The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-09
The Muddle With Mexico.

The administration at Washington
has ordered General Ord, command
ing the district of Texas, to prevent
the incursions into that State of
Mexican outlaws and cattle thieves F.;
and has authorized him il necessary
to pursue them over into Mexican
soil. The Washington corresponds
ent Of the New York Herald says
This action of tho Cabinet is res
garded by nervous people as war
like manifesto which is destined to
embroil us in a quarrel with tho
Mexican government, and the
abundant presence here just now Of
the seventeen year locust with q
"W" on it's wings is taken to ho q
prophetic sign of the coming trou.
bic.
A PRECEpENT.
It happens, however, that iuat
seventeen years ago we had precisely
the same trouble with Mexico, name
ly-during the year 1860, when our
cavalry, under Captain (since Gen.
eraD Stoneman, pursued Cortina's
robbers twice across the Rio
Grande. This violation of the
border was committed in pursuance
of an order from the War Depart
ment at Washington directed to
Colonel Robert e. Lee, command
ing tho department of Texas, cons
manding him to use the most vigor-
GUS measures for tho capture of
Cortina. and, if necessary, to pursue
him beyond the limits of the United
States, A correspondence with the
Mexican authorities sprang up in
consequence, which was conducted
on our part by Major, since General,
Heintzelman, who was in command
at Brownsville, opposite Matamoras.
Ha quoted from Yatters Law of
Nations to justify the exploit of
Stoneman, and the Mexioans wore
silenoed by the argument; at least
they never proceeded any furthor
with the protest which was thus
answered by General Heiltzelman,
and as the secession OF South Caros
lima SOON after gave the United States
government other matters to look
to, the Rio Grande question faded
out of our national policy until
long after the close of our civil war
and until the same Cortina, who
neyer dies and will not resign, re~
vives it by his own and his oonfedcr~
ates incursions into Texas.
FEARS or REPALIATIoN.
II is feared that if General Ord
carries out hia orders literally and
pnrGues any marauding bands
across the river into Mexico and
attempts to punish them there, their
countrymen will rally to their sup
port and if defeated will in retalia~
ton rob and murder such American
settlers as may be within their
reach, ...
This view of the situation was
brought to the attention of Secre.,
tary Seward to-day by an Ameri-
can who resides in chihuahua, but
ho was assured that tho admins
tration would exhaust the powers of
the government if necessary to give
protection to the lives and property
Of Americans resident in Mexico.
There are many hundreds of Ameri-
cans scattered throughout the Mexi-
can States near the Rio Grande, apd
to protect them from robbery and
murder by the Mexican bandits
when infuriated, as the latter will be
by the entry of General Ord's
troopers upon Mexican soil, will
demand something like the stern
measures Russia Is now taking with
tho bashibazouks, between whom
and tho Mexican border thieves
there are many points of similarity
JUSTICE MgyEn SLEEps-Goverpor
Vance has pardoned a man named