The Republican journal., 1874-06-04
Cox on Diplomacy,

or the diplomatic service was under con-
sideration before the House, Il few days
ago, Hon. S. S. Cox attacked it in his usual
and lorcible style. lie first shows
the enormous increase in the cost of this
branch of the government
1t would be proper for me rs Il member of
the opposition i'll challenging this bill to inquire
why there has been such an increase in these
appropriations from year to year. The reason
of such an inquiry will be apparent when l say |
that whereas less than 81 100000 very recently
sufficed for our foreign service, now we more
than treble that sum- These items taken from |
the statutes are pertinent to my discussion:
Our diplomatic and consular expenses for the
year ending June 80, 1859, We're only $912 ,120: |
for the wear ending June 80, 1860, they were
Sl,O4l,I45, for the year ending June so, 1861,
they We're 81 lbs $50; for the year ending June
80, 1862, they We're sl,260, 54i.34; for the year
ending June 30, 1868, they We're 81 ,235 ,8S9. 80
for the year ending June 80, 1864, they were
VI ,260, o44.34; for the year ending June 30.
1865, they were 81 $40, 100; for the year ending
June 80, 1870, they were S1,1l0,,34; for the
year ending June 80, 1871, they We're 81, 04 ,34,.
And now for this year, 1874, it bounds. like an
1ndia-rubber ball, high up to nearly three and
q half millions!
Reading extracts from the published
volume Of diplomatic correspondence, the
speaker referred to the occupations Of the
ministers abroad John L. Stevens, of
Maine, is thus alluded to-
Besides, how few of our ministers really do
the commercial work for what they claim and
obtain credit. We vote $4,000, say. to send a
minister to Paraguay. He never goes into
Uruguay as is expected; but comes home to the
stump, leaving petty consul at Monteyideo to
do the work, while he inticts on us at home his
rhetoric and his consequence.
He gives some specimens Of the impor-
tant correspondence carried on by our
representatives abroad
A. a sample Of the South American missions
that asylum Of decayed and eNiled patriots, go
to Ecuador, where some man by the name of
Ramsey W ing flies his embassadorial kite. He
writes from Quito the day after the Fourth Of
July laSt-I hope it is because he celebrated the
Fourth. Laughter.
QrIro, July ..
HAM FISH have the pleasure to report to YOU,
sin that national anniv ersary. sir generally
observed, sir. in this city, sir. Laughter. ! in
close dispatch | am, &c,
RtSISEy WlSo.
Including exchange and contingencies Rumsey
Wings salary is ssh. as per financial report
for 1873, page %. What consideration for
such information. Members will perhaps have
observed a voluminous correspondence from
minister at Santiago by the name of Root. lie
is Il doctor. Being thoroughly yaccinatcd he
managed to catch the smallpox, got well easily
and turned his sanitary condition into the state
Department. Although the press of Chilli init
mated that Mr.. Root is radically wrong in inter-
meddling in their hospitals. Yet ! always for
give the physician when he has something to
propose to the human race. especially in South
America; for it is Il Sicky continent In writ
ing 70 MI. Fish, he says that he performed the
following remarkable marvel:
q daily indicate great numbers of proxy" My
grand idea is to destroy the poison" "a ncwatree
has been named after me here" Laughter. II
generally perter an enema rather than purge;
fayorte one is composed of Oil OF turpentine" &c,
I'm case Of consultations lemonade or other acidu-
lated drinks" II forward to the Department drec-
tions for purge" Laughter, "When an alec
hoc stmulant is Indicated it should be one with as
little acid AS possible
This gentleman has been considered the most
remarkable plaugue in South America. Net
we pay for his performances. salary, exchange,
and contingencies, over Sll 900.
MI Cox next refers TO a project tor an
neNing the Navigator's Islands in the Pa
citic Ocean A commissioner had been
sent thither to report upon the condition
OF the Islands, and his report forms a por-
ton Of the volume The reason urged for
annexation are merclcssly ridiculed We
copy few paragraphs
The pietstic interest connected with these
islands dated almost ls early as Captain Cooks
voyages. The first Sabbath spent III this land
by the missionaries is memorable for a sermon,
in English, from the words Behold, am the
Lord, the God Of all flesh; is there anything
too hard for me-" Jeremiah, Xxi. 21D
I.aughter.l The natives who understood little
Of the language, believing that all mankind
were of one flesh, seized, cooked and consum-
cd the missionaries. Laughter. They found
them too hard for digestion, and We're shortly
after converted.
In handsome style, and At our expense
Colonel Steinbcrger relate, the present piouS
CONDITION N OF the NAT. natlyeS ON page u Of hi,
census was taken, there were 3j,10- of Ill re-
ligiouS: independents, PreSbyterians. Wesley
ans and Catholics. This makes a majority of
oo4 more religious people i'll the island than
there are population. Laughter. 1t is there
fore fair inference that everybody on the is
land belongs to some Christian persuasion. Ii
i safe to say that there is not a single Samoan
who has not accepted Christianity though more
dcvout and Jealous in some districts than in
others.
FEMALE DISTILLATIuN.
Nay, have omitted one thing We need; we
seek for revenue and economy. The females
OF the Islands are an incarnate distillcry.
lions. There is beautiful spreading shrub
called the Nacr0pipI 1HethySficuui the root
of a kind of pepper-plant, il delightful soporific.
properly administered, but through the abuses
of men it has been transformed into an intoyi-
eating beverage. Our commissioner SAYS that
he has sec! 10 case q stupetacton or intoXica-
ton resulting from is use. How is it prepared
and i'll case of anneA2:!o3! now can We recover
the interna-reyenue tax?
Our commissioner says that The liquor il pre-
,lria,
tication by Young girls, and strained through
cOcoa-nut 1ibres into a large bowl, heNn from
the trunk Of tree. These young virginia. dis
tillerie> must be healthy, with sound. clean.
teeth" Laughter According to another
authority which | have before me, the root
must be bitten carefully while i'll the mouth,
with little moisture mixing with it. Then it is
prepared for the Samoan ttstiyity. Captain
Cook had saturnalia with this remarkable
liquor; and | am not sure but his final death
was occasioneu by too free indulgence, one
thing is sure, that never since the time of Spen-
ser's Fairy Bower OF Bliss, when his beuttrous
heroines pressed the grape between their pinky
fingers, could it ever be said with truth that
80 fair q Wine-presS made the Wine more
sweet
Who that admircs the beauty of the Samoan
woman described by our commissioner, as hay
ing eyes black. soft, and pleasing, with melal- |
cnoly air and meekness, with skin of polished |
copper, proud in bearing, smooth, straight, |
so we'll pictured in this report, would be reI,rc-
tant TO drink the Wine Of so fair Wnie- press? |
Where are your burgundes, sherries. carets |
champagnes, mlntiados. and lachryma. christie.
compared with this Samoan liquor. Let |
Lucullu> dash the genmed goblet from his |
luxurious board; let BacchuS reel under the |
burden of his yine-leayes and his bibulous ex-
cesses. Let Longtellow tune his Tyre in praise
of Longworth; let him chant, like an inspired |
Silenus, the praises Of the creamy Nerzcnay |
Samoan Islands No wonder women crusade
against those liquors which are
Dragged in their juice
For foreign use,
When shipped DER the reclin@ Atlantic, |
TO rack our brains
With the fever pains
That have driven the old world frantic.
Laughter
Let them annex Samoa, and pray no more.
And it was about this same time, two years
ago that the editor of the journal started out