The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-24
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY JUNE a. 1877.

spells gathered up ileaitimately curse an eli
tire army corps. They induce Hiotin1F, gam.
bling. debauohery, sometimes cowardioe, not
unfrequently desettlon, and always democrat
ization and disaffection But. outside OF the
cities there would be no spells. The border
Mexican States are pastoral States Irriga-
tion is the sole reliance for grain crops. The
In Hooks and herds An the concentrated
wealth Of q large grazing territory - IN the
churches. It would not be permitted, hope,
the robbery or spoliation Of amy Of these
sanetua,les OF the faithful and deyolit."
| "Well General, as you neither know OF nor
seem to look upon ain armed invasion of Mex
leo. what Ia your opinion touching the
| troubles along the Rio Grande and the best
mode Of settling them without seizure of
Indeed you have opened up another vast
subject Of discussion which has been
puEKling wiser heads than yours or mine. In
| the first place, Mexico is q centralized gov
| ernment It's extremeties, left necessarily to
| their own care. become very often abnormal
Along the Mexican side Of the Rio Grande
from Matamorus 10 Peiras Negras. a curious
kind Of a race,
HALF NOMAD AND HALF BR1GAND.
as f s tsya se upon m eesa ao sf
| ment abhors II. would olsliterate ii II 1t could
would do almost anything to get IL plueked
up by the roots and extirpated utterly. Lerdo
hated Cortita just as Juarez did before him.
still lives and robs. Nor Is he SO boodthirsty
or go INSCRIPTIONS as many other bands, 10
cally known for great greed and cruelty the
bands OF the, Winker for example. Chat Of
Pedro, or Valdez, or Jesus salvieterra; or
Eigueiva, or SAillman or the two brothers
Flores, Gercio and Antonio. President Daz
to-day would rejoice greatly II news were
brought td hin. at his capital of the utter ex-
termination Of every single one Of these
raiders and cattle stealers. Diaz is an able
soldier. He fought the French man to man
and held his own. In addition he Ia consider
able Of u statesman. He wants, above
everything. to live In peace with The United
States. II he could, be would establish q
Grande from Pedras Negras to Matamuros,
Especially would he guard the lower river.
But he cannot do this, because his treasury is
empty and his country Is in debt. There is no
best. If | was the Secretary of State would
negotiate with Diaz directly. and stipuate
with him for permission to have pursuit made
promptly into Mexico. by American cavalry
of every raider or robber who crossed over
into Texas and either Quilted u ranch or de-
cimated herd of cattle. Under the present
condition of things. this Ia the only piactica-
BILE solution of the robber question, Remove
this and the two nations have not between
them the shadow of even n passing cloud
Also. let the American government do It's
share toward protecting It's own citizens Its
array of cavalry along the Rio Grande has
been scarcely strong enough at any one time
to hold In check
AN HUMILIATION OF RABBTTsl
Here u company, there half a company. and
yonder barely squad--what would any of
these isolated attachments do toward guard
ing successfully a disputed river front three
hundred miles long2 A Mexican robber. you
know. can see In the night like any other
beast of prey, and ride O hundred miles be-
tween sun and sun. But II Gen. Ord, who Is
now down where the troubles are, will be per-
mitted to follow the raiders into Mexican ter
ritory, and follow them fast and far. be slire
the whole thing. will be simpihcd, and the
whole system Of pillage and plumber broken
up and forever
"How about your old officers and men.
Heneral-those who went with you to Mexcof
Would any OF them take part In another expe-
dition2"
Probably not ten of tho survivors of the
one Thousand who crossed the Rio Grande
with me. They are scattered any way 10 the
four quarters of the earth; some joined the
French and fell under Bazaine, at Grayelotte.
some ioned the liberals. aud were with Esco-
bedo at the execution Of the emperor Mt Que
retaro: some returned to the United States
some went TO tho Sandwich islands, some to
China, some before the mast. and q few to cu-
tivating the soil In the tropics. Some have
lost sight Of There will be no expedition to
Mexico, but there is something that is feast
bic, sensible. and promising of great results.
That something Is colonization. There are
millions In that Some time when you come
this way stop and sec me, and ! will tell you
my ideas about that"