National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-09

Blaine and F'rclinghuysen.
The New York Tr;Juac rcvives the old
I'ng about the revocation of Mr.. Tres
cots instructions as special envoy to
Chilli and Peru. 1t treats as new de-
Velopment the letter Of Secretary Fre-
Hnghuysen to our envoy, and says: "The
publication of the full correspondence on
the Chii-Peruvian trouble brings to light
some facts which up to this time have
been misunderstood or at least not
clearly comprehended."
This is untrue. The instructions 10
bIr. Trescot, signed by Mr.. Blaine, were
published in full long ago, as was also the
letter ofMr FreIinghuysen, containing q
revocation of certain words. The Tribune
quotes the following from Mr.. Blaines
letter of instructions:
Unable to understand this sudden and, giving
due regard to the professions Of Chill, this
eountabe change of policy, this Government in
structed its Minister at Lima to continue to recog.
nize the Calderon government until more complete
information would enable it to send further in
etructions. If our present information is correct,
Immediately upon the receipt of this cOmmunca-
tion they arrested President Calderon, and thus,
as far as was in their power extngushed his
government The President does not now insist
upon the inference which this action would war.
rant He hopes that there is some explanation
which will relieve him from the painful impres.
zion that 1t was taken in resentful reply to the
continued recognition of the Caldoron govern.
ment by the United States. u, unfortunately, he
should be mistaken, and such m0tirG be duOWed.
pour duty CW be a 6riQ one. You will
say TO the Chilian government that the President
considers such proceeding an intentional and
unwarraned oflense and that you will communi-
cate such an Gvowal to the Government of the
United States, with the assurance that 1t will be
regarded by the Government as an act of such un-
friendly import as 10 require the immediate sus-
pension of all diplomatic intercourse. You will
inform me Immediately OF the happening of such
a contingency, and instructions will be sent you.
But do not anticipate such an occurrence. From the
information before the Department, of which you
possessed, It is probable that this course
will be explained by an allegation that the con-
duet and language Of the United States Minister in
Peru had encouraged the Calderon government to
such resistance Of the wishes of Chilli TO render
the negotiation Of satisfactory treaty of peace
with the Calderon government impossible
1t correctly quotes the following from
the instructions of Mr.. Frelinghuysen, by
which ten lines Of the above are revoked /:
And you will consider as revoked that portion of
your original instruction which directs you on the
contingency therein stated as follows;
You will say to the Chan government that the
President considers such n proceeding as an ntcn.
tiOnal and unwarrauted OfTense, and that you will
communicate such an avowal to the Government of
the United states, with the that 1t will be
regarded by the Government rs an act Of such uu.
friendly import rs TO require the immediate suspen-
hi0n OF all diplomatic intercourse. You will inform
me Immediately of the happening of such u con.
tngency, and instructions Will be sent to YOU
OF course what was not revoked re.
mained in force. The reader can easily
see what that was. But the Tribune,
with its usual dishonesty, gave those ex-
tracts in reverse order. 1t first gave the
revocation and then the original instruc-
tion. 1t then assumes that the words re-
called affected the words not recalled.
1t is in this kind of iugglery that the
Tribune eXcels. The truth is that the
words revoked did not in any manner
affect the remainder of the words unrc-
Voked. 1t left them untouched Let the
candid reader read the original instruc-
ton, emitting the words revoked, and he
will see that the President simply re-
served to himself the power of constru-
lDB Nlllll ulbN0I W ulb It-
quest for an explanation concern
ing Calderon's arrest. There was
no condoning of any imagined ofense.
lie simply told Mr.. Trescot to follow the
original instructions up to the point of
Chili's answer to the demand for an ex-
PLANTATION, and then to report to his Gov
ernment, instead of dealing with the
L.; Hlo, IA, 1
plainly stated, and all the rest remains
as before. And this the Tribune meanly,
falsely, and dishonesty treats as follows
The manner in which this paragraph &
Wrenched from its connection in Mr., Blaine
letter of instruction Is disingenuous and unfair
Instead of presenting the truth, 1t IN effect pre-
sents an untruth. We propose now to quote NJ
Blainc's words in their proper connection, Gut
ask the candid reader for his opinion on such gar
bling as the foregoing discloses We do not stol
to characterize 1t further than TO say that nI
Official dispatch from the State Department is tn
last place whore II ought 70 be found. The portion
Of Mr.. Blaine's dispatch Of which the foregoIn
is practically peryersion proceeded TO narrat
the steps by which the United States, in plail
compliance with the wishes Of Chill, recognize,
the Calderon government and how Chill, withou
notifying the United States proceeded to destro
that government II was the Judgment of th
President, as expressed by Mr., Blaine, that thi
course was discourteous TO our Government
No paragraph was wrenched from it
connection. Mr., Trescot had his lette
of instructions before him, and coulC
easily see that his duties remained un
changed, except as to constituting Chili''
answer to his demand, Instead of decid
ing whether to take oaense or not, IN
was to report TO the President, who pre-
ferred himself TO decide the question O
peace or war, or the lesser one Of suspend
ing diplomatic relations, rather than +
confer that power upon his envoy. Their
was no reason why Mr. Frelinghuysel
should quote to Mr.. Trescot tn
words not revoked. All was L
stand except what was so revoked. Il