Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-05
THE MEXICAN MUDDLE.

AS the inner workings OF the cutting
case come to the light, they serve TO
change mems opinions from their first
tenor, and for good reason. 1t was
claimed in the House yesterday, that
Cutting had been offered his release on
bail, which he refused to take, saying his
case was not personal one, but an in
ternational one, and the United States
alone could move in it. 1t was also
charged that the Consul in Paso Del
Norte was too brash in his action in the
case and unnecessarily gave cause for ill
feeling toward the American Govern
ment, in his advice to and ac-
tons in favor OF Cutting. 1t
also appears that the better class
OF citizens resident in FL Paso,
the Texan town across from the
scene OF trouble, have held public
meeting and signed protest against
Governor Ireland's infammatory letter
to the State Department and his too
ready action in dismissng the officers
who were in part responsible for the muir
der OF Raseures. These things prove
that the better element ot the people
recognize the fact that this hap-hazard
case is being used by the rabble who gen.
orally congregate on. border lands, as a
means OF threat and bluster against the
Mexicans, without any adequate cause
therefor, other than a hatred born by be-
ing forced to act with respect and de-
cency while on Mexican Territory. The
renegade and halfbreed Americans, and
the naturalized Americans who generally
make up the population of our southern
and western borders, are class OF men
prone to quarrel men without settled
home or standing in any part of the
country, and hence could not lose any
thing by trouble on the border; on the
contrary, they would have all to gain,
aside from the qualification OF their NAL
ice against the Mexicans, in war be-
tween the two Republics, and therefore
are in their element in stirring up strife
on the strength OF indignity offered to
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OF the Government to protect the rights
OF its citizens on foreign soil at all times,
il s not the duty, nor is it the policy OF
the Government, to give heed to the
hare-brained escapades of every row
ing individual who may see fit to
place himself in the power of the
Mexicans, relying on This prerogatives
as citizen to compel the interference oi
the General Government in his behalf
The case with Cutting seems to be much
of the latter class OF injuries, and the
ready manner in which the whole Texar
border flares up, shows that it wanted
but the technical vantage to give shape
to y general feeling OF anger toward thC
Mexicans on our border The United
States, with all her powers, has grea
difficulty in keeping the rifi-raff of he
own border people in due subjection, AM
consequently it must be hard matte
for an emasculated power like Mexico Il
do SO; and for that reason care and tim
are necessary to properly adjudi
cate the present trouble. Cut
ting's case has developed the fac
that the Mexican Government claim
, control over all the citizens OF all coun
tries, who may commit an act on thei
own soil which the Mexican Government
considers crime towards them, no mat
ter how leniently the government wher
, it was committed may view the act, an,
for this reason ii is OF great Importance
The United States, at least, can neve
assent to any such proposition, and no,
that she is called upon to pass upon it 70
} the first time, extreme care and cautio
are necessary in its handling, in orde
that all future cases Of the kind may re
ceiye ready settlement on the preceder
thus made. 1t is now evident that tn
threatened war will end in red tape,