The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-06-09
BUSINESS ON THE sIo eaaspr

Unless the order OF the secretary of
war. which VIC published yesterday, is
revoked, or superecd by something of a
totally different tenor. in few days we
may reasonably hope TO hear stirring
news from ihst quarter Our interest
IA the matter goes only to the extent
of restoring or, to speak more properly,
creating order there, for certainly it has
never yc. existed in all that region OF
country. We iscl.im any purpose or
desire Of annexation, and the nervous
north may calm her apprehensions as
10 the chances Tor adding to southern
territory aud influence 10y the aequisi-
tion Of Mexico at least for the present.
Such a thing may become in the future
necessary and proper then it will be
high time 10 commence the conquest.
There is one gratifying feature Of the
order, 10 which we desire to call atten-
ton. That Is, its comfortable catholics
icy. It goes on to speak of "our citi-
zeu, and "our frontier" just as though,
for eight years, we had not been ignored
by the war department, and murdered
aud robbed with impUuity by the Mex
leans. We can now, with the utmost
propricty, return the compliment, and
speak OF Our war secretary and Our
army, and rely upon thou, TOO, it seems
ibn remote and exposed position OF our
RIO Grande frontier, has hereto
lore Withdrawn it, in a great
measure, from public notice Raids
over the border were. 10y a
majority Of people, regarded as some
thing oi the nature OF stage robbery,
an ordinary theit of cattle, or other in
significant domestic trouble They did
not know, a. we here in Texas knew,
that a whole frontier was involved in
distress 10y these raiders, and thou
ands Of "our citizens robbed and
murdered by the armed, organized and
recognized soldiers Of our sister repub-
lie. An treaties Of amity and comfy
between the two governments were VIC
lated, aud the law OF nations disregard
cd in these warlikc raids, without warn.
ing or declaration of war AS long rs
the general government disregarded
the condition Of the people. and trOat,
..I tit.fr g-fy, al .r..t. ,,rs,I ,,,,to..4 a.
people OF those states remote from the
scene had ~ means of coming TO any
/ definite conclusion as TO the extent or
character Of thc incursions, or the gray.
icy Of either the interest or the pinci.
pies involved ia these turbulent and
ih0less ouslaughs upon a peaceful aud
unoilendine people
Texas and the whole south will feel
that We are indeed rehabilitated. that
we arr again in good truth part Of the
i'conlo forming the nation. and that
we are Of some value to il besides
our mere tax-paying worth. Between
the Indians and Mexicans, the Texas
frontier has bad rough sailing indeed
since the war, and it is subject OF
great interest and Importance TO us to
| know that we are to have real, and not
maSe-beiieYe help IN the future from
the general government. The simple
PRONUNCIATION Of Secretary McCrary' S
order will be worth many millions OF
money to the state. A new impetus
viii be gwen to frontier development.
Property viii advance in price. Pro.
ductions will increase, and when abso-
Lutte order results, as it surely will from
the policy inaugurated, our commerce
with Mexico across the Rio Grande will
he vastly increased both in volume and
proAt
our whole line of frontier will be
benefited, even that exposed alone to
Indian depredations, because much OF
tho animus of the hostile tribes has
been furnished by Mexico, by and
through the Indians resident there, and
who exercise no moan influence in their
frontier councils. Look ut it as we will,
although delayed many years longer
than it should have been, the order is
Just all it should be, and our state will
ever hold General Ord in grateful re-
memberanee for his part in having il
issued.