The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-01-28
The CHILEAN Difficulty.

against toes who nave always shown them
selves as mercile>s as Sioux OF ApacheS.
President Harrison has seen the horrors
of War on many bloody Southern battle
field. 50 has Secretary Tracy. Neither
At these gentlemen stand i'll need of any
further enlightenment a. to the desirable
ity ot peace Boston journal.
The general sentiment of the country
during he CHILEAN difficulty has been just
what ield be expected. The very few
Who vauted wal at ANY price We're offset
by lose WHO wanted peace even at the
cost t national dishunor. The great mass
of the people showed their Amelicanisln.
irrespective of party OF geographical lines.
The Democrats in Congress have been in
fun sympathy and accord with the Repub-
lican Administration. The Democratic
press has stood for once on the same
plane OF patriotism as the Republican
press. For example, the New York SUI.
comes to the defence of the Admnistra-
ton from Mugwump attacks. and declares
that the work of the Navy Department
and of the War Department during the
past six weeks is a marvel of admnistra-
tive energy and patriotic vigilance Con-
sider two propositions. says the Sun:
If war is averted and the Government
OF Chill makes proper PREPARATION for the
Valparaiso outrage it will be for no other
reason than because we We're ready.
If war came, and in spite of the warning
events Of the past three months this coun-
try We're not prepared to the best of its
ability for the conflict. the men whom the
NON Americans are now critcising for do
inc their duty would deserve to be inn
peached. They would deserve 10 be hang
ed.
Go ahead, servants Of the people. You
are right. your work ccunts for peace.
and the country is with you.
The MugWlmp j. simply bastard Eng
lishnlan. vino exercises the rights of Ameri-
can citizenship with which he is invested
to the injury of the country which gave
linn birth He would rather have every
officer and man in our navy stabbed in the
back by Gillian cut-throats than that Eng
land should suffer in her trade and com
merce. He has no regard tor the flag: i'll
deed the leading MugWump organ in New
England said the other day that it was
nothing but bits OF culored CLOTH and en-
titled to no reverence whatever He hates
Secretary Blaine with the unreason of a
mad dog. because Mr.. Blaine is first last
and all the time an American. With this
small class affiliate q few foreign born
citizens, of whom Charles A. Dana has
just said that they ought to lie taken out
and Shot into an ash barrel and have their
naturalization papers taken from them.
Fortunately the Mugwump tribe is limit
ed in numbers. and in the event of for
eign war it would speedily become extinct
1t could not exist in the vitalizcd atmos-
pher" Of American patliotiSm Our for
eign- t"iln citizens as a rule are Jealous
Americans. Minister Egan. who is spec
tally commended 10y the President for his
cour>, in hill. is conspicuous example.
FROM the South. and from the Southern
men ii Congress. Lave come abundant
proofs that on Til. question there is no
geographical division. This spirit OF their
former foes is fully recognized by the
men 81 the North. At recent reunion
ii The veterans OF one I'll Boston ; crack
regiments, one OF the atter-dnnel speakers
graphically described Cen Pickett 5 fam
Gus charge at Gettysburg: lit was as
gallant a charge as ever took place. the
speaker said. But these Southerners
are the same as we are now-American
citizens, and if we had row with Chilli
they would 90 down there as soon as any
of us would 1t is believed that the
South would like an opportunity to prove
its loyalty to the Union, and no class of
people know more about the fighting
qualities of men Of the South than the
veterans of the North.
Some no doubt have been misled bv
sensational and untruthful publications in
the newspapers. Others have deliberately
misrepresented the question that they
might reflect upon the President and his
associates. 1t is not, as has been assert
ed, question whether sixty three mil
lions of people should go to war against
two millions of people. 1t is not a CUES
ton Of insult solely. 1t is. as concisely
stated by a gentleman writing to the Bos-
ton Herald: May citizen of the United
States of America be protected in life.
rights and property while travelling or re-
siding in foreign lands, wearing the Unit
ed States uniform by the strong arm OF
our government If Chill is permitted
TO murder men wearing the uniform of the
United States Navy, without remonstranct
or redress what security would an Ameri-
can citizen have in visiting for business OF
pleasure any of the countries in Contra
or South America, or for that matter any
OF the semi-civilized countries of the
globe? If such things as this are tamel,
submitted to, we might as well disbanc
the remnant of our army and scuttle oul
war ships, and then if any of our people
wanted to travel abroad they could seek
the protection of the British flag Why
do not the Anglo Americans, who wor-
ship even the London fogs, find some
thing to admire in the fact that Great
Britain extends a protecting hand over
her subjects even to the four corners OF
the globe. No matter how powerful on