The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-08
THE PEACE ATTITUDE ON THE mo
6fANDE.

THE HER,Lp has been all along the
earnest advocate OF war as the only
means promising anything like def
mite settlement Of the vexed Mexican
question. We are not fond of war tor
its own sake, indeed, we deprecste 1t.
and would only resort 10 it as the last
resort to protect honor, life and proper
ty As a measure of revenge we don't
believe in it, but az a means to secure
indemnity for losses sustained at the |
hands of an enemy il is not only justi.
fable but becomes a pressing and inns
mediate necessity, as well a. duty |
Some OF the great papers of the country !
took ns severely to task for speaking
out for our remedy. Since that time
two eminent and patriotic men from
Texas in the senate of the United States
and six in the lower house have placed
before the country moderate but
truthful statement of the wrongs suf.
fered by our patient bordsrers. 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 inaugurated, all
the vital facts regarding the Mexican
outrages on the Rio Grsnde were sidu.
ously kept from the knowledge of the
people. Indifference was the rule.
Even the brave and devoted army made
strong representations 10 the executive,
and they we're 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 it was announced
that the Mexican government had sent
a heavy force of troops to the Rio
Grande frontier in the iAteresti Of peace.
Now we are told that our government
has ordered strong reinforcements to
our Rio Grande frontier also in the
'Hfsrssfs q peace Men on peaceful mis-
sions do not take guns in their hands;
but when war is meant they do II our
government means TO repel force by
force. 1t is surely strong enough to say
so, and stand by the declaration. This
beating about the bush is unworthy a
great nation confronting a neighbor.
aud 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 Mexicans
can bring against It, and boldly declare
its purposes, and from that moment the
outrages viii! cease.
However. the simple announcement,
mat reiniorcements are going forward,
and the formal notice given the subject
by the president in his annual message,
are both vast improvements over the
old executive plans regarding the Rio
Grande irritations, and We believe pre.
sage an entire and radical change OF
policy. In this view of the case we can
afford to await future developments,
and with some confidence that justice
viii Mt last overtake the greaser thieves
who have eked out a wretched exist.
enee in the ZoaG Li6rs, by the spola>
ton Of the citizens on this side of the
Rio Grande.
The nation. the people, and above all,
Texas, will applaud the manly attitude
takep by President Hayes.