The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-02-04
OR FIGHT,
THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN
INSULTED

THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN
INSULTED.
President IIarrison's Message to Congress
Dcprecating the Attack on Our Sailors
Minister Egan Uplleld-Kepara.ion and
Apology Demanded. 1850 -..,..--., a..
Uncle Sans Demands.
Chit must apologize or hght. Thai Is In
brief the declaration of President Harr: N
whose DsprCHised message, with ihe mass
OF correspondence bearing upon the issues in
vClved, has becn submitted to Ccngress The
ultimatun., which was lnasie- public, Ioints dis
tfnctly to resort TO arms unIass an apology 8
for hcon,ing. The capitul now rings with talk
Of bloody war. EattLs Oh The seas and iloody
conflic on lillian soil arc thought to he c!o Q
the just chastisein ut OF the South American
bantam that Tor months past has dared to zap
its wfGgs iu the face OF yoar folbsarins Uncle
Sam.
|. Speaker Crisp called tho House to order,
struck the desk and the business of the be-
gan with the usual prayer from he blind chap
srAference tp theIh In the expect tton of list n.
ing to lhe lillian correspondence and tho
residents message larse crowd GlL the
Private Secretary rrufien with q lar ;e buntils
under his arm pushed the doors aside and en-
tered the House: Speaker Crisp at ence tus:
bills acd noidei to the President piiya:e Sec
retary. The latter .naae tie nsuai ANNOUNCE
h.nt that he bore n mess a se Of the. President.
and handed the arlnfEl, consisting of the nes-
sage aid correspondence, to the tsOofkeeper,
who carried the hoavy load to the Speaker The
ba.hble of tongues, " hich hal been loud nS b
! drown the voice of the clerk, 7cca ell. A hush
1eil upon the House. and amid Il stiffness which
could not have been greater haa tho hi. cham
ber been empty, th, clerk began to real. line
reading OF the precious document, printed u
pamphlet forln was listened t. with rapt 1t
tcntion. .
TIE MI:ssAG SUBMITTED.
To the SecGte and House OF Ropresen atIvss:
HI my SJsAual nc ssa.,c. del streito CLngfes5
at the begin pll!ng Ct the out sessi IL, tte:
brief statement OF tss- lasts tlen in the pos.
In the reefs If VairAraiso, chill, upjn the
sailors OF the United htaics steamship .Rnl l.
more On the evening Of the l6th Of Oct ,ber Ia st,
sail:
~Ihis Government is now ay aitjng the 'rss lit
OF IN s.nyestiga tor hisl. has!een conduct.
ported unct!icially that the inyesti,ntien IS
about completed. and it is expected that the
result viii DO communicated TO this Gx;yIr
ment, together with some adequate and salts.
/ tentioE of Chrh was called TO This iEciIeLt. Ii
/ these just.-eApactations should bc tjsa,p pniut-
ed or further C!ess &c lay intery. Les. VIII
! by a special message, bring this ma;tef asain
to the att ntlon OF Congress tor such action =
/ may be necessary.
| In my Cpini II the time has now come when
| should lay before tho Congress and the country
/ tn; coIresponLei CO Dtwrea this Government
! and tbs Government OF hill, from the time OF
the t possession % OF the Executive % Dt,part. It
| n,ent relating 70 this matter. The dfrls
| matte cores spoil .nce is herewith ..trans
/ mitsed, together With some sorresppnd
ence between the naval officers fer tht
| time in command in milan waters and MI
| taken ut the Mare Island Navy Yard sine. The
| arrival OF the Baltimore ut ean francisco.
co Ept deem 1t nocessaryjn in this conlinupica aiol
| TO attempt any full analysis of the correspond
| ence or ot the evidence A brief restRtenent o
| the International questions involved aad OF h,
reas2ns= Why .iAe responses of the Chl,iai
| Cove nucnt are unsatisfactory is al that
/ deem necessary
1t may be web nt the Outset 70 sa ythat what
| ever may have been SAID i'll this country or j
| Chilli in cfi.iuisna OF MIR. Esan. Minister a
! Santiago t1c true history Of tins exciting pc
riod in Chl!aN :.tfairs from the outbreak OF tn:
| revolution until this time, ,siscoses no act OF
! the part OF Egan unworthy of his position o.
| that could justly te Tho occasion OF serious an
| imadversons or critic SIN. He has, think. or
the whole. borne him: elf, in very trying ei,c cum
7ftanees with dignity, discretion and courage
ability. courtesy ard fairness,
icfs worth wniie also ns-tAc ae,nuing to. sa,
that the tight Of Mr. Esanto siYe shelter in III.
legatio n 10 certain adLereEts OF the Balm iteli
! Government, Who arpi II to him for asylum
has not been deniea by the Chili-sn authorities
! nor has any de and been u.afe foc the sur, en-
L
need of III yluin Is shown 10y Mr.. Egan note o
| Auens "a, 1>9l. describing the disord,rs thu
Irs,a;isd in in snn,i.so a.. and hy the evidence Q
hat rovaitu ut Valparaiso: The corr.
spondence discioses. however, that tie requ, s
! OF Mr. Esan for q sue condacs from the CO Z
try in J elalt OF tbGse refugees. denied
| The precetents cite by him il the correspond
ence, particularly the ca OF tha r voluti 3n il
Peru In 1865, ti 20: leave 'hc -tniisn Govern
ment in such Al posi- ion 20 d.ny the right q
asylum to poll ictl Refugees and seems yer
Clearly to support Mr.. Egaii' conteatfon that
safe conduct to neutral territory was a n ce ssar
aud acknowledged inciIsnt of the q rla!n
These refugees have very recently. wihou
formal sntc conduct. Iut ~ tho acaut
esccrce Of the lillian authorities. bee1
placed on board tho Yorktown and are now be
ing conveyed TO Calico, Pern. This iEcid, n
might he considered wholly c'oeed. but for t!I
disresiect manifested toward this Government
by the close and offensive police surveillance
the legation premises which was maintained
during most OK the periot ,f tho stay OF iii
refugees therein. Atte, the date OF nIyanrnal mes
Sage and up TO the time Of the transfer Of the re
fugees to the Yorktown, the L,satiol
premises seem to have been surround
ed By police in uniform, and polio
agents or detectives in citizens 6rass, wh'
extensively scrutinized persons entering O
leacirg the legation, ana, on one o. more oe
cas- ons, arrested nembe,s of the Mristcr'
family. Commander Evans. who by my d
rection recently visited Mr.. Egnn e. Santiago
In his telegram to the Navy DEPARTMENT. DC
scrt,ed the legation -veritable prison. an
states that the police ag. nts or detectives Were
! after his arrival, withdrawn duri!rg his stay.
sprehrs further from the note OF Mr.. Egau, G
Nov; s9 a. 1891! thai en- asn, one oeiasian
ieeisres tsis .'''s to be % known Nh; 10 1. him IA
vaded the legation premises, pounding O
its windows and using insulting aud threaten
ing language towards persons therein. hi
breach of the rptt of Munster to freedor
from police espionage and restraint ss ems I
have hecn 50 lassan that the Argentine Minis
ter VIII, was lean Of the Diplomatic Corp!
having observes. it, felt called upon TO protes
against it 70 the Chilian Minister Of foreiS
Affairs; The & Gillian ,u authorities ,.a hava
ence, charged The refugees aid the il
mates OF the legation With Insulting t.
police; Int 1t seems to me iIciedihls that me
whose lives were in ieoln.riy and whose safet
could only be secured by retirement and quie
ness should have sought to provoke n collisio
: which could end only IN their destruction or
aegravate their condition by intens Irving
popular feeling that. at one Sin,e, SO thrsatene
The leeation'as to require. Mr. Eean to appe,
to the Minis CT. of Fore ign Affairs.
! But the most serious incident di closed b
, the corresponden no is. that of g attack on Il
sailors of the Baltimore in the streets OF Va
raraiso on the 18th OF October last. N my la
{ tion then in iGy possession, said: $50 Tar as
, have vet been able to learn other explan'
fion of this bloody work has been SuEseste
(. than that 1t had its origin in hosti,t to the.
. men as sailors of III, United States wearing III
p uniform Of their Gcv' nIens and not in an
individual act or personal animoslty. z-.-.
II We nave low received IfOGl TIE tntu1ff 20
4 ennent an abstract of the conclusions
the Fiscrl General urou the testimony take
r by The judge OF Crimes ia al investigate
which was made to extend ever near
thtee mon.hs. very much resret to
compelled TO say ihas this report does L
enable me to lily the. conclusion a
G Douncaf in my annual message. ] n
u stiN Of the opinion that our sailo
, s.were ed, beatsni sta5b d and KILLED, II
@ for anything theSOr any one OF them had don
o I but for what ,ha Government Of the Unit
o states ka1 done Or was charged with havil
@ DONE by its civil officers .eni naval comman
q ers. II that be the rue aspect of the casc. Il
~ injury was to the Government OF the Uni Il
q Stat q rs not to these POOR sailors who We're a
= saultci in Q maonar SO brutal md 30 cowsrttl
3 Before attempting to give an oatline of I'll
facts npon which this conclusion reefs, l. thil
it right to say a word or two upon the les
!, aspect Of the case. ;.