The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-02-20
RAILROAD THROUGH SONORA.
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We have received for insertion the fol- i lowing article;
 ! The defgnjeTs of this railroad. those who
 would enrich themselves by if, are extreme ] ly content. owing 10 the fa,crabie indorse- ment which they have met Sgiih n Sonora. This railroad will be profitable 10 some body. but tO whom. ] have considered we'll ] the people of Sonora; thel- interests S iil. the aforesaid railroad and the transforIna-
 ton of persons and things in general which must inevitably eIsue. For a long time Americans have wished to advance them selves on Sonora and have invented many devices whereby to attain thar end and now they propose magnificent prnject-the railroad. The fist spike driven in railroad ties iB Sonora will be tie first wedge of an nex4tion. R.Ch and beautiful Sonora has excited the avarice and Cupidity of the Yan- kees to a hungry and longing degree
 To-day tue people or sonora transact their own business. Tomorrow when the railroad is finished it will Je another thing. There will be Americans in every station. sharpers of every nationality, aEd will come Yankees. IIishmcu and Chinese to cheat and rob tac S0nCrians. Ttcy uili compete with the merchant of HermO-.Ila and Guaymas. and they Ui!i open Their way, working by tncsery and bad faith. Scarcely year will have elapsed since the f.r,t whistle If the locomotive in Sonora err the company shali have established its friends and allies as merchants and agents. and Then will De for gotten their sweet words and giidcd prom !ses and when they should be remembered o1 their pledges their reply wIll bc disdain and indifference.
 Then what arc you to do, people of So- nora. To deliver Inc kc5 to a thief is to lose everything iLe house contains Every train that arrives n Sonora brings ambition. Yankees who c0nse wiJh the object of rob bing the honest inhabitants who are not able to compete with inc frauds of those who come tc cOZen them.
 Look at California! It was separated from the Americans by mountains almost inaccessible for miles and miles. The Yankees surmountsd ali those obstacles. crossed the Sierras of Nevada in their search after the precious ore. Like the tidal wave on they came, or like unto small bands of sheep, until their numbers grasped Califor- uia from its legitimate owners. They rob bed the rich who believed in their promises, and they who received with confidence es- ' Alvarado, Pico and Ia Guerra" Ask those gentlemen now if they longer believe the words of the Americans who brought prom Ises on their lips.
 "WOrse luck new awaits Sonora, the Yankee is already on our frontier, and asks permission to construct 8 railroad for the avowed purpose of peoplins our valleys and giving us rit hes.
 Propheiically: ''Not long will you have 10 await the comingof the regiments to kill, burn, sack and annex. As it happened to California, so will il happen to Sonora The people of Sonora are now fondly dream ing, wrapt in beautiful visions, but unhap- pily full soon shall come upon them the freezing winter of their discOntent The Americans are already hugging the per spectiye Of their ccmIng to plant the natives of Sonora. The American eagle is whet- ting its sharp ;alons, and Sonora will be the dove victim ofI;s fell >w0op. The American eagle, as the British lion, never abandons vantage once acquired.
 "The railroad once finished they will meet resistance with IoslstaCCc, and thus will be precpitatcJ the annexation of Sonora: this is inevitable. Peace founded on justice is preferable to war. but freedom before slavery. They tell Us 1t wit open up our country; ,he people of Sonora prcfcr;o open up thcIr country after their own fashion.
 "The-e Is time yet tO fFustratc their yil- famous plans before t Is too late Let Us oppose lhls enterprise cf inc Americans. They shall see that Mexico has pride, and SOu0ro IS resolved to remain free This is the particular opinion oi a private iEdivid- ual, bu. It is the truth, as if they were words uttered by t5c Almighty Gcd. l speak in behalf cf SanuIa, of peace and of liberty. 1 speak in behalf of Mexico, so that she may become the Poland Uf the vest. The Sonoriaus shall not Le oppressed should their hcarths or their liberty be jeopardized
 Translator Now any impart al being who reflects, be hc American CT Mexican, must observe iu the atoye article a spirit of hostility inimicaI to prag:e-s. written with a Jesuitical ms|cvo,cuce which tends to separate and widen tine bond of friendship between two people who ought 10 be united by ties of friendship as w.Il as ties of ir- :. tcgest.
 The most i.iiterate can ild.c that first ] .Iass power. as lhc Uaitcd States unGoubt- . eGly ls, if intent on quarrel, can tiX on any 5f the Iatrcsc.cs of aiplomacy to create -uplufe and then tbcIesu.c could easily ne 'orc.ccH. But nc, the government ot the . -nitel States is not intcres'c.l in any enter )use between the two nations This rail . oaa is simply matter of outlay of capi. al with it's attendant loss or gain--in fine,
 speculation with money. whereby mcr- hants are mada or ulmsde. That benefits must accrue to Sonora by the undertaking must be admitted by every intelligent American and Mexican.
 ANDREW LEE.
 Translators. Andrew Lee, Richard A. }rannoD, Co. K, Gih |. S. Cav, f