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Show NEW UFXICO AND UTAH. During tho recent ilclntc in Uic soiiiitc of the United St;iU-s on tho bill fur the a J mission of Xow Mexico to the Union as n stale, SetnUor 3;ir-gi-nl rvferrcd to i letter received from C!jv. Axteil, wiio writes th.it "tho native MexiLns iu the Irgistoture how a great aptness for luiilat son, and, th;it us ;v cluss, thoy secin to bo obedient to the constituted nulhoi-ity and ills j very econi-mic.ii; are careful care-ful not to go into debt, :md are scrupulously scru-pulously just in paying their debts." in reply to Senator TUorriil, who st.iled tliLit iu his travels across the contiiiett ha s.nv simply sage-brush plains, Mr. S.irgcnt said : Look at S.vlt Lnke and the whole c iintry round about it. It was reported tv.-fivy-Lv-i or thirly year ayo si an ir-ri'i.'l-.iiiiab:e dcsiTi wliero mtiii cou.d not livo and iimt tako liis provisions and w.Wr with him. That w:u tlie irupres-t'wn. irupres-t'wn. All tbo i-xp'orin? exp.'diti..iis so r.-ported it, and n ab;ohit.-iy irreclaim-abif irreclaim-abif . A com m unity wont thero and ni.-do it Iht-ir h.'iiv';, with seme peculi-nrilics peculi-nrilics whioh I do not admire, but, nevor-t:iel.-s having a thrift and industry which iliuu'd ojmmend them to the ap-probitl'ii ap-probitl'ii of every one, and built up not mori-ly a community which is stable and tlirivinp, but brought from the soil eri-dnccs eri-dnccs of its v.-nhh in agricultural pro-duc'.Km, pro-duc'.Km, raiinp nm cereali in vait iUafiti'.ie?, and ver-tablo and f nit, and evurytnire that is drirbie. 1 dire say they ra:se more cer.'ais i:i I"t.ih than tiny do in tho emtn of Maine; I have no doubt '.hey do much mure fruit, and f immensely boiler quality; and tiiis right upyn the rouLi- ot that r:i Iroad which tli. seaatjr passed over by a!t Lake. .Mr. Morrill of -Maine No; I did not ROthore. Mr. arg-1 T'.en Hie ;e-ator has not hsul the upi-ornn '.i-s uf obervMiun tiat 1 suppv.;.d he had. lie told us of his oppoilunitie- of observation, and the s'ge conciuiois he drew tlvjrelrcin, and now it seems Unit he has not b?en so f.ir as Salt Lake. It is curiou? to know how far west of t-ie Missouri he went. IVr-. IVr-. li'ips bo topp'.d on the tavern bmk, and K-t7.d over on that land, nut promising prom-ising to him, aoross tho water, and f.iriue.1 the judgment which he made. If il would not bo improper t" form such rapid deductions I stumld be tempted to ln-iievi! it wi tl-at; for he is now confe-gir-K aw..y all his speech by his p'easant iir.erruplions to nie ai 1 proceo '. M.v friend perhaps went t Uu Lath, where, il is said by th- chairman of ttu eommiue on the judiciary of tin ot ier niu. c, the hori.. n cuii-a around to ;in c ilia I dis-taieu dis-taieu from a 1 part: of it, tr.cre jy s: owing ow-ing tiiat it U tho center of thw-rli I'-ilup; be tho-jght be had af.f.incd tbat ci'iit-r, an i it w.n imt woi:!i wh.ie to no b-yond that. But I w-wit to show hiui that tl e experience of L'lan il'ow; th'il a pow rf :l a;:d wealthy stilo Can b : built u; ii tfifse V"ry aii i plain'. Wi at i; ihcie- that niiintiiri Utah? lti f rieuiture, its catihj, its mines T Mit vi-ry faei roOs to show that my f. i.-::d U entirely mUta'en in his ettimale of lh ciipiuiti -s i f that tcrr.lory. He -ay?: Lu k nt Ma-tachu-cUs whch for 'J't yetrih-i-i beo:i cutl' va'.ing what-Vt-r sod il ba, and has been improving n other directions !a-tir by ru--aiis of its mati'ifacturoa and eommfoc?. V--ry well, b-t him give on;-triird uf t'ie lime, one-iwentieth one-iwentieth of tho time to these communi-li communi-li a I) nvor up. Setiilor S.;ryent contended that the country has lost nothing by admitting new sUles, but that the treasury saves the expenses ol the territorial governments, govern-ments, ami the U'nion gains strength by the additional solidity which is given to the state, by the encouragement encourage-ment to emigration to go there and build up its resources and fertilize tho lands. All our experience has been in favor of admitting the territories eirly, from the time that crinont was admitted with So, 00 people, in 17'.'!, to tho present time. |