Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-28

tOlk NdfiouS addresses ana messages The treaty of Guadalupe HidalgO brought the war to a close in 1S4S. by the terms of which treaty Mexico sold for S1s.OOO,OOO that territory which now comprises California. Nevada. most of Arizona. New Mexico and Utah and a part of Colorado and fixed the boundary of Texas at the Rio Crande.
 The WilmOt proyiso was an attempt to exclude slavery from any territories 10 be acquired from Mexico. While this proyiso failed of passage. 1t gave forecast of the bitter war that was soon to settle the slavery question in the United States.
 The election in 1S4S resulted in vic tory for the Mexican war hero, Gener- al Zachary Taylor.
 Taylor was Whig. but his popular success was due largely to his military record.
 Taylor recommended a protective tariff for the protection of home indus tries and for the insurance of good wages for labor. Taylor's term was cut short by death-
 Fillmore's recital of the history of his time is of extraordinary impor- tance because the country was on the eve of it's greatest crisis Fillmore rather leaned toward the slavery doc trine and signed the fugitive slave act and other compromise measures. which lost him the favor of the Whig party in the north. The Fillmore fugitive slave proclamation is partially repro duced in facsimile. This proclamation is as interesting as fiction when looked back upon across the bloody chasm of the war which reversed its fat. President Fillmore adduced phllo- sophical arguments in favor of tariff for revenue which might properly amount to a protective tariff.
 Fillmore advocated internal improve ments and recommended that some means be found of opening a line of communication between the valley of the Mississippi and the Pacific on ac- count of the unprecedented growth of our territories on the Pacific in wealth and population and the consequent in- crease of their social and commercial relations with the Atlantic states"
 The Clayton-Bulwer treaty with Eng land was agreed to, the terms of which have been somewhat in dispute recent -ly because it dealt with the then pro- posed Nicaraguan canal, but, broadly interpreted, would be effective as to the Panama canal. which was discuss ed in the newspapers recently as to whether the United States has the right to police and control the Panama canal without an infraction of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty.
 Among the illustrations in the Fill more period of history which Tighten up the work and give it tinge of TO- nance is the cartoon entitled "Ridicule of Jenny Lind's Popularity In 1850" Louis Kossuth. the great Hungarian leader in the European struggle for liberty. was in 1851 aided to escape from Turkey by the United States gov ernment and visited America. being heralded as a great emancipator. Ref erence to this historical event. throw ing 8 side light on foreign history. Is given in the encyclopedia index vol ume.
 The Gadsden purchase was arranged by treaty with Mexico during Pierce's administration and added considerable territory to the United States
 O Pierce declared unreservedly his con viction that slavery was constitutional and upheld the fugitive slave act He denounced bitterly the slavery agita- tion-
 An echo of the slavery agitation is noted in the Ostend manifesto, which was a recommendation to the presi- dent of the representatives of our min isters to Spain. France and Great Brit ain. the latter being James Buchanan, sent from Ostend. Belgium. Oct 9. 1851, to the effect that the United States should offer Spain s120O00.0O0 for Cuba and, in event of Spain's re- fusal 10 sell. the United States would be justified in taking forcible posses sion of Cuba rather than see it "Afri- canized." But President Pierce did not think it prudent to act upon this rec Ommendation. and Pierre Soule. our minister to Spain. resigned in disgust an interesting bit of history both as to slavery and our subsequent relations with Cuba. Tn the campaign of 1856 the Republican party was born and John c. Fremont nominated, but de- feated by James Buchanan. a northern Democrat.
 It would be interesting to trace this review through the remaining admin istrations of Buchanan. Lincoln and on down to Taft. in which each president devotes his own best intellect and calls to his service the best assistance of his ecbofarIv friapda and ca bfuat mann harS