New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-11
OUR MEXICAN BORDER


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Is j; possible tai suy one GENES ths existence
Of Pzosoge Ia Nsp.Msxieo Fae actaal, a5s3-
lu-e exis.azea. Il liz bgu-. & this y=ar ls5o Of
IL e1slaye3 hz-5 a sozae - 9oo indians, so5ject
Il 70 lesh ga obl5see b law 70 I'll o. through
hs stared c1ciad sart3orn. tb 70 door d da,iv'
craze Int ID eate u 6ea.6. !. Z fact knosa y
eyer7 usa4 q tx border Z fac. 81 Gear md
tra,a.et .ez.1-ed :zat s: 5 : 81 aa1 sl1-.a L!
a1y member Il ire at.o-al Legislature . Dc e
uors1t q it-aud ncra sln and shz-.s i with
voice au,i yota LIZ DOES nos waE uPoz H. uui- -rs
Ia. 1o.d1pg thread Is broEe2. i. is also tact
thst fugitive poems i.ee1en BON. re constantly
ton by :c.ca t.9 115er liz ve-y ;oldg Z. 51r 3as
and carried iIou Oh 81, bound hand ana foot.
back 70 Slavery. TINS mas been 70 my knowledge
" IL the 5rurns u or Dancs1-situetsd II M
sieat-ygere loudly beating .e. martial ass1-a->e
e protection. Let tie c.ac4rs q auy nd gerry
post or t.s frontier deny II, i il i not tue that
hsYd and grinding Ee-vIrade exists a thIs Zn15af
in New Mexico, and the. poems, accused q no
CRIME b1s debt have 0eea and are weekly IN
tr2p9ed o. CIR SOL and conveyed BARK . TIE ser
virQde trey hare td from. end that EIt1o1t 1l1-
Gyauce i-om any NH. D rot sappose the CIT
zeas u character ard principle apPIoYe It's dess-
c-LtioI o. cIlr .e-I.C-. They GO 10t: o-t the-a 3
& feeling much TOO scro1g sAd TOO general Ter the
llv.:y q fle American 1&-Ee- T. a. TIE L > TJT-
rrzuezst VI lot MEG IL II s1cn matters &c .1Et
citizen who attempted 70 EzTes. this kidnapping
system voUlG Lot Be sustained q -" ashtassoa
Tbs IL JIG q the Teak POINTS 81 cur exceeding
X 1s.E svs.eTa-co srs.aE. TJl31 &c tie 55,t9-
term-oi cur border defense. There never hzs
beez AZ regular pl21 Il tae 1ttter TIE goddess
Of chance-a-aeo, PeInzPs no" ana shs2 . an
oElcey 1Gt eI,--tiy 1-s--:l-aztad "a -A--7 pm
certlia i3catiors--12s scattered = ya-1c-c t1e
military posts and deD5ts without any apparent
conrectson. q. Etusss between .1sEn Ell 1hell
worn Il tie security OF toe frontier IL sariy So
tleuent and hest preparation far FL independent
and pros Porous il. VS. TIE ztG1
the steps toward :. W-re Iii 80 Selsl1.e %
efrsig1,tfoYxer8 Congress- let things sta55e5
aiors il 1 tl.udio.5. 5aSilde-od .zSai71. aud thc
former Secretaries of ~ g 1lc Wy. 1:!a e 80
way @: 6iseu:a1g,luE M EE.lt1e1 t1rsai4s ne
co1nmzaG.rs officers. finley ne TIE VII, I1cEed
tae p0vtr Il rsul tll.s IusI5cls-cEf evea I. ta-!
were hare lo1s e2o1sb ard ha4 t1alr z1aa1E c: IL,
ouIry an i1.4EI alton fely oige.t@a iar reg3lAr
aCtl1n.
4 iopg riyer l5Be Of frontier was 70 D defended
VIII i band @. wilderness. E6yt- l1ss ~ : ll-.
cred miles VIDE along Is whole course WIKI zTs7r,
grass IND timber ID urecises tE2s measure Il suit
The Indians RID perp-ez regular soldiers AeItS,
or thick c5pses al tItes ana thfcsr; ere scattered
q vide intervals ovec these immense plans near
enough 70 make the hiding psstes OF the wider
1esE-weS5 Res MAJ, whose EGry eye Wcd.1
rsl &c oE niles oyer the Gear spaces aad be ready
- pouroo On parties o. he Ba.tes loDg before
their lnexperlenee = 3UlG ce;ees TIE t-Gu OF PIE
sence u The larkilE savage. Streams aIid water
ing places IRE ten, !Iteen a1a twenty miles az a.
and the whi,e stranger isnorsat OF the signs
nigh. tie OF thirst Il the DRY season betc-e he
found them o- End them ol-ly ID .aL lnto she an
bush oitht ever wa:cAIQl Indian. The lneian on
his hardy, slert pony laughs a The Slow reso amy
O; the disciplined sol1ie:. and u2-es II yery sport
| his clumsy eudesyo-s st pursuit. Imagine parties
oi 41aztfg stationed here a1d there along tbis
line Of frontier and stationed e, those points too
remote from the sections in the greates! need OF
defense, 211 then Il Is noI difficult 10 understand
! why the Indians All s. many citizens End feg
soldiers, a1d why tie Indians are never caught.
After this plan statement Of the character o. ne
Country, and Of tha Zoe thai scogrses i;,-aai re-
| member beside that the wealth Of the iarrns that
/ widely aPsrs-t-.nge this korder, consists in
mules horses and cattle, which toe lightly eq1ip-
! ped Indian rider can sweep down upon Ike an
eagle ana vanish with II nights it not iac-e3i-
he that its protection should be eon6ded 70 IA
Ta.tr, Is ); rot almost natural . believe taosa
partsans who talthe Texans thst this oversigtltis
an intentional chasgisement tor their political
sins - 4 Ber3if, C-N-