National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-25

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MEXICAN INTOLERANCE.
| Recent seleraphic reports from Mexico
have aroused feeling Of alarm regarding
the condition Of snain In that country,
which, in connection with the hlbitml dis
quiet on the Rio Grande border. cannot dill
to attract general attention. Il b not %
long since the circumstances Of Gen. Nc:
Kenzie's raid occurred that the people have
forgotten the grave offences which pro-
voked that act and which, remain to this
day unpunished BY the Mexican authori-
ties. Other circumstances Of similar char
acter have happened since then, and, IN
short, each mail received nom Tens u bur
dened With the relation Of some new grew
ance. In which The Aexieans are Invariably
the unprovoked aggresson 1t seems that
the citizens Of that country residing On or
near the border are 70 . great extent g
tnofoosnly imooeo WIN hatiea HOE .nelr
Ameflcan neignDors - 70 proclaim poohciy
tneaf nosunty 70 tnem. ana tnat they nase
no iegaiu ior NV OF the ngnu o. PEopessy
IN deaiing WIN sncm. 10 inc average
MEXICAN tne dinerence Detween mine ana
tnine ID nov ssaiuhnsiy apparent ana wnen
this ignorance ID combined WIN enmlty the
natural consequence u developed Dy inc
piunoenng raids ana tnieving expeditons Oh
wnicn our Dordef citizens nave 20 mucn
reason to complain. Remote as the poun-
dary Line between the TWO countries y nom
the common centres OF the country, these
ansirs nave not Asserted themselves WIN
the prominence they deserve. While they
are, In TACT as important a the disturbances
ON our 1ndian ironner' ana perhaps
indirectly involve more serious conse.
quences' they nave not received nail
a much attenuon' except nom per-
sons directly Interested. But 1t y impossi-
Die, In view OF the recent reports that thus
general lack OF interest In Mexican affairs
Should continue. The depredations Of the
border have been nttingiy supplemented by
most shocking RELIGIOUS prosecutions In
some OF the interior towns. we are win
out Information regarding the details OF
these prosecutions; but We know that In
one instance at least an American citizen
was the victim, and that ne was murdered
by mob OF zealots' whose only charge
against him was that his religion differed
from theirs. Being an American. hs was
murdered; while IN more recent instance
. native against whom the same charge ex-
sted escaped with peing aoned. we Know
that religious hnaficism u capable Of the
most damning DEEDS OF criminal tyranny
ana OF numerous persecution and We
know that it y confined to no particular sect
or creed. A. the New England Froeess
ants burned reputed witches q the sake,
the Catholics OF other countries Destroyed
their enemies Dy methods hardly less PAIN
foi or cruelty ndinerens 70 the pnyncai
sunerngs OF their victims. IN ootn casea'
the only excuse to be Inereo tnat OF NO
lent and super"itious dlsregau o. reason
and TINS Is tne excuse wnicn n onefed ior