Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-10
MEXICO.
Danger OF serions Complications With
our Next Door Republic.

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Special Telegram to the 1nter-Occan
! New York, Dec-A special dispach iron
Washington has the following: Leading
democrats are aroused to the importance o
taking some immediate and practicable
step. to counteract the influence which ha
for many months past been excited to com
plicate our relations with the republic o
Mexico. They realize the imminence o
the danger which threatens the peace of twt
countries. That there is q deliberate pur-
pose to provoke hostilities on the Texal
border is feared by the conservative men o
both parties. The objections which ars
urged by our minister of foreign affairs te
the recognition of the Diaz government art
not accepted as satisfactory. The tone o
the presidents message in its reference to
Mexico is regarded by rejecting men as
threatening. The fact that newspaper in
New York City is demanding more vigo.
rous policy toward Mexico, would under
ordinary circumstances have attracted no
special attention, but comparison Of the
correspondence with our representative at
Mexico, recently furnished to congress, with
some of the articles published in the
above mentioned journal, show conclu-
sively that some one connected with the
state department has supplied it with
official information. The information was
used to create public opinion favorable to
an aggressive Me1ic.n policy, and was un-
questionably supplied for that purpose.
These acts, together with the almost daily
occurrences on the Texas border, have satis-
fed great many leading democrats and
republicans that there is grave danger of
our country being plunged into an unjusti-
fable war. The judgment of the democratic
members Of the military committee of the
house, upon the testimony thus far furnished
BY army officers stationed on the Texas
frontier, has added weight to this conviction
which has been forced upon the leaders of
that party. The statements of General Ord
in particular to-day are Of euch character
that they convinced his hearers that he wa>
an unsafe man to be intrus,ed with such
delicate and at the came time SO responeible
duties as have been assigned to him by the
remarkable order of the president. A cool
headed, conservative member of the mill
tary committee said thi, afternoon, after
listening to General Ords testimony, that
he would not be surprised any morning to
wake up and find actual hostili,ies begun
between the troops under Orl's command
and the Mexican forces. 1t would not be
proper to speak my mind freely about Gen.
eral Ord. examination to-day, but l will
say tba: if it is tn. desire of the administra-
ton to preserve amicab!e relations with
Mexico, they have, considering all the cir
cumstances, selected for the commander of
the troops on the Texas border the officer
who would be ost likely to defeat their
purpose. 1t j. 30 osecr. among army officers
that the selection Of General Ord for the
duty assigned to him was indication of the
governments design to provoke collision
between our troops and those of Mexico
How TO counteract the influences which are
carrying US into complications from which
escape without war will be impossible, has,
as above stated, been the subject of anxious
deliberation by Speaker Randall and his
most trusted confidential advisers. The con-
clusion reached will probably be presented
to the house this week, or next Monday at
the furtherest, in resolution, which will
be introduced by gentleman whose stand
ing in the party, as we'll as his ability, will
give peculiar significance to the measure.
The ground to be taken in this resolution
will be that the proper way in which to
establish friendly relations with Mexico,
prevent border disturbances, and to assist
the people Of that country in maintaining a
stable government and building their ma
terial prosperity is 10 promote the CONNER
cial relations between the two nations, and
to this end every effort ought 10 be made to
secure reciprocity treaty which will de-
velop trade and bring the people of the re.
spective countries into close business rela.
tions."