The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-11

by the sending Of Mexican troops TO the
river frontier. with directions to aid in clear
ing II OF cattle thieves We Ind Lieut..
JOHNSON tostifyng Inst year bofefe Con
grces During the recent revocation In
Mexico there seemed TO be n lull IN the
raids; they were not ~ frequent "a they
had been before" And in the Adiutant-
Generals records Is this memorandum:
Rob 1877. den sutFipis forward, report ct col
prytN Eshth Cavalry Ian 1877 Ut me operations Ut
his command IN the District nj the RIO Oranlc Nav
1876 IN which he states that the heaviest sufferers
from the dcpr,dauuns OF cattle the,es have hccn
rtuchcrUs and cattle breeders from Starr iialeo and
cameron countios TEXAS ami that many years the
country has never been exempt from raids aud mur
drrs Ne At present AMI that since STAY s" he has not
learned IT Nusic W'authunuc aled OF cattle rant
ing IN his distract
How has western Texas been protected
under the violcut, costly. and pcrilous policy
Of Mr.. HAYES After ten months " trial We
find Texas raidcd this year with loss Of
life and property almost beyond precedent.
The Fort Ewcll raid and the raid which re-
suited in the death Of the COLsoN children,
are we'll known to the country in one OF
them alone there was greater loss Of life
than for the whole twrlvcmonth prior to the
by invasion. The address now made 70 Mr.
EvARrs consists in large part Of II history Of
the raid made in April last, beginning at The
crossing near the foot Of Apache Hill, about
A. miles north of Fort Mcintosh.
We cannot doubt the testimony to tho
murderous character OF this raid collected
In the Texan pamphlet. 1t began with the
killing of two vaqucrOs or cOwhcrds and
next day followed that ~ a third victim,
JoRGE GARCIA, whose pitcous cries OF No
mi mdtdnl" Don't kill me > were unheeded
After that, the thieves wounded fourth
man. Not to dwell on the details Of each
crime. there were known to be killed
eighteen persons, including the wife Of
Mexican shepherd and the two little TAY-
LoR boys. There were also five persons
wounded. and some were reported killed re-
gardIng whom no aflldavits could be ob-
tanned The loss Of cattle and other prop
erty by this raid was also great.
Such II the record of "A single raid q raid
that swept with impunity within fourteen
miles Of a garrisOncd Government post
Some Of the details. as, for example, in the
cases Of JONI SLUrE. the TAYLOR children.
and young MOORE. are pathetic in the cx-
treme. That there was no special hostility
To Americans, as Americans, is clear from
the fact that among the slain We find such
names a. JoRGE GARCIA, MARTINEZ. VI
GENIE ROBELDo. GUADALUPE BAsAN, VAL
De-. RoDRIGUEz, JosE MA. CANALEs. and
others. nearly threc-fourths Of tho killed
being, apparently, a. Mexican in race, and
perhaps in birth. "a the people across the
river. The wounded were also all. or nearly
all. NcXicans, a. the names TOMAS Soils,
V. RopRIGUEz., TOMAS ZUNEGA and TO On
show
What can bee said 81 policy illustratcdby
such fruits Instead Of the total ~ eleven
persons killed on the Rio Grandc border
during the twclvcmonth ending May 3D.
1877, a. reported TO Gen. SHERMAN. and by
him published, we find eighteen or more
killed in one raid We find large army
quartcrcd In Texas nominallv Ia gave pro-
t., tion: and meanwhile Mr.. EVAUTs to
whom the Texan people appeal, with mis-
guided confidence, ha7 for upward Of 4 year
thwartcd all plans for such n peaceful modi-
fication OF the treaty with Mexico az would
secure cooperation in police work. mutual
rights aud duties Of cAtradtion and mutual
rights Of crossing the river with regular
forces. If that were wise. by formal consent
HAYES has preferred, instead, policy OF
outrage and invasion which, apparently
has not saved Texas single pang, but
threatens to involve this country in a wan
ton war.