The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-19

their government have deserted lis
standard and affiliated with the reyolu.
tionhry elements Of TamaulipN and
the other border states in their deter,
mlnation 10 hold the treaty in defiance
for the future The latest and most
/ significant illustration Of this delorm,
nation Of the people Of Mexico is the
turning loose in the streets of Malta.
moras OF five criminals, who committed
murder in the counties of llidalgo and
Dupal, IN this state, who had been rell.
larry indicted aud formally demanded
under the extrudition treaty, ! call
your attention especially to the inter,
view between the alcalde, Jose NJ. VII
lTcal and Sheriff Leo, Of Hidalgocounty,
las stated 10y the latter in his re-,
port, dated September 18th; 1877, to
Judge Russell who bearing the.
demand Of the United States ex.
tradition agent TO said civil fumes
tionary was refused an inspection even,
OF the murderers (then in arest) TO ass
c rtaln their identity and make the nee.
essary proof also direct your atten>
ton to the declarations made by this
officer then havingcharge ofextraditon
matters IN Tamauipas, that 1--WE (Texas
and United States should be satisfied
with those already delivered and that
no more iugitives should be returned
and that "it the Americans were smart
they would get what Mexican prisoners
they wanted in some other wav." These |
words were spoken, it would in charity |
be believed, by the mouth of an AFRO.
CANT braggart unauthorized bya civilized |
nation, The sequel, however attests
the fact that the ofli ser spoke the UNI
written hostile will of the Mexican peo,
pie and illustrated the utter inability
OF the Dia2 government, in all the from,
tier states, to comply with comfy and
good neighborhood and treaty stipula.
tons,
The Hidalgo and Duval prisoners,
who We're indicted murderers and fugi-
tives from Texas, were turned loose,
without any issue of citizenship being
mooted even, much less tried; but the
very proposed Identification of the crimi.
nails was denied, and this done too be
it remembered, in city from which
Canales had departed with his state
troopsl- done under the guns of the
fort and in the presence it was thought,
otover thousand regulars from the
Central government
cannot fail to call attention of the
United States government to the fact
undisguised-th CARA, and the ban,
dts who released him, have been and
are now in and around Camargo, in sight
of the very spot on which they shot
down innocent men and women, and re
leased murderers from the Jail
1t is fact likewise well known, that
Esproneeda and the two others who
were delivered at midnight, opposite
Matamoros, were trendless and homes ,
less vagabonds, who, it appears had de-
predated as much upon Mexican as
upon American citizens but Cara and
the other outlaws, are noted despera>
does and representative men of their
class-perhaps owning ranches near
Camargo and beyond-have never been
molested or in danger of arrest by the
Mexican military or civil authorities.
In the presence of these facts aud
when advised that now and henceforth
a demand for tugitives from Justice
would be to re-enact q solemn farce at
the expense OF the pride and dignity
and honor of Texas, | directed that,
until further orders, no more efforts
should be made for extradition under
treaty Ignored on the one part, bu,
which has always been observed in
earnest good faith toward the sister res
public by the state of Texas and by the
general government
We have no assurance of peace and s
security along the Mexican border, nor
have we had such security since the
Mexican war and the annexation of the Q
republic Of Texas, as state, to the |
American unior.
Aside from the general obligation i'm.
posed by the federal constitution upon
this government to protect the exposed
Of Texas, along with the other
special stipulations of the !
treaty of annexation doubly imposed
this duty upon tie United States be~
cause of her liability to Indian forays
and Mexican invasions along frontier =,
of over many hundred miles, in extent. !
In obedience to this moral and legal S
the United States governs
ment has established forts and posts, 4
and has since 1916 attempted to give {
protection to that frontier. The mum.
Der of troops required-and especially
of cavalry-has always been inadequate
to the heavy task imposed upon the a
portion of the regular army assigned to b
that duty. The consequence has been
that the state of Texas has suffered
alike from depredations from predatory
Mexican freebooters as well as from hos .
Tile Indians for thirty years-so much s
10, that prompted by the instincts of y
and the cry which &
zones from the border-unceasing !
Turing all these yerrs-for protection, !
the legislature of my state has been .
forced to place their own militia in the
ield--at cost of nearly two mil
lions OF dollars since 1916 to the d
present time. While Our sister states
of California and Oregon, for similar r
in maintaining state
troops to guard against Indians, have -,
been repaid by our government, it has
been the misfortune of Texas to have G
never yet received any recognition OF
the just claim upon great and mag ]
unanimous government, and of which
she forms no inconsiderable part. !
will, | trust, be excused for this partial ,
DEPRESSION, because it is pertinent to the j
appeal, which | now make for 5
the state of Texas, to the government
under which she lives, that we shall J
have material and complete protection /
On our Mexican frontier. Our people
are murdered, their property stolen,
and, with but rare exceptions, our !
claims for redress are met with indifier- )
snce, or our demands for fugitive