The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-13
Apropos OF Bun Fighting.
From the Chicago Times Herald

From the Chicago Tmes-Herald.
Some news which has been waited up
from Mexico within the past few days
is provocative to thought This is, that
President Daz will endeavor TO stop bull
lighting in the republic across our SOUTH
ern border The immediate cause of his
taking the stand against the brutal sport"
was the killing of a famous male bull
fighter and the serious goring of a female
devotee of the bovine arena This fight
took place In Monterey, and was attended
by a number of American women travel
ing in the country many of whom tainted
al the ensanguned spectacle. Four bulls
were killed, two by the man and two by the
woman the later person having consider
able national note i'm Spain. She was re-
ported TO have been tossed In the air by
the fourth animal after the other three
had been killed, though she recovered her
strength after reaching terra firma, ana
killed the animal after five thrusts OF the
sword.
President Diaz Is said to have been dis
gusted with the reports which came from
the arena, and afterward declared himself
against the un-American and even I'M
Mexican sport" This shows, as many
another thing in the career OF President
Diaz has shown, that the Spanish blood
which flows in his veins Is cooled and mod
fled very materially by the Indian admlx-
ture Herewith. In some parts of Mexico
a great many sneers are heard at the ex-
pense of the Mexican blood-sneers and
bravado are a large part Of the stock in
trade of the "Dlue blood" Spaniard-but
in spite of this, IL Is certain that the adj
mixture of Indian blood is a good thing for
Mexico. IL makes the Mexicans better
neighbors than they would be IL there were
no pollution in The blood flowing in the
veins of the DESCENDANTS Of the christian
pirates" who fought with Cortez and his
cohorts. Many of the most docile and de-
cent Mexicans are -one-fourth Indian, and
some indeed are one-half. But these In
dams OF Mexico, il should be remembered.
are not the sulien and savage sort which
have stained historic annals north of the
Rio Grande in the Arapahoes, Sioux,
Shawnces and others, not forgetting the
various subdivisions Of the Iroquois A
cross of these Indians with the Spanlards
would have produced q race even more
savage and brutal than the Spaniards
themselves. But that is another story.
II is interesting to study the possibilities
of what might be called a subsidiary civ
ilization starting on Mexican soil and adj
vanciDg in It's way side by side with the
American civilization north of the Rio
Grande, which Is acknowledged by al IN
prejudlced students of contemporaneous
history to be the most perfect in its way
of any yet known. The Mexican Is prac-
tlcally new race, and II this race shon
drive from it's share Of The continent the
brutal Spanish sports" il certainly should
receive the right hand Of fellowship of its
northern neighbor. OF course. there are
Indian races In Mexico which are as ruth
less and cruel as the American Indians
above named, but. TO the credit of the
coming Mexican race be IL said they are
keeping their tribal BOUNDARIES and are not
the ones intermarrying with and modi-
flying the race ferocity OF the Spaniards