Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-06-19
THE INVASION OF MEXICO.
A War waged by the United states
without Justification.


Tn 1886 came the American war and
invasion, when the United States, with
one fell swoop, as it were, took from
Mexico more than one-haif OF all It's
territory-92S, 1876 square miles out OF q
former total !. 69O,3l7. 1t is true that
payment was rendered and accepted for
about one thirty-fourth part (the Gads-
den purchase) of what was taken, but
appropriation and acceptance OF pay
ment were alike compulsory. For this
war the judgment of all impartial his
tory will undoubtedly be that there
was no Justification or good reason on
the mart of the United States, 1t may
be that what happened was an inevita.
BILE outcome of the law Of the survival
of the fittest. as exemplified among ma
tions; and that the contrasts rs seen To-
day between the life, energy, and nerce
DEVELOPMENT of much OF that part OF
old Mexico that became American-Cal-
ifornia Texas, and Colorado. and the
stagnant. poverty-stricken condition OF
the contiguous territory-Chihuahua,
Sonora. CoahWla, that remained Mexi-
can. are proof of the truth OF the pro-
verb that 1.-THE tools rightfully belong
TO those who can use them. But,
nevertheless, when one stands beside
the monument erected at the foot OF
CRapultepec, to the memory OF the
Young cadets of the Mexican military
-sehool-mere boys-who. in opPos-
ing the assault of the American
columns. were faithful unto death to
their flag and their country. and notes
the sternly simple inscription: who
fell in the North American invasion,
and when we also recall the compare
tive advantages of the contonding
forces-the Americans, audacious. In
spired with continued successes, equip
ned with an abundance of the most ap-
proved material of war, commanded by
skilled officers and backed with an
Overlooking treasury; the Mexicans
poorly clothed, poorly fed, poorly arm
ed, unpaid. and generally led by uned'
ucated and often incompetent com
manders, and remember the real valOl
with which, under such circumstances,
the latter, who had received SO little
from their country. re listed the lnva
sion and conquest of that country, and
that in no battles of modern times have
the losses been as great comparatively
as were sustained by the Mexican forces
there is certainly not much OF pleas
IRE or satisfaction that sober-minded
justice-lOving citizen of the Unitoc
States can or ought to find in this par
of his country's history. And. if w
are the great. magnanimous and Chris
tan nation that we claim to be, NJ
time ought to be lost in proving to his
tory and the world our right to the
claim, by providing by act of congress
that all those cannon which lie scatter
ed over the plains at West Point bear
ing the inscriptions, Vera Cruz.
"Contreras," .'Chapultepec, "Molint
del Rey," and CITY of Mexico" ant
some of which have older insignia
showing that they were originally cap
tured by Mexican patriots from SpaiI
in their struggles for liberty, togethe
with every captured banner or othe
trophy preserved in our national mu
seums aud collections, be gathered VI
and respectfully returned to the Mex
can people.-POpalar Science Monthly