El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-11
ARIZONA
STATEHOOD
Both Political Parties PIedg-
ed To Favor Admission.
THE PECULIAR POSITION
OF the Territory Makes 1t Doubly
Interestlng.-First Recognized
By the Confederate Congress
The 6adsden treaty.

The 6adsden treaty.
In view of the fact that the repub
Ic.n and democratic platforms oott
contain = declaration In favor OF the
h mission OF ths erIitory OF Arizonf
into tie Union IS state, It 10 regard
ed as certain that the sffairs OF thai
part OF the country will receive due
consideration from congress st iti
next session. For several reasons,
says Hubert II. Bancroft, In the HE
tory of Arizona aud New Mexico, the
Li-tory Of those territories. particular.
~ In the early times, 10 not surpassed
in interest by that Of any portion OF
tie Pacific United States or perhaps
~ the whole republ!c
Notable among these reasons are
their antiquity as Spanish provinces
Tor they were the first to be occupied
by Europeans,a and ten years before the
p lgrlms landed At Plymouth Rock q
Historic de la Nuevs Me xIco was pub
lished; the peculiar Pueblo civilization.
second only to that OF the Arizona and
Mayas of the south. found among the
aborigines of this land, and maintain
ing itself more nearly In lite original
opditions than elsewhere down TO
the present day the air OF romance per
vsding the country early annals In
connection with the Northern Mystery,
qiaint cosnographic theories, and
SIe search for fabulous en-
pires in Cibola, LegusyO and
Quirira; the ancient belief in the ex =
:srence of immense mineral treasures
as supplemented by the actual oiscov-
cry of such treasures In modern times:
the long and bloody struggle seainss
raiding Apaches, the 1shmaelites OF
american sborigines; the peculiar cir
cumsts nces under which this broad re-
zion fell into the hands of the United
Sia;es; the fact that she eastern por-
tion, sunlike any other territory OF the
republic, IL etiIl Inhabited by q
Spanish speaking people: its position
Tn the nation al frontier; its peculiar
ities OF physical -confRuration and
climate, and. finally, the marvellous
strides toward prosperity in the last
two decades of n country formerly re-
garded rs an unpromisir G section Of the
great American desert.
BY THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
To Arizona belongs the distinction of
having been erected into a territory by
{ he confederate congress-, and when, q
c )up,e OF years later, an act to ac-
comp ish the same object was passed
by The Congress OF the United States
dpPEONC6 Oy L - 6~Oiot
1 he law as IL stood Was in precisely the
same terms a. had been used by the
I o de.IaSL southern body.
To the confederstes Arizona bad NO
e ,eoial value except by reason OF Ire
geographic position. There were,
however, some military stores worth
C Ipturing; 10 open line Of communities
rion would encourage prompt action
Il the part of California secessionists;
the occupation Of so broad q territory
could be made to appear q. RIchmord,
and it presented no difficulties what
ever.
Public sentiment in Arizona Was al
most unaui. nusly southern, and no Sc
cret was MADE of the feeling 10 this re-
spect, the few Union men having little
or nothing to say. 10 1861 couvep-
ton q. Tucson seems to have formally
declared the territory q part of the con-
federacy, and in August OF that year
Granville q. Onry was elected delegate
TO the southern congress.
1t was openly asserted that the ccun-
Try % misiortunes were due to neglect
OF the government, and that this Leg
lect srose from AriZona's well-knowp
q I'D patriotic devotion to the southern
cause. Most officers serving at the |
-outh western posts we're southerners
who made haste to Din the confederate |
army, though the privates are said to |
ave remair ed fsithful to their govern
meut almost without exception. Cap
tain Ewell, commanding in Arizona, |
became prominent as a confederate |
general.
MESILLA VALLEY OCCUPIED.
In July, 1861. Lieut.. Col. John r.
II -
the Mesills valley and took possession |
for the coofederacy. In p.ociam..
lion OF August j he declared the ter
ritory Of Arizona to comprise all tha.
part of New Mexico south OF latitude
"a degrees; that all Offices under the
ave of the late United States or of
The territory were vacant: continued In |
'orce all laws not in consistent with those
Of the confederate states: made Mesills
he apital Autographed q military gov
with himself rs governor. The
lis, including James A. Lucas as secre-
airy, NJ. b. Neville % treasurer and
z. Augerssein as auditor.
On Baylor's approach The officers In |
command At Forts buchanan and |
3r q ,kinridge we're Iordered TO abao don
hose posts, destroying she buildings,
nth all military stores that could not |
De removed, and march eastward to the |
Rio Grande. This order WAS obeyed,
I'D all military protection being with
:rawn the Apaches took possession Of
he country, xillinR all who could no,
sospe from the country or take refuge
Il Tucson. Sonoran adventurers are
aid so have crossed the line to supple
neut the work of plumber and devasta-
ion. Early In 1862 q force OF two or
hree hundred Texans, under Capt.