The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-20
THE MEXICAN QUESTION.


excitement on our Rio Grande frontier,
and secs no hostile intent and purpose
when four hundred armed Mexicans
invade Texas, imprison and otherwise
nlaltreat Texan county officials aud
private citizens. 1t sees no cause for
bad feeling that these and similar OUT
RACES have been perpetrated ever since
the close Of the war We are unfortu~
nately situated geographically to win
the sympathy of the 7smes and the
class it represents. Now, We're the four
hundred invaders Canadians. and were
the captured officials New Yorkers, not
all the acknowledged talking talent of
the Times, could express tithe Of its
own proper Indignation, much less that
OF the mass of people who wnit for its
permission TO call black black, or white
white The invasion OF New York
would be national afiront, but the ins
Fiisto'i % 'i'~--As is only a border difficult
ty and has no significance othrr than n
mere local irritation or worse still. has
IT'S origin only in the reoesses of sop,e
obscure, ignorant or benigerant news
paper oitiec on the semi-bariarons TO
the 1sH,esl frontier of Texas. 70 Ia.
peaceful and eomplacent 3,acs. Cortina
as We know him, is Il myth, or an hon.
est, quiet, trustworthy gentleman or
large fortune. which does not consist of
horses and cattle stolen from Texan
citizens, and whose throateulting fame
was not won by his practice upon the
1uglars of citizens of the United States
One Is inclined to distrust the mere
ignorance OF a great journal like the
Times, when il takes such a position.
and TO aseribe its utterances to a hostile
indifference to our border troubles. Per.
haps 1t considers that every Texan muir
dered or redaeed to poverty as one more
active and dangerous enemy reduced
to harlnlessness, and instead of inyok,
ing the protection of the strong arm of
the national government in his defense,
II would turn it against him.
because the press OF Texas exhibits
3 unanimity in calling for national in.
reference, rarely ever seen, the T,a,s
must insult them by It's coarse iibes
and senseless re5ukes. The Galveston
Ne'os takes up the cudgels, and most
temperately answers its metropolitan
tradueer. pointing to the temperate ana
pacific course of the press of Texas
through al the long years these ter.
ribie oatrages have been going on, and
10 the fact that it always favored a
peaceful solution Of the troubles. H.
deed but for this anti-9ar attitude Of
the Texas papers, the matter had been
referred to the decision of war long
since, and peace would now
reign uiiioroKen on an our
borders. The Nees must bear It's
own proper share OF this blamable for
hearance, because frona Texas stand
point 1t cei itainly is blafnsble.
War must come sooner or later. be,
fore the border problem can be solved,
and this is the opinion OF the intelli-
gent people of Texas. To our iade~
ment the only question to be deter
mined in this connection is if the pres
ent is the proper time to commence il.
We have feebly tried to answer the in
qniry IN the Affirmative in previous
numbers of THE HERAED, and do not
feel that 1t ls necessary TO restate our
positions. Nothing can now settle the
trouble but war, or sufficient guaran-
tees on the part of Mexico that she viii
IN future rigidly adhere to treaty stipu,
iations.