The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-20
i[coar1NuED NEXT WEEK.
War Breczes from the Border.

enough, but it is no more than was to
have been expected or than we have pre-
dicted on several occasions heretofore.
It was in the nature of things impossible
that the methods and plans presented by
our authorities could have = peaceful
termination. Influenced as they are by
animosity, and infatuated with conf
dence in their superior prowess, the Mex
leans could not quietly submit to the
Bulls and Shafter raids even though
they were made in conformity with an
international agreement,
The average citizen Of Tamaulipas is
not distinguished for profound respect or
unquestioning obedience toward his gov
eminent. He knows too we'll that he is
the real master of Mexico. Juarez owed
his eminence to the guerillas of the from
tier, Lerdo's downfall was due to their
hostility, and Mr.. Por6rio Diaz, the
present incumbent, would be haunting
New Orleans to-day but for the support
and assistance which the Bio Grande cat.
tie thieves extended him. Why should
the Tamaulipan concern himself about
the embarrassments of his President
His ruling idea is that when Presidents
become troublesome they must be got rid
of, that Presidents have no right to enter
| into arrangements or to assume obliga-
tions which are likely to be unpleasant
to him. What he wants and must have
| is unrestricted freedom to ravage the
Texas border and despoil the Texas
ranches, and he devoutly believes that it
| is the duty of his government to orderit
policy with this end in view.
How, then, could it be expected that
an arrangement allowing the United
States troops to pursue and capture Mex
ican maraudes beyond the Rio Grande
| would command the acquiescence of the
Mexicans7 The very first act under the
existing treaty aroused such storm Of
! rage and fury that the Mexican Generals
serving on the frontier had to fee by
night to escape the wrath of their SOL
diers. Popular feeling in Tamaulipas
has only intensified with time. Latterly
the invading parties from this side have
found themselves dogged by armed bodies
of men, and so closely that a collision
was at any moment probable. General
Ord has known for some time past, and
so reported to Washington, that the dan
ger increases with each fresh crossing
into Mexico, and that the conflict must
come sooner or later. This reported
order of Diaz, to repel invasion by force,
| is of course an act Of treachery, but it is
the Legitimate outgrowth of popular feel
ing in his country. He appears to have
struggled against that feeling as long as
possible, but no one who understands the
conditions prevailing in Mexico could
have looked for any other result Diaz
had to take that course or to invoke ruin
and disgrace upon himself. His alterna-
tive was to act falsely to his pledges TO
the United States or to incur the hatred
and fury of the Mexican people. And
he has chosen, as we always felt sure ne
would choose when the issue came, to
break faith with us. Diaz is too weak in
himself, and too insecure in his position
at home, to brave so strong and deep
seated q public sentiment as this. He
gives way to the pressure about him, and,
in order to win his country's favor, does
that which must inevitably culminate in
his 'country's humiliation, if not its ruin,
This order can have but one train Of
sequences. It will bring about the col
lisfon for which the border Mexicans are
so savagely anxious, and it will usher in
a series Of operations which will brush
out that nest of thieves and murderers,
Tamaulipas, until it is as bare and desc
| late as they have made the Texas from
tier.-New Orleans Times.