The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-07-27
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DR.. VIM. Trsvitt. -
We find in the Lima National q very inter
esting letter from Valparaiso, giving the par
~ticulars of some of the outrages of the imbecile
Government of Chill upon the American flag
This letter fully confirms the accounts hereto
fore published on this subject. It is under
stood that our Government adopted prompt
and vigorous measures to secure a proper re-
dress of these grievances, and the presence of
. Naval force sufficient to enforce the demands
of our Government has probably reached Val
paraise before this and will doubtless bring the
pusillanimous authorities of that country to
terms. The idea that DR.. TREvITT should be
insulted and sacrificed for having been faithful
to his obligations to his own country, as well
as to the laws of Chill, and for having yielded
to the dictates of humanity, is more than the
in Ohio will entertain.
During one of the Revolutions in Mexico,
some twenty-five years ago, when JOEL R.
PoINsErT was Minister to that country, the
~vanquished faction sought refuge in the resi-
dences of the Foreign Ministers. The iafuri-
ated soldiers of the triumphant party had been
firing upon the domicils of the French, Brit
ish and other Ministers, and were about at
lacking Mr.. PoINsErr's house, when that gen.
tleman, who had a large number of fugitives in
: bis dwelling, presented hinself upon his bal
cony and unfu1led before the soldiers the
American flag, at sight of which the latter
paused, lowered their muskets, sent up cheers
for the "Star Spangled Banner" and passed
on. The Chilians, however, are a more degen-
MeKisans ever were. But we will not detain
the reader from the comments cf he National,
ard re letter of its correspondent:
The following letter, written to us by a
friend, well acquainted with the facts he states,
has been delayed from the press of publishing
the laws. Although late, it is interesting, as
showing the state of affairs in that country, and
does Justice to an able and efficient officer. We
take pleasure in giving it to our readers
Consul Trevitt's~ exequator, as will be recol-
lected, was taken from him by the Gillian
government, though instead of offending
against their usage and customs, he had in a.
spirit of humanity, maintained them; and had
been grossly ~insulted, in his person and his
family, as u. S. Consul, and the sa1ctity OF the
American Flag disregarded. We have no
doubt that the U. S. Government viii insist
that his exequator be restored to him, not on
his personal account, but because submission
to the insults of q barbarous government, in
such a case gives only IMMUNITY for greater
wrong to our citizens, and loses respect for our
National Power and authority
VALPARAISO, April rs, 1859.
Mr.. JAMES MACKENZIE:
Dear Sir:-You are aware that since the
of this government one revolution
has succeeded another, and that liberty, as
known with us, has no existence. We have
had another effort at revolution here, and
changes - usual, an account of which YOU
will have soon before this reaches you. = Il
. ] have not allowed my feelings
to be enlisted with either side. My own
wishes were that the government here might
speedily succeed in putting down the %revolu-
tionary movement, believing that likely to be
the speediest way of securing quiet, and a
return of commercial prosperity to the country,
in which l and our countrYmen were most i'm
interested. You well Know that all
the 10 called Republics from the "Rio Grande"
to 'Cape Horn are little better than military
despHfisnas, whose governments are supported
by the force of arms alone. Civil war has
been presiding In the SO called Republic for
many aaenths, aEd ca the 2Sth of February
last, a revolutiga was undertaken in this city.
"A circumstance 1I1lkplTcQ IcAdtiSe ~ JUL COu-
eul, Treyita here, with whom you are well ac-
quainteG which it will be interesting should
be kaowur to his friends and the public. |
have a ooxreet kasEiedge of the facts which l
win give Tou- Trevitt's house and consular
Office, with most OF their contents, having been
Destroyed by the great fire on the 18th of No
veuGber ast, and one of his sons having been
taken suddenly and alarmingly i'll on the day
u~pesious thereto, he was compelled to take
rooms contiguous to the Hospital, to which
most e6 die zrchives of the consulate were re-
moved, where they remained till sometime sub
seuuenG 10 tho above event of tho 2Sth of Feb
ruary, az Ek@t time previous to which he had
aaade -azaysements for rooms near the "Port,
designed to be used as an office. Here, with
his clerk, he spent several hours every day
fer the better convenience of merchants and
others-his seal and most of the archives
the consulate remaining at the house where
most of the consular duties were performed.
In consequence Of the revolutionary alarms
some one of his family proouBed a flag stat
and raised the American flag thereon at the
house, on the 226 eff February; and from the
same flag staff, or from ore near by, the-Amer-
lean flag was flying during the entire reyoia-
tionary period till.the 4th of March in the ai-
ternoon, WHOM, by Mr.. Tre7itt's order, It was
hauled down for TIE reason that it did not
COMMAND respect from the Gillian government.
On the 18th Of Fe. -usi3, Treyitt was ut his
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