The daily gazette., 1882-03-27
SECOND EDITION
The LamentatlOn OF Blaine.


From the N. Y. Times.
Mr.. Blaine cuts very sorry figure
weeping over the spoliation of Peru by
Chill and the English bOndholders. The
so-called interview in which be pictures
forth the deplorable consequences OF tbs
failure of the United States to inter-
vene "tO save an American republic" is
most ludicrous performance, in which
dIsiDgenuousness, Inconsistency, and
downright ignorance are about equally
prominent. 1t ill becomes one who
showed such q notable willingness to
give his Official sanction and furtherance
to the boundless scheme Of plumber
known as the Peruvian Company to
simulate prostrating grief over the COM
paratlvely innocent purposes of the al
roQant Chiliaus and the grssplng Eng
| lish bondholdels. The terms of peace
sffe.ed by Chill In the protocol which
Mr.. Blaine considers so harsh and ruin
Gus are SO br oadly generous compared
with The claims pressed by Mr.. Ship
herds company that Peru should accept
| them with devout thankfJlness as o
lucky escape from q f4te infinitely
worse. We have, on the one hand, o
conquering power enforcing its just de-
mAnd for an adequate indemnity for the
costs of war forced upon it by the ag-
gressive acts Of the conquered State aud,
If we choose to admit the alliance with
the Euglish bondhoIders upon which
Mr.. Blaine laws such stress, certain capi-
talists who desire security TOR moneys
loaned TO an almost hOpelessly insolvent
1 IN Ntb mn N
company organized In the dark and
working in such mysterious ways thai
the personality of its stockholders Is 8
profound secret, seeking to extort fro N
the same unhappy republic sum o.
money 80 intellectually great that the
mere recognition of tue validity of the
claim would be equivalent to act of ces
sion.
LIST us compare the methods by which
| the accomplishment OF these ends wa
respectively sought. Chilli and the
English bOndbolders-we will still as
sumo that they were working as one
first thoroughly whipped the countr
which had oifeuded them aud then prC
ceeded in the usual well-recognized wa
| to assess damages. The exaCtion ma
have been extortionately severe, but
was made in accordance with the cui
l tom of oAtioDs. The Peruvian Compan
sought to take advantage Of those dill
: necessities Of Peru Of which IL was itse
an evil fruit. Had Peru never gone
war Mr.. Shipherd would probably hay
' gained only such notorlety as may
Won in the ordinary course Of petty Ii
I CATION. But when that couAtry Is
I PROSTATE ard helpless btfOre her col
queror, the forgotten claims OF Coch'
and Landrean flashed into importanC
J Tie leading but unknown capitals
represented by Mr.. Shipherd, taking Il
form of the Peruvian Company, seat
themselves upon PeFu's "choked al
T" laboring breast" and offerel her fl
deliverance from tina enemy II she wou
s recognize their claim. They we
= 'iready to assume $30O,000,000 due
Q foreign bondholdels aud fair war l
v demnity to Chilli" 1t was in the ci
8 cumstances, an almoss irresistible TEN
tation. In the very hour aud agony
. death who will not give all that he b
: : for q re-pite aud release? But while |
the most Chilli proposed take $4,000
600 In money, a single Province, al
: some guano Islands, the Peruvian Con
pany, with their claim Of 1000, ,OO0,OO
were satisfied with nothing short
total confscation. Can the "spoilatlor
f of Peru by Chill and the English bono
holders be- worse than this?