The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-27
WAR TALK.


1t Is easy to talk war When President
LINCOLN issued his proclamation for 10000
troops, to ''hold, occupy and possess the
forts and military points threatened by
the Confederates, the country flew to arms,
and by many it was predicted the rebellion
would be crushed in sixty days. Chill is
little nation CT not more than 8, 900, 600 peo-
pie who are not to be compared with the
warm blooded and impetuous southerners;
except, possibly in courage. But the
Chiiians are willy, logged and stubborn,
and the country has some natural advant-
ages for defense. Ashore they could be
readily whipped by the superior numbers
the United States might send against them,
and once it is established that on grounds
OF national honor they deserve trouncing
by our government, they would eventually
get it to their hearts content. But it is
worth while, when considering war, to de-
llberate little over its consequences.
1t would not be considered prudent, in
directing a naval and military expedition
upon nation so different in climate and
hygienic conditions from our own as Chill,
to transport a minimum force of less, say,
than 100, 600. Even in the war with Mexico,
the entailments by reason of sickness,
more or less fatal, were quite as melan-
choly in effect as the havoc of hostile con-
| tiict Adequate transportation could not
be had on the Pacific coast, and this would
render necessary a protracted voyage by
crowded fleets around Cape Horn. The
cost of new transports and completion of
the naval armament with equipments, ETC.,
would be enormous. OF course another
pension list would result on one hand and
an army of enriched contractors on an
other All this, Independent of the ques-
ton of the legacy of widows and orphans.
Is the game worth the candlea With
Chill whipped, humiliated-a young repub-
lie struggling through the ignorance OF
passions and conflicts in the past RELOCATED
TO condition chaotic and semi barbarous
what prestige, what glory in that for
the land of the free and the home of the
bravem What high enterprise for the
hope and exemplar of the world!
Chilli has withdrawn the impudent ano
inconsiderate circular in which her excit'
able secretary of foreign affairs denounced
J
lister EGAN as untrue, and almost detet
the threats Of the administration, passed
, upon them. 1t is not clear by any means
that NJ ATLAS Arrangement of SCHLEY ant
EGAN was in accordance with the fact
respecting the Valparaiso note; but it
tone towards the Washington au
thorities was inexcusable in such
correspondence. But this, as ha
< been stated, IS withdrawn, together will
the request for EGAS's recall. The with
: drawal implies regret, il not apology. An
I this being the case nothing remains q
cause of contention, except the alleged IN
warranted attack On the sailors of tn
4 Baltimore, which resulted in the riots
O For this occurrence, and the casualties t
the American sailors, Chilli has alread
expressed its deep regret. That countr
. has, however, maintained ana still main
. tains that a thorough investigation show
;, the whole affair to have been drunke
brawl, unprecedented, and embracing
gang of low characters, neither side, i
}, any proper sense, representing the cour
C tries they belong to-
Certainly with the belligerent cause
reduced TO this single question of response
g bility, the path TO peace ought to be easy
: A commission, composed of neutrals, en-
n powered with authority to take testimon
on both sides aad view all the circuu
stances with the understanding that bot
" the United States and Chilli would acceI
n the conclusions reached, would settle th
J. whole business fairly, honorably an
amicably.
Suppose Chill should take the groun
lie that, conscious of having violated no inter
E. national law or custom, no principle {
lie hospitality, no obligation belonging to tt
ties of friendly intercourse with til
United States, aud after a full and fair in
e vestigation of the Valparaiso affair Sd
N finds she cannot Justly be held accountab
ot suppose Chilli should do that and declir
TO apologize. Suppose further that our go'
eminent, standing on the reports Of SCHLE
and EGAN, should send great expedite
Is to Chilli and begin operations by lombard
at ing Valparaiso. Now still further suppos
le that at this very iuncture, after tt
III firing of one bombshell into the city, Il
Gillian flag were lowered and all resis
ancs stopped, that country declaring tina
lie yielding to superior force it acceded to OIL
to demands for apology and reparation-wh
g pitiful and ridiculous termination to Il
Is war that would be And that is probab
n just how it would result. It. would be four
that after all the preparation, all the e
penditure all the turmoil timed to pre-:
ad Dental canvass the wonderful feat of arm
90 would place our nation at precisely Il
is point where it started, as the right al
ds wrong of the quarrel would be at the Ell
r. as it was in the beginning.
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