The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-12
ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES.

Either the state department has not sue
ceeded in impressing upon Italy the repub-
lican character of the United States, or
else it has deliberately attempted to de-
ceive that country in regard to the power
OF the administration over American legis-
lation, in the direction of Capitalization. In
the associated press dispatches of yester-
| day were the two following:
LONDON. Dec. 10-The Chronicles CORE
| spondent in Rome asserts that the Ulited
States government has given the Italian gov
eminent a semi official prom Use to SO modify
the American Constitution to sure the
most absolute protection to foreigners. Upon
this promise the Italian government intimates
Its Willingness to regard the New Orleans dis
pute as closed.
ROME Dec. 1o-In the Chamber to-day. re-
plying to question on Italy's relations with
the United States Premier RUDINI said he had
taken note of the friendly expressions in Presi-
dent HARRIsoNs message and felt confident
that the questions at issue between the coun-
tries woold soon be settled.
The friendly expressions" which lead
RUDINI to expect speedy settlement are
doubtless found in the recommendation to
make offenses against the treaty rights of
resident foreigners trlable in the federal
courts, and In the subjoined extraordinary
ass umption by MIR. HARRISON;
1t seems TO me to follow in this state of law,
that the officers of the state charged with the
police and judicial powers in such cases must
IN the consideration of international questions
growing out of such incidents, be regarded in
such sense as federal agents as to make this
government answerable Tor their acts in cases
where 1t would be answerable if the United
States had urged its constitutional power to de-
fine and punish crimes against treaty rights.
The notion here advanced is the one the
Abolitionists resisted relative to the e1ecu-
lion OF the fugitive slave law by states into
which slaves escaped, and for whom
acquisitions were issued by the governors
OF the states whence escapes were made
except that the fugitive slave
law was claimed by its friends to be in d.
rect pursuance Of the constitution, view
upheld by the supreme court in the DRIED
SCOTT case. 1t is, however, a new view
that the constabulsry of state is to be
viewed as an agent of the general govern
ment in the enforcement Of treaty stipula-
tons for the protection of foreigners al
legged to be violators of state laws. Mel
Their is that the view taken by MIR. BLAINE,
in his reply to the demands of the Italian
! government for the speedy trial and pun
ishment of the participators in the New
Orleans mob's murderous raid upon the
'Maia' prisoners.
| Since the civil war the tendency Of
federal administrations, and especially the
department. OF state, has been gradual
assumption of the language and methods
OF personal government. The diplomatic
correspondence has, on this point, been
that the monarchies, themselves accus-
/ toned to the idea of absolute control CEN
! tered in the executive head, should readily
( fall into the idea that Republican Presi-
dent represents the law and treaty
making power. To US at home it
seems absurd and ridiculous that it
should be believed by foreign min
! correspondent of a London newspaper,
that 1.-The United States government has
| given the Italian government q semi Of
fetal promise to so modify the American
constitution as to ensure the most absolute
| protection to foreigners But the ma
iestic and imposing language of our
PRIMER" department in its notes. and
"memoranda'' is well calculated to i'm
press foreign secretaries with the stilted
puisssnce of the President, and to hide the
! important fact that in this country the
people rule, and centralized government
| has not yet met their sanction.