The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-09-13
CYPRUSING.

The United States has reached a point
 in her onward march when change of her
 Mexican frontier line must be effected, by
 peaceful means if We can. by war ii we
 must So longas the portions OfTexas, New Mexico, Arizona ard California, abutting
 Mexico, were without population and
 wealth. the misruled and ungovernable elements of Mexico could be endured. But
 since these States and Territories have de-
 veloped into wealthy and populous com
 munities, they have become an enticlng and
 profitable field of operations for Mexican outlaws; for plunder, robberies and mur- der. The occurrence of fendish Outrages
 along the whole frontier llne, IS becoming
 too frequent for patient endurance, and Is relieving us, in every moral sense, from
 that observance of National comity which is due from one civilized nation to another.
 Mexico is daily demonstrating to the world
 that her efficient power IS not co-extension
 with her territory. Whatever strength her central government may have, IS entirely insufficient to reach her frontier provinces. These states are occupied by population,
 which, when left to themselves, develop but few germs of civilization. A majority of them are vicious, and more cOwardly and treacherous than the wild Apache. and de- serve but little more, if any, consideration. Neither life nor property is safe within their reach, and National amenity IS sub ject beyond their comprehension. As neigh bors they are not such as we would from choice select, and such as we should not be compelled to endure if we can possibly avoid
 We clip the following from one of our exchanges:
 "The Governor of New Mexico has applied to the President for military aid in sup pressing disturbances in that Territory, which he thinks amount to invasion or in surrection. Marauding bands from the Mexican side are in the habit of invading New Mexico, plundering the people. and maintaining a state of war which the Terri torial forces are not able to suppress"
 The Congress of nations which met a short time ago at Berlin has set US pro- per example. In its final adjustment of the Russo-Turkish difficulty Austria was decreed the occupancy of the Turkish prov inces forming her frontier, because Turkey had shown her unftness and inability to govern them, and as a measure to prevent future national disturbances. Cyprus was awarded to England as her means of pro- tecting her Asiatic possessions, and Turkey was confined to such limits in territory and population as she could be expected to con- trol.
 A little cyprusing on this side of the Atlantic would be beneficial to both Mex icO and the United States.
 The San Francisco Bulletin of the Gth inst, in one of the most disgustingly maud ling editorials, attributes the current of public opinion favoring the annexation of portions of Mexico, to eX-confederate mili- tary men, adventures and speculators, and inferentially berates our own government for ordering our troops to follow Mexican depredators upon their soil. Not at Mrs. Bulletin. This current of opinion is but reflex from the wrongs we are sustaining, and an awakening to the circumstances of our situation. If you will make an examin- ation, you will find it the conviction of the 1 best men in your own community, and not the machinations of adventures, and if we 1 mistake not before another twelve months ! passes, the Northern States of Mexico will | be under the American flag. If the govern m ent does not of itself take the initiatorv, we have an army in the bordering States l and Territories, who will arm and equip | themselves and be ready to move at mo- l ments warning. They will be strong enough | to hold the country until the emigration that is ready to follow will take complete control. When once started it will never end till we own all Of Mexico lying north of | a direct line from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Cape St. Lucas. Such an ac- qulsltion would shorten our frontier line over five hundred miles, would give us a country rich in soil, mineral and climate, and would make homes for hundreds of thousands ofindustrious people. The Mexi- can element would disappear as it has in California, and the frontier would be easy of protection.