The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-07
THE NEW 1TT.fCR ON MEXICO.
A Mexican Pubiicist Comments on the Action
OF Mr.. tInyes.

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his foct osn nrnnf of its own rirlt to ha consid-
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cred strong and u civilized nation; II am not
mistaken. say. then I beg you TO publish in
,.our o,,t,l,.,ncd r,ner tho following, limos on
gov" p'p'' W. ,'' va
the question oi Mexico. my nativ" country.
The Secretary Of War OF Mr.. IIayes's Cabinet
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mas Just issued an orucr Ihat Americans may
cross the Mexican frontier In pursuit OF evil
do.rs who nre said TO be stationed on the from
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Tho raids are lett entirely 10 the dlscretiOn oil
th. military officer i'm command
rviu mo-, on,ly,o ,ho verv unueuol form NJ
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the ordcr-One not only unsuitcd to d"clara-
ton Of war. and fit only for an actual invasion
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oi O"ss"chs OF camps ol s"N"e'S- '""n''''u
not only in defiance OF international law. but
even IN violation Of all those forms which only
pirates and highwaymen ignore.
Before anayz'' the order referred to In the
matter of right. lwill prove that the causes
which led tp It are ful-". the cases cit"d nprOb-
ahie. the deductions absurd; and then IL VIII bc
seen that the object IL To sacrifice tn" sacred
privileges 81 right to "a grand fraud. nm act To-
which sclf-rospecting people should not and
cannot consent.
Tho treaty oi Guadalupe Hidnlgo. WHICH cor
tanly IL not u record Oi lnihny rs lar rs MeAl.
Is concerned. fixed an almost mnthrmatcul di-
yi-ional line over nm, extent Of more than three
hundred leagues | say n mathematical di-
visional line be, ausc the line runs ia tho cen
tre OF the river Bravo. river winch wid"ns and
narrows It's banks shifts its bars. and changes
such conditions II is impossible " verify any
violations 1T this divisional line.
When the United States, then better counscllod
than they are to-day. and less under the control
Of private interests, established tho boundary
linz. they hal Il liberal tnrifr. ono moro liberal
thHn the Mexican and the smugglers OF the
United States set up a factory, under the name
ol town. right opposi' every MXican city
on the frontier. Such was .eorigin Of Browns
vlle OF Roman, of NucVo Laredo of El-le
Pass. and of oth.r PLACES.
our Custom House duties wero destroyed.
n kt. t4tt. ff..4 mi
grated from Cainnrgo. Reynosa, Micr. Guerre-
re-. and Plcdras Negrns: the trade Of Tampi %
WAS turned INSIDE down and American goods
smusgled into NJ, Sico, coinpetrd successfully
with those introduced through the Custom
Houses OF Vera Cruz and Of the ports on the Pa
cInc coast. These frauds roduicL our customs
receipts to "A m isrrably low ebb and our people
had to make in consequence very heavy sipri-
fees but no claim Tor damages WAS made upon
any one. not complaint was breathpd 10y our
Government n4ainat tho United States The
Mexican Government did not choose to APPEAR
of It's light, simply because darkness suited us
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layer II nations ma th. .onditIon nf m. MsNi-
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