The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-09
WARLINE PORIENTs.

The bitter feelings between the Mexi
can and American populations on 9th
or side Of the Rio Grande has its loun-
datlons laid deeper than the first war
with and conquest Of that country "
Ia the powerful and natural aniagonlsm
between the Anglo Saxon, aud the
Latin races tho ropulsion existing be,
tween people differing in every sen,
timent, feeling purpose, usage and ans
bilion in lifoi between the Ainty, gritty
hardslaoed, hord'musolod enterprlsing
disciplined northern force aud the
oneryated purposeless, oharaoterless
and immoral Spaniard, oar close
neighbour God forever procludes peace
and quiet until the genius ofour north'
ern system oyorahadows the Me xlcan
government and people until the
energy which has subdued the rocky in
hospitable north, and made IL TO flow
with milk and honey and also made ii
tho home Of the advanced civilization Of
the world, has breathed new life into
the M exican people and has given a new
impulse to the energy which Ot one
time made their ancestors well.noigh
masters of the world.
We have thus skotohod ono cause
which is sufficient in itself to pro,
ducc war, were other excitants wanting,
There are Others OF less comprehensive
range, but equally potent TO produce II
clash of arms, Texans have never for
got nor forgiven Goliad the Alamo
Mier and an hundred other cruelties
perpetratcd by the Mexican soldiery,
with the sanction of their government;
the Mexicans have not forgotten the
conquest by the American troops, which
was oonsummated by Scots entry into
the city of the Monte2umas The ter
rible humili alton rankles and iesters,in
their blood, and no proper occasion has
been suffered to pass, when they, as n
government or rs individuals, have not
wrealsed u bloody vengeance, Too COW.
ardly to come forward and assume re-,
sponsbility they have set ON their rob.
Der chiefs, Canales Cortna and others,
they shirk behind these lawless men
to escape the indignation of our governs
ment. When forced finally to arrest
Cortina, after u short nominal deten~
ton he was again turned loose on
some miserable pretext or other, to
renew his deadly warfare upon our de-
fenseless borderers. When Cortina
was unable to meet the views of the
government of Mexico in his blood,
letting and robbery, the Indian bands
on both sides OF the Rio Grande were
inspired to wage n ceaseless and relent>
less war upon our thinly settled Dor.
dcrs, entailing long series of losses
and distresses, stretching over period
of twenty-five years and at cost of
many millions in money to both the
state and national governments. We
cannot forget these things. We dare
not longer disregard them, when
the Mexican army, without fear or
shame, places itself in position to guard
and protect the raiders in the difficult
and dangerous crossings of the river
with their stolen stock.
Our jails have been violated our
officials murdered or carried Off into
captivity our government and people
laughed to scorn, and all this by "a gov.
eminent so weak and so corrupt as to
excite the disgust of the civilized
world, II we fail now to exact an ade.
quate reperation, to force competent
settlement, we will richly earn and Sc.
cure the contempt of the world. Judge
Towards capture and detention is the
latest and coolest act in the drama, and
whether the state concludes to protect
him or mot, or whether the general
government does so or not, Texans
will rise in their indignation and
wreak bloody vengeance.