| Show OUR GROWTH BY annexation annexation is in the air the people peaple at this writing are still waiting with more or less je anxiety for the treaty Y which president Pre cleveland is supposed to oe pre preparing parin in ia lieu of the one submitted by president harrisod ilar Harri sov As the minds or of the aeu senators must be reasonably well prepared regarding the subject by mis tim dm there should be but little belay in chiou upon it it requires a two laurdis tavy tave raile raple vote of the senate to ratify any tre treaty aty but it is i that mat that proportion Is already committed to tion the now new york mail and express holds that all our achievements iu in this uI direction have been I 1 ia a tiie line ul tit natural progress that they have never been influenced by intrigue nor cuu dutel buete I 1 by conspiracy i I 1 tue lae single mingle exception of cuba were made a heartier endorsement w would uld be given to the statement but that does not amount to much R irence forence is made tu to the various filibustering expeditions all i the government has opposed even where it bas baa not pressel suppress up eil and punished thoe engaged eui aed iu in them and chii we are strown that the mo it important territorial addition olour of our was effected by J effort ou in the pur casse ot n Luis li inua irom frai oe ce io in 1803 jeffersn Jeffer su paid Na napolea poleu lur for this magnificent american empire and that sum was con at the time an adequate the Lohi louisiana slana territory extence I 1 fr m the liula ol of mexico to the upper Missi sOppi and the great lake aud ami thence westward went west wari to mexico und and the aregim rei n embracing the whole ry of cf oregon the rhe jurcys e was subsequently tub dipilea into what is today louisiana proper arkansas injian territory missouri J kansas nebraska delarm ka iowa minnesota dakits wyoming the beit beat part ot of Col colorado oratio montana idaho oregon and washington j A addition to mr cur national dumain and we can take a double pride in its from the fact that it was acquired by peaceful and honorable means florida was subsequently acquired from spain in the same way and fexas was taken under circumstances quite similar to those which prevail in the Hawa hawaiian ilau case ft a great number of A merle americ n ns who had bad settled in the lone star state then an independent republic asked to be annexed to the united states and it was done this being in 1846 1845 in 1848 new mexico utah and california were purchased although it is and was contended by some that our country had a right to take them because of the conquest conque st of mexico and not pay anything but this idea did not prevail toe the next accession was that of arizona by reason of what is known as the gadsden pur chase from mexico this now new territory was not given a separate territorial government until 1863 when john A gurley was appointed its first governor in the meantime the united states had effected the purchase of the indian lanis an Is in georgia and Alaba alabama mg the latest territorial acquisition was alaska A which the united states bought from russia in 1867 for or the czar made the first rat overture but it was not long before secretary seward seized the opportunity accepted the offer and the united states government at once ratified the transaction rho present in resent is not the first movement looking to the acquisition of hawaii it is a matter of history that the islando island iii in 1864 1854 were offered a provisional government by this country but it was refused they or those who speak for them have changed their minds decidedly although it took them tony forty nine denra to do it |
