The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-18
THE WRONGS OF TEXAS.
GOV. HUBBARD, oFTExAs, FURNISHES
FULL STATEMENT or THE
BORDER TROUBLES.
Series Of Hobbsrles, Outrages ana srur-
aers Covering Period of over
Twenty Years.
q EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Austin. Tex., January 4, 1a7s.

Twenty Years.
q ExHouTtvE OFFICE,
Austin. Tex, January 3. 1918.
TO His Exeellsncy Rutherford 3. Hayes presi
d-nt of the United statesi
Sir have the honor to acknowledge the
characterized your official action in reference
to the appeals OF the Executive of this Stats In
tue matter oil tue late troubles on our Mexican
frontier.
In The demands. which made, under the ex-
connection with the Rio. dfande City and the
reesnt request Tor United States tro0ps TO Aid in
suppressing insurreetion us well as fBvasion OF
our our terriitery by Mexican citizsns tof which
ready compliance. with that request deserves
as i has received, the earnest thanks OF ths
state government and the, people Of Texas.
The questions involved are OF great momeut
10 IeKas. Much mtseopstrnetion and m sap
preheasion have arissu beyond our limits ms to
WITCH hsys eanssd dP0cy s svos g @ ss s
ton of the general government. To the end
that th9se motives and tht'se facts may be
your Exesllenoy end the Congress. this paper
is submitted:
The. Anglo-Ameriean and the Hispano-
The Spanish government has been based on
ths one man principle The history OF Spain
shows that the character Of the reiening SOW
ereign impressed Itself upon the country dur
ing his administrati hB-an able monarch made
. prosperoass a9d happy geople. and q weak
epgg m 81 the ad sat us
united. The Spanish colonies we're modelled
after the metropolitan government.
and WIN a 1as horh h Central
Americans. there Is q religion OF sf sfate-tln at
tempt to establish . national cons ,ience.
In Mexico there is q practical union OF church
and state. not Notwithstanding unfriendly lsgisla-
tion during the days OF Juarez. succeeding the
The he United States were eolopized by men who
fed from persecution. who claimed tho right Of
free thought and free speech and deprecated
the e, alliance Of ehnrch ard state.
The advocates OF these different political sys-
TENS came in contact In Texas, They were
unable to effect compromises; there was no
ss ap0a Mhgh bhsg could ID
planted themselves upon tbe broad prineipl q
qf Tepubleanism sst forth In the Declaration OF
ttnd9psndsnse and guaranteed 10 every citizen
py the constitution The government OF III nta
Anna was the exponent OF Spanish IDEAS. The
battle OIL San yacinto gave o the cause OF liberty
and es Ss Gnsd states esa anss.s hss
Texas. and Inherited the war. The treaty of
guadalupe Hidalgo confirmed the title Of the
Of that treaty except one, which was found i'm
practicable, and for whieh, failure she made
amends and WAS exoneratsd
Mexico has violated almost every article of
that and OF every trea,y. she made with us. She
ssized goods introduced during the occupation
" hoI 6lLitotB ny ouE bEbbpS, HHN EOiu tU9fn
fer her own benefit, In .eoniravention of the
treaty. She permitted citizens Of the United
y ates resident within her limits to be robbed OF
Instances murdered as The evidences before the
Mixed Commission sbundanily. proves. She
establis he'd the Iona Libre- free belt-a line SIX
miles In width and nearly one thousand miles
In length. BEGINNING, at the isio grande and
en- ending \. II E paso f9llowing The sipaositles of
the alo a,ande In. nearly R three thonsand miles in
merchandise can be introduced and sold free OF
duty; The lay is in DIRECT violation Of the eon-
against the United States, b. cause ii includes
territory o0terminous with ours. and estends
e no port on the Gull OF Mexico or the Pacific
States. II is blow aimed at our eommeree and
our merchants doing business In tho valley OF
,hs y s aio Grande It bas dwarfed the former and
made ut Brazos Santiago now and previous to
1851 q, the proposition is fairly demonstrated.
For more than twenty years Mexico has per-
ritory expeditions TO invade the Uuited s ates.
murder her citizens and plumber them. In
l 1859 Juan Nepomueeno C9rtina placed himself
captured brownsville. assassinated six Of It's
citizens: be robbed United States, mails, fred
snd by hs sg tss s ana
tborties Of Mexieo He ned o6tained ron ne hat h
punished for his crimes. the Mexican govern
ment rewarded him by making him a brieadipr
general In her army At one time he was sent
ana the representative of the supreme govern.
ment. While IN that position he was the recog-
nizsf leader Of the raiders. He was On access5-
~ OF murdersrs and the partner Of cattle an
horse thieves. He systematized the depredato-
~ war waged upon us, and .snatehed from his
tsaas n 9n sharg % Of the hspos He
saay s oan @ h liz 1Sn pacsd 5aases tssm n,o ao
faced. Capt. McNaiiy fought and In. dsfpaed one
Of his predatory bands within twelve miles of
Fort Brown and reeaptured several hundreds
in 1917 Capt. sabas Garcia. captain In the reg
ulnr army OF Mexico, made hostile ineursIon
into Texas at the head Of his company. He ar
as prisoners, and crossed II large herd of 81 olen
catle into Mexico. at Galveston Rancte, about
,wsntgyt,ye t,s niles above Brownsville He re-
Aliios tanches, another Mexican officer in
yade Texas with Troops in the service Of Meg
lco, robbed Albert Cham pion OF horses, and the
animals were reclaimed from the po session OF
Gen. COTtina.
Cattle stolen from Texas owners have been
seized by custom house gnards-the thieves
permitted to escape. The owners, or their au-
.horized agents. have demanded them from the
Mexican collector OF customs. and he has re-
animals had been Introduced into Mexico CON
rary to lay. They have been condemned and
sold. e and the PROCEEDS haye gone into the treas
!.eynosa and Camareo In no instanes did the
Mexican authorities deny that they knew ibe
,nifnals had been stolen In Texas and driven
INTO Mexico against the wishes OF the real own
srs. ~
In Matamoros municipal tax was levied upon |
svery animal sold within corporate limits. The |
brands were, registered and It is an aekn |
edged fact that the authorities were making |
,f Texas.
The evidences derived from the reports OF the |
military, OF civil officers Of Legislatures, Of |
eIl soIngresslonal committees, United States com.
mis- sioneTs, State and Federal grand iuries and |
rom affidavits OF citizens Of nnauestioned YER |
lcity prove:
]. The nature and extent of the depredatory
gar.
!. That custom house officials have been mur-
Tered. custom houses taken and robbed post
,fflces robbed and burned, hundreds OF citizens
TILED, some tortured, william McMahan, for |
Instance, had his legs cut OIL and was forced to
walk on the stumps: Murdock was chained. "A
narrow placed on him, and hs was burned while
n his own house In nine miles OF Corpus Chris
]. and women have been made prisoners and
Iublect to treatment too horri la To rnentfnn