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} Mexican Murder and Rapine
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~ Not Matters For Mediation.
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- Only By War Can Mexico
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In this moment of public discussion of the futile suggestion
of mediation between the United States and a person calling
himself President de facto of Mexico, mediation to settle mat
ters of international controversy which the President of the
United States has refused to describe himself, or to permit
Congress to describe, Mr. William Randolph Hearst addressed to
the editor in charge of this paper the following letter:
‘‘“To the Editor of The Georgian:
‘““The situation at Washington will cause every patriotic
American citizen to hang his head in humiliation to-day.
Never before has the United States proposed to arbitrate a
question of honor or to allow mediation on matters so im
mediately affecting the dignity of the nation and the self
respect of the citizens.
‘‘Never before has the United States proposed to sub
mit to other nations the question of whether or not a
hostile nation had the right to murder American’ citizens
and insult the American nation.
‘lt is unfortunate that we have at the head of our gov
ernment gentlemen of impractical theories and petty
prejudices at a time of national crisis. But it is not vital
in its importance or determining in its consequences.
“‘Let every patriotic American citizen lift his head
and look forward and upward with courage and confidence.
Let him look at the red, white and blue of his flag and re
member every righteous cause that it has represented and
carried through to victory. Let him look upward to the
blue of heaven and remember that there is a power greater
than any on earth that causes the right to triumph.
‘“This nation will prosper and progress as long as it de
serves to prosper and progress, as long as its strength is
¢ used in the defense of its rights and its liberties.
“This war with Mexico is a war in defense of the
rights and liberties of our people; of the lives of our people.
It is a war for progress, for civilization, for advancement
and enlightenment, for the protection of our people, and of
the honest, peaceful part of the Mexican people, and for
the welfare of the world.
‘‘Righteous wars seem superficially to be made by men,
but they must surely be destined by God. They are part of
the scheme of civilization, part of the plan of progress.
“‘Liberty has been won by war, and the sword has often
cut the path for the advance of ¢nlightenment—the march
of progress.
“‘The settler who clears the forest and burns the brush,
in order to make a fertile farm out of a wild and inhospita
ble tract, incommodes the animals and vermin which have
infested the forest. But he is doing his share toward the
advancement of the human race and the progress of civiliza
tion. Tangled forests must be cleared and savage nations
must be civilized.
‘*When moral influence fails, force must take its place.
Progress and civilization can not stand forever waiting on
the border line of Mexico, and waiting in vain,
“‘Murder in Mexico must cease; destruction and devas
tation must end. It is our duty and our destiny to end an
archy in Mexico and to dedicate Mexican territory to the
cause of enlightenment and civilization by making it a part
of our own enlightened and civilized community.
‘“No narrow-minded individual can prevent this inev
itable march of progress any more than a water bug, skip
ing along against the course of the current, can retard the
mighty flow of a great river.
‘‘The great waters of American sentiment and obliga
tion are rising and rolling toward the occupation of Mexico.
They will not subside until their task is accomplished. They
will not retreat until boundary lines have been eliminated,
until Mexico is included within the borders of the United
States, within the confines of civilization.
“WILIAM RANDOLPH HEARST."
o Letters From the People o
RECALLS 1776 AND 1812,
Editor The Georgian:
1 am giad to see vour stand re
garding Mexico and the Panama
Canal. When it comes to the final
test of the Monroe Doctrine, the
true Americans will have some
thing to say, as they did in 1736
andl 1812,
FRANCIS M. WANDELL
LIKES DOROTHY DIX.
Editor The Georgian: .
I ara & subscriber and constant
reader of yvour paper and 1 wish
to express my admiration and ap
preciation of those most exceilent
articles by Dorothy Dix, pub
lished in vour paper. Toey strike
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WAR WITH MEXICO.
Editor The Georgian:
Your editorial “The War Has
Begun,” meets my hearty ap
proval. The patriotic sentiment
in that editorial is commendable.
I think we owe it to ourselves
~ and to humanity to' put an end
to affairs in Mexico and take over
the whole country, just as we did
‘n the case of Texas.
I. N. M'GRUDER.
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS,
Editor The Georgian:
Sir—Conditions are such that
I think we all should adopt a
=iogan: “America for Americans.”
Every newspaper ought to have
this slogan on title page in large
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Volunteers Have Not Been Called For, but Thousands of Americans Who Believe That War
Must Be Made on the Bandits and Brigands of Mexico Are Ready and Eager to Enlist
for the Honor of Their Country and the Glory of Civilization.
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' The following editorial appears in
The New York American:
TLANTA, that marvelous
A and maglc city of the new
and thrilling South—that
leads In all things Southern and
has just won the regional! bank
to lead in filnance, too-—Atlanta
is about to face a serious respon
sibility and a magnificent oppor
tunity.
The Imperfal Council of the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of
North America meets in that city
the week beginning May 9.
The Shrine National Councils
have come to be, In numbers, in
splendor and in the fraternal and
spectacular vitality and gayety of
their conventions, the most in
teresting and coveted of Ameri
can assemblles. Thes annual
meetings are now recognized by
the railway and Pullman compa
nies as the largest and most im
portant American movement, ex
ceeding in size even the national
conventions of political partles;
and this particular Atlanta meet
ing, beyond doubt, will be the
largest gathering of any kind that
ever met in any American city
for one specific purpose.
The basis of measurement of
the Shriners’ Councils are the
Arab Patrols and their bands of
music, Reservations already have
been made in Atlanta for &1 or
ganized bands, a greater number
than ever marched down Penn
sylvania avenue in the inaugura
tion of any Preslident of the
United States, and more bands
than marched in the coronation
exercises of King George V of
England. Eighty Arab Patrols
have reserved accommodations,
and by this measurement the
most conservative of the forces
that are ruling this great occa
sion for the Southern Capital
estimate that the coming meet
ing will bring to Atlanta not less
than forty and perhaps as many
as sixty thousand people!
Every ratlroad south of the
Ohio and east of the Mississippl
Rivers that runs to Atlanta is
The unskilled cook is often as
dangerous as a smallpox patient
at large.
. . .
It is often easier to read a man
than it is to make use of the
knowledge gained. "
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We are always suspicious of
the person who gives the same
amount of laugh to every joke we
tell
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When we see portraits of the
staggered with the problem of |
accommodating these brilliant
and happy travelers; and the
Pullman Company will be taxed
to its utmost resources to sup
ply adequate service.
Over 500 Pullman cars will be
sidetracked in a special reserva
tion, making a little Pullman city
in Atlanta, at which will be
housed and fed about ten thou
sand people.
With these many bands and
patrols marching morning and
evening, numbering from 40 to
100, radiant in Oriental magnifi
cence of costume, the streets of
Atlanta will afford a spectacle
In-Shoots
wives of prominent men we can
' readily understand how some of
them got to the front.
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| If Governor Blease really in
tends to “stand on his dignity,”
he had better hunt a soft spot to
i all
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‘ Morgan Belmont is to hunt big
1 game in Alaska. With Govern
~ ment ownership of railroads,
~ that's about all there is left there
. for those kind of names to hunt.
such as no other American city
has ever seen.
The Shrine is the playground
of Masonry, and the Shriners are
the happlest and heartiest and
the most lavish spenders, per
haps, of any convention in the
world., This is their grand, spec
tacular week, once every year,
and every Shriner gives his
spirit and his purse to the winds
on the occasion.
To meet this great gathering,
Atlanta has summoned all the ge
nius and energy of a people that
have never failed in any enter
prise. She realizes the responsi
bility. Every energy and all the
hospitality and co-operative
spirit of her wonderful people
will unite {n harmonious citizen
ship to make this the greatest
and most successful of all Amer
ican conventions.
1f Atlanta meets this great so
cial and fraternal opportunity
with success and handles that
vast crowd in a satisfactory man
ner, she will have clearly quali
fied to entertain and care for any
great assembly in America; and
if her ability to do so is ever
questioned, her ready and unan
swerable answer will be—"DID
NOT ATLANTA ENTERTAIN
THE GREATEST IMPERIAL
COUNCIL OF SHRINERS IN
10147 SRR
THE HOME PAPER
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Our Last War With Mexico
How It Started, How Tt Was Fought; What Tt Cost in Lives
and Money and What We Gained by It.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Written Especially for The Georgian.
CHAPTER IV.
N accordance with the plan of
I campaign adopted by the Ad
ministration, the 50,000 men
authorized by Congress were as
signed to three divisions, the
“Army of Occupation,” under Ma
jor General Taylor; the “Army of
the Center,” under Brigadier Gen
eral Wool, and the “Army of the
West,” commanded by Brigadler
General Stephen W. Kearny.
This last division was ordered to
march to Santa Fe, gelze upon the
territory of New Mexlico and then
push on westward to occupy Cal
{fornia.
f The “army” to which such tre
’ mendous task had been commit
‘ ted numbered only 1,658 men and
| sixteen pieces of artillery. Start
~ ing out from {ts rendezvous at
. Fort Leavenworth on June 286,
' 1846, on the long march of rore
than 2,000 miles, it reached San
ta Fe August 18 and took pos
gession of the anclent city with
out the loss of a man, The
American flag was run up to the
top of a pole 100 feet high, given
~ the national salute of 28 guns—
and New Mexico was ours,
Twice on their way to Santa Fe
~ the Americans thought they were
~ going to have the excitement of
battle, but were disappointed. At
Las Vegas 2,000 Mexicans lay
across their path, but when Kear
ny was about ready to attack
~ them the Mexicans fled,
~ Again the disappointment came.
From the Gallisteo Canyon Don
Manuel Armejo, Mexican Govern
or of New Mexico, sent Kearny
word that he was ready for him
with 7,000 men, and that if he
would come on he would give him
all the fight he wanted. The
American accepted the invitation
and kept on to the canyoen, but
Armejo and his Mexicans were
not there.
On to California.
And now the Army of the West
was to be divided. Colonel Don
iphan, in command of all the
~ forces of New Mexico, was to
march southward into Chihua
hua, while Kearny, with such
force as he could muster, was to
proceed to the shores of the Pa
~ clfic and capture California.
Kearny left Santa Fe Sep
~ tember 25 on his march of 1,100
' miles to Ban Francisco, his force
~ consisting of 300 men and provi
slong for 65 days. On October 6
he met a party led by Kit Carson,
who informed him that he was
the bearer of dispatches to Wash
. incton announcing tRe occupation
of California by the Americans.
Commodores Sloat and Stock
ton, aided by a handful of Amer
~ ica.. emigrants, had already taken
California, and General Kearny,
returning with Carson as a gulds,
co-operated with the naval forces
in strengthening the occupation
which had been so nicely begun.
And now for Doniphan and Chi
huahus The redoubtable colo
nel, with a force of 1,000 men and
ten pleces of artlllery, set out on
his long march December 14, On
Christmas Day he found himself
“up against” the equally redoubt
able General Ponce da Leon.
The Desert March,
Doniphan attacked, and in 60
minutes’ time the enemy was
. beaten, with a loss of 76 killed
and 150 wounded Doniphan's
loss was eight men wounded, none
killed.
From Bracito Doniphan passed
over into the Province of Chihua
' Thua, and, after his ever-memor
\ able ‘“desert march,” which al-
Questions Answered
KOSSUTH.
A. B—You may rest assured
that the charge of misappropria
tion o’t patriot funds by Louls
Kossuth was wholly false. Even
the purest and noblest of men
have their enemies, and Kossuth,
one of the grandest and cleanest
of them all, had his. But they
gained nothing by their lles.
Everyone who knew the great
Hungarian leader knew that the
charge was false.
CROMWELL.
H. P. C.—Cromwell had no roy
al blood in his veins. The con
tention that such was the case
failed when put to the test. The
Old Protector belonged to whatis
known as the “Gentry.” His only
rank lay in his genius and un
conquerable will-power. His
“plood” was just plain English
blood, and could in no way claim
to have “crept through scoundrels
ever since the flood.”
APRIL FOOL DAY.
B. W. Y.—There are all sorts
of theories as to the origin of the
merry anniversary, but the most
most deserves to rank with that
of Xenophon and his 10,000
Greeks, found himself face to face
with the enemy.
At Sacramento wers 4,300 Mex
fcan regulars under Géneral Jose
A. Heredia, Heredia was so con
fident that he had provided ropes
and handcuffs for the American
prisoners.
Doniphan did not give his foe
much time fo: jubilation, but
pitched into him with all his
might, with the result that the
Mexicans were routed along the
whole line. For three hours the
volunteer soldiers of Doniphan,
1,100 strong, engaged four times
their number behind well-con
structed intrenchments, and put
them (. rout. This smart battle
came off February 27, 1847,
The Mexican loss was 320 men
killed, 560 wounded and 72 mada
prisoners, against an American
loss of one officer killed and 11
men wounded.,
The beautiful province was naw
virtually in possession of the
Americans, and by the same logio
that we held New Mexico and
California we were entitled to
have held Chihuahua.
Crossing the Rio Grande.
The course of events now brings
us back to the FEast, General
Taylor crossed the Rio Grande
and took possession of Matamo
ras on May 18, 1846, and all prep
artions being ready, he set out,
late in August, for the Clity of
Monterey, a strong place 180
miles in the interior of Mexico.
It is hardly fair to say that
Monterey was “strong.” It was
a veritable Gibraltar, garrisoned
by 9,000 regulars; and to make
matters worse the American army
was without heavy artillery. It
was decided to attempt the cap
ture of the place by assault at
the point of the bayonet. The
roll sounded at dawn of Septem
ber 21.
From wall to wall, from streat
to street, from house to houss,
the 6,000 Americans, approaching
from opposite sides, fought their
way in toward the center of the
city; and, seeing they would not
be denied, the Mexican command
er, Ampudia, on the 23d, surren
dered.
The American losses at Mon
terey were heavy, being over 500
in killed and wounded. The Mex
ican loss was about 1,000.
The work of Doniphan and
Taylor had by this time given all
Northern Mexico into the hands
of the Americans.
Just as General Taylor was
about to commence another cam
paign, General Scott ordered him,
by special messenger, to send a
large part of his army to assist
in the slege of Vera Cruz. By
this order, which, soldierlike, he
promptly obeyed, Taylor was left
with only about 5,000 men, to act
on the defensive agalnst 20,000
Mexicans, then gathering at San
Luis Potosl under General Santa
Anna.
Hearing that he was about to
be attacked by thils overwhelm
ing force, Taylor fell back from
Saltillo to Angostura, near the
little village of Buena Vista,
Santa Anna, with his flnely
equipped army of 20,000 infantry,
cavalry and artillery, left Encar
nacion February 21, 1847, and the
next day came up with the Amer
{cans at Buena Vista.
The battle began, and the result
spes ks for {tself—Mexican loss,
2,600 in killed and wounded and
4,000 missing; American loss, 264
killed, 450 wounded.
plausible {s the one which gives
the custom {ts use in France,
about 1564. France was the first
Buropean couniry to adopt the
reformed calendar, and as a re
gult the New Year Day was car
ried back to January 1, and mock
calls were made on April 1, as a
joke on such as had forgotten
the change in the calendar.
KEATS AND SHELLEY.
R. B.—John Keats and Percy
Bysche Shelley, buried in the
i "“Protestant Cemetery” in your
native city of Rome, were two of
the most renowned of the Eng
lish poets. They both died young,
Keats at 25, Shelley at 30; bdut
they lived long enough to show
I that they weres poets of the first
| order. Keats did work that has
l been pronounced to be gs fine as
| we have anywhere; and Shelley’s
f fame is forever secure. If you .
| read English well it would pay
| vou to become acquainted with
| Keats and Shelley. You would
| find in them much te think about |
! and be glad over, i