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WEDNEsDAY. Fen 8, 1888.
LsvveR Caiifernia COncessions.
A eentleman who has just returned
from Lower California gives US some
very interesting facts and specula-
tions anent the great colonization
scheme that has been in progress
there for . year or more past. 1t
sesms that when the subject of the
concession to the International Colon
i.ation Company was before the Mexi-
can Congress, there Was strong party
Who opposed it on the general ground
Of antaeonism to the encouragement OF
American settlement. But Sef1or
Faeio, very intelligent member.
who represented the very Territory
which was the object of the COLOMBIA
tion scheme, took broad and states
manlike view Of the project. He said
that if the concessions were
made, and Americans were to
Be- induced to 60 into Lower
California in large numbers, it
would be the duty Of the supreme
government to give to that Territory
code Of laws and system of local
government in conformity with the
-lgWs and governing system to which
Americans were used. Not to do so
would be to lay the groundwork for a
repetition in Lower California OF what
occurred in Texas nearly half a CEN
tury ago. If Americans found them
selves there in large numbersand we're
nub1ected to laws to which they were
not accust omed, and which were re-
pughant to their views, they would
I become restive, and having the
strength of numbers to set up for them
9tlves, would soon disregard and
defy the Mexican authority and
become the objects Of active interest
Of their countrymen beyond the
line. This would inevitably lead
- revolution and to independ-
dence. If it should foment war be-
tween the two countries, as in the
case Of Texas, annexation to the
/ United States would be the inevitable
result, unless Mexico could MAINTAIN
her superiority by arms against the
Northern Republic. In spite of this
opposition, and Of the strong public
Gentiment in Mexico against Ameri-
can colonization on Mexican soil, the
( ooncession was granted, with such
xestrictions and conditions, however,
II = 6effor Facio's party succeeded in
engrafting upon the grant. 1t ap-
pears that q special agent was ap-
pointed by the Supreme Court some
6me ago to visit the colony and to re-
sport whether the International Com
pany had complied with the condi
<1fcns Of the concession. The trusted
.ngsnt was an Austrian, and after in
veltieation he reported affirmatively.
sBut the party Of exclusion we're not
|1ntis6ed with this report, and
they Asitated the subject with
- much rigor that the Government,
>hofonghly convinced of the sound
>nGss Of the report of their confidential
lent, complied with the demand of
- agitators, aud appointed their
Iiei Sefsor Facio, to institute
III inyestigation. This gentleman
b1oyF engaged in that duty
~ Was interviewed by our inform
~ few days ago in Ensenada. The
~ cleaned arp interesting. The
AGil1o grant of lands was made |
pn one cardinal condition among |
noss, and that was that the |
npeny should settle upon the
nooded lands within q certain |
- : Stipulated number Of Ameri- |
lamilies and make certain inn
Uoments In houses, tillage of
I'll, etc. The agent has
"a that this condition has
ev1ded in this way. |
znumbsr Of American families
IA the concession has GER
on brought into Lower Cali
But they have been located
nn1D not entered in the con-
ut upon private lands pur-
~ tho company from Mexican
- Bsyond the Valley of
-, and upon the lands con-
= the company, the con-
= the grant have not been
- With, and the question will
beloge the Mexican Govern
~ Ooasress IN the shape OF a
Gnul The franchise for failure
With il conditions. Sefior
~ not think that the re-
= ~ grant by the
vssnment would operate
6vantage Of individual
~ had purchased from
onn1 Company, but that
ont would - q IN good y