The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-04-15
TUESDAY, APRIL Is. 1873.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN ,

The movements of tho general
government just at this time
are 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 the marine force
secretly increased and placed in
training for some action not yet
made known to the masses of the
people. Con. Sheridan, who has q
name and fame that is rs wide
as tho Shenandoah Valley, and
that will live as long as the
wall of tho Piogan squaws shall
linger in tho Western breezes, is
outon a cumming expedition in.
our own territory, accompanied by
Gen. Belknap, who keeps his port
fslio of war closed against public
inspection. Mystery is the cloak
that military men always throw
around their ideas, and as they fly
on jaded steeds from fort to fort the
oxpectant eye of Popular suspense
sees nothing save them and the
clouds that overhang the com.
ing events that hushed and
awful silence prognosticates.
The Modocs have just concluded
their engagement with Gen. Can
by, and are now getting ready to
reenact u scene like that of Their
mopyl@. The government has lost
ono ofits favored sons and hassat
last arrived at the sage conclusion
that the Indian as q savage is not
sogentle after all--the 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 exhibi-
tions are going on, the Mexican
treaty is being constantly violated,
and though but little is said of this
matter,a few staid and sober think
ers have been patiently working TO
got tho initial step directed to bring
that olive complexioned band of
cattle-thioves to a 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 ofthe severed
people of this country could be
bettor reunited by foreign war
than by domestic expressions and
outrages.
Gen. Geo. @. Mckee, one of the
congressional representatives from
Mississippi, has been committed to
the establishment of a Protectorate
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 Cause, General
johnson being his choice. 1t was
his conviction that such a move.
ment would have attracted to the
Mexican territory the desperate rab-
bic which carpet-baggers dcnomi-
nate as Ku-Klux, and would have
long since obviatedall necessity for
Legislation on this question by the
general government, But his Of
forts to push tho principle of at.
traction out Of our borders and con-
centrate the mutual tendencies of
hostilities, both North and South,
within the boundaries of Mexico,
have never ceased, and ii 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
on into the Western channel, |
and is directing his plans in
accordance with the demand that
nas rested against him from the
,om mencement ofhis presidential
of the government.
and Belknap are not run
ling along the border for nothing;
loither is the naval department
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