Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-01
DAILY pOST-lATELLlGENCER
TaG .oTra ass THE sIcARAGIAs
TREATY

NOT ySt oespAA va
.a,iou. A motion wilI be made IN Tue
senate TO reconsider the vote oy WHEN .
.he treaty vas dsfeaied, esd il "a h9psd /
that after farther srgDusni the tU0-
thirds vote necessary for ratification F
ran Be aeeured. The Efforts 10 seoafs 4
this end should not BIZ relaxed - long 1
a. a shsdox Of hops remains io' /
failnre Of the treaty vsald net oh's
lose 20 she United Stats the opp'f'-
nity 70 securs vast and anqae.tio'iao's
bepefits, bat wosid oonyie' our Sf'Fefh-
meut Of eozAgdioe aud tracking SUD-
..,v,sney 10 the wizsss Of the nations
Of Yarope in matter which shouts o.
purely American.
The vote in tbs Sanats on this 'ile7-
tim has ny.a.s more surprise and dis
suut throughout The country than any
other of tie many astonishing things
Of which Congress has been guilty ia
the past ten years. The people had
made up their minds that the treaty
would be ratified II was grand "p-
uortunity to demonstrate 10 the Soria
that the Monroe Doctrine il still Vital
sorcs. and that it will eontral American
policy In the future. NJ It has in 'ee
cast. The voice Of the Nation vas
ovmwhssmingly and enthusiastically IA
its favor. There appeared to b no Tor
o,idahls opposition. Leaders OF the
Senate ON both sides we're working Tor
ia ratification, and the masses Of Doth
uarties we're earnest in their support oil
tho treaty. Yet. ia spite Of all this IN
suite Of every indication 10 the contra
nv. in spite Of the well kno~n wishes OF
the Nation, the treaty was defeated oy
,hs vstss Of twenty-twO Southern sena'
tors added 10 that Of one from the
North.
What mysterious power was It thar
swung theas Democratic Senators into
line against the treaty What ps~er
ia Il that il able to cast in block TWEEN
ty-shree votes 10 the Senate of the Unit
I'D States 2 What influence can defeat
a measure OF National isportanes with
out reasnn and without argument II
ia unfortunate and ominous for the
Democratic party that iast ~ il stands
ON the threshold of Iower rs Southern
Senators should array themselves IN op
position TO the voice OF tho whole peo-
nile. and should defeat measure which
was not only for the advantage Of me
Nation, but which was strongly sup
ported by both the Republicans aud the
Democrats Of the North.
Tvo months ago every newspaper be
tween the Ohio river aud tho Gulf ct
Mexico was proclaiming that the diSid-
ina line between the sections had been
forever erased by the blood OF the He
publican party. yet IT seems today as II
the South itself, out Of pure wanton-
ness, had redrawn that line. No sooner
does tha Democracy secure control OF
the National Government, than the
Southern members of that party seize
an opportunity to display their strength
in a. arrogant and exssperalinR man-
ner as IL was ever displayed in the paltny
DAYS OF the slave power. Not since the
yictors and the vauquished marched
away, these toward the North and those
toward the South, from the last battle
Geld Of the Rebellion; not since the
Iass battle flag WAS fnTled, and the last
cannon rumbled away into. the obsonr'
ity Of the past, have the North and the
South stood arrayed against each other
a. they did ia the Senate last week.
Even party lines were gone, and the
Democrats Of the North were voting
With the Republicans The situation
was surprise. and 1t remains uaae-
counted for.
The Democrats have assured Us that
ssctionAiism Ia dead. Is the South
seeking 10 Feyivs II Or was IL ever
really dead II the vote on the Mica
raglan treaty il an indication Of the
policy u the South. the prophecies Of
the most radical Republican leaders
Sill have been fulfilled, and the una
lisned bloody shirt will stand in future
ss the symbol Of n prophecy that was
neglected 30 the sorrow OF the people.
On the hFsi question Of National inn
post.sse coming before the newly " re-
united" States, the Southern Leaders
stand alone in opposition 10 the mani
fest intaresta Of the Union. 10 the man
lfeat destiny Of America. II ,his is to
DO the struggle OF the future the sooner
u be known the better. Let the people
know the Issue which they must face,
and Ia four years the Democracy will
be hurled back into the eAasm Of de-
feat II sscsionalism Is 10 be the key.
note Of oas future. the South viii
not be on top. The North
has made every concession.
has besn willing TO do anything 10 re.
stora tho old feeling OF union. II now
the Sonth stands anrecoasiled, deter
mined 10 bar National progress. deter
mined 70 defeat National policy. the
consequences will not l.e on the head Of
the Nsgth-Eos on the head Of the Re
pahlaean party, Let the past be for
gotten let a. have = re united Union.
Bat II We cannot have tho Union. IL
will be- the North thai vill represent
the Nation and II thu Democracy Of
the socth plaocs itself in opposition 10
National proRress. il gill be aroand 10
powdsr. The South Is an trial. and 10
the action q the Soathern senators in
eieaiss ias peliey. ii il soand 10 be con-
danned.
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