The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-08
THE INVASION OF TEXAS.

Gates condition of affairs that demands
Immediate and energetic action upor
the part Of the Federal authorities, ant
we trust that the measures taken will
be such as will teach the "greasers" 9
lesson they shall never forget. Gen
Ord is vested with unusual, and, it is tc
be hoped, ample powers and discretion
to do all that the case demands, and
that is nothing less than the uncondi.
tional surrender to the United States
government Of the entire mob that has
invaded our borders and taken forcible
possession Of the towns of Isleta and
San Elizario, subjecting the civil au.
thorities Of county to Imprisonment
and other indignities.
The Federal government has for years
refused protection to the Rio Grande
frontier and forborne resentment Of all
manner Of outrage and wrong perpe.
trated upon its citizens. Longer en-
durance would be disgrace and an out
rageous disregard of every obligation
the government owes to its citizens.
Should there be the slightest hesitation
on its part In this instance, we trust that
Gov. Hubbard will take the matter in
his own hands and bring these thieving
and murderous trespassers upon the
soil Of Texas to swift and bloody reck-
oning. This thing must be stopped,
and that it was ever allowed to go unre-
sented in a single instance, much less to
continue uninterruptedly for years, is a
disgrace to civilization and a humiliation
that no other nation in Christendom
but the United States would ever have
tolerated or endured. Nor would this
government have endured 1t, except un-
der the pusillanimous and wretched ad-
ministrations we have had since the
war, which have exhausted the powers
in their hands in tyranny and oppres-
sion at home.
But. If we mistake not, the time has
at length arrived when the reckoning
can be no longer delayed or avoided.
Here Is an actual forcible invasion Of
Texas, and under circumstances which,
but too plainly, indicate that it was
prompted by a popular sentiment Of hos
tility which will most certainly endeas
vor to protect the guilty parties engaged
In it. However amicable may be the
professions of the Diaz government, or
however profuse its promises, there can
be no longer any doubt that, II sim
cere. 1t is utterly powerless to re-
sist the popular sentiment. Pro-
fessions and promises will no long
or answer; this indignity must be
punished as it deserves; our frontier
must be secured against the possibili-
ty Of future invasion, and our citizens
against the recurrence Of any such
outrages as they have endured for
years, through the pusillanimity OF
our Federal Administrations. But,
whatever course the United States
may see fit to adopt, Gov. Hubbard
owes it to the citizens Of Texas, whose
Executive he is, to take prompt and de-
cisive steps to release those now in the
hands Of these ruffians and to visit
terrible vengeance upon them for every
crime and outrage they may commit
within the borders of his sovereignty
This we have no doubt he will do, nor
do we any the less doubt that Gen. Ord
will give him his full support and CO.
operation in all that he may do.
The New York Sun Of the 4th contains
an editorial bitterly condemning the
T" invasion Of Mexico" the other day by
Lieut.. Bulls, as it called his pursuit
across the border of a band Of thieving
Lipans who had been depredating upon
our people for years, in which occurs
this passage:
Thanks to the fears or the forbearance of
The Mexicans, and to the determination of the
Diaz government not to be drawn into hostil-
ties, the annexationists are again disappoint-
ed in their aims.
But it seems the Sun was little
previous in its congratulations, for
this invasion Of Texas was doubtless
by resentment Of Lieut..
Bulls expedition. The Sun is all of a
heap because lieutenant is able Of his
own motion to invade Mexican soil,"
though in pursuit of a lot of ruffians
and murderers who had been ravaging
our frontier for years, and had always
found safety and protection in Mexico,
in spite of our repeated expostulations.
Our people are murdered and robbed
year in and year out, but all this they
must endure, and the government must
afford them no protection and allow it.
self to be defied by race Of lousy
pilferers, its soil invaded, its nationali-
ty violated and itself dishonored, and
all for fear of annexing few provinces
that may eventually increase the power
Of the Southern States. But, If we
mistake not, the time has gone by
for such talk to find popularity in
the ear of any American who has any
pride whatever in his country or her |
among the nations Of the