The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-01-27

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was scarcely creditable that the Ian.
guage go severely used BY
him would have been used fl
he had believed it possible
that friendly and sufficient re.
sponse would have been made to
his dispatch of January 21st. He
may have had some intimation Of
what the answer would be, and vet
it may have been received by him
IN some secret manner which justi-
fled him in not putting it in his
message. (Applause.) War is a
last resort, and we should not be
hasty about this grave question
which confronts US. The speaker
claimed that it was our duty to
know all the facts that bear any re-
lation to this matter. Mr.. Boat
ner. of Louisiana, inquired if the
gentleman had any inform alton
OF a reliable charae ter to lead him
to the conclusion that the President
had not transmitted al the informa-
tion he had on the subject.
Mr.. Breckenridge replied that he
had inform alton from the public
prints. 1t was a proper inference
that the President knew what the
answer Of the yChilian government
would be to his dispatch of January
2lst. IF he had this informant on
We ought to know what it is. (Cries
of "vote, vote.")
Mr.. Rlount, chairman Of the
foreign affairs committee, replied
TO Alr. Breckenridge. He said that a
this time there should not be thrust
: upon this House ard the country
= by any mode of procedure, either
by resolution of inquiry Or other
, wise, any discussion Of this Chil.ar
question. He said that the mes
: Sage was before the committee or
J foreign affairs and that committr,
proposed to deal with the entire
: question fairly, honestly and pa;ri
2 otical'y. (Applause.) He sale
) there was great responsibility upor
} the House at this time. The com
t mittee would exhaust all the in
2 formation to be had from the cor
= respondence. The line of safety wa
2 the line Of deliberation. (Applause.
a We could trust ourselves as we'll to
n morrow or next week as to-day
/, He begged the House to be earnest
/, serious, calm and manful in all thi
!. matter. (Great applause.)
, Mr.. Herbert, chairman of tn
committee on naval affairs, mad
an effective speech in which h
q stated that the situation was not a
e grave today as it was yesterday
!. No one could say that the dispatc
e in the press reports from Chi
4 was correct. There were Gil
!. cumstances connected wit
n that dispatch and features on tn
: face of it which in his opinion mad
70 it doubtful that the dispatch state
" the truth. He deprecated the pa
70 sage of any resolution like that sui
IS mitted by Mr.. Breckenridge at tn
- time. Mr.. McCreary, Of Kentuck..
,r agreed with his colleague from Ke'
,r lucky. There was no necessity fe
= such resolution. The situatio
of demanded deliberation and Garrett
70 action. We were not now actin
os as partisans but as patriots. { Al
~ plause.> He thought the resolutie
~ should be referred to the eommltt'
ID on foreign affairs.
,r- After some further debate Il
n resolution, on motion Of Mr.. Bloun
it's was referred to the committee
an foreign affairs.
to The House then took up the co
IS sideration of the rules for the FIT
Second Congress, it being agre
he that seven hours time be allotted
ed the general debate; one hour for t
at representatives of the People
ad party.
oh MIR. Catchings, OF Mississippi, G
ye. planned the provisions of the repo
= af tho committee on rules. He "