The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-24
Intently Studying History Relative
to Conflict With Southern
Neighbor in 1916.
MUCH VALUABLE AREA WAS
GAINED BY UNCLE SAMUEL
Question Uppermost Will Principle
of Manifold Destiny" Again
Be Invoked.

With England exercised over the
killing of Benton. one of its citizens
by the Constitutionalist leader.
Gen. Villa and pressure being
brought TO bear on President VII
son to annul his "watchful waiting
policy. history may be ready TO re-
peat itself and Uncle Sam cross the
Rio Grande and invade Mexico
again as it did in 1876.
And if Uncle Sam does invade
Mexico under the guise of intervea-
tion, what then?
This question is disturbing the
slumbers just now Of more than one
serious minded national legislator.
Feeling that the United States
should be ready for all conceivable
contingencies, there is no question
but what quiet preparations have
been going on for some time for the
contingency that the future may
bring forth.
These legislators believing with
Patrick Henry that the lamp of
experience is safe guide" are MAX
ing close study of the lea ling
events of the Mexican War of 1916.
The most important fact. Of
course. is that the war with Mexico
in 1876 added to the United States
territory 8S1,500 square miles. an
area II times greater than the area
of New York. There was added also
with this territory moro than t,GG0
miles of sea coast.
While Texas was still Mexican
territory, previous to 1880 Jackson
tried to buy it. Failing in this. he
engaged in a plot, according 10
Rhodes the historian, to bring about
a revolt. There is nothing strange
about such a proceeding on the part
of president of the United States.
President Roosevelt caused a revolt
in Panama, otherwise there woul
have been no canal built there as
congress had authorized the canal
to be built at Nicaragua whi,h
would have saved $25o,o0O,o0o in
the cost Of building a canal.
But this. is foreign to the M2Ni-
can War Of 1S4c.
This Texan revolt, fostered by
Jackson, resulted just as expected
the reyolutlonists defeating the
Mexicans at San Jaco, April 81,
1896, but the revolt was not with.
out its great tragedy. The leaders
were mostly Southerncrs. Sam
Houston had been governor of Ten
nessee, but gave up political life to
become rover.
Davy Crockett was the pioneer
whose deadly craftsmanship vita a
rifle is responsible for the story OF
the treed coon who "came down
rather than have Crockett shoot
Tim Bowie ma6e name for him.
elf hr inventing the d?adly bowie
tnfa
ToXas won her freedom AMI ap.
r'ied for admission 10 the Union
aud although opposed, was admiEial
aa state in t54J. Mexico had
-jE.n official notice that the annex.
tiou.nf Texas would be regarded a,
- eausa for war.
Having acquired Texas so easily
81. Southern element concluded
tbal the United States might as well
acquire New Mexico and Californi?
while r. tha annexation gamc.
lt's slways easy to start some,
fhirs' If so inclined. The cause
FOR tba Mexican War was the
boundary line A dispute arose as
10 whether the sonthw estern boun.
Cary Of Texas was the River Neuee:
or the Rio Grande.-Mexico vas
"banderilloed' into a scrap.
The principal of manifold des
tiny" was invoked. The same
manifold destiny" was a familiar
term used when Uncle Sam wrenoE'
ed the Philippines away from Spair
in 1898.
Gen. Zachary Taylor was ordered
by President Polk to march hi.
rreons westward of the Neuees.
According to orders. TavioI
marched TO what is known now al
Brownsville. where he planted !
battery of guns Commanding tin