Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-11
Both Political Parties Pledged to
Favor Admission.
PECULIAR POSITION OF TERRITORY
First Recognized as Such by the
Confederate Congress.
T He SDEN TREATY

l
| In view of the fact that the republican
and democratic nlatforms hoth contain a
dsclo r,t,o, &, 60 20 81. ,,,,,,.,a . ~.
-. - y, .ne aul'i I'. Vi 'ne
| VI Aii-oita ihto Tue Union as
state. II Is regarded as certain that the az
fairs of that part of the country will re-
ceiye due consideration from Congress
| 80 a.. -. .., - - ~
O. 40 meat 'essioh' ror seferai reasohs'
says hubert H. Bancroft. In the history
Of Arizona and New Mexico the history of
those Territories nart,cuIar,v in tho ear,,,
| t,nas &c ,,ot s,,a.,,, A., ,.o,o,. =, ,h.
of anv nortton Of the Do c,fc ITnitad states
or perhaps of the whole republic.
| Notable among these reasons ara their
antiquity as Spanish proyinces-for they
| we're the first IN he occunied nv Euronaans
and ten years before the pilgrims landed
Plymouth Rock a Historic do 10 Nuaya
| Iexico was Published. the peculisr Pueblo
| o,yiI,zo,,on $50. -,
| seeoiiu oiiiS " 'ha' Vi the AZ
| tees and Mayas Of the south, found among
| the aborigines of this land, mad main
| tanning itself more nearly in its orig
| inal conditions than elsewhere down to
| the present day; the air of romance per-
| vading the country's early annals in con-
| nection with the Northern Mystery quaint
cosmographic theories, and the search for
| fabulous empires in CiboIa Leguayo and
Quir1ra: the ancient belief in the existence
| Of immense mineral treasures az sunnIa
| mented nv the actual discovery of s,,cb
| treasures in modern tjmes. tho Long and
| bloody struggle aqa,nst raiaing anscbas
| the IshmaeIifas oS An,arina, ,hapsa,.os,
the peculiar circumstances under which
| this broad region fell into the hands of tho
| United States. the fact that the .ss,arn
norton unIixe any athor .a;.s g 81.
| republic. Is stiII inba bite5 nv y Sno,;sh
| speakinp neonIe. jts noS;tion On AZ -
| tionaI frontjer. n. naorIio ri.ia ~ h.,
| CONFEDERATION and climate and s,aIIs ~
marvellous strides toward nrnSnsr;tv - w.
| la ST tuo dac,saS 80 n aaa. 49, $50 "a tio
| earded 90 an u,nro,,iSinr soatia. .,
great Ameri.ar dasar. 'hs See'ion Vi lhe
ny the confederate Congress.
To Arizona belongs tho disti,ctio,, 90 h,
| inc baa, ax.o.os t.. .,.
confederate congress and uyher oo,,,,a =.
years later an act to ACCOMPLISH the same
| object was passed by the Congress of the
United States and approved bv President
| Lincoln the law as it stood was 4, nraciral,,
| the same terms as had been used by the
my ~ telunet sou.hern body
cial yaiue excant hy raasnr ns'u M no spe-
graphic position. There were however
| some military stores worth capturing; an
| open line OF communication would encour-
age prompt action on the part OF Californ:a
s se;,, the occupation of so broad
atisoiy Sould De MADE TO appear at Rich
nonu ana IN Europe. great achievement;
Dt ~ P eaeii.eu no uiiiicuities Whatever.
nm, nir,o, n''ne stt IN arizona was almost
u,aaa ne thS souluein' ana no secret was
I-nor VI M ane ieeins IN ms respect the few
| In 1891 q onnrae.;as VI ito.iiiHS " say
baya form,II,- sa,m, q. iuesoii seems 10
of the confadaracr 90 IN, nc t as d par.
| wear GrsnyiIla "a o., "a aus , oi lIiat
| gate to tha snntbarn cn9,ra eee'eu ueie-
II was oneniv assartaJ ~ .bo oo,,x..
misfortunes We're dns 70 49,. .lie COUNTY
| eminent and thar tbis nasiao. oa So So
Arizona's well-known and natriotic 5eyntinr
I to the southern cause Most ofsioars '-. -
| at the Southwestern nosts wera sn,, ber ing
who made haste TO iofn tho confaJarata
army though the priyates are said m bare
| remained faithful 10 Their, s,ovarnr,ant -
| most without exception. Santain I'll
commanding in Arizona, became nrominent
as confederate general
| M,r x,,
Oes"pieu.
IN July, 1851, Lieut. Col John r. Baylor,
| with Texan force. entered the Mesilla val
| ley ami took possession for the conrsd-
| eracv T., a nrocIon,..;o, 30 49,.
$50, -. ",. aa 'ioh .. august .ie
oeelaieu .he territory OF Arizona to COM
| prise al! that part Of New Mexico south Of
| latitude "a degrees; that all offices under
| tho Iaws of tho r.+a Tinted ST., - =,
| 49, - ~ a'a.es vi vi
f IN - Mete Nacalt. cohtinued III
a1' - an iaS no' INCONSISTENT with those
i. I'm ee SAYS iiidue Meslla the
capi.ai' anu otsaiiiZed miitary govern
meht with himsei1 as governor The next
| uay ne appoihted territorial officials. In
ciuding lanes A Lucas as secretary. M
II. McWliie as treasurer and E. Augerstein
as auaitor-
on B&ylof approach the offlcers in com
| mana at forts Buchanan and breckenridge
| were ofdered 10 abandon those posts, de-
| stroyins the buildings, with all military
| stores tnat could not be removed. and
| march eastward to the Rio Grande. This
order was obeyed, and all military protec-
1on being Withdrawn the Apaches took pos
| session OF the country, killing all who could
| not escape from the country or take refnEe
a. 49, nro.soa &c an aut ers are -
| work OF plumber and devastatien Farlv IN
| 1862 a force of two three hundred Tex
ans. under capt: Hunter marched west
Maiu Iiolii sie sS anu IA epruary tooN
| There vas of course NO onnositiar IInfon
| men. if there were any left fleeing across
the line into Sonora.
May 10 of the same year. Lieut.. Col.
Mess, Win me advance OF coiumn OF
striras a,.;, US rnasou 'a Sr an.
had retreated to the Rio Grande losing
several men and much property on the way
in fight with the Apaches The Califor-
mans left a garrison at the Pima villages
naming the post Fort Barrett. in honor Of