Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-02
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1873.
o,-TWAGES ALONG TIE RIO
GRANDF.
EVERY MORNING.

II +, high time that our government
sonIl pav some attention to that class
.fhondits or Mexican outlaws who seem
+, regard it their special prerogative to
carry on numbering depredations and
oar5ul,ng excursions upon American
.,;Iars within the zo1aa h5re between
,rptaited States and Mexico, and along
np nor.lers of the Rio Grande.
Tbos. bandits and robbers are in the
a,lif Of crossing the Rio Grande, mur-
s.-;ng American citizens, stampeding
,.a cattle from their ranches, driving
Them across the river into Mexico, and
committing other outrages. If pursued,
these thieves and murderers seek shelter
.ri security in the interior, where the
American authorities cannot follow
bam The Mexican officials either have
na ,}r inclination or are impotent to
,,nrrcss these Outragcs or punish the
ianrclators. These robbeTies had be-
come matter of almost daily occur
renee when General Mckenzie, with a
uafhablc over-reaching of authority,
some time since. crossed over into the
Eickapoo camp and Mexico and admin
.stcred a rebuke which had the effect to
oyerawe the outlaws, for time, and de-
ter them from carrying on their rob
berries.
But the lesson seems to have been for
ca.tcn. and these outrages on the MeXi-
can border are again renewed with
alarming frequency. Our telegraph dis
patches, Yesterday, recorded a series OF
rohheries and murders committed or
United States citizens residing and trav
cling on the Mexican border of the State
which appears to indicate that the han
ats select Americans as their victims
either IN retaliation for General McKen
2tn's raid. or because the authorities are
s., unfriendly to Americans that sucl
,.imos can he rerpotratca without f'a'
of punishment.
Within short time, Mr.. Montgomery
was attacked. robbed and left for deac
IN his house, in Monterey Jose Revezi'
was beaten in his store, in Camargo, an'
left for dead, his assailants being discov
cred in time to prevent robbery. The
Pcrdie family were robbed on the high
way. near San Fernando, and the men
women and children left TO stave in al
nfrcouented spot. Mr.. Henderson an'
two companions were robbed, and on
Of them killed in China. Two Ameri
cans were attacked and one WOUNDED
in the road near Marina, escaping onl,
after desperate fight, in which one o
the assalants was mOrtally wounded
DIR. Hargertv was killed in his house
and the premises robbed. The per
petrators of these crimes, adds the tele
gram. were arrested and their gull
clearly established, except in the Perdi
case, vet none of them was punished
theauthorities being either Indifferent Q
powerless. The facts have been prove
before United States consuls and sent t
Washington, in hopes that redress WI
be demanded -.....
The United States government cann'
do less than take cognizance of this a
fair. Protection must be assured
American citizens everywhere, whethC
against the depredations of Indians, Il
barbarous atrocities of the Kuklux,
the incursions of Mexican robbers.
If the Mexican authorities are imp
tent to put a stop to these maraudir
expeditions, then our government shou
give them to plainly understand that
will take that responsibility upon itseE
and, if they are indifferent to these OF
mges upon the lives and property
American citizens, they should be he
to the same strict accountability as t
outlaws themselves. In short, the Me-
can authorities should be given to d
tinctly understand that if they cam
govern Mexico, in the interests of ID
and order, the United States can.