National Republican., 1883-03-26

directs you on the contingency therein slated as
follows
You will say to tho Cbilian government that the
President considers such proceeding ns an in.
territorial and unwarranted ofiensc, and that you
will communicate such an avowal to tho govern.
mento the United states with the assurance that
IL VIII be regarded by the government as an net OF
such unfrieudly import MS to require the imine-
diate suspension OF oil diplomatic intercourse
! You Will inform me Immediately OF the happen.
ing of such contingency and instructions Will
be sent to you.
Believing that prolific cause Of contention be-
tween nations ~ an irritabllity which Is too
readily offended, the President prefers that he
shall hirnse,f dtcrmtne after report has been made
to him whether there is or is not for ofense
It Is also the Presidents wish that you do not
visit although indicated in your original inslruc.
ton you should do so) as the envoy Of this gov.
ernment, the Atlantic republics ancr leaving
Chilli
The United states is at peace with all the ma
tions of the earth, and the President wishes here
niler 70 determine whether II will conduco to
that general peace, which no would cherish and
promote, for this government 10 enter into nego-
tiRtlons and consultation for tie promotion Of
peace with selected Jrieiiiiv nahondlhiCs without
extending like confidence to other peoples with
whom the United States is on equally friendly
terms.
Ifsuch pdriid confidence tpo,id create jealousy and
Rl-t0W, peace, the object sought by such consulta
ton. would not be promoted.
The principles controlling tho relations of the
republics Of this hemisphere with each other and
with other nationaities may, OH investigation, be
found to be so we'll established that little would
be gained at this time by reopening n subject
which is not novel. The President ut all events
prefers time for dellberation. am, &C.,
FREDERICK 4. FREIISGHuYsES.
Mr.. Blaine's instructions covered five pages
,,I n hnI c.,r, utod 81,
hundred lines and upward Mr.. Frelinghuysen
revoked the few which he quotes in the above
letter. The lines revoked did not refer to
tho terms of settlement between Chilli and
Peru, but to q matter of which the following
is brief statement Mr.. Blaine had under
taken to find ground for offense with Chilli
because Calderon, the provisional president
of Peru, with which country Chilli was still
at war, had been arrested by the latter after
his government had been recognized by the
United States. Our government does not un-
dcrtake to guarantee the detacto governments
it recognizes. Calderon was arrested on the
alleged ground that no was violating the terms
on which his temporary government was toler-
ated.
Referring to this arrest of Caldoron, Mr..
Blame, in his instructions to Mr.. Trescot,
said:
The President does not now insist upon the in.
reference which this action Eould tOdrrqnt. He
hopes that thore is some explanation which will
relieve him from the painful impression that IL
was taken In resenUM reply to the continued rec
ognition of the Calderon government by the
United States II, unfortunately, he should be
mistaken, and such n motive be avowed, your
duty will be n brief one.
Then follow the words which Mr. Fre-
linghuysen revoked. Thus it will be seen
that the president preferred not to allow Mr.
Trescot to decide whether the United States
should or should not quarrel with Chill over
her answer concerning the Calderon arrest.
"The President prefers that he shall him
self determine after report has been made to
him, whether there is or is not cause for
offense." So wrote Mr.. Frelinghuysen. No
word of intimation that the President was
to be any easier satisfied than Mr.. Trescot on
the subject of Calderons arrest. Only that
on question out of which might come for
eign war the President preferred TO deal with
it himself Mr.. Frelinghuysen had, in fact,
already received assurances from the Chilian
government through its minister at Wash
ington, of tho entire absence of unfriendly
intention toward this government in the
arrest of Calderon. Mr.. Frelinghuysen
revoked no other portion Of Mr.. Baine's in
structions. He did by the Presidents di-
rection revoke the permission given to Mr..
Trescot to return home by way of Buenos
| Ayres and Rio Janeiro concerning which per-
mission the less said BY Mr. Blaine and his
/
the letter of Mr.. Blaine to MI Trescot of Dec.
2, 1881, wherein that permission was given,
and his verbal assent to it was based upon the
supposition that the circuitous voyage home
was for the personal qualification of the envoy.
So much for the Tribunes preposterous and
gigantic falsehoods above quoted-that Mr..
Frelinghuysen countermanded "every word
of Mr. Blaine instructions !" that ain careful
detail Mr.. Frelingbuysen recalled and an
nullcd every item Of instructions issued by
Mr.. Blaine" SC. Tho remainder of Mr.. Ere
linghuysen's letter to Mr.. TIpscot does not
countcrmand any "auowed" purpose in the
instructions of Mr.. Blaine, but is devoted
to stating the proper construction of them"
1t disclaims any desire to dictate to Chilli
or Peru. Was this u change of policy Z?
Was it the " avowcd policy" of Mr.. Blaine
to dictate to other nations? Mr.. Frelinghuy-
sen said if We dictated we must be ready to
fight in support of our mandates. Was this a
change of policy? Vas NJ. Blaine for tDar
Mr. Frelinghuysen desired this governments
friendly offices extended to Peru and Chilli.
Was this change of policy? Did Mr.
Blaine ever propose anything more? Does
the Tribune wish to have 1t understood that
Mr.. Blaine was ready to coerce Chilli into an
agreement with his opinions? If he was
then his "avowed policy" was at variance
with his real intentions If he was not, then the
talk about his policy having been changed
by his successor is the merest drivel
And now few words as to our declaration
of which the Tribune complains" that there
never was greater fraud than the pretensC
that Mr.. Blaine had different avowed policy
from that of his successor in the Chili-Peru
matter" We Teiterate IL most confidently
saying that there was not very wide diver.
gence between the real intentions of the two
We do not believe that Mr.. Blaine had any
very settled policy. But we believe it wa:
his intention to leave the door open to him.
self for whatever of pyrotechnical display he
might choose to make. His instructions tC
Mr.. Trescot were like ferry boat, or still
moro like Mr.. Blaine himself, calculated tC
move in either direction. They bristled
with suggestions under which Mr.. Tres
cot ,night aNagnnrnta Chilli IN oa,a,,