The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-18
| partment. shows conclusively tho bad temper
III tho people and officers of the border States OF

partment. shows c0ncluslvey tne phu et soinposr
M afss S1 tsas Pr ibla whether
Go Gatsa ststs Or rom an honest desire
cultivate friendly and commercial relations
With this county intends t. eniore har
der people. the past and present, Of least 90
not furp sh us with any hope that he WI, quo i,n
coed Troops may bs1as they are salo 20 o si,
OF Mexico. They will not. II The future II TO DO
Judged by the past obey theif Presden, PIN, I'D nv
zens proper. or Of American citizens natural
lied. But VITO are Of Mexican blood;
But granting. also, that for the future ali may
DO well and peace and protection shUulu reign
on tho extended boundary tne Of the. Rio
arande, does that absolse the republic of Mex
loo from PREPARATIONS for wrongs committed on
past What action has been taken BY the Mex.
lean government looking t. legal and national
placed before The governmentl, NJ well as for
tho numerous instances heretofore recited, and
made the subject OF q grave official report tg
impartial members I tSee report on Mexican
Outrages." OF Hon. q. Schleieher. Banks. La
mar and othetH.1
The only answer understood II not expressed
we have received to all these complaints has
been
Let the dead past bury it, dead
memorial goes to the Hate Legislature
from our ffontiers Joint resolutions 90 for
thirty years are adopted Senators and Rep,
resentatives present them to our Congress. and
the result has generally been statutory prom.
ises for better protection in the future, more
troop. more railroads. more ehips, and more
coastwise commerce and Reciprocity treaties
by expressive silenee. that properly already
stolen. homes alrea3y pluhdered, eitis ns
sreaay ha peonFh to the Pat Ths
has been compelled to spend nearly $4,000 one OF
her own money to maintain her own spltiers
on n line neatly 1000 miles long. both Of Next
~
Texas doee not want war Her members Of
Congress have recently told the country, faith
"y and en- r liz Future and s
,orthe pest Our material interests would not
be proltei and surely tue destruetion OF
aveIdnuee Of war by every means known to
national honor. The present Executive Of Texas
has taken every precaption to avoid ,nilic! q
any hour or day. He has subjected bis troops
to the orders or the United States department
commander IN all matters touching crossing
the Rio Hrande In pursuit Of raiders or robbers
from Mexico. The ,oorrespondence with Gen.
0,rd--now published by order of, Congress
shows tha most oonclusivey In demands for
fugitives from justice unuer the eAtradttion
treaty no courtesy ever known to enlightened
diplomacy has been neglected. nor have auy
boaetful threats boon uttered by our official es.
our weaker peiEhb1r.
Whether from an unmanly fear. that war
s Re or ' o S ne time aer eS VIE
pot schemes Of speculation ut tho capital Of
Mexico, or from that lurking distrust or hatred
OF any measure looking TO redress OF wrongs
which Texas has borne whether from one or
al of these motives, certain II Ia that Injustice.
gross injustice, has been done to the govern
mont and the people Of this y ate by the false
charges coming from beyond her BORDERS that
Texas wants war, for Its own sake or for selH-h
ambition wq have asked for orr rights only
city and the Uuval and Hdalgo outragea. anu
we have been denied them positively and even
We followed the same prudent course In the
recent III p1so troubles. A cool, sagacious
officer Major JONES' wac sent to that distant
OF hs sad to soh efan and
and no interference. by their kindred on the
Mexican side of the Rio Grande Pence was re-
Toned there twenty days had net passed @.es b.
fore % mob. composed largely OF Mexican citi.
zens, broke their pledges Of pence and became
with these "looa1 affairs The Republic OF
Mexico. as such, doubtless did not order the
to release Texas murderers at Matamores. Nor
is It charged that President Dlas ordered actual
citizens OF Mexico to MD the mob,-as they did
who recently set ut defiance the civil authority
attacked our citiysns and soldiers ut San Eleazs-
rio. forced them TO surrender by base treachery.
betrayed Texan citizens by the msrcless
fusilada.
But this massacre loses nothing of lis horri-
nle BlEniHtuHGA NHoH tue FDHHHnueF OF the
Texas rangers makes official report-as he does
that these men acre placed IN front ofHtei'
open pi,dpes and shot 10 death by a detail Of nine
cltisens Of heaico from across The RIO Grandeis,
Yet who will in this age deny that for all those
acts Of her people Mexico must make amends, by
every principle Of international law we have
recited and invoked, and thus. and thus only.
elenr her national skirts Of the great crime COM
mitted by her own citissHs2
Ii, indeed that government aekn owledges tho
crimes of her citizens. Furnishes them herself,
or allows US to do SO, and makes proper repara-
ton Tor tho persons and property destroyed.
then surely We have no claim on u country who
thus rises at once to the dignity Of great and
Christian power
If che refuses to thus account for the crimi-
nal acts Of her individual citizens. whether
alone or In mobs. then their government IS
responsible, and the argument being exhaust
edo resort to the last arbter of nations would
be unfortunately the only alternative.
TO the wisdom and to the justice Of the Presi.
dent and of the Congress we submit this plain
statement Of our case. Reiteratihg again that
the people and the government of Texas desire
nothing but honorable peace at homo and
abroad. based upon y mutual observance of
comfy and national treaties for the futursss and
an equitable adjustment OF mutual clHfEhs' OF
reparation for the past. have the honor to be.
sir, very respectfully, your obedent servant,
II. b. HUBBARD.
Governor OF Texas.
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