The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-03-22

has been inaugurated in Nov Mexico
which will doubtless End favor will
the people who are 10 vote upon th,
question in June, so that we may rea
soDably calculate that New Mexico
by next July, will be cloudy knock
ing at the door" for admission into thc
glorious. Confederation Of States which
form the Union.
LOYAL MEN AND REBELS.
This territory has occupied a con.
spicuous position in the military his
tory of the United States, and has al
times been the home of officers who
have, m their patriotic efforts to sus.
tain TIE cold flag" become famous
The Union sentiment does not pre
dominate. The greater part of the
American population (Which mum
bers, all told, about FIVE thousand, } is
composed Of /" Southerners," who con
troll, to q considerable extent, the
movements and political sentiments of
the Mexicans.
SLAVERY.
Slavery exists in New Mexico un.
der tho title of Pconagc, and is
attended with all the degrading in
aucnces which formerly characterized
the institution as established at the
South.
Here, however, the system is look
ed uponas a condition of voluntary ser.
vitudc. The poorer classes, being
forced to seek assistance, obligatc
themselvcs to serve their 'benrfactors
in whatever menial capacity may be
deemed best until the debt is repaid.
The compensation allowed is about
four dollars per month, which, of
course, is sufficient to sustain. the un-
happy creature, let alone the cancel
lation of the debt, and hence they
plod on, knowing no relief save
through Deaths welcome portals.
This is the remaining blot upon the
otherwise fair scroll of f.celom, and
it should receive the -aarly attention
Of the Government. Indian women
and children, captured by the people,
are unfccliugly sold into slavery, and
and command from seventy. five to
four hundred dollars each.
GAMBLING.
Gambling prevails to an alarming
extent, and its votaries include the
most prominent citizens, as for in
stance, President of the Senate of the
Territorial Legislature, who lost up
wards Of fifteen thousand dollars du-
ring the short period of two weeks
In fact almost everybody seems ad
dicted to the most pcrnicious vice
Ii prevails to the same extent that
peonage does, which is universal.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Tam glad | have visited this country.
for its latent wealth must, at no dis
tant day, bring it into prominent no.
tice; and in the full fruition of its
destined prosperity--as | have pre-
dicted in my "Journal'-I shall gath
er much pleasure. With popula-
tion of ninety thousand peoplc-cigh.
ty.fve thousand ofwhom, being Mex
leans, dislike to wander from the
beaten paths of their ancestors, and
hence encourage no improvement, and
the remaining five thousand composed
of soldiers and tradcsmen, which lat
ter rapidly acquire independent for
tunes-what field for the develop
mcnt Of agriculture. With untold
Of mineral wealth within the
mountains-what a prolific field for
the adventurous MINER! Possessed
of no system Of finance whatever, and
yet counting its disbursements, mill.
tary and civil, by nniiions--what q
field for banking With annual pro
duets of nearly two millions of pounds
of wool, and the entire absence of all
machinery for its manuiacture-what
a grand chance for the creation OF
wooden mills, which, once in opera.
ton, could supply New Mexico, Ari.
zonia, Colorado, &c, with better blank
cts, at half the present cost paid by
the Government, for the use of the
soldiers, and the Indians With. the
immense herds of cattle grazing upor
every hand, to say nothing of the nct
proximity Of Texas. which is one oI
the largest stock-raising sections on
this continent-what an opening for
tanncry In word, New Mexict
has all the essential elements to he,
sure and rapid progress, save those o
capital and energy. The former ex
lists, but, until an enterprise has becl
successfully proven, cannot be mad
available. Energy is most needed.
In after years | shall dwell upo,
the incidents connected with this sec
ton of country with great interest
aud trust it may at no distant da,
be my pleasant lot to visit the scene
which, during the past few month:
have claimed my attention.
And now, for the presen at least
farewell to New Mexico. Tomorrow
| commence my homeward journe,
and, travelling as We shall both nigh
and day, doubt not | shall hay
reached "thc States" by the tim
these hastily penned and imperfect
formed lines are placed before you.
.. ra. j. X. GRAVES.