New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-03

small companies of troops 20 march 10 the relief Of the
threatened and beieaguered town. This Is Cors'nAs ;
case fairly stated and at last dates be was still me
nacing Brownsville. Now, let US see what the hero
Of HarpePs Ferry has done. With force thai any
little sne-horse power town fourcOrners nelsh0or-
hood in Texas would have crushed out and strung up
at an hours notioe-with barely sergeants guard oil
fanatoal malconfens, he sezes the a-mOry, ana IN
stantly Washington Is quaking with fear, and the
whole region is up in arms. BsttaiOns from BALTIMORE
marines from Washington, regiments from the dnerehI
cities Of Virginia companies from Frederick, militia
from eveFywhere-a thousand upon one-are semi 10
Hsrpers Ferry, and the great wonder Is that Browns
worthless carcass not riddled until II was tTansPA
rent and open as sieve. Such Is Browns case, also
fairly stated.
do not censure the authorities for thus crushing
out a. stupid and farcics an attempt at rebellion as
was ever enacted by the widest mailman, but 90
blame the Government for liz culpable remssuess IN
not providing protection to an exposed border ana oI
a moment permitting point 30 important as thai Oh
Brownsville to be abandoned. How Illuminating Ii
must be to the survivors Of the gallant force, which IN
1916 defended For! Brown with such stubborn nero,
ism, 10 zee the day when Mexican force Is calico
from the Rio Grande TO guard the very spOt
ever dead mans bones could rattle and rise mp IN re-
buke surely those Of the brave Major Brown, buried
at the foot Of the flagstaff, would have done 30 "hsh
Mexican soldery were besOught for It's protection.
Here in Texas we do not look for such protecuon
as the peopIe of the older States receives we do not
expect that horse foot and Dragons as has been te
case with the Virginia folk, are 10 30 hastened on "
our suecOr whenever a mailman runs species Oh muoA
in our midst, raises rebeous rumpus Win SUI
of deuded followers. We can take care OF ourselves
here in the interior in all such cases. But against the
sayages and desperadoes along the Rio Grande anu on
our extended frontier line, do want helps we pay
our taxes for it. and entitled 70 III ana nothz
would be easier than to give every border man whose
life il worth Just much to his family and himself rs
that of Mr. FLOYD, full and ample protection. Tue
system advocated by General Twggs, II earned out
would effect this. Occupy the principal frontier posts
with small garrsons and keep thousand Well
mounted men, under some such olcer as ' an Dorh
continually worrying and falling upon the Indians and
they would soon be rendered pOweress IN the way OF
doing mischief The Indians are now hostile, ever
have been hostile will be hostile; make treaty
OF peace with them, and not one OF them would wat
until the signatures were dry, II he saw chahGe 70
raise a scalp steal horse and get on with whoie
skin The love of murder and rapine Is chronic IN an
Indian; it is in his blood, and will remain until MS
blood is let out and no Secretary of War will do his
duty until he takes this view OF the case and acts upon
it promptly.
scour the Indian cOuntry-htteen hundred would De
betterand the force should be kept continually on the
move until the Comanehes and their auxaries are run
down, routed, and thoroughly wiped out. We shall
never have peace until this policy Is pursued Ana
the Government will not furnish such protection Tor the
safety Of the lives and property o. our frontier settlers
the Texas Legislature should do it's first act should
be one TO provide an adequate force Mhen every
fresh courier eXpressman who comes IN brings ne
of fresh act OF MURDER rapine or oua"ry, Is
high time that something positive should be done ana
if the General Government refuses TO do It's PLAIN and
bounden duty our State Legislature should take hold
of the matter and vote away the bottom dollar IN the
treasury levy direct tax, do anything to put stop
10 the present shameful state of things.
1.-The weather continues charming-warm, genial
and springke--in this neighborhood, and as yet we
have had no frost to do the least injury. C. W. k