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I had to ask my husband what "xenophobia" means. However,
the US wasn't xenophobic when they took over lands long inhabited by Native
Americans, who were not Christian and lived like savages. I think they
stopped at the present Mexican and Canadian borders because by then, the
Mexicans were very Christianized and Europeanized (the language, government,
military, etc) as were the Canadians. They were no longer such pushovers,
and there may have been the fear that if the US continued to "acquire" more
land, the Russians, English, French and Spanish would step in. The
US probably realized then that they did not want to overextend themselves and
lose land the way the English and Spanish and French had. Even for them
there was a limit. Now they seem to want to close the borders to protect
what they have acquired thus far. My husband said that he heard someone on
a talk show say that the way to stop "illegal" immigration is to give the former
Mexican lands back, ha, ha. They did, in the 1980's I guess, give back a
tiny portion near El Paso called El Chamisal where some of my mother's ancestors
once lived.
Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA --
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:57
AM
Subject: Re: [ranchos] Re: Territorial
Acquisitions
It still is.
Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria,
Californai
--- Arturo Ramos <arturo.ramos2@...>
wrote:
> Yes Angie, those maps are great. Emilie, I
think
> the reason why the
> U.S. did not aquire all of Mexico
was that the part
> they did not
> acquire had too many Mexicans
living in it. In
> other words, the
> xenophobia was
greater than the greed.
>
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com,
"Emilie Garcia"
> <auntyemfaustus@h...>
> wrote:
>
>
> > Wow, Angie,
> >
> > You are a great
researcher. I have never seen
> those maps before.
>
Thanks much for the links to those maps. It really
> helps me to
> understand the scope of "Manifest Destiny" of the US
>
Government. I'm
> surprised they didn't "acquire" all of
Mexico.
> >
> > Emilie Garcia
> > Port Orchard, WA
---
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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