Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

TuERE seems to br little doubt that tn e
Mexican senate will concur in the measure
adopted by the lower house making Il
large grant Of Ian L to two Texas negroes.
to he occupied by colonies from the south
ern states. The lands lie just south of the
tropic Of Cancer, and are said to be adj
mirably adapted for the cultivation of cot
ton, an industry which the McXicans are
desirous of encouraging. The New Orleans
Picayunc takes u rosy view Of the prospect.
Here, says the Picayunr. seems to he
the beginning Of a settlement of the negro
problem There will he no wholesale de
portation Of the colored people by
the all or Intervention of the national
government The negroes will gradually
migrate rs opportunity aud their own
resources will permit Should they be
satisfied with the Mexican experiment,
others will go, and the movement that has
set in from North Carolina and other states
OF the Atlantic coast will create a current
of negro migration which will gradually
fiji the country west of the Mississippi
river with negroes who will manifest a
strong disposition toward Mexico Should
the Mexican government he satisfied with
the experiment. the Central American
states will take it up and will invite the
negroes Ia their tropical lands.
rup man who concludes that Bouln
gers defeat means the triumph of tn,
peace party over the war party in France
falls into a serious error. II is safe to say
that peace party does not exist in the
great European republic There are cool
heads and hot heads and there is no more
sinister combination than the fighting hot-
head directed 10y the schcmiug cool head,
especially when the hot heads have beer
throughout modern history in all wars but
the latest the best soldiers in Europe
Louis Napoleon was told on the eve OF
his proclamation of war in 1870, that
his army was ready to the last button or
the last g,liter Of his meancSt soldier; but
the facts showed that nothing WAS ready
It took him a longer time to concentrate
by rail on the German frontier than il
did the first emperor to concentrate 10y
marching his troops the same distance or
foot in the campaign of Tim and Auster
itz. Today the situation is just reversed
1t Is pretended that nothing is ready
while everything is ready Let Frar r
become assured that il will be obliged t,
fight Germany alone, OF that the division
of allies would be equal. and the ret
trousers will concentrate on the German
frontier TO the number of million men
The contestants will be equally matched
and equally skilled. The next tourney fo
the possession Of AlsaceLorraine vii
be the most momentouS struggle on record
In fact, the entire Boulanger episode ap
pears TO have been of absolutely nationa
Importance to France, All his temporary
popularity was based on the suppositiol
that he was the man, and the only man
to lead the French army to the Rhine
When he fled fr,m the presence Of hi
friends. the vision faded and he shranl
to the proportions of his native ittleness
France is simply disguised with Boulanger
PERSONAL---VERY. with the ideal which h,
was supposed to represent nor with tn
spirit of revenge" which he was enron
eously supposed to personify.