News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-01-28
The Presidents Message.

President Harrison sent message
to Congress Monday, in which he
laid before that body all the docu-
ments regarding the Gillian affair.
He advocated peace, but urged
strongly the Importance of maintain
ing our dignity; our flag and the
navy uniform had been insulted and
Chill must make the amende honora
BILE, or take the consequence. The
message was attentively listened to
and at its close received hearty ap-
plause. The Boston Journal speaks
thus editorially regarding it:
"The message of President Harri-
son upon the Gillian complications
is calm, temperate, judicious and
firm. 1t does not breathe any OF
that spirit of belligerency which the
enemies of the Administration have
imputed to the President, but it is
/ equally far from embOdying the idea
| that the Government owes no pro-
| lection to it's citizens abroad, and
that the American flag has no claim
TO the respect of foreigners. To a
! large extent the message is hlstorl-
cal. 1t sets before Congress and the
people a succinct statement of affairs
relating to the questions at issue.
| Taken in connection with the accom-
| panying correspondence, it shows
that the course OF Minister Egan has
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approval of the Government; that
! the assault upon the sailors OF the
! Baltimore was unprovoked, and oc-
casioned, not by any drlinquencles
of conduct on their part, but by the
hostility TO the uniform which they
wore; that the replies of the Gillian
/ Government to the rGmOnstrances
and representations of our own have
been Unsatisfactory and Insulting;
t4hat tte@Chilian Foreign Office. in
/ formal circular letter, accused our
naval officers, and the Executive it
self, of deliberate falsehood; and
that, up to the present time, there
| has been no apology, no offer OF
PREPARATION and DO withdrawal of the
/ offensive expressions.
These are the facts which have
caused the p dsident to renew the de-
mand for apology and reparatIon for
/ the Valparaiso outrage, and to notify
/ the Chllian Government that he Will
terminate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. unless
the insulting note is withdrawn and
an apology made as public as the OF
| fence has been The responsibility
now rests with Congress. The Presi-
dent has done all that lies within his
power, and has communicated the
facts. We believe that the verdict
upon his course, irrespective OF par
ty, will De one of warm approval.
With the exception of handful OF
denationaiizpd Americans, who can
see nothing in the American flag save
pieces OF textile fabrics of three col
ors, the American people will sustain
the demand which the President has
made for apology and redress, and
will approve the use of whatever
means may toe necessary to enforce
these demands The Americans are
ii peace-loving people. but they do
not love peace so we'll as to be Wiling
to buy it at the cost of the national
honor and the security OF American
citizens. Our ambitions are all OF
peaceful kind. We have no designs
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at the expense OF
our neighbors, but if we could take
without resent ment such affrontS as
Chill has offered US, We might as well
90 out OF business as IA nation, and
American citizens abroad should
seek the protection Of some other
flag than ours.