The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-06
TINE rssicas QUESTION.

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,sssed since which has not been sig
ialized by its own proper murder steal
NJ raid, or other lawiess or irritating
circumstance No war yet waged has
proven sufficient correction. No
treaty yet inside constitutes sufficient
guarantee. Lawless men on both aides
,f the river have worked their viii on
the inhabitants Of both republics. The
principal point Of difference between
Mexico aud the United States is their
government sympatbizes with the
thieves, and upon every occasion so dis
poses OF its military force on the border
as TO protect and cover their raids, |
and to return the prisoners captured by
Us, while our government has made no
between Mexican aud Ameri- |
can thieves pursuing aud punIshins botl, |
with commendsble impartiality. Here
toiore our forbearance has only been
laughed At by the greasers, and has been
tax zen As an evidence ofa weakness which |
bodies sn easy conquest OF Texas. or at
least that part of it lying between the
Rio Grande and the Nueces, the claim
to which has never been relinquished
10y either the government or people of
Mexico.
It is all sheer folly to talk about peace
until this claim is settled or while the
Mexican can earn dollar head by
running beeves from Texas to Matamor>
as to feed the Mexican army We.
might as well confront the question Of
war at once. for no matter how long it
is deferred, it is sure to come in the
end. The whole question of war OF
peace is TO be looked at by our govern.
ment purely as oneof mere policy alone,
because every treaty stipulation we have
ever mad with them has been ruthlessly
aud shameiully violated, and utterly
disregardtd They are entitled TO no
sort of consideration under any provis>
ion o. the treaty OF Guadaioupe Hidslgo
Now, are We prepared TO meet all Offices
tons to be made by foreign govern,
ments. are we prepared 10 extend pro
tectorate over the entire TERRITORY of
Mexico. on can We only take care
OF the country between the Rio Grande
and the submits of the Sierra Madre
mountains, the natural boundary be-
tween the two eountries2
A line drawn from the new Mexican
line TO . point one hundred miles above
the intersection of the Rio Guanabsra.
thence easterly to Matamoros would
give US nearly all OF Chihuahua AMI
Coahueils. with portions cf Neuva Leon
and famaulipas. Including the cities Of
Eli Paso, Ghihushua, Leoua. Mier, Cam
I argo and Matamoros. Monterey would
be just within the Mexican line. To
any one familiar with the topography
OF that section, the Sierra Madre would
appear AS the natural line of division.
well-narked, precipito us range Of
mountains, running nearly exactly
north and south, with naked plains
sweeping easterly from their base, they
are prominent features never to be lost
| sight OF. From length of two thou.
sand miles, the eastern boundary would
he but little over nine hundred miles.
That this will be the liue drawn in
the contingency of war, There is hardly
a doubt. That this arrangement would
forever settle the question of stealage is
| equally certain. and by it we would be
| rid of the Zoao JiJrs distinction which
has been the direct cause of the praeti.
cal transfer of business of all kinds To
the Mexican side. Under it u breadth
of country fifty miles deep and extend,
ing from Piedras Negras to Matamoros
was declared free from import duties.
| Ii is plain to even the non commercial
mind that such an arrangement stand.
| ing for a long series of years, would
work the death of trade on our side of
the river.
Any war waged with Mexico for less
than the stake named would be waste
of time and wanton and cruel sacri-
fee of life for no adequate considera-
ton Unless We fix the line at the
summit of the Sierra Msdre Mt least
and make that the ultima tum, we had
better avoid war settlement because
nothing else would reach the object
but TO our poor judgment the objects
shouldAcontemplate the conquest of the
entire country, aud ultimate annexa>
ten. Such settlement would be
effective, and would meet the views of
the best elements OF the Mexican popu.
lation and would be better for all peo-
pleand every interest concerned. Such
war ought to be popular with every
section of the United States because
the fear of acquiring more natural
slave territory has been laid forever at
rest by the events of the last few years
of our eventual history.