West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10
mR B~LAINE,S CONGRESS or Ma
IIONS.

VT w.
IIONS.
SIC Gives t:ic public a Correct Copy
OF His Dispatch on the Subject.
Mr., Blaine is in Sighting mood, and
il is hardly 3 wonder, for Jew men
have ever been provoked more than
he since he left the State Depart
ment. lie is angry now on account
OF the use which his enemies, as he
believes, have made Of his dispatch
relative to a Congress which should
consider NEAR to quiet the turmoil
IN South America. He says that
dispatch was misunderstood by the
public; that he asked the President
10 direct the publication OF it, that
the President said there was no OBJ
lection 10 thGt, but left the matter 10
the discretion OF Secretary Freling-
huyseu, that the Secretary said the
dispatch could be published only
when Congress called for it; that he
lMr. Blsias) asked Senator Window
20 call for the dispatch but that be-
lore Mr.. Window could secure from
The Senate a resolution 10 that effect,
the dispatch, full Of errors, appeared
in the New York Herald and in one
paper each Of several large cities.
Mr. Blaine complains that the our
pose OF publishing the dispatch az a
special was 10 keep it out Of the As
sooiated Press, keep it away from
the great body of readers, and thus
keep up the misrepresentation regard
ing it, all to his detrimeut. The
appearance Of the dispatch in the
New York HcroM led Mr.. Blaine to
some conclusions that may be easily
guessed at. He says he does not
know how or by whom the dispatch
was obtained from the State De-
Partment, though it was obtained
surrePtitiously.
The following is a correct copy Of
the diapatch:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON, November 30, 1881.
STR;-The attitude of the United States
with respect TO the question Of general
peace on the American continent ia well
known thrnugh ito nors;eton, 49,
years past to'avert the eYils of warfare, or,
these efforts failing, to bring positive
conflicts to an end through pacific counsels,
or the advocacy of impartial arbitration.
This attitude has been consistently
maintained, and always with such fairness
"a 10 leave no room for imputing to our
Government any motive except the
humane and disinterested one of saving
kindred States of the American continent
frSm the burdens of war. The position of
the United States as a leading power of tue
new world might well give to its
government & claim to authoritative
atterance for the purpose of quietipg
discord among its D~eighbOrs, with all of
whom the most friendly relations exist.
Nevertheless, the good offices of this
Government are not, and have not, At any
time, been rendered with a show of
alctation or compulsion, but only az
exhibiting the sollcitous good will of a
common friend.
Fer some years past a growing
disposition has been manifested by certain
States of Central and SoutG America 10
refer disputes affecting grave questions of
international relationship and boundaries
to arbitration rather thar TO The sword
1t has been on several occasions a source
OF profound satisfaction 10 The Government
OF the United States 10 zee this country in
a large measure looked to by all American
powers as their friend and mediator
The just and impartial counsel of the
President in such cases has never been
withheld, and bis Efforts have been
awarded by the prevention of sanpuipsry
strife or angry contentious bet v Eel people
whom We regard as brethren.
The existence of this growing tendency
conYinces the President that the time il
ripe for q proposal that shall enlist the
good will and active cooperation of all
the States Of the western hemisphere. hath
north II aouth, in the interest NJ
humanity and for the common veal Of
nations. lie conceives that none of the
Governments Of America can be lsss
alive than our wi 10 the dangers and
herrors Of a state Of war, and especially
OF war between kinsmen. He il sure that
none Of the chiefs Of government on the
Continent can be less sensitive than be js
10 the sacred duty of making every
endeavor to do away with the chances Of
fratricidsl strife, and he looks with boeeful
confidence 10 such active assistance fron
them as will serve 70 show the broadpess
% our common humanity and the strspptb
Of ties which bind US all together AZ
great and harmonious system Of American
Commonwealth.
Impressed by these views, The PreslIsnt
sfttnds 70 all the independent ~countries
OF North and South America an earnest
Invitation to participate in a genera
Congress TO be hale TO tho citv at
washington on The 22l of November
1882, To- the purpose Of considering and
discussing the methods Of preventing war
between the nations of America 81.
pssres Thai the attention Of the Congress
aha Ia uHmnrHHa 49,