The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-01
A spcck of war on the Rio Crnndc.

four or five years ago. have scnsbly dimin-
ishcd i'm number. according to the admission
Of all disintcrcsted parties, and the whole
frontier line may Ice said to bc well puliccd
since the addition of a large cavalry force
to the troops that were already guarding
the line. CoRrINA no longer leads the ma
raudcrs ON the Mexican side, and since the
lesson which Col. MckENzIE administered
to them. these bands rs organized bodies of
pluudcrcrs, have found their vocation moro
dangerous than profitable.
Individual outragcs are committed from
time to time, and sometimes small gangs of
the border ruilians engage in dcprcdatiOns,
with the risk of short shlift if caught in the
act. or even if strongly suspected, for the
Texan fronticrsman is very sclf-rclinnt
sort Of citizen, familiar with tho rifle
and the bowie knife and not much given
to nice legal distinctions when his per-
son or his property Is in real or supposed
danger. This Is about the situation ON the
fine river which separates the United
States from McNico. We are in constant
communication with that whole region, or
rather 80 much of it as has heretofore been
| the subject of controversy.
All at once. and since the advent of the
! IldNlhlful hNlliii0ii hNl''iis ili'l' liN' '''ii
complaints and movements Indicative Of a
sinister design at Washington to get up
new issue. in the hope of divcriing the pub
lie mind, aud of preventing the impending
schi-m in the Republican party. We called
attention to this scheme as the first signs
began to crop out on the surface, when Mr..
HAYES was threatened with the rcsolute
opposition Of some Of the foremost Rcpubli-
can leaders
Since then IL has taken holder form.
/ Gen. ORD, the commander in Texas, has Wis
| tied Gen. SHERIDAN, ostensihly to prepare
military measures against incursions which
have ceased to exist on any extensive scale;
and he is now in Washington, comforting
with Gen. SHERMAN and others, who, with
| different motives to impcl Them ave acting
in concert. 1t is easy to get up a cry. such
a. was raised when the ncipicnt steps for
anncxng Texas were taken to increase the
slave power in Congress. and TO put money
into the pockets of Ring Of Spectators
who divided ten millions between them
selves and powerful lobby.
4 collision can be provoked any day in the
week, by which a Mexican war might be ere
atcd TO order Three interests look TO such
"A collision with satisfaction, namely. The
| Administration, anxious to rally the party
on a foreign war of acquisition; the ~pecu-
| lntors. greedy to seize the mineral lands
which they have long been prospecting,
aud the military chiefs. DESTROYS 10 main
tiin the army at its existing maxi
mum. or 10 Increase it 10y new lcvics.
These three interests are all adverse to the
prosperity of the country, and if successful
in their projects would augment the public
debt, swell the expenditures enormously.
increase taxation, and arrest the progress
toward recovery. which il now going on
gradually through severe economy.
Mexico IL in a distracted condition and
feeble from intestine strife The United
States should at least sympathizc with her
misfuItuncs. and not seek to aggraVatc
them. or to take advantage Of this weakness
II there are Mexican trrspassors on the Rio
Graudc AT this time. they should Ice curhcd
and punished. Mr.. EvAErs will find it much
simpler to negotiate n convention. by which
the frontier line will bc protected fully, than
TO engages in war without the prospect Of
honor or profit.
We want neither Mexican territory nor
Mexican population. The area OF the United
States is ahurdantly largo for generations
"'lll anu ~ ll'Ai tl'iA' 'i' lf'ii D. NfilN
cd, it Will come by law as inialuic as
graNitation There Is dense ignorance
enough among the negroes Of the South to
satisfy the most liberal desire on that score
without adding to it the mixed hoods OF the
Indian, African, and doseucratcd Spuulard
that now prcdominate in lamaulipas
In n few years more the Stateof Texas may
be suhdiviicd into two and perhaps three
present rate of immigratipn she Will have
fifteen or more members in the lower House.
instead Of six, the actual representation.
New Mexico before long will be- admitted
into the Union, and 50 will Arizona, just a-
Nevada and Nebraska were. 10 increase par
tl-an power in the Senate. In this respect
one party is no better than the other, and
Vicious prccedents are always held in high
esteem when they strengthen the hands OF
those who use them
These plain facts are not 10 be dismissed
with rhetorical figures If speech. Thcy are
full Of adnonitiun, and worthy Of study by
those who are now conspirlng for further
extension Of territory, without counting the
cost or the consequences. The negroes under
reconstruction, have added twenty odd mom-
hcrs 10 the southern column in the House of
Representatives; and now il Is proposed 10
reinforce this column and to hold the Sruate
by an infusion Of Mc-tizos.
The receipt Of contributions TO what Is
called the Skirmlshing Fund amounting To-
s26i0i Is acknowledged by Mr.. ODoNoNAN
hossA lie has for Il year or longer devoted
himself To collecting this money. and We learn.
through the acknowledgements published in the
irish li"rd. that the fund ia growing nj the
rate of about Sl.OOD week. The promise is
that when sufficient sum n accumulated il
VIII h' expended IN ,orret assaults on Great
Britain We do not know what viii be regarded
a- % sufficient sum. hut Mr. O'DoNov,N I}oes,
gives ana ntimnti0n hy writing casually of IN"
Million Fund, and he now appeals for d uu-
tons II 500 zach. the contributions having
Nr"tliorr been furnished mainly 10y poor men
and women, who could eitconiy from 10 cout-
t" II apiece. 1t Will take a long time to got too
= tner lWOuDO. even If the receipts average
$1,000 week. Besides Mr., O'uoNoyAN Rosa
says that the utmost SECRECY Will hr nuilU,iuod
in planning and executing this moyriu nj
against Ireland enemy that rs f. saw. i'm surul-