Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-19
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The movements of The general
government Just nt ihia time
arc somewhat mysterious, and
may result ultimately In some
thing which has long been needed
by the people Of this State, The
naval fleets are being inspected and
repaired, and tho marine force
'ccrclly increased and placed in
training for some action not yet
made known 10 the masses of the
people. Gen. Sheridan, who has
name and fame that is as wide
Us tho Shenandoah Valley, and
that will live rs long as the
wall of the Picgan squaws shall
lirgcr in tho Western brcczcs, is
out on n cumming expedition in
,ur own territory, accompanied by
Gen. Bclknap, who keeps his port
folio of war closed against public
inspection, Mystery is the cloak
that military men always throw
around their ideas, and ms they fly
on faded steeds from fort to fort the
cxpcctant oyc of popular suspense
secs nothing save them and the
clouds that overhang the com.
ing events that hushcd and
awful silence prognosticatcs.
Tho Modocs have Just concluded
their engagement with Gen. Can
by, and are now getting ready to
reenact u scene like that of Their.
mopyiS2. The government has lost
one of it's favored sons, ana has at
last arrived at the sage conclusion
that the Indian as q savage is not
sogcntle after all-thc policy Of the
President Notwithstanding - and
Gen. Sherman comes now to- the
front with his mighty order and
reads THE doom of tho Modocs.
While all these side show cxhibi.
tons are going on, the Mexican
treaty is being constantly violated,
and though but little is said of this
mattcr,a few staid and sober think
ers have been patiently working to
get the initial step directed TO bring
that olive complexioncd band OF
cattle-thieves to proper apprecia-
ton of the consequences of their
guilty deeds. For more than two
years passed, it has been no unpop-
ular idea among the law.givcrs OF
the Federal government, that the
interests and feelings of the severed
people of this country could be
better reunited by foreign war
than by domestic expressions and
outragcs.
Gen. Geo. G.. Mckee, one of the
congressional representatives from
Mississippi, has been committed to
the establishment of n ProtectoratG
over Mexico for more than two
years. and has failed to succeed in
his plans, simply because he was
welded to the idea that the power
Of such tribunal should be dele
gated to some clear headed survi,
vor of. the Lost Causo,-Gcncra
Johnson being his choice. 1T was
his conviction that such n move
mcnt would have attracted to the
Mexican territory the desperate rab
bic which carpet-baggors denomi-
nate as Ku-kluX, and would hav,
long since obvialed all necessity fol-
legislation on this question by the
general government. But his eff.
forts to push the principle of at
traction out of our borders and con.
centratc the mutual tendencies o.
hostiities, both North and South
within the boundaries of Mexico,
have never ceased. and it may be
that Gen. Grant, having failed in
his San Domingo scheme Of ac.
QUESTION, but always Jealous of his
expansive record, has now fall,
en- into the Western channel,
and is directing his plans in
accordance with the demand that
has rested against him from the
mmencemcnt of his presidential
occupancy of the government.
Sheridan and Bclknap arc not run
ming along the border for nothing;
neither is the naval department
undergoing repairs without pur-
pose. Something is in the wind,
and although the curtains are
closely drawn, we shall expect ere
long to see something come of these
movements that will satisfy the
curiosity generally felt in regard
to their meaning.