The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-06
THE PEACE ATTITUDE on THE RIO
aRANDE,

THE PEACE ATTITUDE on THE RIO
GRANDE,
TnE lIFRALp has been all along the
earnest advocate of war an the only
means promising anything like a def
mite settlement Of the yeXed Mexican
Weare not fond Of war Tor
lts own sake, indeed, we depreoale II,
and would only resort to II rs the last
resort to protect honor life and proper
tg Asa measure Of revenge we don't
believe in II, but as means TO secure
indemnity for losses sustained AT the
hands Of nm enemy II Ia not only justi'
fable but becomes q pressing and inns
mediate necessity, NJ we'll as duty,
Some Of the great papers of the country
took us severely TO task for speaking
out for our remedy, Since that time
two eminent and patriotic men from
Texas in the seaato of tho United States
and six in the lower house have placed
before the country moderate but
truthful statement Of the wrongs sui.
fered by our patient borderers, and have
awakened the sympathy of the govern
ment and the people for us,
During the reign of bitter sectional
ism and prejudice, which stretched be.
tween the periods when the war closed
and when Hayes was naugurated, all
the vital faots regarding the Mexican
outrages on the Rio Grande were sidu.
ously kept from the knowledge of the
people, Indifference was the rule.
Even the brave and devoted army made
strong representations to the executive,
and they were treated with scorn or
indifference II was no part of the
policy of the president to rudely inter.
rupt the processes by which he was be,
ing lifted from poverty to power and
wealth, and bring into favorable notice
the people from whose necessities mon
ey was wrung, and upon whose defeat
and humiliation his own and his COM
peers glory rested
A short time since IL was announced
that the Mexican government had sent
heavy force Of troops to the Rio
Grande frontier in the interest, Of peace
Now we are told that our government
has ordered strong achievements to
our Rio Grande frontier also in the
interests Of peace, Men on peaceful mis-
sions DO not take guns in their hands;
but when war is meant they do. flour
government means to repel force by
force, it is surely strong enough to say
so, and stand by the declaration. This
beating about the bush is unworthy q
great nation confronting a neighbor,
and besides it has no present good
effect upon our relations with Mexico,
What we Of the Texas frontier need is
immediate protection and relief. Let the
government send force there strong
enough to repel any force the Mexcans
can bring against il, and boldly declare
its purposes, and from that moment the
outrages vii! cease,
However the simple announcement
that achievements are going forward
and the formal notice given the subject
by the president in his annual message
are both vast Improvements over tn,
old executive plans regarding the Rio
Grande irritations, and we believe pre-
sage an entire and radical change o
policy. In this view of the case we cal
afford to await future developments
and with some confidence that justic,
will at last oyertake the greaser thieves
who have eked out a wretched exist
ence in the iona Libre, by the spola
ton Of the citizens on this side of til,
Rio Grande.
The nation, the people, and above all
Texas, will applaud the manly attitud
taken by President Hayes.