The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-01

II no longer comes in objectionable
shape" that Mexico has bargaincd TO this
Government another slice OF her territory
Latest Washington adyices do bot map out
with geographical prccisions-- with lines
aud boundaries markcd-,the extent Of
country thar is arrahgcd 10 be coded, but
sufficient IS given oui to bc satisfactory,
that while. TO the parent country. IL has
been and Is Of but comparatively little
value. 10 this Republic It is Of great value,
in national point
Taking The map, a. the present boundn-
rles are defined this profierud acquisition
ncmdcd, the southwestern boundary line
rof the United statcs win probably leaye
the Rio 0rande at or near the point where
it now does, but taking a more uortherly
course, win run in straight line 10 the
Gulf Of California, striking that Gulf at u
point south of Guayamas 80 rs 10 include
that important sea port within Che limits
of the United States. We thcn gain the
whole of the peninsula of Lower Gnliior-
MIA, with the more valuable portions of the
States of Sonora and chihuahua, with all
their immensely rich deposits Of precious
metals, the undisturbcd navigation Of the
Gulf of California, and much shorter and
more practicable route to the Pacific coast.
The peninsula Of Lower California in
dependent Of the commercial advantages
to be desired. and regarded simply rs an
agricultural territorial acquisition, Is COM
paIatiyely of but little importance. But.
when it opens 90 the United States the un-
interrupted navigation of that immense
sheet of water, the Gulf of California and
secures to our possession and commerce the
valuable ports and towns which are here
and there dotted along its coasts It looms
up into national magnitude.
Tho renowned mines of sonora and
chihuahua were once almost fabulous in
their annual yields of silver and gold but.
for a long lapse Of years, the more impor-
tant of them have been abandoned; their
extensive works have been destroyed by
the decay of time; towns and cities, once
populous and ilourislling. have crumbled
and disappeared, leaving only here and
there a relic or lipgmentary ruin to mark
NllN. rtpt - llAt ulNlt dltl llltldutIolN
evidences of what was once the work of
wealth aud civilization, now no longer to
be found in all that region. What are left
are monuments Of the rapacity OF several
powerful savage tribes and themprotected
condition Of people isolated, by long
distances from Government, which,
while it scut the annual taX-gatherer
among them. was either Indifferent to
their exposed condition or powcrlcss for
their protection.
In Lower California, as we have intimat-
ed, with the exceptions Of few narrow
valleys, there is but little of the land ola
desirable quality, for agricultural purpo-
ses. But in the two States of Sonora and
chihuahua, the larger and more valuable
portions of which we are now proflered,
there are vast cXtents of as fine country ms
ever the sun shone upon, only needing
Amaic0a ownership, culture and enter
prise, to render It an almost boundless
realm of wealth.
The acquisition OF Texas and California
was the crowniug act of wisdom which
gave historical renown to the admnistra-
ton of President POLK. This. it accom-
plished, as proposed, win rebound to that of
President JOHNSON, IN no less degree.