The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-12-02
A H00SIER'S LETTER.

A Not Too Glorious Description of
Mexican Life.
UniaVOrable Expressions From Four
Day Resident
OF Mexican Frontier Town.
DALLAS, Dec, l.-[Eltor HERALD THE
Chicago Times contains a letter from its
correspondent, claiming to be a Hoosler.
dated Chihuahua Mexico, November l4lh.
He had been in Mexico, for the first time
in his life, for the period of four days and
had reached the old exposed frontier town
OF Chihuahus, which, for two centuries has
stood on tho frontier watch tower, al
WAYS exposed to and menaCed by the most
powerful, cunning and relentless saYages OF
modern days in North America, over a
thousand milos from any navigable stream
or available Aeaport-An outpost of vast
empire. struggling for seventy.three
ysars TO shake of tho power of Spain
and "A debauched political priesthood,
whose joint eNactions and expressions have
been surpassed in no part OF the civilized
world. Though only four days IN that
country and expecting to be again In the
United States during the following night,
he plungcs into discussion OF Mexican
affairs and denOuncas the old styles aud
odd ways OF the Mexican people with q
rfuklessness of assertion and pOliteuess
OF condemnation that would cause a shud-
der OF horror to q Bancroft or o Prescott, or
| any ono else capable OF rising above elf.
! inflated egolism and considering a subject
va the light Of reason and philosophical
| analysis, If home blasted" stuck.up
ButishGrs had visited the present site Of
Chicago in 1923 and had written to the
! London Times: Here is miserable ham
let OF French aud hali-breeds, living
IN fifth and quagmire, dressed in
the rament OF standardization and
careless OF tho mOrrow-their music the
Duz2ing Of mosquitoes; their drink, the
meanest whi'ky-and yet for 2l3 years
since the landing at Plymouth the Ameri.
cans, with all their irothy Boosting, have
allowed this magnificent site Tor great
city to remain es nature MADE it--a mos
quito.breedirE marsh, Admirably sit
uated in the heart OF North America, rest
ing centrally on Lake Michigan, with
Thousands OF miles of unsurpassed lake
navigation, and thence connected with the
Atlantic ocean, IN land of unsurpassed
istness and capacity, almost grasping con.
neCuOn by steamboat navigation with the
Mississippi, and its 10000 miles OF navig-
able waters, yet these yain-glorious beef.
eating, whisky.drinkinE Americans have
lacked the enterprise and intelligence 10
strike one blow towards its development "
II an Englshmau had 80 writ
ten In 1928 OF Chicago his
assumptions, justly and philosophieally,
would have rested upon as good and as
lust u foundation as do many Of the as
sumptions Of this correspondent of the
| Chicago Times. To such logic, sent forth
in the press and returned to Mexico for
translation in their own papers, is due
much OF the prejudice, mingled with dis
/ gust among the educated classes of the
Mexican people against the Americans.
Commenting on Mexican society OF which
he could have seen little saving the peasau-
try on the streets, he says OF the females:
"As TO legs and teet-Apollo bless us The
stocking of an average hoosier girl would
go twice around for q Chihuahua BELLE a
dubious compliment to his own fair sex.
Despite his apparent determination to see
no good thing IN this frontier HOzoveth, ne
is constrained TO say there are sixteen pub
lie schools supported by the city. Con.
alder that there was no such thing known
TIL liberty triumphed In the free Conslitu.
ton that only went into effect in 1859,
and men Of sense will see the
difference between no school at all for the
common people and sixteen lublic schools
In one town OF fifteen thousand inhabit.
ants; and so far as Chihuahua Is concerned
| thla haa hnan mazda Vhs
triumph of the liberals over foreign in.
yaders in 1867, though in the interior cities
it was much earlier and more extensive.
The evils OF which the correspondent
justly speaks-the evils of onerous taxa,
ton In numerous iorms-are remnants OIL
the curses fastened on the country by
spain and politico priesthood-but In
every step towards relief the friends OF re-
form have fought precisely from the same
selfish motives that now confront the
friends OF honest government in the United
States in their desires for revenue, tariffant
official reform. No American OF modes
cheek can throw approbrium on the Mex
leans on this question.
In most OF the cities and states these in
herited exaotions have been swept away
and the struggle will continue till ever
frontier towns like chihuahua shall bt
forced from them. To characterize Ia,
Mexicans rs Inherently opposed TO progress
seems at war with facts patent to all WHIT
read the current events OF the day, IL
reiutation is found in the most liberia
bonuses to thousands Of miles OF railwal
and telegraphs built and being built IL
harbor improvements, in splendid road
over mountains, barrancos, valleys ant
plains, in tremendous strides towards pop
ular education, in the reCivlliEation OF vas
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