The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-30
TROUBLE WITH MEXICO.

at@4l"iNs, yeta.ia50ry invasion of Texas in
pursa7it # t.liere, from that State who have
committed .abbc-3es in Mexico the conse-
~ ut increase q. United States cavalry On
the western frontier and a second invasion,
followed bg per-e cation and expulsion by the
AaEicans Of all residents of Mexico bora in
the ntted state. and sympathizing with the
government IF their native country, counter
expulsion IF Mexican traders from Texas, a
fey days o. industrious telegraphic falsitica-
aon, and tew weeks for the a vlkening of
t1e sihnt aud ardor Q. military adventure,
Ana e" Of er infammatory expedents well
known to arEy men, will suffice to cause
war
On TIE SIDE Q! liexieo, the loss of Texas
the Sect and Taylor conquest-whch follow
Cd ANNEX ,tiGn effect follows cause the
neTer-ceasing aggressiveness of American
feeling the neverdisguised wish and pur-
pnaG that Mexico shall ere long be absorbed
tnto the greater Republic, have kept Mexican
easnity alive and vigiant for twenty five years
The sfnothered fire of hatred can soon be
tanned 70 neutrality-suspicious. hlme, which no
Iaock diplomacy can subdue restrain.
On the side Of the United States, an idle ar
my, eager for renewal Of active service, a
spirit OF adventure that seeks any field for its
exercise, countless thousands of young men
neady and eager to Join in an invasion Of
Mexico and the al-psrvading conviction tina.
the ''wAoie boundless continent is ours" in
ciudlus the fowery plains, rich valleys and
teeEning mines OF NJ -Xico, would at once send /
.n irresistible rood oc volunteers across the
-Eio Grande
Ii such were tho Will and purposes of the
com m@nier.in-cLl4t, the war with Mex co
could be Initiated and c4r1ied so far that a
a-ithdra val OF invading troops from Mexican
territory worid b. apparently impossible,
before tlo people Of this country should
become fairly sensible that war existed or was
impen Iiua,. Tame Submission by the Mexi-
c.eu government and people to an invasion
~ en at remote frontier by United States
cavalry canEot be expected. Should the
present govefumen show u disposition to
abnllt to G1ach AZ invasion and to settle il by
negotiation W.. party would be instantly
forene6, its ielaerS would at once install
Themselves q rulers and they would prose-
cite resistance and recitation with all the
.sf.1l sad spasmodic energy which mark al.
Mexican enterprises.
compulsory pr0tectora'e over the North !
ern States Of Mexico ~ the army Of the |
United states would arouse the Mexican peo-
pie in L, tss to tight fer the ag, the honor
an5 the liberty OF their country. They are :
by no nlaans destitute Of patriotism that en-
readily be converted into fanatical z-al and y
enthusiasm, They have many resources,
and their constantly recurring intestine wars Il
have SLED the land with veteran soldiers.
They viii not lie 10th TO pick up the gage
Of b&dle and they viii eagerly embrace the
opportunity to eface the memory Of Monterey n
Buena lista- San Juan dI lloa, Cerro Gordo, c.
and Chapultepec. a
The eject OF war with Mexico upon Grant k
and the Grant party would be renewed lease n
Of political power. If begun this year it p
would be ended before the election Of 1876. II
rts results would in all probability be favora- IL
bile to The arms OF oar country, and would in III
clude The acquisition OF all the Northern Mex &c
sc;in States to tie extent Of a full third part u
Of that Republic. In the glare and blare of
victory, our people would lose sight of the II
causes OF tie war and ignore the maneuver- Ct
ing by which it had beer precipitated but So
aud the counseis and the means by which it II
1ad been brought to successful and glorious pr
conclusion. We bu. need to recall the results sp
II the foru.er war with Mexico upon politics da
II the United States tc anticipate similar re- VI
saiGs from another and similar triumph. ]y
Without presuming to fathom the inten- he
5ops of the President and the powerful SEN tn
lfo4ial chiefs Of Radical cohorts by whom he at
5 surrounded, supported and advised, and be
slthoat knowing otherwise than by rational ye
conjecture what purposes his Excellency con
eals even from his friends, we shall interpret Fl
1eNiran and border news il some respects, CT
~ the light OF political motives and political CT
interests This Interpretation will well apply aft
. die Associated Press dispatch, which sug- ab
,es;s the foregoing reflections: lac
WASHINGTON, March 27.-It will be recol- tel
act,d that within the las two Gears the com
ais>ionels appointed to e. anime and report 90
.uon the subject OF outrages on the Texas
rr,ier made several repo;ts III which they Sr'
tafpi the immense less or property and the
,.cs.,iauaI murder If Texans, whose premises fta
F.ca invaded by MeG.caas who made sys- .ai
eur4tia raids on their stock. Oar Govern
aeug prtterred formal compliant to the Next
at Go, eminent, which inefficient 70 me
event such aepredations but appointed Ha
gm missioner to ascertain the extent OF the ba
NeEel Eriovanc Is. =..-..
Me- chan year has since elapsed and
0ttinE HIS been done by that government 10 kn
,rc,trt the iEcur-ions. 1t seems that the 81
Ie<cans Oh the border of the Rio Grande of
sc Independently o and pay little attention Gus
} the home government, which is not strong bes
uaa4h to restrain It's border citizens On the an,
representation OF the United States Commits wh
toner's, forces Of cavalry were stationed at
,n1,ts IA tie Flo (ir.ria 10 he used III cases Y