New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18

baye since then been accomplished WIN Inc
same peace and order which prevail n our own
Repubic There can be little doubt that re-
spect for civil authority has been strengthens"
ny long habits of obedience, and that therefore
the country will have little to fear from the
martial temper aroused by the war. The army
will quietly dissolve, and the officers who nave
made splendid names at home Will not DC
TEMPTED to tainish their fame by any ampi-
tious characterization. 1t is much mole prop
able that they will follow the example set Dy
the hero of the former Peruvian conquest anu
insure TO the civil power the stauneh support
of the army If ever that support is needed
But after all, Chill in the midst OF success Is
surrounded by genuine dangers. WIN hei
900 miles of coast, her fertile SOIL gel'"i
climate. and mineral resources. Chill has at DEL
command the elements .of great comnlerclai'
agricultural and maritime prosperity. Inc
rich central plains with transverse valleys ilsihg
step by step above each other against the great
Andeon barrier on her eastern boundary should
be tbe home of flOurlshing population OF
farmers. The mines and nltrates In the deserts
which form her northern marches, together Wltb
tbc timber lands and broad pasture ranges oil
her southern department, complete wealth
which only needs steady industry to be pr OPP
erly developed. This industry has not been
lacking hitherto. While her sister States have
largely depended on such accidental sources Of
wealth rs guano beds, vast nitrate deposits
and mines of gold and silver, which have en-
rched the lucky few and stimulated the gam
bling spirit rather than encouraged sober toll
for slow and steady gains the CnIlians have
worked and saved like practical and prudent
people. If now the cOnqueIing nation adds TO
her territory the guanO islands and boundless
nitrate fields and gold gulches which have been
at once the wealth and curse of Peru, it may be
questioned whether the advantages gained Will
not be more than cOunteibalanced by the Wiid
speculative tendencies which the suddenly ac-
ouired fortune viii bring with it. And with
the peace there will come other dangers. As
the war debt presses there vii! he the ineyl-
table temptation TO a further use Of the
national credit The evils Of a debased cur
rency we know too well; and in Chill the
struggle between resumption and reputation
will come to test the virtue of the people, and
many nation which has cheerfully sacrificed
its comfort in the heat of an armed contest has
failed before the long, stern ordeal of paying
has subsidized. Antiquated systems of taxation
must be replaced by wiser measures 10 meet
the burdens upon industry. more productive
agriculture must be encouraged by establishing
a liberal and secure system OF land tenure, and
this will amount to n social revolution.
All these and other perils NOW confront the
Republic which has borne itself so patiently
and bravely in war. A South American Re-
public without dominating military spirit,
whose government is respected by the people
and respects the peoples rights, which demon
strates it's enterprise by building the first rail-
road on the continent, and proves It's honor
by meeting its honest obligations, certainly
commands respect and sympathy. The friends
of civil liberty and seli-gOverDment cannot but
hope that our sister Republic POSSESSES enough
conservative moral force to carry her safely
through the coming crisis.