The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-11
THE SANE 0LO. OLD STORY.

/ ne news ifom the hlo ur3nue iTon-
/ tier is by no means reassuring as TO
preserving the degree of quiet and or
der common TO that locality even. not
to speak Of absolute peace and good
order The chronic irritations in the
/ way OF revolutions. robbing incursions,
murder and pillage, which have pre-
vailed }or so many long. troubulous
| years, hnve not operated to exalt pub
| lie expectation to any painful degree,
consequently We have not dispaired OF
! maintaining our equilibrium and equa>
nimity even should all the ereasers be,
1 tween ! ucatan and Sonora get together
1 by the ears. Diaz was strong enough
/ to purchase recognition by this goyern>
ment but alas is not strong. enough to
/ enforce thirty days calm in his own
| Neither Is the United States strong
enough, 1t seems, to enforce treaty stip~
ulations, and restrain armed bands tot
Mexicans) from crossing the line from
| this side to light anew the flames OF
civil strife 10 our sister republic. In
deed, Disz is only an adgenturer, bolder
and WAS not entitled to recognition by
our government even although he pur-
chased it at round sum, money down.
This shameful bargain will yet bear
bitter fruit for both governments,
and the harvest is fast approach>
ing. 1t will consist of blood
tears and the destruction of what little
commerce there Is, which has been titful-
ly struggling TO make its Why over the
Bravo in she tace of rapine, robbery and
revolution. The other. aud more seri.
Gus fruit is the utter decentralization
which attends a greaser revolution,
worse ten thousand times than war in
any other shape. Could these baleful
effects be confined to the Mexican side
OF the river, they would not be so grave,
but our near neighborhood unfortu~
nately places us in position to recei We
almost equal injury by the lowering of
the standard of public morals, which
always attends state of war, or of
uneasiness aud predatory incursion,
such as has for so many dreary years
distinguished the situation on the Rio
Grande
A few days since, a large force of the
armed enemies of Dia1s government,
which was lately recognized by our own
state department, organized, armed
and equipped on Texas soil. evaded the
watchiulness of our forces, and dung
themselves boldly into the broils and
turmoils on the other side In law, our
government is responsible for this inva-
sion, but how can poor, bruised, broken
Mexico help it. She may, however
subsidize the New York press and
place such influences about Mr. Eyarts
as will force peaceful indemnification
since he has insugurated the custom Of
placing official recognition in the mark
ct for sale, like any other commodity.
1t is time, high time indeed, that the
corrupt and pusillanimous policy OF
our national policy with regard to the
| Mexican question be superseded by
something more manly, and tetter
calculated to foster, not self respect,
but enforce the respect of the greasers
| themselves. The conviction has grown
! stronger with each passing year, until
now it is universally accepted, that We
will never have peace until Mexico is
thoroughly subjugated. and her from
tiers drawn back at least to the line Of
/ Sierra Madre mountains.
| The United States has wasted money
and blood enough on this troublesome
neighbor already, but in order to rend-
er neighborhood either possible or tol-
| erablo in the future, she must waste
/ still more. and she must not delay
| longer, or we will be confronted by a
situation here at home, not pleasant to
1 contemplate, and out of the reach of
money to compromise. A short yigor-
ous campaign on the other side of the
river would set many things to rights,
and constitute very godNsend to Mex
| leo herself