The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-15

OF WQlCl IL VOuCneu IOT, IL ah AOilOWns
LA S1ERR1yA, State Of Tamaulipas,
January 81. 1892.
To the Hon. b. Harrison. president Of the
United States of America, Washington, ID.
C.:-your Excellency, az representative Of
the forces that have ~inaugurated an insur-
~rection, and M Al interpreter OF the public
sentiment OF my country, I take the liberty
to call your attention to the faatastic and
lauphable events occurring on both sides of
the Rio Grande, the dividing line Of thotwo
countries which call themselves sisters.
Since l initiated the revolutionary move-
ment against tyranny, against General Diaz,
the subsidized press, enemy to my princi-
pies, have asserted with remarkable per-
s~istenoy that / have violated the neutrality
laws, which, by the way, have been misin-
%terpreted and enforced in al exaggerated
way i'll the present case.
Being a resident of the state OF Texas
when I decided to raise tho voice of insur-
rection i'll my beloved country, Mexico, it
was natural. logical and inevitable that l
should travel. be it alone or accompanied,
through your territory to Mexico. That
such action has absolutely nothing to do
with the so-called neutrality laws is gen
orally conceded by public, international
and political right.
But suppose that Ihad effected q march
at that time in the direction or towards
Mexican territory in company with two or
more Of my countrymenp Docs this consti-
tute an offense against the laws? In con-
ceiving in the United States, which pro-
claims to he liberal country, and in reality
it is so, the insurrection against Mexico,
has q crime been committed for which
would be tried before a tribunal in the
United States? | don't believe it, because
/ know the basis of the wise and liberal
constitution OF your country. Besides. |
consider that your government never can
contract an obligation to consolidate by
force of arms a tyranny that has asserted
itself as necessary, indefinite and perpetual;
scandulous, by breaking all republican
principles and violating with untold bra
zenness one, two or three or more articles
of our constitution OF 1857.
Your obligation. on account of %neighbor-
hood and by international law, does not,
according to my view, go to the extremes
to which you have carried it, due, perhaps.
to the Misrepresentation of subsidized
newspapers, Influenced by gold spent by the
handful by the banditti that govern my be-
loved Mexico. for it is known to the sensi-
BILE people that the subsidized press by i'm
pastures has tried to make me responsible
for an international conflict, with the unlaw-
full view Of utilizing your powerful coop
Grafton, and in thar way deaden the clamor
OF 4 free people that does not wish to suffer
any longer the dictatorship Of q traitor and
an ass. @.
This. your e~xcellency, is the logical fact,
the truth in its right place. My obserya-
tions are not the result of personal hatred,
but the love for justice. The revolutions
in Mexico are just as necessary as are cleo
tions in your country, because your people
are accustomed to exercise free suffrage
and NINE to demand by force of arms when
it is taken away from them.
Ny revolution involves a constitutional
principle, which principle does not origi-
nate from personal ambition, as was the
case in the revolution i~naugurated by MIR.
Diaz, 1875 to 1876. If General Diaz, to keep
in power, compromises the dignity
of the nation through conventions with
your government, | for my part will never
the idea to take or accept PROPOSE
that affect directly or indirectly the
sacred principles of my cause.
On the contrary, I would prefer to be.
come old with my troops in the field before
the protestion of a foreign govern
ment.
The unfounded and malevolent rumors
of a misrepresentlng press ave placed me
as a factor of an international movement,
but the facts, which speak louder than
words, will always be on my side, and !
trust that your government, convinced of
the prestige of my instruction, and the
false coloring given it by my enemies, will
avoid that constant persecution against
some of my countrymen who reside on this
territory, and have gone to muster under
the flag OF revolution.
Pardon me, Mr.. President. that l have
for a moment taken away your attention
from your honorable and distinguished
tasks. and allow me to subscribe myself
your most attentive, affectionate and obe-
dent servant, CATARINo e. CARA.