Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-08-01

Poor Grover Cleveland must be in
a fearful plight, considering the way
the Republican press are going Tor
him in the case of editor Cutting.
They seem to think that war ought
already to have been declared, and
that gore ought by this time TO be
p,ming in great streams into the RIO
Grande. Even Democratic Presi-
dent may be excused for not being
predetermined almost in his honey
moon. Under such circumstances he
might be excused for seeking rather
to increase than TO diminish the pop
ulation of the world The truth il
that there is an abiding belief
amongst the people OF the United
States that IL is rather iortu-
nate than otherwise that we
have at the head OF the govern
ment well-poised man who il not
given 10 cerebral excitement, or to
the doing OF things in haste, to be re-
pented of at leisure. There are few
Intelligent men who doubt the ability
of the United States to gobble up
Mexico il it felt inclined that way.
Most persons who are not morally
color-blind know the ease with which
gallant and wealthy nation OF near
" sixty million souls could whip IA
poorer Republic which can only claim
eight millions, Yet the fact is as
well assured as that the night shall
succeed the day that this country
does not intend to abuse its superior
power. 1t is Shakespeare who said,
at is noble to have giants
strength, but very ignoble to use it
like a giant" Doubtless Mr..
Cleveland's administration will APP
ply itself to the consideration OF
the case OF Editor Cutting with as
much conscientious attention to the
actual merits of the controversy AZ IL
the other party in interest were Great
Britain or France. And nobody but
a condemned idiot would blame them
for doing so. Doubtless everything
would be much better II we had
"Jingo" Blaine at the head of affairs.
Every one remembers how that YER
satile individual tried to interfere in
the little dispute between Chile and
Peru, and was told to mind his own
BUSINESSMAN advice which, by the
way, he proceeded to take very mild
ly. All readers OF newspapers will
also remember how he convened an
assem- blage Of all the nations of Cen
trail and South America at Washing
ton, and how none OF them came. 1t
requires no soothsayer to know that
il Mexico shall jump the United
States she will soon have q fight OH
her hands, and probably OF II larger
dimension than she bargains Tor. But
there is neither sense nor diplomacy
in the more powerful nation putting
itself in the wrong by a hectoring dis
play. The developments which art
now reported from the Rio Grand'
have some resemblance to the stir
ring scenes which introduced the
Mexican war OF forty years ago. Th'
average Texan can be relied upon t.
get up quite as much fighting splri
as any Mexican from chihuahua Il
Acapulco. The province OF a self
respecting and stable government o
the United States is to do, a it is do
ing, MAKE haste slowly" 1t is for
tunate that we have a President am
Secretary of State who believe in TIN
axiom of Davy Crockett, "Be sur
you're right and then go ahead. A
later stage that other axiom, "ou
country, right or wrong" may COM
into play. But it is far better TO star
right.