The border vidette., 1933-02-18
AFTER MORROW. BOWMAN?
(Hispano- A merica)

| Our metropolitan newspapers
and some of the American press
have lately discussed the possi
bility of Mr.. Writ G. Bowman,
ths we'll known business man, be
appointed Ambassador of the
American people before the gov
ernment of General Abelsrdo L.
Rodriguez, acting constitutional
president Of Mexico, during the
ad administration of President Elect
Roosevelt.
AS it would seem natural in
such cases, the rumor has start
ed two absolutely opposite cur
rents of opinion. Ooe of these
currents arises from among those
who, for various reasons, like
the future candidate for the high
diplomatic post; the other is the
consensus of the appreciation OF
small minds. the kind which is
always ready to refuse it's con-
sent to success 10 any form or to
rising of men who know now to
assert themselves either throHgh.
their sound and intrinsic merit
or through the astounding ablli
ty Of their audaciousness.
The latter main tain the opinion
that Bowman owing to lack OF
diplomatic schooling could do
nothing towards bringing to
gether spiritually his country
and ours. The personality of
this we'll known man of enter
prise, as related to his valuable
business holdings, is Of no ion
portanse to US. First, because
wa have never had commercial
transactions of any kind with
him and, second, because as
ne wspaperman we have never
asked for a single penny from
him: not even for a word of
greeting. We do not know him.
have never spoken to him, which
means that in this article we
propose to discuss only the i'm
portance that it would have for
Mexico, should Mr.. Bowman be
appointed Am mbassador Of bis
powerful country and we say
powerful. not great. because
What Makes Country Great is
not its Territorial Extension or
the Power Of it's Guns but the
Loftiness of its Actions, not
those which take pleasure 10
annihilating liberties or in de
stroying the sovereignties of
people. Such countries may be
regarded as powerful but never
as great. The Mexican people
throughout its revolutionary con
vulsions for liberty has known
how to express itself as highly
grateful people and in it's man
ifestions has known how to
forget resentments and how to
render tribute of admiration to
men from other countries who
know how to understand, how to
appreciate US and how to do u,
juatice.
Ours is rencorous people.
Even now it feels the pain caus.
ed by the irquisitorial blaze
charring the feet of Cuahutemoc,
the most glorious because he
was the most rebellious of our
ancestors. It will soon be five
centuries since that mostruosity
occurred but it may be fifty or
even a hundred centuries. as
long as there is any manifesto
ton of life on the surface of the
old Aztec Empire. Mexicans.
ignoring the poet who would
blame the deed on the times, will
keep on feeling the biting flames
burning the feet of the immortal
Emperor!
Rancour is a passion of great
souls. The meek, like slaves
and like dogs, do not know how
to cultivate rancour. the flower
of incendiarism and of civic life.
But when occasion arises ran
corous peopla, like raneorous
men. know how to render hon
age and gratitude and express it
in marbles aud in bronzes to CON
memorate and to remind futare
generations of men al the good
done in foreign lands by those
pititully few and almost exotic
men, lofty souls that pass thro
ugh a blessing from the ininity.
| Such is the case of the illfated
Mr.. Dwight w. Morrow. This
restless little man moved in all
his actions by a soul that was
undoubtedly great, with a great.
ness verging on the exalted and
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