The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-01-29

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i tent AID ella&iea c5 ace cog Iie.es ,ljt'otr-
f liz laissaoSioilal gifts
'phe- tcsiimoay-jJ4. ;..;staii--. ! cil.lJ y.
| Of ;hc American merchant chip he"reh :
ax, is also very graphic, ana is quoted
and commented upon by the President as
fellows:
! ii.When American sailors, even of mer-
chant ships can only secure their safety
BIZ DENYING their nationality, it must be
time to readjust our relations with the
ebvernmentthat permits such dcmonstra-
tions.
l"As TO the participation Of tic police,
the evidence of our sailors show, t!at orr
men we're struck and beaten by police OH :
/ GERS before and after arrest. and thae one,
at least was dragged. with-a lasso about his
neck hy mounted policemen. That the
death of Rigginsw the result OF a r1e
shot fired nv Il policeman Or soldicron dn-
III is shown directly by. the testimony OF
johnson in whose arms he asat lie time
and by the evidence OF Charles AanSdeh,
an American sailor not then mem hefoi
tile Baltimore's crew, who stood by, ana
s,tv the transaction. The Chilean anthor5
| tiles do not pretend to fix the responsible
| ity of this shot upon any particular person,
bat avow their enahlity to ascertain who
fired it, further than thai it WAS fred from
the crowd The character of the wound.
as described by one Of the surgeons OF the
baltimore clearly supports his oninloh
that If was made by Il rifle ball. the orlice
of!the exit being as much ms an Hlch or
an inch and quarter in width. hen hot
! the poor fellow was unconscious ana III
the arms of his comrade, who was. en-
delivering to carry him to a neighboring
drugstore for treatment
In the concluding portion OF presl---
dent Is message says: -.
/ s'lhc communications of the Chilean
coHcrnment in rclniion to this cruel and.
disasterous attack upon our meg, as will
appear from the snondence, have not
in any degree taken the form OF manly
and satisfactory expression oiregret, much
less of apology. The event was OF so serl-
Gus character that, if the injuries sui
f. Fed by our OWN men had been wholly
the result of accident in the Chilean port
the incident was grave enough to have
called for some public expression OF SYM
pnthv and regret from that local auihori--
tics. 1t is not enough to say that the al
fair was lamentnble, FOR humanity would.
require that expression, even + the beat
inc and killing of our men had been JUS
tiff b e.
lit is not enough 10 say that the Incl
dent is regretted, coupled with the state
ment that the affairs was not Of usual char
ncter in parts where foreign sailors are
accustomed to meet. 1t is net FIR gcner-
l.
Gus and sincere government to seek for
words of small or equivalent meanig in
which to convey to friendly power an
analogy for an offcnse so atrocious as this.
In cnse Of the assault by mob in New
Orleans upon the Spanish consulate in
1851. MIR. Webster wrote TO the Spanish
minister, Mr.. Calderon, that the acts com
| plained of were "disgracciul and lagrahl
breach of duty and propriety, and that
his government regrets. them as deeply
as Minister .Caldcron or his government
could possible do that these ncis have
caused the president great pain and he
| thinks proper nowledgment is due T."
hcr:mugesty's government" He invited
the Spanish consul to- return to his post.
guaranteeing protection and offered Ia
saluate the Spanish flag il The consul
SHOULD come in Il Spanish vessel.
"Snct trcutmcnt:by the. government OF
| Chill OF this assault would have been more
creditablct TO the Chilean authorities, and
much less can hardly be satisfactory to II
government that yaluos its dignity and
honor.
In speaking OF the offensive charaete r
! Of the note addressed by Mr.. Malta, 10
MIR. MONT, Chili's Minister at Washington
tile President says; p
This dispatch Was not Officially comnni-
Gated TO this government, but, rs Mr..
Montt was directed to TRANSLATE it and to
give it to the press Of this county, it
seemed to me that il could not pass with
out official notice. :
"It was not only untlipomatic, but
grossly insulting to our naval officers and
to the executive department., ~ it direct
Is imputed untruth and inslnccrity 10 the
reports of naval officers, and to official
communications made by the executive
department to congress. 1t will lie OBJ
served that ] have notified the Chilean
Fgoyernment that, unless this note is at
| once Withdrawn and an apology, as pnhlic
-as the uifcnse,. made, / will terminate
diplomatic relations. The request forthr
recall Of Mr.. Eagan, upon the ground that
he was not persona gratd, was tncompau-
led by any suggestion that touId properly
be used in support Of it,. and hinler that
The request is based upon the Official acts
of Mr.. Eagan, which have received the
approval OF this government. But, how
ever that may be, could not consent to
consider such q question until it had first
been settled whether our CORES pondence
/ with Chilli could be conducted upon bas-
lis OF mutual respect.
"In submitting these papers to con.
gress for that grave and patriotic consid-
Grafton which the questions involved de-
! mnnd, desire to say that | am Of the
opinion that the demands made at Chilli by
| this government should be adhered to and
enforce Ii the dignity as well as the
prestige and in tiuencc-of the United States
are MOTTO be wholly sacrifced we mast pro-
tect those who in foreign ports,dispay the
Hbg or wear tho colors Of this government
against insult, brutality and death, inflic,-
ed in resentment oil tile act of their gov
eminent, and not for any fauIt'of their
own. 1t has been my desire in every way
to- cultivate friendly and intimate rela-