The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-28
Ghn9ntelEfgenGHr.
rhr Recent Invasion of Mexico.
What Is Thought OF 1t NJ Washing.

Thr Recent Invasion Of MeGlcO""
What Is Thought OF 1t Rt Washing.
ton.
Wash Cor. Ciu. ConmcrCIalJ
Official circles here do not seem to be
impressed with the Importance Of the
lin0ma,ic consequences Attending Gen
cIsl MclIcnzic's invasion Of Mexico. II
IS believed the affair may be made tho
.ccssion of considerable correspondence
between the two Governments, which 10
the end will lead to an agreement that
either nation shall have the right 10 pur-
,uC and punish offenders even beyond the
national boundary lines. When in lS4S
the Guadaloupo. Hidalgo treaty was rati'
lied, 1t was conceded that such disturb
suces as these might arise on account ol
the nOmRdic character Of the Indian
tribes inhabiLing the borders, and the
eleventh article of that treaty provides
that the United States shall have the
right to pursue and punish mRrauders,
Irrespective OF boundary lines. The
EickapOo and Lipon Indians were, at the
time the treaty was made, inhabitants oI
The country which, according TO Mexican
NrctensiOn, was ceded by the provisions
Of their treaty TO the United States, and
they still live chiefly by plundering our
citizens, although residing, u greater part
5l the time, on the Mexican side oil the
boundary line.
1t was feared, however, that the Obliga.
ton to restrain and punish these border
Indians might be considered by the Mex.
can Government as laying the foundation
or claim for all losses suffered by Mex.
can citizens growing out Of the failure,
IN It's part, 10 make the restraint efectuali
hence, the United States secured the alb
,pra!iOn OF the eleventh article Of the
Treaty of Guadaloupc uidalgo by the sec.
Jui article OF the treaty Of December 80,
1853, by which the United States acquired
arizona. There is ut present, 1t is be.
irved, no existing treaty provision ap'
pIicablG 10 the subject. II must be con-
.ilcrpd and treated according to the
.yCognized principles OF international law.
It's tsdiscussiOn will doubtless raise SOW
rral difficult questions, on which diplo'
matists may display their varied learning.
The question may be raised whether these
Indians arc citizens Of the United States
d? Of Mexico. That their original home
was in the United States is not disputed,
and parts Of these bands are still dCnlzens
1i Kansas, the Indian Territory and
Texas; but these maraudCrs reside by
,Grns on either side Of the dividing line,
Have they ever been recognized as Mex.
ictn citizens? II 80, would lot their own
coward incursiOns into the United States
Tor punder and Wholesale murder be, &C.
rOrdUg to the principles OF international
law, Ill act OF war. And II not citizens
u The Mexican Republic, but residing
Silhin lis Jurisdiction, being sheltered
AMI protected by that Government while
making continuous armed invGsions Of
oar country, Mexico being the base from
which they send out armed parties lor
this purpose, would not their hostility be.
come an act Of wnr on the part ol the
Mexican Government itself. as much as IT
they were recognized citizens Of that Re.
puhliC2
This is a question which will be pressed
upon the Mexican government in the cor.
dependence upon the final treatment OF
this question. 1t is believed here on the
part Of the State Department that Mexico
will disOwn the hostile acts Of these In
ii4nS, as well as their general thicving
character, and will insist that on It's own
part it hns done all that was obligatory TO
restrain their lawlCssness. Such course
would necessarily raise the question ol the
right of nation IN time Of peace TO pur-
,ue hostile forces or bands ol robbers into
neighboring country, without its formal
consent, the latter being coniessedly or
lotoriously unable to protect Its neigh
hors from such damage. This question,
although raised several times in interna.
.jonal history, has never yet been formal
passed upon.
Ii may bc one Of the important results
Il this invasion that tho two govern
mcnls, so far US themselves arc Jointly
concerned, may reach a conclusion in this
delicate matter which may prove OF ser
vice to the civilized world. There is no
apprehension Of serious difficulty, whatev.
cr may 10 the result Of the present dis
lNrbaEcG.