The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-24
A DESPERATE AND DISCREDITABLE
GAME.


moment the next war becomes inevitable
we shall be in favor of it, whether the war
be fought with the people of Mexico, or the
frozen dcnizcns of Manitoba. But the eff
forts Of interested parties to bring on war
with Mexico are so palpaby without war
rant and, witha. 50 destitute of the element
Of true bravery, that fair-minded, cool
headed men view them with feelings of alb
solute detcstation.
Ask the most violent camorer for war
with our weak sister republic, for the rea-
sons that move him, and he will answer you
with the sterreotyped reply: "Oh d--n
her, she needs whipping on general prin-
cipals; her thieves steal Texan mules, and
the Mcxicans don't like us anyhow" And
humiliating as the confession may seem, all
our camorings' for war have no better foun-
dation than this. That the raids of thieves
are as frequent from this side of the Rio
Grande as the other, is not denied by any
honest man who is familiar with the char
acter of that portion of the Texan popula-
ton that live convenient to the Mexican
border. Every raid from Mexico forms
the topic for general newspaper discussion,
while whole seasons deprcdations by the
thieying raiders of Texas, fails to call out
the mercst newspaper mention. That the
Mcxicans do not like US, is highly proba-
bic; but would they like us any better
should we rayage their coasts, burn their
cities, and slaughter their people2 If that is
the way TO excite love and affection, how
happens il the Northern men are not the
very idols of Southern hearts,
For many years Mexico has been con
vulscd by internal contentious in the strife to
show, what has scarcely yet been shown,
that IN average people are capable of self
government. These commissions, in a sister
republic, should have excited our sympathy
and forbearance. We should have extended
words Of encouragement to those who were
striving TO- maintain free Institutions; but
instead Of doing so, the men among us who
insisted that we should establish protec-
torate over the whole country, were neither
few nor without influence.
For purposes Of plumber, the Texans liv-
ing on the Rio Grande want war with Mex
leo. In the hope OF enforcing an increase
Of the army and Of gaining greater military
rcnown, our Sheridan Mckenzie, Bulls
the officers Of the army, in short-arc clam
orous for conflict In the belief that
Grant could ride into the Presidency on the
very throcs Of such an unequal struggle,
every Grant leader in the country is loud
mouthcd in his demands for the bloody
contest; and because he is the tool of bad
men of brains, the intellectual pigma of the
White House has maintained an attitude Of
hostility toward Mexico almost from the
veryday of his fraudulent induction into the
Office he holds. With all these Influences
in favor ofwar, it bchoovcs the far-minded
and truly patriotic people Of the country to
! give voice of their adherence of such Il
cruel design, before the great masses north
and south, are "bull-dozed" into acouies-
cence in what has the undoubtcd seeming
of great and ineNcusabe crime.
For the aims Of the war clamorists the
pending visit OF Northwestern merchants
AMI business men TO the capitol of the
Mexican republic, is most unfortunate. AS
they are most likely to conclude that Il
/ largo and lucrative trade with Mexico is
worth great deal more to this country
than all the Mexican Mood that could be-
shed in even a five years struggle. Only
las, fall the leading manufacturers Of the
Northwest invited the Mexican Minister to