El Paso Daily Herald. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 20TH YEAR, No. 205, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 1900 Page: 7 of 8
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EL PASO UAMY HERALD TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1.1900.
7
ARIZONA
STATEHOOD
Both Poiitical Parties Pledg
ed To Favor Admission.
THE PECULIAR POSITION
Of the Territory Makes It Doubly
Interesting. First Recognized
By the Confederate Congress.
The Gadsden Treaty.
Ia view of the foot that the repub
lican and democratic Dlatiorma bo in
contain declaration to favor of the
aals-Ur of lb: tenltory of Arizona
Into tte Union at a state. It It regard
ed aa certain that the affairs of that
pert of the country will receive One
consideration f r m congress at its
text session. Fur several reaaona.
says Hubert H. Bancroft in the his
tory of Arizona and New Mexico the
Llrtorj bf those territoriea. tartloular
ly la the esrlv times i not surpatsed
in Interest by that of aoy portion of
t-e Pacific Uolted States or perhaps
rr the whole republic
rotable imoo tbese reasons are
tbeir antlault as Soaolsh trovlncei
fur the were the first to be occupied
by Europeans aod ten yeara before the
v igrlms landed at Plvmoutb UOCK
Hlstoria de la Nuevi. Mtxlco was pub
lished: theneculiar Pueblo clVUzatlon.
second only to that of the Arizona and
Mayas of tbe south found among the
aborigines of this land and maintain
in; Itself more nearly In its original
corditiona than elaewbere down to
tbe present day : the air of romance per-
idlng the country' early aonaia in
connection with tbe Northern Mystery
q lalnt cosrnographic theories and
tie search lor fabulous em
Direa in Cibola. Legueyo and
Oulrira; the ancient belief in the ex-
is'enee of Immense mineral treasures
its supplemented by tne actual disco v
en of bucb treasures tn modern times;
tbe long and blocdy struggle against
raiding Apaches tbe Isbmaelltes of
American aboriginee; the peculiar cir
cumetancea under wbtch this broad re
gion fell into the handa of the United
&:a:ee; the fact that tbe eastern por-
ttonjunlike any other territory of the
republic Is still Inhabited by
Spanish speaking people; its position
vu the natlocal 1 rootle; Its peculiar-
ities of pbycical configuration and
climate and. finally the marvel jus
stride toward prosperity in the last
two decadea of a couotry formerly re
garded aa an nnpromlslrgsectionof the
great American desert.
BY THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
To Arizona belongs the distinction of
having been erected Into a territory by
tie confederate congress and wben.
ctUD.'e of years later an act to ac
complish tbe same object was pasted
by tbe Coogre or tbe United Slates
a 3d approved by President L'ncoln
tte law as it stood was in precisely the
same terms as had been used by the
to de.uuwl .oathera body.
To the confederates Arizona had no
teolal value except by reason of lta
geographic position. There were
however some military stores wortb
cipturlo.; aa ope a line of communica-
tion would encourage prompt action
cn tbe part of Cailforcia secessionist';
tte occupation of so broad a territory
could fcx made to appear at Ricbmocd
and in Ejrope a great achievement;
and It presented no difficulties what-
ever. Pnbllo sentiment In Arizona was al-
most uoaol- nusly southern and no se
cret was maae of the feeling In this re-
spect the few Union men having little
cr nothing' to say. Io ICtil a conven-
tion at Tucson seems to have formally
declared the territory a part of the con
federacy and In August of that year
Granville H. Onry was elected delegate
to tbe sootbern congress.
it was openly asserted tbat tbe coun-
try s mtsfortui.es were due to neglect
of the government and that this teg-
lect arose from Arizona's well-known
and patriotic devotion to the southern
cause. Most officers servlog at tbe
soutbwestem posts were southerners
who made haste to jiln hs confederate
army tbougb tbe privates are said to
tave remalced faithful to tbeir govern-
ment almost without exception. Cap-
tain Ewell commanding in Arizona
bacsiss prominent as a confederate
general.
MESILLA VALLEY OCCUPIED.
In Jnly 1861. Lieut. Col. John R
Baylor with a Texan force entered
tbe Mesllla valley and took poss"-lon
for tbe coofederasy. In a proclama
tion 01 August i ne aeciared tbe ter-
ritory of Arizona to comprise all that
part of New Mexico soutb of latitude
34 degrees; that all offices under the
laws of tbe 'late United States' or of
tbe territory were vacant; continued in
force all laws not inconsistent with those
of tbe confederate states; made Mesllla
tbe capital. nndorganlzed a military gov
eminent with himself as governor. Tbe
next day he appointed territorial offici
als including James A. Lucas as secre-
tary M. H McWllle as treasurer and
E. Angersteln as auditor.
On Baylor's approach the officers in
command at Fort Bucbanan and
Bie:klnridge were lordered to abandon
tbose posts destroying the buildings
with all military stores thst could not
be removed and march eastward to the
Hlo Grande. This order was obeyed
and all military protection being with-
drawn the Apacbestook possession of
i be couotry billing all who cuuld not
f saepe from tne country or take refuge
at Tucson. S noran adventurera are
said so have crossed tbe line to supple-
ment tbe work of plunder and devasta-
tion. Early in 1862 a force of two or
three hundred Tex an s ncuer Capt.
banter marched westward from Mesl-
lla and io February took possession of
Titoson for tbe confederacy. There was
of course to opposition. Union men
it tht-re were any left fleeing across
tbe line into Sosora.
May 20 of tbe same year Lieut. Col.
West with tbe advance of a column rf
C alifornia troop raised the stars and
stripes again over Tncson. Capt. Hun-
ter had retreattd to the Rio Gracdr
los'ng several men and much property
n the way m the debt with tbe Apt-eh-n.
The Callforeians left a garrison
at lbs Pima v.llages naming the post
Port Barrett tn honor of th- only offi
cer kilicC ny confelerate bullets in
Arizona. Ports Buchanan and Breck
inridge were reoccupled tLe latter be
tog: renamed Fort Stanford but both
positions were presently abandoned.
as tbe sites were undesirable aod tbe
buildings have been destroyed.
Early in June Col Carlton arrived
at Tucson where in an order of the
etb te proclaimed tbe news of a ter
rltorial organization by cor ere? and
declared tbe territory under martial
law. Good order was easily preserved
tbe most vlil-;nt rebel partisans bav
log departed with Hunter. All w bo
remained were required to take tbe
oath of allegiance turbulent and un
desirable characters being easily
driven away by threats of arrest for
dlsudion sentiments and a few union
men found their way back from So-
nora.
TREATY WITH MEXICO.
What is now known as Arizona was
added to tbe United States in 1853
December 30 of that year James Gads-
dec United States minister to Mexico
concluded a treaty by wbloh tbe
boundary line was moved southward.
so as to give tbe United States for
money consideration of SI 0000. 000. all
of modern Arizona south of the Gil
river.
On the face of the matter the Gads
deo treaty was a tolerably satisfactory
settlement of a boundary dispute and
purcbae by tbe l sited btates of i
route for a southern railroad to Calif
ornia followed. Under the treaty of
1848 the commissioners had agreed on
latitude 32degrees 22 minutes as tbe
southern boundary of New Mexico but
tbe United stales snrveyor. wbo bad
not agreed to this line had p-rbaps
surveyed another in 31 degrees 34 min
utes and tbe New Mexicans claimed
tbe Mesllla valley between tbe .two
lints as part of tbeir territory. Tee
United States were usom-i extent
bound by tbe act of tbeir commissioner
but Mexico besides being wrong on
the original proposition was nit' In
condition to quarrel about so unim-
portant a matter.
Un tbeotner band tbe northern re
public could afford to pay for a rail
road route through a country rich in
mines and Mexico tbougb rational
pride was strongly opposed to a sacri-
fice of territory was sadly in need of
money and sold a region tbat was
practically of no value to her. In both
ut.is there was much b.uer critic
ism of tbe measure and a dl-posltlon to
impute hidden motives to the respec
tive administrations indeed tbere
was a common belief in tbe north that
the Gadsden purchase waa effected with
a definite view to tbe organization of a
southern confederacy.
It was not until l&o that tbe Uolted
States took military possession of the
Gadsden purchase by sending a detach-
ment of four compaoles of tbe 1st Dra-
goons which force was stationed at
Tucson aod later at Calabazts. Tbe
territory of tbe Gadrden purchase was
believed to be rich In precious tne lair.
Americans had long been more or less
conversant wltb Mexican traditions of
Immensely rlcb mines discovered In
Jesuit times aod abendoneJ in conse
quence of Apsche raids. Reports of tbe
various government explorers who
bad in all directions noted indications
of mineral wealth corroborated the
current traditions and made Arlzooa a
most attractive country for adventurers.
all the more so because of tbe recent
successes of gold seekers In California.
POLITICS BUT NO GOVERNMENT
Arizona besides its Apaches and
outlaws bad for several years follow
ing its acquisition by the United States
Its politics and politicians but not
mucn government. From 1851 to 1854
It was a part of tbe territory of New
Mexico aad was theoretically divided
into Ave or six counties. A convention
was held at Tucson August 29 18GB
hlch resolved not ooly to send a
memorial to Congress urging the
organization of a territory of Arizona
but to send a delegate to wasbiegtoo.
and In September Nathan P. Cook was
electeJ delegate.
He was not admitted to a seat but bi-
mission was brought before tbe Louse
in January laoi. lbe decision waa
reached by tbe bouse tbat it was not
wise to give Arizona a territorial gov
ernment because of tbe limited popu
lation but recognized tbe unfortunate
condition of tbe people acd agreed to
orgaoize a jadlclal district soutb of
tbe Gila. A bill to tbat effect was
pissed by the senate in February but
was not acted noon by the house.
In 1880. from tbe 21 to tbe &:b of
April tbere was tela at Tucson a con
stitutional convention composed of
tbirty-ooe delegates w bleb proceeded
to ordain and establish a provisional
constitution to remain in force until
Congress sbould organize a territorial
government and no longer. Notblog
however was done under this sol-dlsaot
government beyond the election aod
appointment of officials under its pro
visions.
ARIZONA BILL DISCUSSED.
Finally In March 1862 the Arizona
bill was again Introduced and discussed
in congress. The following account of
tbe wire-pulling preliminary to the
passage of the bill Is recorded:
Old Ben Wade as be was called.
who was chairman of tbe senate com-
mittees on territories ascertained it
is said tbat tbere were a number of
members of tbe expiring congress who
had been defeated in their own dis
tricts for tbe next term acd wbo want
ed to go west and offer tbeir political
S jvlces to tbe 'glots and tbat if tbey
could be grouped together and a satis
factory slate made tbey would bave In
fluence enough to carry the bill through
Congress. Consequently an oy-ter
supper was organized to which tbe
'lane due' were invltad ana tben and
tbere the "slate was made and the ter
ritory virtually organized. So the bill
passed. President Lincoln stgnea an
the commissions tbe oyster supper
was paid for acd Arizona was launched
upon tbe political sea." Washington
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