Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-21

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Meaicsn telegfarns and letters Die ~
usually read with much atAsntioa q No
American citizen. Butwe may pees
srme most adults in these parts nov 10
know that Mexico has President de
faeto in Diaz, who won possession a
the Federal capital by force e sr.s
and now holds it, and President d
jure in Lerdo de Tejada, who was CON.
PEELED by superior force to atdicate has
functions and to seek refuge In the Uni-
ted States. President Lerdo de Teiadas
though now in exile, has abated none Of
his claims, is represented near the Mex.
ican frontier in Texas by an accom-.
plished soldier, General Escobedo. and
is prepared on the first apparent oppor-
iunity TO- foment, a counter-revolutioa
against de facto President Diaz.
Against any Mexican Government,
whether de .facfo or de jure. established
at the Federal capital, revolutionary
movements are almost invariably iniiia-
ted along the line Of the Rio Grande
frontier. And this for many reasons.-
That region is most readily accessible
by exiled pretenders; it is more remuta
from the central Federal power. in point
OF time and transportation, than Oregon
is from Washington; and finally It is
haunted by population Of robbers and
rievers, organised under regular leads
ers, neither fearing God nor regarding
man, and prcfering, like borderers all
over the world, TO live by plunder rath-
er than by honest industry. The clans
Of Cortina and other robbet chiefs are
not only constantly recruited from the
desperate and lawless ci all faeticns
they have regular business relasions
with the traders and with the towns of
all the northern liue, and they have
rich field Of operations beyond the Tex
as frontier. Naturally, therefore, these
states on the line of the Rio Grande ara
more important TO any Federal Governs
ment IN Mexico, aud need to be moro
carefully watched and more skilfuily
dealt with by any Federal Government,
than any other states in the republic.
The case OF Cortina himself best IL.
lustraies this. After his conduct had
forced even the eoncilistory Secretary
Fish into exerting serious pressure, on
the then established Government %
President Lerdo, he was boldly hs4
cleverly captured at one Of his strong.
holds and taken TO Mexico FOR trial and
punishment. Bu, he was neither tried
nor punished. His adhcrenis. in order
to liberate him, made themselves, active
in support Of the Diaz movement, and
after Diaz triumphed, Cortina was lett
81 much at large m the City Of Mexico
that be. one day dashed off to reach his
old haunts. Diaz learned that he had
done this with view TO raising the
Lerdisi banne and there fore eaased him
20 be closely pursued. As our sMexi.
can correspondent has Just informed
US, he was recaptured and carried back
TO Mexico.
President Lerdo, m his protest agsiuss
the reasonable and necessary orders
gwen to General Ord, doubtless inten-
ded to propitiate the chronic revolution.
lists oi the border region, which, these
orders are certain, If faithfully execu.
ted, to reduce to law and honest indus.
try. Ii General Diaz has assured our
Government that he will direct his Off.
GERS 10 cooperate with Generel Ord il
has probably been because he is not in.
disposed TO see the United States break
down these chronic revolutionisty who
plunder Texas in order to disorg9Bsze
Mexico. e s1g hs4ns
Nothing, therefore, can be more clear
than that the present situation IN Mex
leo offers the United States an opporiu-
nity Of winch II is our bounden duty 70
avail ourselves for bringing about 1sach
definite and durable understanding
with Mexico on the subject Of the. po-
lice of our borders as shall put an end
forever to State Of things equally in.
consistent with the progress and proc
perity Of our own southwestern enpira
and with political stability and material
development in Mexico.
The Administration by its recent ger-
ders hs.s simply taken up the thread Of
Democrats policy where Il was broken
OF in 1860 b. :he outburst Of our own
civil war. |, has formally and solsaa-
ly certified to the country that the con-,
dition OF our territory borderingon Mex
leo is such as cannot be suffered to ex-
isl any longer without gross injustice 10
our own citizens and positive disho.er
to the nation. Every man OF intelli-
gence who has investigated the subject
knows this TO be the exact truth. II 10
the plain duty, therefore. Of every pa.
triotie American no, simply to sustain
the Government in the demand il has
made upon Mexico for effective cooper
alton in putting an end to this uhendur.
able state Of things on our soutAwest.
ern frontier, bu. to insist thai with O.
without the cooperation Of Mexice sa