The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-13
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word {. and wiicr ever ycu end saiiiecs
re So qfe,H b Englspd you ind hisa
ENJOYING tho most pesiecl sense oil
.sisfy srd security Proud of the
yowcg va Iess than the disposition Of +
81 government 80 protect him in per-
son end lroperts to The extent OF heF /
every naa ssd every dollar. is g ony !
wonder That an Bugiisbman's love for
/ iis government il something romans
t.cally deyoledY Isit ANY wonder that
be j. willing 10 Ioan the government his
last penny, 20 pend lis last drop OF
. blood in It's service 4 Jew years since
We Jaw this reciprocity of feeling be-
tween her government and subjects
touohiugly illustrated Major General
Sir Charles Windham, Redau Wind
ham, - he Was aiiectonately called,
chen comman,ler.iu-chief Of the Brit
.sh army in Canada, was suffering with
a severe Illness. Sir Charles came TO
savannah for the benefit OF oar
mildCr climate and once each
day came an inquiry from the
queen as TO his health We have seen
tue giu.ed old hero OF Sebastapol
shed tears while perusing the brief dis.
patch. and have heard him murmur in
. voice Of indiscribabic tenderness God
p bless her royal majesty much as q
L lover would call down blessings upon
3 ihe head Of his mistress Aud his
.I4accn and his cossntry were both worthy
This devotion The one a kind, sympa'
b., thiliug mistress whose active eratitnd,
followed her worn and battered servan
with kindly solicitude until the gray,
closed over him, and the other with it'
Ia sttong arm warded OF every threateno,
y danger. and the knowledge OF thi
,c power and disposition to protect
warmed the heart OF the old veteran
even while nearly overwhelmed by th
{" icy waters OF death
. Low strong the contrast betwee
!" this case and that OF the citizens of til
'e United States scattered along the Ri
Grande Here our people have bee
OF murdered and robbed times ou
or Of number, and for long seri,
~ Of years, and no adequate effort to pr,
,y. tect them or punish their despoiler
has ever been made 10y the goYernmen
Can our government ask or expect th
devotion Of iss subjects or citizens {
should it receive il, while such is ii
cascf tn cur plan Of government, All
under cur system when the citizen pal
his taxes or shoulders musket /,
gu iathsrlaud, the act creates the obiig
.er t!oa oa,the part of the government
is defend aud protect The citizens
ico our Bio Graude frontier have ful6ll,
their part Of the implied compact No
it remains to be seen If the state al
'l' nsiiona governments viii do their
'o' Whether marauding groSser has Il
'sf nigh, 70 Kill. murder and steal AZ wi
o' and we NO power or disposition to raj
70 a hand in self defense.
We have come to that point in o
.ip frontier history, when farther subni
. a SION would not only be an unpardonab
he neglect, but it would be unuianly al
in mean 70 the last degyee. The rep
sm sentative manhood Of the nation v
soon meet in congress. aad it renal
to be seen if the willy Mexican dipiol
''- acy viii again cheat our frontier ei
zen zens out.of that protection they ha
AN tough; ard paid for in both money al
TO blood
re- Far be- it from Us TO advocate W
-" upon iusufIicicient or indcfensil
'ut grounds, bat in this case the accumu
od tel woes OF our devoted borderers
% enough 10 justify an attack upon Me,
M &C. even were the result doubtful on
NJ. and even we've no other purpose thar
rs. faere chastisement TO be subservf
~ rh@e is money, standardization. mo
ds territory aud future immunity all
nm the enterprise. aud neither Govern
~. Hubbard nor Mr.. Hayes should pause
moment IN declaring war.