The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-19
THE RIO GRANDE RAIDS.

REPLY or THE CITIZENS or BROWNSVILLE TO
THE STATEMENT OF THE MEXICAN MINISTER
LIST OF RECENT oUTRAGEs.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas April u.s. 1875
The following Is he report or committee ap-
pointed by a special mass meeting oil tue citizens
Dr. Brownsville. which was unanimously adopted.
rhe mcmoers or the committee we're all Union
men and three OF them are officers oil the general
yovert inent, namely:-Colonel Haynes, collector
" the Port; Colonel G. G. laws, Deputy Collector,
nnd Ldnald Downey, Postmaster.
THE REPORT.
Your committee. 10 whom was referred the SUBJ
lect matter OF alleged statements OF Sehor Marls-
cal, Mexican Munster al MasnlL gton In regard to
oo der troubles on tue RIO GraDde, & at they are
as much tne work oi Americans as OF Mexicans;
inat American citizens, disguised IS Indians and
nezIcans, frequently RAD upon seltlers ana
mat the more daring OF the psriies engaged In
these frequent raj Is are cx-Con ederate soIaiers
VINO. ruined BY the War and deprived or the sup
port Of slave labor, pre- o. the lie tney are ieadln2
20 earning an honest llvehood say they are
aiisnec mat senior MarlScai mas neen nIlsl formed
ind grossly deceived az 10 tie true condi ION OF
INA rs on TINS frontier. aud mat lie has mus no
touOt, unintent,onaiy, done the American Girl
Eens OF this frontier great wrong and injus ice
as can be sasliy rOved by he mOsg unoouOted
testimony. he time given your committee rs too
short 10 prepare fun reIutatlon o. the
nujust aspersluns contained Ia the statement or
senior Aarlscal, and your committee would recon-
mend tue appointments OF committee 10 collect
acts and submit them 10 the consider aiion OF
The Honorable secretary oil state. 10 relute the
snarges OF the Mexican Minister. In toe mean
time your COMMITTEES suomi tIe following
BRIEF RESUME OF FACTS
which are susceptible OF the c.caTest prooi:-
Fust-Tnat or at itast ten years since the close
81 our civil war fncre mas NOT been "A SINGLE act OF
hostility, ihvss on or plunderng or fihDusterlng
against the Republic o MEXICO from tae Republic
from THIS 10 the other side OF the RIO Graude with
any such intent; ana we cpaliense any scIntlia OF
proc, - the contrary.
Secoad-fhar Tor inc last ten years, since the
close OF our civil war Taios OF volunteering par
ties nom Mexico 70 tins side Of the RIO GranJe
have Deeu cont nuuus ana persistent, aud these
plunucrlng parties nave urawn IRON our Stuck
ranrGeS hunnre s OF thousands OF stuck. Tney
have mmlsicd murder. robbery aud arson, aud
70 me epeated conn. ANTS made 10 the Acxlcan
RutnorIti6s Tor their rem itlDa 70 the hands o.,
lusnce deal ear mas been turned. We cite the
RECENT AND NOTORIOUS CASES.
The robbery o. u store at Penescai aud the muir
der Of De Morton brothers; the inui der OF X. L.
Asonry a. Los Aiem0s; the murder Of Mr.. Fulton,
Pos master at IL osuse, and ms clerk ia Hldal. %
~ scardc Flores near ri Pastiiio; TN" The
Rtteinpted ASSASSINATION OF CAPTAIN King
aud = pariy oflr.enos near san Fernando anu tne
murd 81 one 0. MS lIends; tile murder II Alex
ander 0rel aad many otheis, wuicn " Il be &c
tailed aerea ter, anu. lastly the recent RAID OF
for or nify men m a b, dy near Corpus christi,
winch ban captured ana he'd as PRISONERS many
persons, lnciunins tnrec ladlcs. anu " ica finally
suri oaudea tne town Roma. on Incir return TO
&cx.co, IOg the quo So OF ROBBERY, rom wnIcn
tLeg were on.Y dc err ed ~ the presence OF iOrce
81 Jnlied siates solal4rs ina rroo,s N mo n.
ing RAIDS APPEAR m taU rep lrt oi the Frontier
Commission, 10 which additional evidence can be
auueu.
N rd-1hat the charge mat these crimes have
teen committed Dy ex-Ccn ederate soldiers. dts
aulsed - McNcans ana Indians aud rendered
lespsrale ~ loss OF thclr slave p, Opcrty Is an
sbsut dry on Ifs iacp. lufg Waic;l tie Mexican
Niplater could onlY nave been LED Nv i2EOrarcc
q ms part .! Texas. ~ inc INST place, there
were never any slaves vet III Nueccs worm mem
n"ning, the census OF 1850 shUwinQ The total
numDef IA THIS vast lie ION, eaual
o. the STATE ~ Pennsylvania IN ex-
tent, 70 nave Numbered only 20 she
west CT san Antonio River the nunOer
I'D not exceei 5000 Here are only eight Amer.
cans WHO are cx-Coniedcraic soldiers VI the
county ~ Cameron, and west ~ Nuec - fnere are
probably no. MY ex-Conederafe soldiers aud
these would barely oIsgal.e themselves 10 res on
their own stock. lh's charge - ab~Olutely ldtse,
Tor NJ American nas ever been caught among the
a. ny capturec, nor Is taefc kn0wn 10 10 single
one ~ al ne iroatler states 81 Mexico aud we
cha lence any PROOF or name OF 4 single lnGl-
ytdull subject - hese charges.
EDWARD DOWNel, Chairman OF Committee.