The record-union., 1892-02-09
UNAAIERICANISM NOT INDEPEND-
ENCE.

There is hope for the New York Times
that it will not always on all occasions
and all accounts be as was the Irish i'm
migrant, ''forninst the Government" 1t
! is found in its issue of January 9th
sharply rebuking Mr.. Breckenridge of
Kentucky for introducing his resolution
demanding that further information be
sent to Congress by the President rela-
| tive to the reply of Chile to the American
ultimatum. In supporting that resolu-
| ton Mr.. Breckenridge said: ''It is not
unfair to presume that he 1.-THE President
| had either received an intimation of what
the answer would be, and that if he has
had that intimation we ought to know
what he has received"
This gives the Times the opportunity to
say and say it with vigor:
! 1t is not only ''unfair'' to spresume" that
| the President has been guilty of dishonorabe
concealment in his communications to Con-
gress, but it is disgraceful. A resolution so
dlscourteous and improper should not have
| been introduced on mere preSum ptionS, eS-
| pecially as the President had specifically de-
! clared in closing his message: II have as vet
| received no reply to our note of the 21st inst,
4 but In my opinion ought not to delay longer
| to bring these matters to the attention of
| Congress"
In the same article the Times COM
| mends the action of the President as pa
tient and dignified, and it adds that the
American nation must always decide for
itself whether an affair constitutes an
affront to the flag and to national dignity;
that the apology by Chile is not, as the
London press insist, ''a sacrifice of dig
nifty necessary to satisfy more powerful
neighbor. NO" eXclaims our New
York contemporary, "Chlle's dignity
was sacrificed on October 10th and De-
cember 11th." And still further on the
Times says: ''The almost uniformly un-
friendly and sneering tone of the English
press comments on the Presidents mes
sage furnish very strong evidence of the
justice and propriety of the course we
have taken.n
These expressions from journal that
has no love for the Administration and
that has made its chronic state of opposi-
ton take on the nature of un-American-
ism, surprises and gratifes US. The REC
oRD-UNIoN is likewise an independent
journal, free from party trammels, and
not hesitating to criticise one administra-
ton as sharply as another when error
presents, but it should feel very deeply
any charge of un-Americanism.
The New York EUening Post might
take an lesson from the example of the
| Times, since the former journal finds the
Presidents message 'more betting a
| lawyers harangue before a jury than
| judicial statement" The same paper
prefers the testimony taken at Valpa-
raiso in a secret tribunal to any other
evidence, and throughout the whole Chill
can trouble has had nothing but sneers
and ridicule for the American Govern
ment in the steps it took to vindicate ma
| tional honor and resent the assault put
upon the uniform of the navy. A paper
that deliberately stigmatlzes the Presi-
dents recent message san insult to Chile
AN Indianapolis brief in suit for dam
ages" permits its dislike of an Admin
istration to smother its pride in the coun-
try and its regard for the honor of its Ma
ton. AS the Times and the Post have so
long been working in the same harness
in relentless opposition to everything
done at Washington since the retiracy of
Mr.. Cleveland, the divergence of one
ofthem from the beaten path is decidedly
refreshing and noteworthy incident