Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
Singular Conduct of Harrison.
NO SECURITY OF PEACE UNDER THIS
ADMINISTRATION.

Singular Conduct of Harrison.
NO SECURITY OF PEACE UNDER THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
The people of the United States may
consider themselves fortunate il they
escape being involved in war during
Harrson's administration, for he seems
determined to bring about that result
if he can Blaine has been recognized
as a dangerous man to have at the
head of the government or even at the
head of the State Department, because
of his well-known jingoism, but Harri-
son seems determined to out-jingo
Jingo-Blaine 1t seems that nothing
less than war will satisfy him.
The difference in the conduct of this
administration with reference to Italy
and Chill is most marked, and as in
consistent as possible, and fOrcibly il
Illustrates the truth taught in the fable
of the gored ox-that it makes all the
difference in the world as to whose OK
is gOred.
In the case of Italy. ours was the
nation charged with being guilty of Of
fence, and in that case our government
properly took the position, and stOutly
maintained it, that it would not be hU7-
ried at the demand of Italy, but would
take its own time to determine for it.
self the extent of its responsibility foI
the murder of the Italians in New Or
leans, and, in that affair, the Italians
had case against us a thousand times
Chill, for her citizens, after having
been tried and acquitted IN our ooOn
court, were taken from prison AND
murdered, and we have not settled the
question of reparation to this day
taking our own time and a very long
time. But with Chill, just coming out
of revolution, with it's government in
a state of transition, and before its
courts have finally considered the
question of the guilt and innocence OF
the parties involved in a drunken row,
Harrison sends his Ultim0tum with
peremptory demands, and, without
giving the CHILEAN authorities time tC
reply, hurries his Message into Con
gress; would not wait a day. If he had
waited a day, he would have had the
reply, which was promptly sent, and
was in Washington city the day after
the Message was sent to Congress
Why this unnecessary haste in trying
to infiame the war spirit of our people
Was it patriotism, or was it to advance
his prospects for denomination and re
election? If the latter, as most proba
bic, it was failure, for it will prove
a boomerang" and should, and, il
anything could, would prevent moi
only his reelection, but his renOmina
ton, for it has placed him in not only
an unjustifiable. but ridiculous atti
tude.
What must add poignancy to hi
feelings is the fact that it was all of hi
own act, for he welded goose that he
was-the goose-quill which inflicted
the blow.
$50 the struck eagle stretched upon the plain
No more through rolling clouds to soar again
View'd his own feather on the fatal dart,
And winged the shaft that quivered in hi
heart,
Keen were his pangs, but keener for to feel
He nursed the pinon which impell'd Thu
steel"
If it only affected him individually i
would be a matter of small cOnse
uuence, but it has Inundated us as {
nation, as it puts us in the attitude o
acting the bully over weak, but brave
people, demanding of it what We were
unwilling to accord to another wheI
similar demands, with much more rea
son, were made upon US. We can con
cieve of nothing that could affect SC
seriously our character as strong an(
brave and patriotic people.
We are not safe so long as the pres
ent administration shall be in power
for it viii be industriously seeking pre-
texts for difficulty, and will yet pro
woke Chill or some other government
into declared and open hOstilities
With any other administration, peace
with Chill would be now assured; bu
not so with this. If that brave anC
proud people can be goaded to despe
ration, this administration will do it
In fact, but for the conduct of the rep
resentative of this administration il
Chilli in putting our government in an
tagonism to that of Chill, there would
have been no trouble whatever. I'm
less our people wish to be involved il
q useless and criminal and expensive
war, they should get rid of the present
bullying, bellicose, and jingo admins
tratiOn as soon as possible.
The imperative command of the peo
pie should be-"Harrison and Blaine
to the rear