The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-15

Pacific thrObbing beneath in measured
Swells like the beating Of human heart
10 properly appreciate these things, you
should have occupied another reclining
chair beside US on the upper deck. Then
you would have seen Aconcagua, that sub
finest peak OF the Andes unveiled for once
IN all his majesty, standing apparently in
the centre of the snow covered Cordillera
that stretches north and south as far as the
eye can reach, but towering three times
higher than his fellow peaks. You would
have noted how purple banks Of clouds lay
piled all along on top of the range, while
AconcagTa rose clean and clear above the
clouds, separated and solitary. When the
sun finally dipped into the dark ocean you
would have seen the jet black of unlit lower
peaks in splendid contrast with the rosy
amethyst ST the upper heights, which paved
with gold the Watery path we were to plow
and threw strange irrtdescent light upon
sky and shore and the gray shipping in the
harbor.
Notwithstanding the beauty Of this cele-
brated port, its surrounding hills and cres-
cent-shaped bay crowded with vessels from
all parts of the world, we were delighted to
1
ant rebellion the cities of Chile are neither
safe nor desirable places Of abode for Amer
leans. Though there is absolutely no cause
for it,
TIE ILL-FEELINGs TOWARD OUR COUNTRY
MEN GROW
in bitterness every day-so much that the
most lnotfenslye American residents are
subjected to q thousand annoyances. and [
am afraid that the tune is not far distant
when their lives and property will be i'm
perlied. American ladies of the highest
responsibility, passing quietly along the
streets, are not only subjected to covert
sneers, but openly hooted by the rabble as
''gringas" and sometimes insulted in less
bearable terms. Arrests on the most triy-
lal pretexts are frequent, and when once an
American gets into Chilian prison, though
innocent as babe unborn, he stands no
sort OF chance for clemency or Justice As
before remarked, there is no reason under
heaven for all this. Its instigators are in
terested EnglishInen who arc using eve1v
endeavor TO drive Americans out of the
country, that there may be no interference
with the rich hauls they have long been
making here. One incontesuble proof of
this may be found in toe notoriously false
dispatches that are being sent from Santi-
ago and Valparaiso and published in the
London Times, and the absurd rawlings
against the United States in It's dealings
with Chile which that great journal daily
INDUCES in. The secret of its frantic par
tisanship lies in the fact that its chief own
er is Colonel North, the nitrate. king who
has made SO many millions at Iquiqui, and
Its conductors are merely doing as their
emp oyer directs. Taking those ridden
lousy untrue statements in deliberate print.
for sample. you may readil imagine how
much worse Is the private talk of these in
olvlduals who have such mighty ends 10
serve. The low class Chileno is a totally
unreasonable being, swayed in all things by
his preiudices, brim full of jealousy, hatred
and all observation-disclosures, proverbially ex-
cltable and irresponsible. Inlammatory
words dropped here and there among them
are sure to bear speedy and terrible fruit.
A mob, thus melted against Americana. is
as likely to rise up any day-or rather, with
customary brutal cowardice, on any dark
nlght-massacre the whole little colony and
burn the roofs over their heads. as they
have lately arisen to murder their country
men and wantonlV destroyed their property.
Should such q thing occur, nobody need
look to the Junta for redress for it's mem
bers are too busy grinding private axes.
and some of th6m have animosities of their
own to crafty against the land that gave
them birth. The political confusion that
might have been predicted is actively brew
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be on top-chiefiy because every one Of
ITS LEADERS AsPIREs
to the same high Office As there cannot
possibly be but one president at q time
even in this caricature of d republic, seri
Gus complications are bound to ensue. You
remember the tradition of the rival mag
pies, VINO worried one another until "All
that was left on the rail was the beak of one
of the little msgpies and another little mag
pies tall;" and 1t may yet happen that
Senior Vicuha-the legally elected president
before this unexpected and possibly TEN
porary overturning-w be called from his
place of hiding to adjust the difficulties.
The hue and cry against Minister Patrick
Egan is merely an excuse for finding fault
with the United States. Naturally the
English residents in Chile have never been
friendly toward him, on account Of his
political record before he crossed over to
America, nor are any of the Americans
here-including your Observation-Disclosures
ly fond of him; but that is no excuse for
countenanciug the llss that are promulgat-
ed about him. He has not been ''insolentn
as is so often alleged, nor Extensively parti-
san, nor dilatorY in the discharge of official
business. His only crime in Chile is that he
has endeavored, as in duty bound-though
generally without successful protect
American interests against English and
Gillian animosity. A pretty diplomat in
deed, he would have been who had espoused
the cause of the rebellion, which nobody
thought would win, against the regular gov
eminent with which he had been sent to
deal. When the rebellion became itself the
recognized government of Chile, whether
right or wrong, the business of foreign
diplomats was then with the new regime
but not before. The demand for Mr.. Egan's
recall is but another expression of Junta
arrogance. To accede to it would be an
u1dignified back on the part OF the
United States and would have no effect to
wards sweetening existing bitterness. It
looks more probable just now that events
may arise in the near future which will
compel Uncle Samuel to teach this bantam
power salutary lesson. To return to our
journey. Like
THE NOTORIOUS CAPTAIN KIDD,
we sailed and we sailed, always due south
ward. A day and night of it brought US