The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-26

way Into tho old homo NJ llo Monietuinl'
We cannot afford 10 spond ~ many iull.
lions NJ money for iho simple purpose VI
carrying passengers ON short tine between
Washington aud the city " McXlco. What
We want 10 find In McSico ~ purchaser,
We want 10 furnish her with our wares aud
merchandise, and receive In return
her gold aud silver, which she pos
sesscs In seemingly inoXhaustible stores.
II will be-, from present appearances,
but q little while before the roads now lead
ing into our ncighbor will be completed
and the opportunity be presented for all
the commercial intimacy desired. But
something must be done In the way OF
treaty before that time, or the money and
labor expended in the construction Of rail
ways in that part of the world will have
been thrown away. A most iniquitous i'll
defined, varied and almost totally OK
elusive tariff is now imposed upon Amcri-
can goods by the Mexican government, and
will, of necessity, have to be remodeled or
removed before any profitable shipments
Gun NC lHuue lTOlll tlllo W Ihat NSpupiiN
Texas is, perhaps, more deeply interested
than any other member OF
our Union in the promised and
prospective trade with our Southern friends,
and it seems to us that the representatives
of this State in the National Congress
should first and foremost and persistently
contend for the adoption Of such treaty
with our sister Republic as would permit us
to carry our goods into her borders with
hope of profit. The rust of age and mac
tivlty, the Incidence arising from hot Sun
has settled over her people, but the infusion
of new blood into Mexico and the efforts OF
foreign capital are destined to render
her ere long the Fl Dorado of the specu
lator and adventurer, and We are standing
in the light of our own interest when we
neglect to cultivate cordial relations with
her people and government, both CONNER
cialy and politically. Texas, as well as
Arizona and New Mexico, suffer constantly
from want of definite understanding rela-
tive to affairs on the border, and the respcc-
tive nationalites are annually swindled out
thefts and smuggling which result from the
miserable system of imposts maintained by
this country and Mexico. Not only does our
commercial intercourse demand immedi-
ate attention, but the political and crimi-
nal troubles heretofore affecting the border
should be regulated and provided for by
treaty. We are not DESTROYS of absorbing
or conquering the Mexican Republic, in
deed, we can see no good particularly that
would ensue from such extension of our
territory, but it is comparatively easy to
anticipate the complications likely to arise
from the great influx of capital into that
country from our own money centers.
Trouble will come, and if not
previously provided for, of a
most serious character. Mr. Romero
is informed sufficiently to know exactly
what is needed and is intelligent enough
to appreciate the future business intimacy
that must spring up between our nation
and his own. He is peculiarly well-fitted
for the proposed mission and it is to be
hoped that something will be Immediately
done in the matter The statesman of our
government who champions this subject
and succeeds in procuring those provisions
and regulations demanded in the premises
will accomplish a work emitting
him to enduring fame, and bestow
upon his country benefit of immeasura.
BILE importance. 1t is singular that needed
action of this character, Of such significance
to our whole people, but especially to us OF
the Southwest has not ere this attracted
the attention of some of our representa-
tives and received their earnest advocacy.
A multitude of trihing affairs engage the
eye of the average legislator, while those
entitled to first consideration are postponed
till they cannot be further neglected