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■ [AST WAR WITH MEXICO
How It Started, How It Was Fought; What It Cost in
Lives and Money and What We Gained By It.
(By Rev. THOMAS B. GREGORY)
(This concise history will be completed
in six instalments, to be published con
secutively.)
CHAPTER 11.
In ttit* chapter I will ■ t forth the
causes, occult and otherwise, that led up
to the Mexican War of 1846-47. Like
everything else that happens In the
world, that momentous struggle on me
about because of certain other thing*
that had happened before it, and with
out which it. would never have taken
place.
In the enumeration of the propelling
causes of the war muni <*>me, first of
all. the fact of the difference of race,
the Irresponsible opposition of breed,
the uncompromising friction that baa al
ways and everywhere existed between
the independent, progressive, self-reliant
Saxon and the docile, reactionary Latin.
Occupying tie 'iin I - continent, with
nothing hut an Imaginary line, or a nar
row stream, between them, it was in
evitable ih >t there should he misunder
standings. disagreements, clashing con
victions in a word, all sorts of trouble.
ller*- then. in this basic fact of
BRKISD, we have the primary on use of
the Melxcnn War. It made trouble Rom
the start, it is making trouble today,
and It will keep on making trouble until,
in the "struggle for life'' the "(ilteSl
holds the helm andy guides the ship.
.lust now It was Intimated that among
the other differences between the Huxon
and the Latin was the MORAL one. and
it was in this difference that we are to
find another of the causes that brought
on our armed conflict with Mexico
A Wicked, Unjust Neighbor,
The population of Mexico in 1846 was,
approximately 8,000,000, and of the 8,000.-
eo<* nt least R. r * per cent, were peons and
half-breeds of various descriptions,
without social standing or political in
fluence. mere human nondescripts leav
ing the government and its policies to he
shaped by the million or *o of pure La
tins. and what those policies were is
well-known to all men.
Mexico had from the beginning proven
Itself to b an unjust and neigh
bor. .It was such under the Imp.-iTtl
government of the Mather Country! It
was even worse under its own so-called
ftepubliCHn rule
Aiwa \ s fighting among themselves,
they were always improved, and they did
not hesitate to replenish their ever-de
pleted treasury by plundering Ames*lean
vessels in the Oulf of Mexico or
wherever else they could find them,
and by confiscating the property of Am
erican merchant* wit bln Its borders
Robberies were frequent. Brigandage
was of common occiirr'ncr The mur
der of American cHlsens living In the
country, or of Americans journeying
through it. were a matter that provok
ed s'lght comment by the authorities or
the people
The United States government remon
strated. hut remonstrated in vain. The
robbery, murder and confiscation went
right on regardless of the protest* of
our government. In 188 f a treaty was
mole between the two countries, and
promises of redress were given, hut the
pledged faith of Mexico was never ful
filled.
Bv 1845 the aggregate value of prop
erty belonging to Americans that had
hern appropriated by the Mexican*
amounted to over seven millions of dni-
This claim was still unsatisfied
when the annexation of Texas took place
lit Ihe above-menipned year.
Texas In: Melxco Frantic.
The annexation of Texas! Here wo
have one of the ldg causes of the war
with our Southern neighbor. When
Texas Joined the Union. Mexico became
frantic. It I* true Texas, driven to des
peration by Mexican atrocities and Mex
ican misrule in general, h*d appealed
to the arbitrament of arms, and in a fair
Disputing Over Attendance Figures at
Opening Games; Mike Donovan’s Pension
Nsw York. OrganlsM ba*chitll tiow
comes atonic unit attempt* to present
facts, or near-facts, to show that the
attendance figures at the opening
khmich of Hie Fwleral league club*
are greatly exagaerated.
"The Federal* claimed an attendance
of 21,000 In Pittsburg,%ut t »i«* actual
attendance wm leas than lit. 000," any
the O. H. persona. Wonder If they
were around counting none*.
Despite what the o. It. persona aay
thin fact remain* that at the openinK
Federal Dengue mimes the stand* were
packed to the limit and every bit of
possible Maudlin; room on the field
wan taken, and thousand* of fan* were
turned away. It does'nt matter so
much in one sense how many people
the Fed* played to. The main fact is
that they jammed their park* and
more could they have wanted, or In
what way could the fan* have shown
better that they are with the Feds?
There’s a movement afoot to pen
sion off Mike Donovan, now a god ft 6.
who was one of the greatest middle
weld h fid liters In the game's history
some 35 years ago, ami who has been
acting a* Instructor In boxing at the
New York Athletic Flub
Mike, although pretty along In years,
still seems to the skill and the
power of 35. and there are mighty few
of the husky youths who are mem
bers of the club, who can beat him in
an exchange of wallops
Mike isn't keen about the pension
idea
"My work has become part of my
life, and 1 don’t know what I’d do
without it." Mkl Mike
But the New York A. C. people not
sally do plan to give him a pension
practically equal to hi* salary, but It's
possible that they also will send Mike
for s tour around the world.
They will let him do a* much work
as he feels like around the gymnasium
upon hi* return from hi* trip He can
drop around any time that he wants
NEW YORK
BROADWAY AT OM STREET
A high-grade hotel con
ducted on the European
phut at moderate prices.
Subway at the hotel en
trance Broadway sarfsce
cart and Fifth Avenue but
paw the door.
WOOLLEY A t.LRKANV
*. H wwuai. M|>.
JHte fwFMvaeo /^Y.?
Mom noooot!. »•*.» a.r. H
fight had won lie*. Independence, and
along with it the right to remain Inde
pendent or cast her lot with the sister
hood <-f American States; hut Mexico
did not seem to re.-dlze the fact; and her
action was like that of a very had and
vers foolish child.
of course, events moved on quite re
gardlrss of the Mexican quibbling, and
the Rio Grande and not the Nueces was
decided to he the Lone .Star States
western boundary.
Ktlil, like the bad. foolish child that
ahe was. Mexico refused to recognize
cither the independence of Texas or its
annexation to the United fiUates; and to
make matters still worse offered a di
rect affront to our government by refus
ing to receive the envoy. Mr. Hlldep. Ar
riving in the G’ty of Mexico on the 6th
of I'ccemher, 184. r », Hlldell wrote the
usual formal note to the Mexican min
ister of foreign relations, enclosing a
copy of iris credentials, and asking that
a date might he fixed at which he might
he received by the President.
To this very proper action on the part
of Slidell the sequel carne in the shape
of a letter from the minister wh‘ch void
as follows: "'l"he supreme government
in advised that the agreement which It
entered into to admit a plenipotentiary
of the United States with special powers
10 treat of the affairs of Texas does not
compel it to receive an envoy extraordi
nary arid minister plenipotentiary to re
side near the government, In which
character Mr. Hlldell comes according to
Ids credentials.’*
A*ked for His Passports.
The action of L« Mexican government
in refusing to receive the American
minister ended, of course, all further
discussion; and. as there was nothing
else for Slidell to do, he risked for his
pHHsoprtH. and returned home, to report
to the President the supreme indignity
that bad he. n offered Ids nation.
The foregoing facts are sufficient of
themselves to explain the reason of our
war with Mexico in 1846-47.
Blit there Is another fact to lie taken
into consideration the fact to which we
have very properly given Iho name of
"MANIITHT DUSTINY.”
That self-preservation is the first law
of life holds for nations even to a great
er extent than it does for Individuals.
Now, in 1846. this nation needed to ex
pand. A law rigid as gravity and high
above all the considerations of what may
well he called the minor moralities, was
urging the American people to grow. To
(he west of them and to the southwest
lay a mighty region that was almost
wholly given up to silence and solitude,
the inaction and unproductivtty of the
primeval wilderness. A few small tribes
of wild men. a few missions, here and
there a scant settlement of Mexicans,
made up the human content of g splen
did region almost a third the size of Ku
rope
Why should it not he turned to the
service of man? Why should it not he
made the instrument of human civiliza
tion and progress? The government un
der whose sovereignty It had been for
generations and ages was making no use
of it why not let those have it who
would make use of it?
Not only so, hut the future the twen
tieth century, the twenty-fifth century -
j was calling to ns to provide for the
PHYSICAL SOLIDARITY of the nation,
to make Its boundary line coincide with
the dictates of reason amt necessity, as
well as of the unmistakable hints of na
iUl • It
And so. tin* flat went forth, and the
deed was done That It was a wicked
deed, a deed that clashed with the larger
moralities, vemalns to be proven.
The third chapter, which will appear
tomorrow will deal with the opening of
hostilities between the United States
and Mexico.
to and depart when lie feel* like It.
It’’* a fine tribute to Mike, but it"*
nothing more than those name old,
fighters, and gentlemen deserve. He
was a credit to the ring, he has been
a credit to hi* club, and a credit to
hi* family. He’s a man, Mike Is —
every inch of him.
K LEAGUES'
“STICK” WORK
Lcudine Batters in Major and
Big Minor Leagues Hit Ball
at Rate of Bettor Than .500.
Chicago.—trailing batters in the
major and big minor leagues bit (be
ball at the rate of better than ,500,
according to average* published here
today. Including the game* played up
to yesterday. The leading hitters in
elude in most case*, the men famous
for their stick work, but some of the
regular star* are far behind others
not heretofore especially noted for
llieir bitting ability. Detroit 1* lend
ing *h,. American t.aegue in hitting
with a club percentage of 272, and
New York la next with 209 Craw
ford la doing the best work Tor lie
trolt with an average of .500 while
Cobb |k bitting at .321 and ranks
tenth.
Sherwood Magee, of Philadelphia,
lead* the National la-ague and hi*
percentage of .570 la keeping the
Philadelphia team in front with an
average of .316, Brooklyn being next
with .395.
Vincent Campbell, IndnnnpnlU, la
ahead In the Federal t.caguc, with
.613. five hita lu one day helping hi*
average
The St, Louis team la leading the
league In club percentage with .391
laird, of Mobile, la leading In the
Southern League with .167.
TODAY’S BASEBALL
WEATHER
American League.
Chicago at Cleveland; cloudy.
Detroit at St I<oul*. cloudy
New York at Philadelphia; cloudy.
Boat on at Washington; cloudy
National League
Cincinnati at Chicago; .dear
Si tavula at Pittsburg; rain.
Philadelphia at New York, cloudy.
Brooklyn at Boston; cloudy
Federal League.
Kamova City at Chicago; clo.*r
St lavula at Indtanupolla. cloudy.
Buffalo at Baltimore, rain
Broohjgp at Pittsburg; rain.
JAYS WIN FROM
COLUMBUS TEAM
Jacksonville Took a Feature
less Slugging Battle From
Columbus By Score of 7 to 6.
Columbus, Ga.—JackHonvllie took a
fcaturelens mugging battle from Co
lumbus yesterday. Burnings wild
lies* caused him to be taken out ot
the box in tile fifth, Pearson taking
his place. Williamson pitching Tor
Columbus allowed nine hits, but tne
tallies were mostly secured through
errors. The game was called in the
eighth on account of darkness. Box
score;
Jacksonville. Ab. R. 11. Po A. E
Carroll, cf 3 2 I 1 0 1
Starr, 3b 1 2 0 1 2 1
Melchoir, lh 4 0 1 7 2 0
Hoffman, rs ; 4 0 X 2 2 0
Callahan, 2b 5 0 1 1 3 0
Pawnali, If 4 12 0 0 0
Crowder, ss 2 1 1 1 2 0
Krebs, c 4 0 110 I I
Doming, p .. .. ..*2 1112 0
Pearson, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 24 14 3
Columbus. Ah. It. H. Po. A. E
Payntar, 3b 4 1 1 0 2 1
Bowdoin, ss ....4 2 1 0 3 0
Kolmar, cf 3 1 2 4 0 0
Thompson, c 3 1 2 7 0 2
Moore, 2b 3 1 1 0 3 0
Thornton, rs 4 0 1 1 0 0
Gallagher, If 4 0 1 1 0 0
Fox. lb 3 0 111 1 0
Williamson, ji .. . 2 0 0 0 4 0
xKiin ball 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 « 10 24 13 3
Score by innings: It
Jacksonville 111 202 00—7
Columbus 200 010 00—(i
Summary Two-base hit, Thornton;
three-base hits, Gallagher, Thompson;
hits, off Durntng 8; sacrifice hits,
Starr, Melchoir, Crowder Thompson,
Carroll, Hoffman, Pawnali (2), Payn
tar (2). Moore, Fox; double plays,
Hoffman to Krebs; left on bases,
Jacksonville 10, Columbus 7; bases
on balls, off Williamson G, off Burn
ing 4; hit by pitcher, Starr. Hoffman,
Fox; struck out, by Williamson 4,
Burning 3, Pearson I ; balk, William
son Time, 2:05. Umpire, Gauzon.
TODAY’S GAMES
South Atlantic League.
Augusta in Columbia.
Charleston in Savannah.
Macon In Albany.
Jacksonville In Columbus.
Southern League.
Atlanta in Chattanooga.
Nashville In Memphis.
Montgomery In Birmingham.
New Orleans in Mobile.
American League.
Detroit in St. Louis
Chicago in Cleveland.
Boston in Washington.
New York in Philadelphia.
National League.
Brooklyn In Boston.
Philadelphia In New York.
SI. Louis in Pittsburg.
Cincinnati In Chicago.
Kansas City in Chicago.
St. Louis in Indianapolis.
Brooklyn In Pittsburg.
Buffalo In Baltimore.
Federal League.
Georgia State League.
Americas Tn Brunswick
Waycross in ThomasvlUe.
Cordele In Valdosta.
College Game*.
Alabama vs. Tech, at Tuscaloosa.
North Carolina vs. Virginia at Char
lottesville.
Harvard vs. Columbia at New York
Wnke Forest vs. Davidson, at Dav
idson
Mercer vs. Auburn at Macon (21.
V. P. 1. vs. Guilford at Blacksburg.
Trinity vs Washington and Lee a’
Lexington.
Georgia vs. Navy in Annapolis.
L S. It. vs. Southwestern at George
town.
Kentucky State vs. Manual High at
Irvington
Texas A. and M. vs. Austin at
Sherman
Citadel vs. Charleston a* Charles
ton.
K M. A. vs. Richmond at Gaines
ville.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
At Indianapolis 4; lxvulsville 5.
At Columbus 0; Cleveland 4.
At Mlnneapolls-Kansas City, rain.
At St. Paul-Milwaukee, rain.
GEORGIA LEAGUE
Amrricus 6; Brunswick 4.
At Brunswick—
furore by Innings: R. H. K.
Amorlcus .. .. 014 000 010 — 6 8 0
Brunswick .. .. 300 001 000—4 11 3
llattsrlw -Orssry and Manchester;
Richards, Wood. Hartner, Shuman
land Pierce. Time, : 110. Umpires.
McNamara and Dugglcby.
Cordele 2; Valdosta 1,
At Cordele—
Score by Innings: R H. K.
Cordele .. .. 010 000 000 01—2 4 2
Valdosta .000 000 100 00—l 3 4
Batteries - Kllllgem and Kuhanks;
Bankston Wlnges and Puesse. I’m
plre, McKee
Wayeross 7; Thomasvllle 2.
At Wayeross—
Score by innings: R. H R
Wayeross .. .. 000 010 301—7 7 o
Thomasvllle . 200 000 000--2 3 5
Batteries McKarlan and Covenej;
Mabry and I'udloy.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
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Standing of Clubs
South Atlantic League.
Clubs. Won. Lost. P. Ct.
Jacksonville 12 3 .800
Savannah 10 7 .588
Columbia 10 7 .588
Macon 9 9 .500
Charleston 8 8 .500
Albany 6 10 .375
Columbus 6 11 .353
Augusta 5 11 .312
Southern League.
Clubs. Won. Lost. P. Ct.
New Orleans 8 2 .800
Atlanta 6 4 .600
Chattanooga 6 4 .600
Nashville 6 5 .454
Montgomery 5 6 .455
Mobile . . 4 6 400
Birmingham 4 7 , .364
Memphis 3 8 .273
American League.
Clubs. Won. Lost. P. Ct.
Chicago 7 2 .889
Detroit G 3 .667
New York 4 3 .571
Washington 4 4 .500
Boston 4 4 .500
St. l-ouis 4 6 .444
Philadelphia 3 4 .429
Cleveland 1 8 .111
National League.
Clubs. Won l«ost. P. Ct.
Pittsburg .. 7 2 .778
Philadelphia 5 2 .714
Brooklyn ” 4 2 .667
Chicago 4 4 .500
St I antis 4 5 .444
New York 2 4 .333
Boston 2 5 .286
Cincinnati 2 6 .260
Federal League.
Clubs. Won. Lost. P. CL
St. Louis 7 0 1,000
Baltimore 5 2 .714
Buffalo 3 3 .500
Chicago 3 4 .429
Pittsburg 2 3 .400
Indianapolis 3 5 .375
Kansas City 3 5 .375
Brooklyn 2 4 .333
Georgia State League.
Clu’s. Won. Lost P. C.
Waycross 6 2 .750
Thomasvllle 5 2 .714
Americas 5 3 .625
Valdosta 4 4 .500
Cordele 2 6 .250
Brunswick 1 6 .143
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Chat, and Crackers Tie Up.
At Chattanooga—
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Atlanta .. .. D*o Old 000 00—2 10 1
Chattanooga -001 too 000 00 —2 6 5
(Called end eleventh, darknessl.
Kissinger and Reynolds; Fox anl
Graham.
New Orleans 4; Mobile 3.
At Mobile—
Score by innings: R. H E
Mobile 001 200 000—3 10 5
New Orleans . . 000 011 200—4 5 2
Williams, llogg and Schmidt;
Styles, Wilson. Bagby and Higgins
Billies 4; Barons 3.
At Birmingham—
Score by innings; R. H. E.
Birmingham .. 000 mo 000—3 5 1
Montgomery .. 100 030 00*1—4 7 0
Harbin and Tragessor; Black and
Grlbbins.
Turtles 3; Vol* 0.
At Memphis—
Score by innings: R H E
Memphis .. ~ 010 010 Olx—3 4 1
Nashville . . ~ 000 000 000—0 8 2
Steele and Schlei; Berger and
Smith.
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"Skimming through the air like a swallow flew the air
ship, the rapid vibrations of the engine beating a tattoo on
the heart of the excited girl, who was urging the aviator
to increased speed—a speed which had already almost at
tained the danger point. Out over the waters of the blue
Pacific they shot, the excited girl always pointing in the di
rection of the volume of smoke, marking the passage of the
fast out-going liner carrying with it the secret that would
clear up the
mystery, restore
a lover to his
rank and remove
the stain from the
character of a de
voted father.”
Extract from the fint i net all • SSR I \
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lUfl L—i
SATURDAY. APRIL 25.
Lucille hat persuaded
Harley, the Govern
ment aviator, to take
her in the airthip in
pursuit of the Pacifta
Liner Emprete tailing
away with Hugo Los
beque, the arch-zpy,
in whose hands are
the stats papert
which she must re
cover in order to save
her lover's honor .