Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-06
HOW OTHERS SEE Us.
Tho Indlscreet or Wicked Governor o.
Texas Succeeds in Firing tue
Cowboys Heart
A remarkable Letter 60 Secretary n'y' ~
Al, Texans Not TO lie J"uke"
Their Governor.
THE TREASON SPIRIT IN T<xAs,
Chicago Times


frontier, il is evident nat the tndiscree'
or wicked governor OF Texas mas sue
eeedei In firing the cowboy heart to Z
dangerous degree.
Unless the dis catches no shpckingly
the ''revenge circular" scattered In thu
grog-shops OF C.hlcsgo by the rufilans O
the red Gag the nIght before the hay
market massf.cre was not expressive Of {
more bloody purpose than the howl FOL
Mexican gufe that Is heard throughoutth,
borders OF ,he cowboyState, According &c
a Dallas dispatch, that town was ''hood
edi saturday with blood-curdling hand
bills, "printed Ia rcd ink, with an Amer.
lean hlg aud eagle 81 the head calling
an assembly of patriots with the motive
81 involving the rar ubllc in another Mex.
lean war. "a Large body Of men and
bows pAraded tho streets With life and
drum 10 work up enthusiasm" Speeches
and resolves OF the most ySo'ent tenor
were emitted. similar proceedings are
noted in some other places. "Au army
of invasion is really being organized" II
Is said. A couple Of "agents Of the lead
ers In the movement from the lower Rio
Grande0 have been authorized to pro
coed with enllstments," II appears.
Authorized by whom? Eas Gov. Ire.
land taken II upon himself TO authorize
somebody 70 enlist an army for the pur
pose OF engaging in war; IL Is certain
that the government az Washington has
given no such authority 10 anybody. IL
Is equally certain that there are no "iead-
ers ia the movement anywhere on the
Rio Bravo, lower or upper, that are able
TO grant authority to raise troops. II
Gov ireland has assumed 10 give such
authority TO anybody, then what Is 20 be
said az the local official Is this; He Is
traitor, whom the national government
must proceed against for treason.
ono state says the supreme law of
the land that includes Texas, "shall en-
gage Ia war, unless actually invaded, or
in such imminent danger Gs will
not admit OF delay Texas Is not
actually invaded by any hostile force; is
not in imminent danger OF Invasion, is
not in any more danger OF Invasion from
Mexico than Illinois Is. The only danger
Of any hostile invasion that appears any
where along the Bravo is an invasion Of
Mexico by an armed mob OF lawless
Texans. This Is what the Texas howl
for carnage signifies, Il IL has any Signih-
cation. This Is what the Texas enlist
ments and all the furious yawp of Texas
oratory for "war with big W. they
pronounce 81 wRh in that REGION signify, II
they have any signiGcAtio And this
threatened hostile invasion OF Mexico by
a Texas mob would be a mopstrous, in
famous, wicked and reasonable outrage,
that every decent man In the world would
vigorously condemn,
The Texas furioundos set up AS pre-
text for the reasonable war they propose
10 carry into Mexico, that there have been
''Nlexican outrsges." In a letter tn MIR.
Bayard, GOV Ireland alludes indefinitely
10 "iusults and outragos committed
upon American citizens by the people and
the authorities on the right bank Of the
Rio Granden The only insult or out
rage that he specifies is the murder OF
Mexican named Francisco Arreusis, who
lived at Eagle Pass, In Texas, aud Is said
TO have nled his declaration TO become an
American c ti1en.
Now, with respect to the AFFAIR of Ar
reusis, the statement OF the facts by the
American consul, X, ID, Linn, which Gov.
ireland has accepted for truth, proves
that rather more than half the blame
rests on some authorities Of Mexico.
The consul states that Arreusis
was arrested ON the night OF July &c
by the Texas sheriff Of Maverick county,
named Oglesby, upon warrant issued by
the Texas county judge Of the same
county, named llofisteuer ana that IN
fifteen minutes the Texas sheriff deliy-
cred his prisoner on the opposite side OF
the river to Mexican officers. There were
no papers from Mexico for his arrest or
eNtradiuon, excepting a letter from one
Mondragon, captain OF state troops IN
Coahuils, who alleged that Arreusis was
horse thief, The prisoner protested
against being delivered TO the Mexican
and said that Mondragon was his
personal enemy, aud would kih him; but
the Texas sheriff paid no heed TO his pro-
test, The next morning the prisoner
20 send an appeal for protection
TO Consul Linn, who demanded his re-
turn ON the ground that he had been kid.
mapped, Instead Of returning him, the
savage MondrSgon caused him 70 be shot.
What appears from this statement Of I
facts Is that II WAS clear case OF kidnSp- j
ing, 10 which the Texas sheriff, 0gleshy, I
was the chief criminal, and the Texas 4
county Judge, honstetter, an accesSory 4
before the fact. This, however, does not 4
tilNrthA AAlN -AAAlN VI AHAAtNNN aAE tAolIs \
Stcttor In an It's hlaokneSs; tor the former
explained his criminal proceeding To the i
consul by saying that he chad q private
with Capt, Mondragou by .
which az escaped Texas murderer, for
whom large reward had been oaered 4
was 20 be delivered 10 0glesby IN ex. 4
change for Arreusis The Texas /
Judge explained his part in tAe crime hy 4
saying inst "Oslcsby persuaded him TO
s,gn the order for the arrest aad delivery j
d Arreusis;n though he did not say
.aat the persuasive argument Of the
sheria was a promise that the Judge
should share in the reward that the
sheriff expected 90 get FOR the crime Of
kidnapping,
What appears Is no, only that The
Texas sheriff and the Texas Judge con-
mit,ed the crime Of kidnapping, but that
ne Texas sheriff, at least, committed the
additional crime Of conspiFing with the
murderer OF ATrousis 70 kidnsp him and
ieliyer him 20 the man that Sew him 4
rh0s by the facts, and BY his own con.
cSslon, the Texas shena Is not only
yutl,y 81 the crime 81 Kidnapping Are.
isis, but Is Implicated as partioeps
riminis Ia his murder, II
The facts We're before IRE Texas GOV \
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