The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-10
Texas, Mexico and che American peo.

pie.
70 the Editor Of the Herald.
MY DEAR SIR-Though out Of public life,
and very humble private citizen, claim
the right, as a citizen, TO u voice in our
government. Disconnected with all comb
nations, rings, cliques and other evils, 10
called, l claim tho right, as IN American
citizen, and In Dallas, doubty so, as son
Of Texas, to speak to my fellow cilizsns on
tho gu ject indicated in the caption Of this
article, viz Texas, Mexico and tho Ameri-
can people ! propose Mr.. Eiitor,
In the HERALD In day or two 80 discuss
this subj set, and endesvor to show to our
people-lhe people ofTexas, as vol rs tho
whole American people tho rampant injus.
tlce constantly being p 'pelrAted by us--yes,
cir, by our own household, against the true
and progressive people Of Mexico. l have
as much right to say kind word for Mexico
a. any II ing man, as, for 80 years, have
limped from wounds received at the hands of
her sons. But il vote for wounded soldier
In the union service during the late
war, now citizen of our state, may | not
with equal consistency offer TO my fellow.
citizens, a few kind words in regard to our
noighbors of Mexico, by whom IT was my lot
TO DO a sufferer in the long ago? We are on
the verge of intimate railroad intercourse
with the interior, the very marrow and bone
Of that long struggling, lit o understood aud
grossly msrepresented country OF ten mil
lions OF people, and yet | scarcely sec u
leading paper (the Dallas HERALD being an
honorable exception speaking on the
subject that does not must bsliove incon.
siderately and In sort of matter of
course way,) throw out some remark calcul-
ated 10 arouse tho whols Mexican people
against tho proposed railway connections.
Such flippant remarks arise from the Ameri-
can idea Of the Mexicsns more than rty
years ago, covering the days of the Texas
revolution and the war between Mexico and
the United States a little later. They
utterly ignore, If ever aware OF the true In
ternal history Of Mexico for tho last fifty
years, wherein rs bright exemplilca-
lions Of devotion TO Tree conslitu
uonal government and tho education
OF tho masses, have been given rs ever
graced the annals Of any country under the
sun. These facts, and their adjlncts. as
twice before In your columns In the last
eight years, | propose TO elaborate by stern
historical facts. The two former ..eGJrts, OK
cited by a simple love of jas;icc, Tell still
born on uninterested re ,ders. But now, it is
believed, tho same spirit OF justice will com.
mand the attention of thousands, north
and south est aud west, who have
recently become interested in mealures
affecting the Intercourse between tho two
countries measures for which, with noble
and patriotic Moxicaus, l labored in that
country twelve years ago. In my proposed
contribution to the truth Of Mexican history
and Mexican progress, l took as special
auditors the projectors Of the Chicago, Texas
d Mexican Central railway, tho railway of
which General Grant Is president, the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, and the officers of
oil railways looking towards Mexico, as well
Is all OF my coultrymen, north and south,
who love truth and justice.
Respectfully,
JOHN HENRY Brown.