Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-06

commit "a cthe Illegal arrcsp'--thi is
the or clsl Texas euphemism for kidnap-
Ing ~ "a conspirlng 70 kiduap, 1t seems
wo' ~ che prosecuted" But there Is
ne Discovery OF any such raging tornado
4 wrath In the pubernatorial bosom
s.lai inst this wrong by the official mis-
i,hreants OF Texas as that which Is d.
rected against "thls wrong by Mexico.
To an innocent person from some lana
not yet illuminated by the light OF CIVIL
cation, this may seem strangei put 10
those that. understand something oil the
nature of The patriots and politicians Oh
Texas that are said to be enlistng an
army 10 carry war into Mexico there Is
/ nothing strange about IT,
"This wrong by Mexico as the IeNas
governor calls Il, was committed oy a
Texas sheriff aud Coahuils captain OF
state police, who consplred together TO
commit this wrong, aud with the help oil
a Texas Judge, accomplished the most
criminal part of the object OF their con
splracv. The murder OF Arreusls by she
| Coahuila member OF the conspiracy was
no more wrong committed by Mexico
than the Kidnapping OF Arreusis by the
Texas sheriff WAS a wrOag committed by
America Neither WAS the outrageous
crime OF Cast. MondragOD commit.
ted by Che state or the people OF
| Coahuila any more than the out
rageous crime Of Sheriff Oglesby was
/ committed by the state or the people OF
Texas. The Mexican government and
people are AZ sure to reproOate ahd con
denim the atrocious performance OF the
Mexican member OF that criminal con
/ spracy as the American government and
people are TO reprobAte aud condemn the
| atrocious performance OF the American
member OF that criminal conspiracy. 1t
need not be doubted that the authorities
OF Coahulla win be quite as prompt TO
prosecute and vigorous to punish the
crime OF Capt. Mondragon as the authori-
ties OF Texas will be To prosecute and
punish the crime OF his pal, Sheriff
Oglesby.
The danger OF the situation is in the
manifest disposition OF lawless characters
In Texas not TO hold Texas accountable
for the crime of Sheriff Oglesoy and Judge
Hoffstetter, but to hold Coahuila, and
even the Mexican republic, accountable
for the crime Of Capt Mondrsgon. There
Is not IN the Texas yell for war and car
mage any yestlge OF the spirit OF reason,
law, order, Justice, right, good neighbor-
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law of the land. IL is display Of the
same spirit Of lawlessness that Sheriff
0glesby exhibited In kidnapping ArreusiS
aud that his confederate Mondragon dis
played IA killing him. Aud the Times re-
grets that truth compels It to be said that
Il is the same spirit Of disorder that GOV,
Ireland has exhibited 10 his impudent let
ter 10 Mr.. B2yard.
The covert threat In that letter that the
governor Of Texas will, In a certain con-
tngency levy war against Mexico Is an
outrageous atrocity for which he should
not pass without a severe rebuke from
ihe Washington cabinet. 1t is atrocious
because il Is threat TO set at defiance
the authority OF the constitution, and be-
cause that impudent threat Of an impudent
governor plainly has contributed more
than any other circumstance to inhame
the spirit OF lawless violence and treason |
able war that seems TO be rampant among |
the worst part OF the Texas population |
The danger in the situation is that the |
splri: OF border-ru0lan war that the Texas /
governor has aroused will actually pro- |
coed to the reasonable business that |
that wicked official demagogue has |
threatened.