[Inclosure in No.
292.—Translation.]
The northern frontier again.
[From the “Federalista” of May 22, 1875.]
The following letters, which we take from the Progreso, of Matamoras,
will give our readers an idea of what is passing in Texas, of the really
savage outrages which the Americans are committing upon Mexicans, and
which undoubtedly they impute to the latter, in order to have a pretext
to demand of our government satisfaction and indemnities, all based upon
the most repugnant bad faith.
In our opinion, what these bandits wish is to make for themselves large
fortunes at the expense of our country; and with that object in view,
they have been and are laboring to organize a grand fraud upon the
Mexican treasury.
And on the other hand, this persecution, which has been declared against
the Texans of the Mexican race, is a grave indication that they are
attempting to do with them as with the ancient inhabitants of the
country, to destroy them, killing them like dogs, in order that there
may be in their country no other race than the descendants of the
Saxon.
Be this as it may, we believe that the government, in view of the data
which it may have received, and of those which the newspapers of our own
and the Texas frontiers publish, will know how to conduct the
negotiations to a good end, acting with justice, but at the same time
with dignity.
(Here follows a detailed account of outrages alleged to have been
committed in Cameron County, Texas, by native Americans, painted like
Indians, upon Mexicans, embracing the murder of several persons, the
burning of houses, the destruction of ranches, &c.)
