The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-02-02
on the Gillian I'm
broglio.

/
Tuesday, Col. w. C.P. Breckenridge,
the gifted representative from the
Ashland district, offered the following
resolution, aud spoke to it, in sub
stance, as follows:
! Resolved, That the President of the
United States be respectfully re-
quested to inform the House whether
any answer has been received either
from our Minister to Chill, Patrick
Egan, Esq, or from the Government
of Chill to the dispatch sent by the
Government of the United States to
the Republic Of Chill on January 81,
and if so, from whom such answer
was received and at what time, and
that he will communicate 10 the House
all the correspondence between the
United States, its Minister TO Chill
and the Gillian Government not COM
municated to the Congress with the
message heretofore sent in.
Mr.. Breckenridge said that if the
Chairman Of hesCommittee on For
eign.Aflairs desir@ the resolution re-
ferred to the committee he would
! make no objection, but he wished to
say few words on the subject. Con-
gress had recently received a message
from the President concerning ques-
| ton of peace or war under circum-
stances which, in the nature Of the
case. must be grave, or the President
would not have sent any message at
| all. Now, it appeared possible that
the CHILEAN Government did send an
answer TO a dispatch repeated III the
message the President had sent. Cons
gress knew the fact to be that on JAM
uary 81 dispatch was sent to the
Republic of Chill. He did not now
criticise ,tbefPresident for not waiting
until an answer had been received or
until time for such an answer had
elapsed before sending the message to
4 Congress. He did not make any crit
iaism either on the haste with which
the message was sent or the language
of the message, pending consideration
| by that Republic Gifts action on the
dispatch Of January 81. as
1t must be remembered, however,
that the language of that message to
Congress could have been COMMUNE
Gated to the authorities of Chill, and
might, if no answer had been made to
the dispatch Of January 81, affect the
nature of the answer that that Gov
ernment would feel called on to make.
| Therefore, it is not too great a pre-
sumption to indulge in that a Presi-
dent of great and free people, deal
ing with free but feeble people,
would not have used such language
pending the consideration by Chill of
its answer to that dispatch. 1t was
not too great presumption to indulge
in that grave emergency like that
would have called from that Presi-
dent due consideration and ample
time if he had not had some inliina-
ton of what the answer would be.
1t was scarcely creditable that the
language-he would not say insulting,
but so severe--used by him would
have been used if he had believed that
a friendly and sufficient response
would have been made tothe dispatch
of January 81.
1t was, therefore, not impossible
that he may have had some intima-
ton of what that answer would be-
and yet that was in such an unofficial
and informal manner received by him
as to justify him i'll not putting it in
his message. Applause on Demo
cratic side. +
The power, granted alone to Con-
gress to declare war. the President ha,
put upon us. We must face it, and
so decide that, Oh the Que hand, the
dignity and honor of the American
people shall be upheld. No man ia
this House, no matter from what parry
he comes, nor from what section he
may hail, but will at all hazards pro-
tect the humblest seaman that wears
the American uniform, or guard at
whatever expense the honor and gipty
of the American people. [Grcat sp-
plause.
1t will be received by every hopSr-
able man in all the country that hon
or, the glory, the dignity Of the Re-
public, the safety and security Of its
| seamen arc safe in the handa of this