Show THE STANTON BLUNDER from dispatches to democratic papers it would appear that admiral stanton is not altogether to blame for his action in saluting the rebel mello at A washington dispatch to a new york paper a leading champion of president cleveland reads as follows naval officers have had much instruction in international law during and since the threatened hostilities with secretary tracy gave express instructions to admiral mccann commanding the united states vessels in chilian waters to bo exceedingly careful not to do anything while the balmaceda and the were at war that could bo construed into a show of favor to either side these instructions were printed in one of secretary tracys annual reports and it is eald they were given admiral stanton for his guidance during the present brazilian revolution if that ia the case then the administration tra tion in dismissing stanton it would appear are trying to escape from the result of previous error or in giving instructions for the situations in chili and in brazil are not at all the same in respect to by this country in chili it was a war between the president and tho congress but in brazil it ia between a republican government on the one hand and a treasonable rebel on the other whose ambition eloms to be not only to overthrow the present form of republican government but to establish in its aid a monarchy in pla ceth e republic this being clear f stanton should certainty not have been instructed to show no favor to either picc but on the contrary to favor that side only which stood for the perpetuation petua tion of the Ile public of bradu if he was instructed to treat both sides alike he undoubtedly thought be was carrying sut his instructions when he saluted mellos flag as when be hon ored the flag of President peixoto |