Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-10-22
EXPULSION OF MExIcANs FROM TEXAS.
FOR THE NATIONAL rsrrIIrsEScER.

danola Bulletin remarks
'To strangers this may wrong but we hold II rt
be perfectly right and highly necessary but word fd
explanation should be given In the first place than
there but the lower class Of sPeon' Mexcxcs
in the country; secondly they have no fixed domcil buf
hang around the plantations taking the lkeest aegrr,
girls for wives and thirdly they often steal horses x
these girls too, and endeavor to them to Mexico
] The above is the of the Indianola Bueffr
this cruel and outrageous of the citizens in
Matagorda county.
TO strangers this may seem wrong" Most assured
ly it will. And how does the Indanola Bulletin make n
right? "There none but the lowr class or peoar
Mexcans in the country None Ju The iouer class And
this is the reason Why under the protection Of fres
Government proessedy respecting the rights OF 1hs
poorest and humbest this is made the for drvise
them forth into Wild unsettled region where stron
armed cannot travel without the protection Of mum
bers,
ssThey have fixed aomicil This Is not at all lks
y, unless they have nSen cheated their
hacaes by the graspng and unscupuous conduct ths
white masters.
Thirdly they often steal horses and these girls tes
and endeayor to run them to Mexico And so the isr-
cent must suffer with the guilty. instead of seeking onk
the offenders they must aU goold men, women, and liz
tie children--from lands that their Tt1
country of their enforced adoption drives them from her
and where shall they go! No town city will receive
them, and in the waste country of Texas they must
starye
If they do after long wanderngs find their way back
into Mexico, what must be their story to their Mexcx
brethren Oppression, wrong, and outrage will be the
burden OF their talc and if any spirit is left in this
fortunate race they will resolve in the sad event Of
her stand shoulder shoulder and die every
rather than resign themselves to the extinction tt
must follow annexation.
The spirit of this outrage is not confined a,ona To
the citizeas Of Matagorda county. Nothing but the
srant Of public opinion prevents the every
where, and in many places this is Intellectual La
Austin, Mexeahs--men, women and chldren-werw
driven out Of the town. subject to great distress and s
ferng for other that could learn than their
willingness to work at low wages the State build
ngs thus reducing the price of labor among the An,eri
can mechanics. give this from history and good antho
ry, though should be most happy to be contradcseA
and assured that an wrong.
am not mistaken however in the feeling that exists
among old Texans especially towards this unfortunats
and outcast 1t may be excused in measure When
consider how fresh IN their memories are those dee
Of savage relentless barbarity that marked their struggle
for Independence.
| Still the time has gone by when men may allow their
private feuds derange the whole OF justice, and
when they may visit comparatively unoendiag class
the sins Of their fathers
%he Indanoa Bulletin gives the osensblc reasons for
this outrage but the real is, these unfortunate eo
pie tie pay they unsghtly blot on -four
ishng community their presence is hateful the races
do not harmonize. And the weak and the helpless
must give way.
| While on land journey this spring to Galveston
Maagora Bay, from the town of Matagerda 10
the peninsula whence stage runs to Velasco The boat
old settler of Dutch origin but had Lived IA
Texas from his boyhood lie was small, sharp, shrewo
man. successful settler and decidedly felt himself to f
one Of the sovereign people.
II Among other questions, asked hmpthere many
!. Mexicans about NIatagoraa. tWel, pretty slnaxx
Chancv,' no oaid, but they know their places; tey
keep mostly with the nggers and they don't dare srcw
any Of their sdrse" And then, with scow and sacA
shrug of aversion would speak OF some yenoulSs
reptile, he exclaimed, oh, hate he sigM cfG NieGB
like pison This is the real feeling; aud from long
residence among Mexicans do hesitate to say IS
for their fathers sins than their that they
: SO regarded
Ianar IL IL
be troublesome. They cowed AFFECT tmid rsces
living apart oucast from Intercourse and sympathy, and
rarely stealing, believe unless drawn to it by hunger
or extremity of some kind have lived in the neighbor
hood of Mexcans for years. sleeping at night with
dows and doors wide Open and lost article
Their pfering is of the most md kind and tits al
surd pretence to make their hieying propensites pre-
text for Punishment.
And now, let mo ask, is not The most degraded "pso
Nerican in Tt1as free citizen Of The United SatesP IA r
not entitled 20 its protecon And have the citizens eS
Texas rgt to drive them from point to point? IL thrs
be question solely of State sovereignty, and the General
has nothing to say let the press at least
and public sentiment frown this outrageous act Of C
preston Inquire Of all candid and intelligent whaa
the condition of naturalized Mexicans in Texas H
they lose hc protection Of all iawP
1t is common idea among Texans that il is harua
to kill Mexican; and l have often heard it sassi
that it would be impossible to find jury that won5a
convict American for such crime and yet, in the
face Of these well known facts the condition Of the
Texan Mexcans, told that arouid Je
great blessing 10 Asxco Is Mexico abstraction? Or
when speak Of blessing to Mexico, do mean tbs
people Of Merico2 If the people be meant may God
cifuy spare them the nHicton Of such blessing Thsr
situation is bad enough now; ii would be thousand
times then. Again the old story Of Indian wrongs
driven before the superior race, tramped under fe
the American flag would them the deadly
Upas tree is said to those drawn beneath
shade. And the national crime in this would be
fold greater, because the Mexcans it cannot be denied
partially civilized The great first difficulty is already
overcomc-tey hnoe hoW 10 labor; and under suitable
system they might be made peaceful, uuoaendng cS-
The experiment hos been fairly and successfully
tried by individuals.
i They among us by will Of their and thexG
two courses for to pursueeiher to carry this
unrelentng system Of banshment and extinction gys
them teachers employment protection thus rendering
their annexation real blessing to them and glory
to ourselves.
Let the world Judge which Of these is the wise and mSs
christian mode Of action.
, TEXAS, 0CToBER 2, 1853. G.
At the request Of citizen Of Texas under has
proper name, give place to the aboye.-EDrroRSI
\,
I'll LIBERALIrY.-Mr. w. Brown, Of the firm Of Bro~n-
Shiplcy Co., Of Liverpool has presented the munhcc1
of e6 900 sterling to establish second free hoE
in Liverpool Mr. Brown is Of the members OF Tar
a lament for the county of Lancashire.
O. We find the above in the foreign In oil BEos
onts hav hapn