Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-19
THURSDAY. MARCH H. 1911
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS.

Since Texas haramr q rcpnhiic their.
has never been a lime When the l%"rlcr
Was free from danger ~ maraudrr> a.
Is doubtful IL there ha> ever hrrn 4 wear
when there have not been armed trr>
passers a. well 81 u~narnsvl onc>. who
have PASSED from unt side ~ the bound
AIRY 10 another on m%araudIug crraHd>.
IL ~ onl. fair Ia -, that acts 81 hri.and
age along the International boundar,
have not inevitably been the work of one
race. IL Is a matter of hi~tor, that from
the dawn of civilization TIL now the ia
ternatlonal boundary has l'rn the r"h
bcrs opportunity. Thrrr j. not 4 i~r
der line in all the World nhirh has ~
manned such Tor amy length uf time
that has not been marked III hlu..i IA
was so IN the DAYS when England and
Scotland were separate nations. - the
world over; 80 la all ages.
The border l. the ihicf> opportunity.
IL IN the point where pursuit hllt>:
sometimes permanently but ID amy ease
temporarily.
In all is history the TrNa> Mexico
border has been ideal for the purposes ~
trespass from one side a. another. n
broad tangled wilderness or 4 wide
dcsolate sandy wilderness. from the Gulf
VI Mexico 10 II I'a>o. pcoplcl by =
Domadi hcrdSmcn. filled with herds of
cattle 80 vast as {" lr bctnnd nuinlrr
ing. A wilderness ideal ia it, laciliiirN
Tor escape aud conccalmcut. ~ ia The
old days of The moss troopers" uu The
English Scotch I,ur,Icr flurk> and herds
have been the principle %ul,irri> ~ theft
as between MeNicn and Texas plunIcr
which could walk from TrNa, WILDERNESS
tn Mcxlcan wilderness ar from Nryicau
Wilderness In TcAaS wilderness without
cost of transportation "a form 81 ia
rnuding which was old in The ,a,> 81
Abraham. That sort "f marau,ling IN
tnconvcnicnt. VrAatiuuS an.l injurious a.
the people who suffer from il: hut wr
should be- ashamed 10 pretend a. The
world that IL Is either new on surprising.
Ii is IN hc observed that our Governor.
when asked for specifications a. to ,lcprr
dations from Mexico. doc> what al The
other Republico Democrats do. lie ron
~ htihN'll YIN ~ wv NlAAtlhfHlNs lNi'
chief features ~ whi"h are tack ~ a.
tail liz has heard At certain maraud
ings here and there. and hr H. o"n
strained Ia admit that MANY of them are
Insignificant lie j. content to leave the
impression hat the border has been raw
aged with fire aud steel. hIt Tor the lite
Cf him h. can not give the details of a
single raid. lie heard of dcprrdatioms
committed az ~ ford aud Sebastian: hut
be- does not know who committed them (:
he does not know whether stolen stock
goes 10 Mexico ~ remains IN Texas. lie
does not know whether the lhrfl> are
committed lN McNicaus 81 not. Ne has
but his s%uIiclon~. n mu>i nf ~ have.
but he seems di>Ios,,l Ia state hi> su~
pieivns for facts. he ds.'S not state the
mnmbcr "f hoses stolen. nor The value ot
them. Ills conduct . nI a piece with
that IL all The blnu~l au,l thunder rantrr>
~ho seem bent on The ruin ~ Texas. u
are such a. he describes them hc ,loc>
well Ia send rangers there. u T. NOT lm
probable that organized thieves are OF
Grating there. Let hun catch the thieves
ii he can. that - part 1T his duty ,;oN.
ernors of Texas have ALWAYS irlt IA
their dut, 10 catch the thieves alon. The
horder-and for mamN long wears
through the greater part II 4 century.
in fact. the, have hpsn PERFORMING that
duty not a. 4 matter ~ politics hut ~
q matter ~ right.