UaF Hove-ament-t than mere eintsrest-consider-
a41rs thu: should not be placed in the scale
asAlnst dollars and cents. The population of
ne territory is composed almost entirely Of,
Southern people, born and raised among US
sad attached to tho same institutions, who
ave cast their lots in the country, under aus.
PCS very different from those existing now,
oPon :hs first burst Of the difficulties that
SEPARATED rs froun the old government, Ari-
.'aa Igunred he authorities of Lincolpdom
soa uaited her destinies with the South, from
sa'se power she had every reason to expect,
~'a:her the right to demand. the govern
Ts":a! assistance necessary to her existence.
~ uue State Of Texas, one Of the sovereignties Of
" w. CoDisderacy, dispatched Commissioners to
,a'. ne the people to seek shelter under the pro-
Zig wing oi the Southern Government and
o. "a Lts!istion ths proposition was. accept
,itt; have cut themselves loose from the
s...s:'A s.1e'A Government, to which they. now;
D' IL tbs light Of enemies; and, if we re.