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VOL. XV. NO. 72.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. MAUCIL 27, 1871.
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FIRST EDITION
SAM D0E11MG0.
Sumner's Speech,
Pitching into the President. I
Warring Against Weakness.
AIL ABOUT 33 A 13 Z
An Unprincipled Usurper
The Babcock-Hatch Imbroglio.
XX77X3XlHATXOr7AXi LAW.
Its Gross Violations.
Sumner's Disinterestedness.
Too Old fora Controversy
But Must do his Duty.
FROM WAE I1ING TOJV.
The Grand II uith to Hear Mourner's Speech.
Washington, March 27. As early as 11
I o'clock this morning the galleries of the Seuate
were densely crowded, the occupants belns; at
tracted thither to hear Mr. Suuiuer epoak ou the
San Domingo question. Many were unable to
obtain even standing room at the doors. There
was an unusually large number of privileged
persons on the floor.
As soon as the preliminary business of the
sitting was disposed of, Mr. Sumner obtaiued
the floor, and proceeded to address the Senate
as follows:
Air. Mnm.tr'. Npeech.
Mr. President, entering again upon this dlscus
tlon 1 perform a duty which cannot no avoided. 1
wish It were otherwise, but duty is a taskmaster to
be obejed. On evidence now before the Senate, it. is
plain that the navy of the Unit! .States, tuning
under orutrs from Washington, has beeu engaged
In measures of violence ami of belilge rent Interven
tion, ocing war lihout the authority of Cougtess
An act ol war w.thout euthority or Congress is uo
common event. This is the simplest statement oX
the csce. 'J be whole business Is aggravated wheu
It Is considered that the declared object or t its vio
lence Is the acquisition ol foreign territory, being
half an island In the tJanbbeau oea; and still .fur
ther, that this violence has been employed, tlrs'r, to
prop and maintain a weak luler, himself a usurper,
upho'illiig him In power ihtt he inljiht Kelt ills ona-
A. try ; and, secondly, it has been employed to menace
P the Black Republic, of I sytl.
bucn a case cannot puss without inquiry. It is
too grave fur silence. For the saxe or the navv,
which has been the agent ; for tne sake of tip; ad
ministration under which the navy acted ; fr tie
sake oX rcnubllcan Institutions, which sutler wnou
the Great Republic makes Itself a pattern or vio
lence; and for the sake of the Republican pirty,
which cannot afford to become responsible f r suon
conduct, the case must be examined on the tacts
and the law, and also in the light X preceiteut, so
far as precedent holds its torch. hen f spent Xr
republican institutions, It is because I would not
have our great example weakeued before the world
and cur good name tarnished. And wheu I sp.iak
for the Rt-iiiib.lcan party. It Is because fr nil trie ti
glnnlng I have been the faithful Bervaut of that
nan y aud aspire to see it strong and triumphant,
lut beyonr all these considerations la the com.
mauding rule of justice, which cauuut be disobeyed
nibii juiyuiiiij.
QrESTION 8TATED.
The question which I present la very simple. It is
not whether the acqulslllju ol the Island or Han Do
mingo, In whole or part, wiita a popu.atlon foreign la
origin, language, and institutions, is desiraoie; out
wliethtr we aie justified In the means employed to
accomplish this acquisition. This question is ens-m-tlally
preliminary lu character and entirely in lepen
deut oX the main question. Ou the main question
there may be difference or opinion soma tiiiuklug
the acquisition desirable and others not desirable;
some anxious for empire, or at least a tamttirunii iu
the tioplcs, and others more anxious for a Mack He
pnblic, where the African race shall show an exam.
1 pie i X sell-government by which the whole race iu iy
f be uplifted : some thinking or gold mines, salt moun
tains, nogsneaas or sugar, nags or corfce, and lioxes
of cigars; others thinking more of what we owe to
the Airlcan race. But whatever the difference of
f. opinion eu the main question, the evidence now be
lt re us snows ioo cieany mat means nave been em
ployed which cannot be Justified. Aud this Is the
question to which I now as the attention or the
Senate.
' KEA80N FOR INTEREST IN THE QUESTION.
Here, sir. 1 venture to relate how and at what time
I became specially aroused ou this question. Tue
treaty for the annexation of the Dominican people
was pending before the Senate, and 1 was oocupiui
in considering It, asking two questions first, la it
good for us? and secondly, Is it good for them 1
The more I meditated these two questions I found
myself forgetting the former and considering tue
latter; or rather the foitner was absoro d in the
latur. Thiukli g tl our giant strength, my anxiety
Increased for the weaker prty, ana I thought more
of what was good for them than for us. Is annexa
tion good for them ? This was the Question on mv
hinlud when 1 was honored by a vlali from t.iie Assis
tant. Secretary nf Slime, tirltiiriiio' wvlr.h him a hai,ii..i
of despatches Xrom St. Domingo.
Among these were despatches from oar consular
I agent there, who signed the treaty f annexati m,
lN liom which It dlBtluctiy anpearei last tu-z, while
engaged in at lllug his country, was maintaijed in
power by the navy or the Uui'-ed States. That suc'l
as the official tepott of our consular agent, who
, signed the treaty, ;here can oo io question, aud tins
omcial report was sustained ny at I ast one othir
consular despatch. I confess now my emotion a 1
read this painful revel ifon. (.mill then 1 hid sup
posed the proceeding blameless, al hough pres pi
lat. 1 had not Imagined any such terrible aud lu
cetenslble Irregularis .
These despatches became more Important as teg.
tlniony when it apiteared that the writers were per
sonally In favor of annexation. Thus, then, It at lod
that, on the official report of our own agents we
were tngaged lu forcing upon a weak people the
sacrifice of their country. To me It was appareut
at once that the acquisition of this foreign territory
would nut be respectable or ev u lolersine, unless
by the consent oX the people there, without Xorce on
our part. 1 he tieaty was a contract, which, accord
ing to oar own witnesses, was obtained tnro'.wti a
ruler owing power to our war vessels, as such it
was beyond all question a contract obtained under
duress, and therefore void, while the duress was au
Interference with the Internal affairs of foreign
country, aud therefore contrary to that principle of
uon-intervcntlon wblch is now a rule of international
law.
As this question presented ltseir, I lost no time In
visiting the Navy Department, In order to examine
the Instructions nnder wblch our naval o Ulcer were
ar-tlug and also their repjrts. Unhanpily these In
structions aud reports were too much In harmony
wltb tbe other testimony, so that the State Depart
ment snd Navy Department each contained the
record of the deplorable proceedings, aud still they
pressed the consummation. 1 could not have be.
1 eved It, had not the evidence ben explicit. The
lory ol Pit-both s Vineyard was revived.
l.,leiice i gets violence, ami t hat In st Donlngo
lati;inl exierrted. It is wlih nations as with linll
Alilim s-oncK stepped tr, they go forward. The
haih nt naee by which the imtcpondeno of th
Black Itppuh'ic oX llayll whs ru lelv a'salietl came
r.ext. It was auotiier stnge In bciinrer-tir Interven.
ton. As these thll gs Were uurolded, 1 felt that I
c ultl l.ot hesltat.p. Here was a shocking wrong.
It must be arrest- d ; end to this end I Imv labor d
in tri.od faith. If I am earnest, It Is bee one I o.ann t
ne 8 wrong doiip wlth-ur. seeklmr to arreat It,
Emi laliy am I moved if tnn wronir he done to the
weak and humble. Then, by the eirorta or my lile
six the i (onnilssioii h.ive received from MiMe,hu
K tts. am 1 vowed do what I cn for the protec.
Hod and elevation .X the Arr can ra'-e. lr I can he p
them, I t l ; ir 1 can nave them Xrom ontra', I
n.uit And never before wai the occasion more lra
n.nn i t than io.
COhTKAtT FOR CKSPION OP THKR'TOKY MVT BE WITU
Oir I'KKMC.SCE OF SLTSKIOK FORCK.
I spi ak niy sccordii'g to unquestlonatile reaou
ami the iiiHtiucts of the human heart, wheu I ar
that a contract for the ceaalou ol territory must lie
lairai d wlthuiit t-UHplriou ol ovei awlug lorc. No
bi (i cun doubt this rule, whet lit r lor individuals or
istioiis. And where one party Is more power I ul
than another, it becomes more Imperative. I-specially
nnift It be sacred with a repu llc, for it Is
l.otti ng but the lnautlate or justioe. it Is general In
Ita app lcation; nay, mere, it is part of unlvers.,1
law, common loall municipal smieuia and to Inter
national law. Any departure Xmin this req ilre
liiclit makes ntgollatiou lor the limn iinpoxoible.
1 lain A, there can be no ce8icn of territory, ami
c-Kpi chilly no surrenderor nanonal In.lep nlo.i'.e,
eic ptas the rehultof sar, so long as hostile cm
in n hie in v itiMf. The llrst stp in ucgotiatl n
nnift be tue withdrawal of a l forse, coercive or
n.liiatory.
KXASl'I.K OF STAIN.
Here the example of Spain furnishes a bnacou
light. Yielding to an Invitation not unlike that of
l.acztotne United Mates, this ancleut monarchy
wasimlucert by Santana, fresideut of Doimuica, to
miertain the proposition of reaunexatiuu to the
(Jrew n. Heie let it be remarked that S tntaiia was
legitimate President, wlnle Baez In a usurping die
tutor. And now mark the contrast between th
ai.cn nt monarchy and our republic, pamrtil as it U
to us. Spam boasted lu olllcUl papers that lu the ant
cf leuni exui inn the Dominicans were spontaneous,
tree, Bid unauiu.ous that uo Spanlsli emissaries
wele lu the territory to imliieiico in p utpn; nor
w us there a epanlsh bottom in its waters or aSpauisii
solditr on its luno.
Xo mch boast can be made now. Ainerica i
nitibssiies re in the territory, with Cazneiu aud
abelis us leaflets, while Ameiican war vessels, in
cluding the Dictator, our most powerful moiiiior,
pinpeiiy iiaiui d lor the service, were lu the waters
with tin i.s p luted at the people to be conquered,
and American soldiers with bayonets glaiicliiif iu
the snn were on the decks of theae war vessels, lr
Lot on Hie land. The contrast Is complete. lathe
ct se til Spain the proceenlug was an a ;t of p.-aoe;
in our case it is au act ol war. The two cases are as
Vi ine uniinii r us peace ami war.
All liiuct feci the Importance of this sta'em-ut,
which, 1 have to say, is not without oillcinl aiiiho
litj. 1 now hold in my liau i tne Spanish documents
relating to the anueXHiinu of Dominica as published
t y the cortex, and w iih your permission 1 will open
these authentic paves.
Omitting particularities and coming atouce to the
precise point, 1 read Iroiu a circular by the Mpaulsli
Minister ol orelgu Atlairs, addressoil to diplomatic
uenls abroad under Hate of Aiaujuez, April ib,
lt-cl, which ueclares the proper forbearance and cau
tion ol bpain, ami establishes a precedent from
which t licit call be uo appeal :
'"i he 11 1st condition necessary autl Indlspouaable,
W liich the Oovemuient ul her Majesty requires lu
accepting the consequences ol tiuae events, Is triat
the act f n incorporation ol (St, Doinlugo wi.n the
tpubish n. i harchy sliull be the unanimous, Hpmia
neons, and explicit exprtSaiou ol the wut of the
Den miciii.s. "
Hie neap itch then proceeds to describe th ) atti
tude ol the Spanish (Joverumeui. Ami here It says
ol Hie events in Dominion:
"or have tiny been tne work oX Spanish emi
grants Vilio have penetrated the terrnory oX bU
Domingo, nor has the supelior authority of lliviiia
not the loicis ol aeaauo land a-, his disposition con-tri-ut
tl to it. Tl.e Oaplaic-Ueiierai of Oub i ls not
sepuiated lmnselt.nor could lie depart lor a tuonient,
lioui I lie pnnctples ol the (Jovti anient and l rum
the policy which it hasltillowcd wnhregard to them.
Not a bpai.ish boitom oi sol Her was on tne coa-t or
iu Ihe u irnoiy ol Ihe republic when the iar.ter oy a
nn. LUcciis ii.oveinent prodain ei us reiiuioa to
Spttiu.'' (Stsiones tie Cortes, 14 NjV., lutil, vol. 1,
Arpeiid. vi, ul num. 4, p. 7.)
It win be observed with h hat energy oX phrase the
Spanish Minister excludes all suspiciou ol f Tee ou
tne pat t i f piuu. Not only was there uo S(auis I
sh pouthe coast, but not a single "bououi." And
thin, it is a leged that tin- "hrsl condition" of rea.i
nexbttou must be "tne uuautm ms, spoir iu oih. aud
licit expicsaiou of the will ol the Domiul.-.aus."
o ton lgn li.Iim nee, no Spanish influence was to
inteifere with the popular will. But this is uotuiug
mole tl.an justice. Ai.yt dug else is wrong.
Ihe hpamsh Uovernment, not u int. nt with an
nouncing tLts Important tule in the despat.li wululi
1 have quoted, leluru to It in aiioiner similar
in siatch, dated at Madrid, 2iith M iy, luai, as fol
lows: "'the Government of the Queen, before aloptlug a
definitive resolution on this question, souuhr, to ac
quire absolute assuialice that the voles ef tile Do
ll lnicau people had been spontaneous, tree, and
ui animous. The reception or ihe proclamation of
the Cjiiccii us sovereign lu all the villages of the terrl
t. rj ol ISt. Demi1 go proves the spout.aueoiisue.ts aud
the niianiinlty of tne moveiuvut." (Ibid , p. li.)
Heie ugatu is the allegation thai the iu iveuieut
was spenianeous and unanimous, ami that the pa
ins n Uovernuient aought to acquire absoiutti assur
ance ou this essential p unt. Tins was openly re
ft Milled as the contilti. u precetleiit ; aud I cite It as
ni.aiisweiuble tt stim-jny to what was deemed essen
tial. On this absolute assurance the Ministers laid he
ft re ihe Queen iu council adecree ol r.-amiexatlou,
with an exp'unatory paper, uu ter date of 19. li .H i?
Ib6l, wheie the nnaniinity oX the Dominican people
Is ualu asserted, and-aiso the a'iseuee oX any lutlu
euce on the purl of I-pain.
'fcverj wheie was in an1 rested Jubll e and enthu
siasm wi a lUHinier unequivocal and solemn. Tue
public authorities, following the proper Impulses,
have obeyed tne seLt.ineul ol tne country, wnic'i
bus put Ita trust In them. Karely has been soeu
fui h a eniicourse, such a unat unity oX wills to real,
lae au Ptea.a comn on thoutihc And all Hi s, with
out havag on the const or M. D uniiiijoa siuiebit
ii in, nor on the teiritory a solnli r or tipuin. ' (s
kt nes de Coi tus, 14 Nov., iMil, vol. 1, append. Vi, al
num. 4, p. K)
huch ib the official record on which the decree of
leamitxhlicu was adopted, fttatk well, sir a unani
mous people, and not a single sp m il bo.toiu ou
the coast or acpanlsh uo:d er ou tne t tntoiy.
COMSAsT BETWEEN SPAIN AND TUB UNITE0 STATES.
Aid now mark the contrast between the Oil
Mi nalchy ui.il ll.e Gre.it Kcpuu In. The rcc-ut re
mm of ihe Mavy 1 epariiin nt to the Seua'e, lu r ji ly
to a resolution li.tionuced by ine, allows how tin
whole Island has beeu beleaguered by our navy, Bill
ug ft in port to port, and hugging tie laud wltu its
gui s. Here la the n turn.
1 he following are the names of the vessels wh'ch
have been in the vtsttera ol the lslaud of Sau Do.
Utirgo since the coiumeueeicent ol the negotiations
with In ininlcH. wnh their armauieuta:
' Severn 14 s-lnch ui d 1 in poundi r rin.
"Uongiess- 14 9 Inch and 2 tk pouud'r rifles.
'NaniasKet-C b2-puutiera, foU poinds; 1 60
pi under rlile.
"Kwataia 6 32 poundi r-, 4RtK) pounds; 111 lacb.
""Vsiulc l ll-im h autl 2 V-meh.
'Dictator lB li ch.
augus 2 15-imh.
1 enor-4 16-li.ch.
"Albany u lut hanl 1 A pounder rule.
Nipsic-l 11-inch aud 9o-lucb.
"fceminole l li-iuch aud 4 64-pouuders of 42UH
pounds
"Tennegsee On spir-rteck, 8 11 -Inch, S 9 Inch, 8
IW'jM uuders, and 1 6u-pouuder; on guu-deck, 10
V Inch.
'The ships now in thoae waters are, as far as Is
known to the Dt nartinei.t, the Cougresa, the Nan
tasiet, the Yantlc and the reuueBsvt)." (geuatu
x. Doc, No. 40, page S, Forty. nrst Cong, third
session.)
a welve mighty war ships, including two If not
three powerful moult' ra, maintained at the cost cf
It illioiiB of dollars, kelng part or the price of the
pending hi gotiatioii. Di sloes what we pay to Baez
here aie nillllons down. Karely have we hid sue.li a
fleet In any waters not lu the Mediterranean, not lu
Die Purine, not in the Kust I miles. It is iu the waters
r f bt. Domingo that, our navy finds us chosen field.
Iltie la its au, and here also la i s frown. And why
this ar'avT If our purpose Is peace, whv these en
gines of warT If we seek annexation by the declared
will of the people, spontaneous, free, aud uni.ni
intik.s, as was the boast of hps In, why thesn noatliig
I atteiles to overawe them? If we would do good to
tne Afihan race, why begin with violence to the
black hepublicV
lief oi e ihe ui mmlsslonera left our shores there
were already three war Bhips with powerful arms
mints lu these waters: the Conir.es, with foune. u
9-luch guns and two fiu-pouuder rules; the Nan
tasVet, with six 82 pounders, soo pounds, and one
en-poniMli-r rifle: hikI thi V antic, wit n one ll-lnch
gi'it snd two 9-Inch. Anil then came the Tennessee,
vlth two 11 inch snd two 9-ltipti guna, two imu
pounder' and one ro ponnder n Its soar deck, and
sixteen 9-inch gut n it (tun nwk, to auvmetit
t hi se forces, a'read? eipr..rH.niened to ny proper
object. The cm: mls'foturs a'e announced a minis
lets i.f I race ; nt all evenn their itsclared duty Is to
aceiiain the re d entlmentj of the popi, Why
n i d thi m In a war smp7 W hy crm the d ive in a
i at lion's n.ouih? There are pood s'eauiers a. New
ork, safe aud seaviorthv, whose iireo-uce would
lu t swell the array or war nor suhj:t lhe(;reat
I t public to the grave ImpntHlon of seeking to
sictn.pllsh Its put pose by violence.
TKAtilCAL ESO OK SPAMRII OCCtTATIOV,
If w hl e ni g. tiatlng with the Dominicans t r th"lr
ti ir t ry. and hat la more than V nitorv, their na
tl nsl life, yon will nm follow Npmlati example and
wlthtiiaw jour war-sbifs w h their flitatiinf emu
si n tin atentiig thunder, at least be tanaht b? the
tirgetly w hleh attended even this most pmpitlmil
ttmtpt. The sanie volumes oX authentic rtooti
iff inn Xrom which I have res show how, not with
standing tl.e apparent sponianeninnem, freedom,
snd unat Imlty of the Invitation, the forltetratice of
fpa n was followed by resistance where sun and
climate united with the people. An omcial report
Ifild before the Col tea describes nine in nutnd
hpnnlsli soldiers dead with dlai-ss-, while the ISpsn
lsh occupation was reduced to three towns on the
m s lioHnt, and it wa perilous for small parties 1 1
go anv distance cutslde the walls of the city of St
I I It ll'go.
The same report declares that twenty thonsand
troi ps. provided Xor a campaign of six mouths,
wrnld be required to penetrate the heart of Clbso,"
which is the very region now occupied bydeneral
( stirs), who disnutes the power or bae,. At Us
Spain sul niltteti. The spiiit or Independance pre-
ailed once more on ihelsliiid, and the proud ban
ner oX Casille, which had come In peace, ami 1 gen
eral congratulations, and with the boast ol not a
hfiaiiish bottom or Hputsh soldier near, was with
drawn. AN KNGLISH FRICKDINT.
The example oX Spain Is reinXorced by an English
precedent, where lusy be seeti.lu the light of anloirv,
ihe true rule of conduct. By a statute of the last
century, all soldiers quartered at the place of an
flection for members of Parliament were removed
H least one day before the election to the distance
of two miles or more, and though t his statute hs
I een aonifled latterly, the principle has been pre.
served. No soldier wlthiu two miles of a place of
enctioH Is allowed to go out or the" barracks or
quartets In which he Is stationed, unless to mount
(iuatd or to vote. This sateguard of elections in
vindicated by the great comment tor, Sir William
Biaekatone, w hen he says, "It Is essential to the very
til ing oX Parliament that elections should be abso
lutely iree, therefore all undue Influences upm the
lectors ate Illegal and strongly prohibited."
(Hiacl. stone, Comm., Vol. I, p. 1J8; Stephens, Comm..
Vol. II, p. 4t il.)
In accordance with this principle, as earlv as 1793,
a committee oX the other house oX Congress re
ported sKslnst the seat oX a Representative on the
grounl that United States troops were quartered
hoar the plane oX election, and were marched in a
bony lound the court-house. (Contested Blectlons,
p. 79, case oX Mr. Preston.) And now that an elec
tion is to r conr In St. Domingo, where national Inde
pendence is the question, nothing Is clearer than
that It should be, in the language of Bltckstone,
"sbsoiutely tree "and to this end all naval force
should be withdrawn at least nutll the "election" H
detei mined. Lord Coke, the great English autho
iny, tells us that election Is "when a man Is left to
Ms own free win to tane or do one thing or another
as he pleas-is." (Coke Lltr.., 144.) But the Domini
can people must be left to their own free will.
f-ElzrKE CF WAR roWEKS BY OCR GOVERNMENT.
All this Is preliminary, although pointing the way
to a just conclusion. It Is only when we enter Into
details, snd consider what as been done by our
Government, that we recognize the magnitude of
the question. In less tlin evidence supplied by the
sgei.ts of our Government Is at Xault-uuless the re
ports of thi State Department and Navy Depart
mem are illscn ditcd, irt obvious beyond doubt,
most pmn'tilly plain and Indisputable, that eur Gov
en mint has seized the war powers carerullv
guarded by the Constitution, ard without the au
Hit rlty of t ongress has employed them to trample
i n the lndt penitence and equal rights of two na
tions, coeqtiHl with onra, mil egg to carry Out this
project of territorial acquisition you begin by Betting
at dcllancc a first principle or International law.
This is no hasty or Idle allegation, nor Is It made
without liMiieasorable reiret. And the regret Is
increased by the very strength of the evidence,
w hich is strictly offletal ami beyond all question.
BAEZ, TUB UBUrtPBa
In this melancholy noH ueas the central figure Is
Km tivi uuiia Batz, unless we except President
trait, to whom some would accord the place of
toner. 1 he two have acted t ether as copartners,
I" applet, late the ease, and especially to eorap'-c-liend
the breach of public law, you must know some
thing of the foimer.and how he has been enabled
to play his part fomlnlcan by birth, with much of
SpsLlsh blood, and with a Trench education, be a
urea where these different elements are somewhat
ruriily intermixed. All his lire he has been adven
turer, conspirator, and trickster, uncertain In opin
ions, w n lioui character, without patriotism, without
ti ute, looking out Bunremely for himself, and ou any
Sine becoming to Imagined personal Interest, being
once as violent against the United states as be now
professes to be lor them.
By the li flutnce of General Santana, Baez ob
tain d his hist election as President in 1888, when,
cciitiary to a positive provlslou of the Constitution
an a I nst a second term except after the Intervention
ol au entire term, he managed by fraud and in
tr gue to obtain another lease of power. Beginning
t. us early his violations of the Constitution, be be
cuiuc au Xpert. But the people rose against him,
ai d he w sh driven to hud shelter within tne walls of
the city. He hail never beeu friendly to the United
btuti s, and at this time was especially abusive. Ills
i apitulut on soou followed, and after eleven months
ol usurped power be left for France. Santana suo
ended to the Presidency, an! under hitn, in 1861,
ti e country was reincorporated with sialn, amidst
the pri vallil g eLluliusiasm of the people.
Ai xh us to propitiate the different political chiefs,
the (pai lsh tioverunieut oirer.d Baez a Field tfar
ihal's con. mission ou condition that he suoald re
inulu lu hurope, whloh I understand he accepted,
i-or some years there was peace In Dominica, when
the ,toi le, under the lead of the patriot Cabral, rose
sguinst the Sianish power. Dunug this protracted
poled of levolutiou, while the patriotism of the
country was stltnd to its utmost depths, the Domi
nican adventurer clung to his opaniBb. commission
with us honors and emoluments, not parting with
tin m until six weeks aft r the Cortes at Madrid had
P-ncimctd tne country and ordered its evacuation,
at d t In u, in his let'er of resignation addressed to the
Queen, under date of June IB. ls, he again out.
ratted the leellngs of h s countrymen by declaring
Ms regret at the failure of annexation to Spain and
his "iet:aid for her august person and tue no ile
Ppar.lBh nation'' against whose arms they ha t been
lighting for independence. . Loung his 8,aaisti
hi uors and em luiuents, the adventurer wag at
once i l unged Into a conspirator, being always a
tncksti r, ai d from his European retreat began his
iiiai'hliihtlons lor power. Are we not told by the
pit veru that the devil has a long arm?
On tne disappearauee of the Spaulsh flag Cabral
iMCauie Protector, aud a national couvemlon was
summoned to frame a Constitution and toorgaulze
a new GovertiHnut. The people were largely in
Isvorof abral, w hen armed men, In the name of
Baez and stimulated by his emissaries, overwhelmed
the assembly with vloleuce, forcing the conspirator
lu'o power. Cabral, who seems to have been always
piuneiitard humane, anxious to avoid bloodshed,
a in! thluMi g that his considerable European resi
dence might have Improved the usurper, consented
to accept a place In the cabinet which was lnaugu
rti d December 8, lfctsa. Ill-gotten power is Bh rt
Iieett; revolution soon b gan, ami In the month of
May Bai 4 alter firs': finding asylum In the French
consulate, fled to foreign ports.
Ti e official journal of St. Domingo, El Uonitor
(June y, ik'U), now before me, shows how the Xugi.
live iy i unit was rerarded at this time. In the lead
lug at tide It Is said : .
"The administration of General Baez has fallen
uieer the weight ol a great revoluM in in which
Lgured the prmclpal notabilities oX the country. A
sptnianeous cry, wblch may be called national
in i ause It rose from the depths of the majority,
revealed the proportions of the movement, its char
actt r ai d Ps legitimacy."
Then follows in the same journal a manifesto
BiMitd by the principal Inlisbitaittaor Kan Domingo,
In which Is set forth wltb much particu'arlty the
urt units ol his overthrow, alleging that he became
1'rt a dent. Lot by the Iree and spontaneous cho'ce
o! the people, but that he was Imposed by an armed
nit venu ul; that he treated the Chief Magistracy as'
if It were hia own patrimony and monopolized
ami tig all bla kindred the lucrative post without
rcgaiu iu the r-uhllc service; that, Instead of recog.
I liig the nieilt of those who had by their sacri
fices served their country, be degraded, Imprisoned,
ai d banished them ; that, In violation of the Immu
nity Im longing to members of the Constituent
Assembly, he sent them to a most horrid
prison, aud here numerous persona are named;
that without any judicial proceedings, contrary to
ti e Ci nstltution, and In the spirit ol vengeance, he
ti u t up many deierviug meu lu obscure duugeous,
and here also ate many names ; that, since bis occu-
t atlon of the Presidency, be has held the cailtal In
constant alarm, and has established a system of
terrorism In the bosom of the national represent,
lion. All this and much more will be found In this
manifesto. Th re la also a manifesto of Cabrl, as
Hgiiing at still grester length reasons for the over
tin ow of Per a, and holding him op as the enemy of
pence and union: also a manifesto by the Trluuvi
rste, constituting the Provisional Government, de
rating his Infractions of the Constitution; also a
n anlft sto from the genetal In command at the city
i f SU Domingo, where, alter denouncing the mis
deeds of one man. it says, "thl man, this monster,
tl D sptcnlator, this tyiant la Huenvi ntura Baez."
Soou after the disappearance or Basz, Ms rival
became lawrnl President hy the direct vote of the
people, according to the reqnlreroent of the consti
tution. Different Dimmers or the official journal now
before me ci main the election ret urns in Sr-ptember,
Wsl, where the name or General Jose M.na Ca'trat
appears at. the bead of the pol.. This U memorable
as ihe nr.t time In the history of Dominh-a when a
qncuion was submitted to the direct vote of Un
people. By that direct vote Cahral became presi
dent, and peac ensued. Since then there has beun
no i lection, so that this was last as well as first.
I unrg Ms enforced exile. Bnes found Ms way to
Washington. Mr. Seward declined to see him, but
reteind Mm to me. 1 had several conversations
with Mm at my house, ills avowed object was to
obtain ansistance ol money and arms to aid hlmln
the overthrow of the existing Government. Be as
auied, Mr. President, he obtained no encourage
ment from me, although I did not hesitate to say.
as I alwaya have sani. that I hoped my country
wt uld never fall to do all possible good to Dominica,
extending to It a helping hand. It was at a later
day that onr belligerent Intervention began.
a-etn while Cabral, embarrassed by financial diffi
culties snd a dead weight of paper money, the legacy
of the fugitive rotispirstor. turned to the United
Siatea for assistance, offering a lease of the Buy
or ran ana. 1 hen spoke Haey. I mm his retreat, de
nt urclrg what he called "the sale of his country to
the United States," adopting ;t he moat Inrismina
toiy language. By bla tar-reaching and nnscropu
lons activity a hostile force wus Jorganlzed which,
with the help of fai nave, the late ruler ot Haiti
compelled the capitulation of Cabral, Febrnary 8,
IHis. A convention was appointed, not elected,
which proceeded to nominated Baea for the term
of four years, not as President, bnt as Dictator.
Declining the latter title, the triumphant conspira
tor accepted that of Gran Vxudadano or Grand Cltl
ren, with unlimited powers. At the same time Ms
enemies were driven into exile or executed. The
prisons were gorged, and the most respectable cltl
zens were bla victims. Naturally such a man would
ell bis country. Wanting money, no cared little
how it was got. Anything for money, even bis
country.
ORIOIN OF THE RCITEMK.
Cabral withdrew to the interior, keeping up a me
nace of war, while the country was Indignant with
the unscrupulous usurper, who for the second time
bad obtained power by violence. Power thus ob
tained was naturally nm ertaln. and Baez soon found
himself obliged to Invoke foreign assistance. "Help
me, Casslus, or I sink!" crlen the Grand Citizen.
European powers would not listen. None or them
wsmed his half Island not Spain, not France, not
England. None would take it. But still the Grand
Citizen cried, when at last he was relieved byau
answering voice from our Be public.
A young officer, Inexperienced In life, Ignorant of
the world, untaught in the Spaulsh language, nn.
virped In International law. knowing absolutely
nothing of the Intercourse betweeu nations, aud
unconscious of the Jonstltntlon of his country,
was selected by the President to answer the cry of
the Grind citizen. I wish that I could say some
thing better of General Baocock; but If I spike
according to the evidence, much from his own Hps,
the portraiture would be more psinrnl aotl his un
fitness more manifest. In closest association with
Baez, and with profitable c ncesslons, uot eayr to
measure, was the American Cazneau, known as dis
loyal to our country, ami so thmoughly sus
pected that the military plenipotentiary, be
loie leaving Washington, was expressly
warned against him; but like seeks like,
and he at once rushed Into the embrace of the
selfish speculator, who boasted his intimacy beyond
all Americans "with the hamana and annexation
negotiations to their close," anil w ho did uot hesl
tstt fto lnstrnct Baez that It waa uot only bis right
but outy to keep au American citizen in "prison
"to seive and protect negotiations In which our
President was Interested, whlcn he denominates
'ihe great buslnen in hand." (Hatch, Han Domingo
n-port, p. 13B, Forty-Dist Congress, second session.
No.StM.)
By the side ol Cazneau was Fattens, also a specu
lator and life long intriguer, afterwards Envoy Kt
traordlnaiy and Minister Plenipotentiary of h t,-4 Q
"the great business." Sparing details, which would
make the picture more sombre, Icome at once to
the conclusion. A treaty waa signed by which the
usurper preteuded to sell his country to the United
Ststes In consideration of i,ffli,uoo; also, anotaer
treaty lesBli.g the Bay oX Hamana Xor a.i annual
lent oX SiB0,(i00. The latter sum was paid down by
the young plenipotentiary, or $ 100,000 in cash and
150,(100 in muskets and In a battery.
No longer able to pocket the doubloons of Spain,
the usurper ought to pocket our eagles, and not
content with muskets ami a buttery to be used
against his indignant fellow -countrymen, obtained
the uavy of the United States to maintain him In
his treason. It was a plot worthy of the hardened
conspirator and his well-tried confederates.
OPEN IfiFBACTlON OF THE IKJMINICAN CONSTITCTIOM.
The case was aggravated by the open Infraction of
the Constitution of I omlulca with which it pro
cteded. By that Constitution, adopted 87th tep
Umber. I860, a copy of winch is now tx Tore me, it Is
solemnly declared that "neither ths whole nor any
part of the territory can ever be alienated," white
the Piesldcnt takes the following oath of office : "I
swear by God and the Holy Kvaugeiista to keep, aod
cs use to be kept, the Constitution and the Law of
the roni mean people, to respect their rights and to
maintain the National Independence."
Previous constitutions bad said si a ply, "no part
of the territory of the republic shall be alienated;"
bat now, aa if anticipating recent events, it was de
clared ''neither the whole nor any part,'' thus expli
citly excluding the power exercised. All this waa
set aside while the plot went on. Kven If Baea defied
the constitution of his conutry, our Government, la
dealing w ith him, could not do so. la negotiating
with another power, the great republic, which is au
example to nations, cannot be lusenslbls to the re
strictions imposed by the Constitution of the con
tracting paity, and thia duty becomes atronger
fri m the very weakness of the other aide.
Defied by the Dominican usurper, all these
n strlctlous must be sacredly regarded by us.
Than this nett ing can be clearer in Intcrua
liunal ethics; but the rule of law is like that of
ei hies. Ancient Home, speaking In the text of
ripian, savs: "Be who contracts with another
either knows or ought to know hia condition'' "yni
cum ali" cuntrahtt, rrl tut eW iff be f tune turn pjntu hh
eonditiuniH tjua; and the rule has the auUto'.uy of
Wlieatouas purtFof International law. (Wheaton,
Bements, Part III, chap. 8. sec Kti.'O Another
writer gtvea to it this practical statement, pre
cisely applicable to the presest case: "Neverthe
less, in order to make such transfer vailo, the autho
rity, whether ifs ae or tf jure, must be com
petent to llnd the Mate. Hence the necessity of
examining into and ascertaining the power of the
rulers, as the lnuLlcip.il constitutions of dlfTnrent
btatts throw many itlfficuitKa In the way of aliena
tions of their public property and particularly of
their territory. ''(Bailees, International Law, chap.
VI, sec. V.) This, according to international law, as
expounded by Americnn author Py, was th'a treaty
forbidden.
Treaties nrgotlated In violation of the Domini
can Constitution aud or international law were to
be maintained at all hazards even that last ter
rible hazard of war; nor was public law In any of
Its lorn s, constitutional or international, allowed to
stand In the way. The war powers, ui caretully
guarded in every republicau Koverument, and so
jealously defended against the one-man power, were
Instantly seized in opcu violation of the Constitu
tion t f the United States, which was as little re
garded as that of Domln ca while the law of na
tions In its most commanding principle was set at
defisnce all of which appears too plainly ou the
facts.
ALLEGATIONS IN FORMER SPEECH K0W REPEATED.
When last I bad the honor of addressing the
Fenate on this grave question, you will remember,
sir, my twofolJ allegation -first, that the usurper
Baea was malntalueu In power by our navy to ena
ble him to carry out the sale of his country; and
secondly, that further to assure this sale the neigh
bor republic of Haytl was violently menaced by an
admiral or our fleet, both acts being unquestionable
breaches ol publio law, constitutional aud Interna
tional. That these allegations were layout! ques
tion at hast by our Government I knew well at
the time, for I had the official evidence on my tattle:
but I was unaole to use It. Sluce tlieu It has
been communicated to the Senate. What I the
asserted on my own autherltv, I now present on
documentary evidence. My witnesses are the offi
cers of the Government and their official declara
tions. Let the country judge lr I was not right In
every word that 1 then employed. And still Xurther
lit the country judge IX the time has not come to
cry "halt" in this business, which already has the
front of war.
WAR.
War, sir, Is the saddest chapter of hUtory. It is
known as th last reason of tings. Alas 1 that it
should ever be the reason of a repnblio. "There
can be no such thing, mv Lords, as a I t'la war." was
theexil m at'onof the Duke or Wellington, which I
hi ard from Ms own lips, as he protested against
what to some seemed petty. Gathering all the vigor
or bis venerable form, the warrior seasoned In a
htiudrea light?, o leu out, and ail within the sound
f his voice felt the testimony. The reason is
obvious. War, whether great or little, whether on
the fields of Fran: e or the island or St Domingo, is
war, over whl h hovers not only death, but every
demon of wrath.
Nor Is war merely conflict on a chosen field ; it Is
force employttl by one nuion against another, or In
thesilairscf another, as In the direct menace to
lisyti and the Intermeddling between Baes and
Cabral. There may be war without battle. Her
cules conquered by manifest strength the moment
he sppt ared on the ground, so that his club rested
unmed. And so our navy has thus far comiuerel
without a shot : but Its presence In the waters of
lisytl and Dominica was war.
two PorRrsa of testimony.
All this will be found nnder two different heads,
rr In two dlflcrcnt Bources; first, what Is luralshe l
by the State Department, ami secondly, what Is fur
nished by the Navy Detartment. These two depart
ments are witnesses, with their agents, onfesslug
and acting. From the former we have confession:
from the latter we have acts con resslons and ats
all in harmony and supporting each other. 1 begin
with the confession.
CONFESSION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
In the strange report of the Seoretaryof 8tate,
responsive to a resolution moved by me in the Se
nate, the dependence of Bsez npon our navy Is con
fi sm iI In vat Ions forms. Nobody can read this docu
ment without noting the confession, first from the
reiuctjht Secretary, ami then from his agent.
Keferrlng to the correspondence of Batmond II.
Perry, onr consular sgeut at St, Doinmgo, who
signed the treaties, the Secretary presents a sum
mary, which, though obnoxious to just criticism,
Is a cenft ssioD. According to him the correspon
dence "lenus to show that the presence of a United
States mnn-tf- war In the port was supposed to have
a peaceful influence." (Senate Ex. Doc. No 17,
Potty-first Congress, Third Session, pane 12.) The
term "peaceful influence" Is the pleonasm of the
Secretary confessing the maintenance or Baez lu
bis usurpation.
There Is no such thing as stealing; "convey, the
wise It call;" and bo with the Secretary the main
tcnance ol a usurper by our war ships is only exert
ing "a peaceful lniluence." A discovery of the Sec
retary. But In the levity of his statement the Secre
tary forgets that a United States man-of-war has
nothing to do within a foreign jurisdiction ami
cannot exert influence there without unlawful in
tervention. Tbo Secretary alludes also to the probability of
"another revolution," cf conrse against Baez, lu
the event of the failure or the annexation plot, and
here is another confession of the dependence of the
usurper upon our navy.
But the correspondence or Mr. Perry, as com
municated to the Senate, shows more plainly than
the confession of the Secretary how completely the
usurper was maintained in power by the strong arm
of the United States.
The anx'cty of the usurper was betrayed at an
early day, even while vaunting the popular enthu
Unsm It r annexation, in a despueh dtted at
feu Domingo, January so, 1870, Mr. Perry thus re
ports :
"The Nnntaskct left this port January 1, 1870,
and we have not heard frem her since. SI e wus to
go to Peurto Plata (a port of Dominic i) and return
via Samaria Bay, falso lu Domlnlja). We need the
protection ol a man-of-war very much but antici
pate her return very soon."
Why the man-of-war was needed is easily Id ferrsd from
What is snl in the sa me despatch :
"The President tBlln nie that it is almost impossible to
prevent the people prononnoiag for annexation before t hs
proper lime. He ptefers t'i await the arrival of a United
Stales m.nnf nir before their opinion ia publicly ex
pressed." y'ul. p. K'4.
If the truth were told, the usnrper felt that itwa almost
impossible to prevent the people f rum pronouncing for his
overt lirow, and t herctore he wanted war ships
Then under dale or lebruary H, 1870, Mr. Ferry reports
again :
"Prisident Baez dally remarks that the United States
Government bss not kept its protnUes to send men-of-war
to the roast, tie seems very timid and lacks enerpry."
(Hutch, Ht. Don-iiiiso Hep p. ;l; Sennte No. 214, Forty-iirst
Congress, second si-ssion.)
The truth beotitnessiiil mire apparent in tbo despatch
of t'ebruury 10, 1S.0, nearly three tiiiiDths alter the signa
ture oil lis treaties, and while they wore still pemiinir
before th Hetiate lir it is openly ropi.rte.1 ;
"If Hie Uniloo Htutesshins were witbdrswn he (Baez)
con Id not rtobl the nous ol the Government. I have told
him this." (Senate Fx. Doc, p. 105, No. 17, Forty-lirst
I en i res, third seition )
Nothing esn bo i.l.msr. In otter words, the usurper
was maintained in power by our (runs. Kuril was the orH
rtsl ruiniiiuntcation of the very scent who had aisned the
trestles, and who was lonis-lf an ardent annexationist.
I)i'n inn nnneiution, he i'onfees tb mesne employe i to
scci.nip :n it. How the I'leudeot did not at once aban
don untinislicd treaties uiaintsin-d by violence, how tbe
rierretary ul et.te did not at once resiKii rather than ba a
p.rty to Ibis trsnaaetion, ia beyond comprehension.
Nor waa the State Department left uninformed
with rr gat d to the distribution of this naval force.
Here Is the retrt, under date of 8t. Domingo, March
19, 170, while the voting was proceeding:
4 The Severn lies at this port; the Swataraleft for
Siinana the 9th; the Nantasket goes to Puerto
Plata to-nn.rrow, the Dith; the Yantlc Ilea in the
river In thia city. Admiral Poor, on boarl the
Severn, Is expected to remain at this port for some
time. ver thing Is very quiet at present through
out the country.'' ((i.!., p. 107.)
1 bus oneer t be inm of our navy was quiet maintained,
while Use., like saetber nsuiper, eiclaimed, "Now, by St.
Paul, the work Roes bravely oo."
V. Out this Kume otltoial reported to the State Depart
ment lie afterwards rearhnned nnder oath, in bis testi
meny before the committee of the Senate on the case or
Wr. Hatch. Tbe words were few, but decisive, toncuing
the sets of nor nsvy,
-"committed since we had been tbsre, protecting Baez
from thacitiitensor St. Itominiro." t Hatch, Sjau foominiro
Report, p. U'u, No. A, forty-brat Congress, second ces
sion. I
'1 hrn, airsin, in a privste letter to myself, nnder data of
Bri.tel, Kumle lalsud, February IS, 1S7I, after stating that
he bad reprrted what tbe reeied shows lo be true, 'thafc
Pass wss sustained and held in power by the United
blatrs navy," be adds:
'1 his fact Uses scknowledged to ms."
ho that w hsve the confession of tits f ecrstsry of 8late,
also the contronioii of his agent at Ht. Domingo, and the
onfe-ion of Baea fainisell, that the usurper depended
fur support on our navy.
AN AVI Mil AN CITI7.IN BAt'llf FICED TO BCLP THE TBEATT.
This drams of a nurir sustained by foreign power is
illustrated b sn epiMxie. where the libsrty of an Ameri
csn eittr.cn wsssacriiieed to ths consummation of tbe plot.
It appears that Dsvis Hatch, of Noralk, C'onneottont,
intimately suoae la one of the Senators of that sitste
(Sir rerrylaud rr spec ted by toe other ( Mr. Buckingham),
i vtd In Dominies, engaged in busiaess there, while ilabru
was tbe leslinuate 1'iesident. During this time be wrote
letters to a Now Vo k aier, ln winch be ri posed the
chsiscteref tbe cou-pirator risea tneaan exile.
V ben the bitter succeeded by v.olence in overthrowing
tl.e regular Uomromeol, oueol hia lirst acta wss to arrest
Mr. Hatch on tbe srouud tlmt be had cooperated with
Cal.rul. How utterly groundless was this clisrge appears
In m a letter to Han from bis own hiotn'r, t-overnor of
tuepruvince where I lie former resided (Hatch, rit. Do-n-tnso
Bep., Kn. iW4. s. latfi, and also from the testimony
ol Mr tscuitr hiuitu, our commercial sgeut in St. lit
miiige, who sis.ke and acted as boteiua a representative
ol our ct untry- (''"'. PP. 1 17.)
Head tbe correi-pon.loiice sad testimony candidly, and
you will confess tbst lb whole cUarge was trumped up to
serve tbe ptirtHiee of tbe u.urpsr.
S)iiox ail deisils ol trial sud psr 'on, where everything
tettilies sKstntt Itaca, I coma lo the single dncisive point
on winch tbsre i ts be no ipieaiion, that, even after bis
formal psritoii, r. Hatch assdolsmed ia prison by tne
a ul iloi il of the usuriwr, at the a Mcial ins'snee of Caa
mau and with the coinm joce of 1'ibejck, iu or ler to
i revint bis iullui-oce sgiln-t lb treaty ul annexation,
j lie tv id el. oe is explicit aod in is osw era bin.
lautier, tbe iiuuistsr of JUr, who hd signed the
tiealy, la an stbcial Dole loour consular sgent. dated st
Hi 1 onuose, February IS. IsTu. an I voinmunicsted lo the
State Dei srtment irxnate l i Doc., No. 17, pass tun,
roily tost (Jorgrets. third stasioa). says desire tint
oo will be good mourn to assure lu excellency, tbe 8 so
rt tar j ot State at V ssbingtuu, I hat lua prolonged soiuuro
ot sir. list, a bere baa tssea ouiy to prevent b's hostile
Si lion in New i ork '
All ibis is clear, p'nin.atd dtrmiiiutiry Nor atSniesny
drawbsi S or Usduci ion ia sccoun ul the character oi Mr.
Usicb, who, aooo'ding to the tet icsitmoy. Is an et
celleal enixen, ei)o mg le Bywidwlll aud eaieeiu of bis
nsl. bltoisat borne, being re-ioie) I ere 'ss inacli ss
(joveinuf Kaekii,gliam ia in Nurwl h." i'i.l.. page HI.)
and we all ksw H al nob glier slsnoaid ran be raacbed
Nor ia Ibis all. Oaxtioau bad I ba equal bardtbiMiii in
write to h-bcock, tb. w at WniofcMoii, under date of Fsb
rusry Id, IsTO, a suullsr version of the conspiracy, srtiire,
alter deiieuuciog our ooiumercial sgeut al bt. iktintng i
who wsa nriing the lilorati'iu ol Mr ila'cb, be proceeJad
to say that lbs latter "would )eri isly wake use ot bis
liberty to joiu tbe enemies ot auiutselioii" -'l sst a f-w
wsxks' restraint would no be so lu ouvrnieot to biia as
bis alsmleruus stateiuota ailit Seco:ue to tbe sucooas of
(Lrel (.rant's polu ) to tue aslills.," aud, in reply to
our commercial seen, in-isiiag in Ibe lirnnas. at Ussi
tbst Car.neeu waa "upp lain lias lib r .Hon ol au iou asest
xuau," be urgtd liiat 'i'risioeut haolbal I tie ruint and
ought to do evrrytbiug in is p war lu serve aod protect
net ottatluos iu abn b our Pri st tent ll.ranl was so deeuly
interrsird " I Hatch ht. Dotuino Keuurt. Ken tie, Nu. Zit,
pp. tii, l:t. Forty tirsl t.'oi grea, se 'oui aee.ioa.)
In ttbrdas it wss said lb tl (lis b el government ia
where an lo,ui lo a sinels ctims i- ruseut-il as sn iniury
to the w I. ols country. Ui re was au Aiuurtcan i itis.iii, de
clared by cur consular aaenl to be ua "lunia enl uiau,"
au1 slriad) pardoned for the rrimre falaely allegud aaatosl
buu. iticari erate-i, or, accordiug to tne pubte lertu ol Ihe
minister of lissr. compelled to a "iinilongcd suj iurn." in
Order to assure the consummation of the plot fur (lie ttc
cupt aiitwol the treaty, or, in tue wor.la ol ( axueau, "U
erve sud protect eeaiaialioaa in wbicb our I uaiJunl
(t.iautl wss so deeply inlereated."
'I be ciy. "I am an American citiren." wss notbing lo
Bsex - uotlilns to Oanuau -ni.lbiug ! tiabcoi k. Tbe
young pleiiiK'leniiary beard tne cry sa t ausitured nut.
Ani'i xati' u wss iu peril, Aiui.-vsii.ui c ul I uot staodibe
. i. .1 o.oi.v ul Sir. Ilatib. ul... uuul.l write ia now lurk
J IS j, era. 1 last t tore was be duoiued to a prison. Here
asin I forbear detsils, thongh st evary point they testify.
And jet the Ureal Republic, Instead of sourning al once
the heartless warper, wbo tramoled on tne liberty of an
American citiren, and spurning the ill-omened treaty
r.r rr3mred tins sacrifice, continued to lend its strong
aim in the maintenance of tbe tram pier, while with os
SenTte "'duit.y it pressed the treaty "pon a ret uo task
COhf ESSIoM or STATE tiRrARTMCKT WITH BOABD TO
HAVil.
Bnt inteivention in Dominica Is only on part of the
ttory.evensccrrding to the c.infew.oo of Ills eUts lle-
LTiTi. Th. hl?'d! mJlh 1V,into o" asms rempU
ina islsnd a lbs Ulsek eeoubbo ol rtaytl, with a oume
yous popn'al lots, which m ,r. than two genera, Ions ago
acbitvid nstionsl indep. nOnre, and at a User Hay "
tbe recognition of our thvernmrni, took its plsre in! ler
tbe law oi nations as equal and peer of tue Ureal Re
pnrlio. lo all its paramount titles of lndepende-.ee snd eonal.
ity, ascred sad uoimoeschshle, nimt be sd led Ps special
i bsrscter as sn example ot tett-g.iverniiient, leiBtne
fli.t in tbe history el tno atriosn raoe. anj a promise uf
tho I more. Wbe ran doubt, fiat as such ttitj Uia K ste
pnl.bo has s value b. y.inil sll th p.n.lu . ta ol its teeming
tropirst soil? Like otherGuveinnients not eicept.ing our
own. It bss complicaiKins, domestic snd lore go. Am mg
tbe 1 tter is cbmnio hosiibty with Dunioiet. amis
Iriiin claims territorial and pecuniary. To tbese
ch ims 1 refer without undertaking to consider their jus
tice. It is ennuiih that ibey exist, and bore comes tue
wrc ng peipelraled t.ythelireat oepublio. In I be effort
to t.cute tbe mucb-cuvrted temiury, our Uoveromunt,
nut content witb maintaining tbe oourper Haez in power,
occupying tbe harbors of llutmnic t witu tbe war suipt of
tbe Cnited States, sent other warships, being none otber
than our most poveriul monitor, Ihe dictator, witb ine
Innate Severn as consort, aud w.tb yet other monitors in
Iboirtiatn, to menace the It lac a Hipuulio bysa aaof
war. AU American admiral was lound V do t lis thiug
and an American minister, himselt oi African blood, waa
lound to aid tbe admiral.
'Ibedespatcb ol -the recretary of 8tate) instituting this
aclot war is not commnuioaied to tne bjsaie; nut we
sre fntlicu Dtly enllgLteued by tbst of Mr. Uateett. our
P mister Mesident at Port an I'noce, who, uuder dale of
f'biuary 17, lS7i. inioims tbe tsu.ta Department in
Washington that he bad "trnnstniited to lbs llayi eo
Ooverntuent notification that me Onlted Stts a-ted
and expected it to observe a ttrict neutrtlity in re
ference to the. internal affairs ot Ht. ISj ningo," ami
tben, in bis supcrservicejble alacrity, be iota tns
department know that be commnnioated to Do umanUer
Cwen, of tbe Seminole, "reports that tbe Hiyt.iju Ujv.
einment were planning c aajestin. ly eouiran foriutir
tering in San Domingo allsirs " (denate x Doo N t. 17.
p lltj, 1 urty-hrst Congress, Ibird session.) Bui a moment
of contrition seoms to have overtaken the Miniaier. lor
lie adds that be did nut regard these reports "aa suffi
ciently reliable to make tbeui the basis ot a reunminen la
tion ot severe and extreme measures." (not) Fray, by
wbat title, Mr. Minister, oonid you recommend any su jO
mtstnres, being Botliiiig less than war against Ihe Black
llepebllor My wbat tule cuuld you launch these great
thundcisf Ihemensoing note of tue Minister was
acknowledged by the black Kepublio without one word of
suhmiasion, as also without one word of proper resent
ment. Tbe officious Minister of the Great Republic was not
eattetiea, and accordingly hred anotner shot; in oiner
woids, be sd a reused another diplomatic note to tbe Black
Republic, under aate ol Keotnary , Ie7(l, where, referring
to i be answer ot the latter, be sa s:- It would nevarlbe
less lave been more satis'sutory snd sgreeahle to my
Uovernment snd myself it you, In spsak'ng tor your Gov
rDKiint, bad tclt eutnortzed lo use asaursnoeof tbe nen.
trality asked and exnected by tbe United Siatea." ( id ,
p. 111.) 'I bis letter was written with tbe guns of tbe Dic
tator and Severn behind.
It sppesrs from the minister's report to the Stat De
partment that tboe two wnr ships arrived st the capital
of the Klsck Kepublio on tbein.rniu of r ebrnary A, waen
the minister, asjiesays, "ai ranged lor a form tl call on tie
Halien Gi vernment of the same day." Ihe minister
tben recorded, and no blush apoeirs on his pspir, that
"tbe sdmiial availed himself of tHis visit to ooiumuni
eate quite pointedly 10 the Preside t an I his advisera tbe
tenor of his instrucli in." t i f.) This aastult upon tbe
inderendence snd equality of the Black Kepnolio will ap
pear more lully in tbe report transmit ted to the Senate
by the Wavy Department For tbe present I present tbe
case on the conlesaion of tbe State Department.
KECOKD OK TUB NAVY DEPARTMENT.
If the report of the St tte Department Is a con'es
Ion that of the Navy Department is an authentic
record of acts flagraut and Indefensible, unless wo
are ready to set aside tne law or nations anil the
Constitution of ihe United states, two great safe
guards. Both of ihcse are degraded In order to ad
vance the scheme, if 1 called It plot 1 should not
err, for this term is snggested by the machluation.
The record Is complete.
I he scheme first shows ltssif in a letter froTt the
Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy,
nnder date of May 17. 1A9 turorinlng the latter that
the Presldentdeems It "desira le 'hat a man-of-war,
commanded by a discreet and lu eligent o Ulcer,
should be ordered to visit the several ports In tne
Doalnlcan Bepnbtin, and to report up n the condi
tion ot affairs in that quatter." The secretary adds;
"It IsalBO lmpoitat t that we should have full and
accurate Information In regard to tne views of the
.Dominicans of all parties In regard t annexation to
the United States, or the ssio or lease of the bay of
ban ana, or of territory adjecent thereto." (senate
Fx. Doc No. 84, p. 4, tforty-lirst Congress, third ses
sion.) Mo Invitation from the Island appears; not a word
even from any or Its people. The beginning Is in the
letter of the Secretary, and here we see how a ''manor-war"
lormed part or the first stage. A mere In
quiry is Inaugurated by a "man-of-war." Nor was It
to slop at a single p ace; It was to visit the several
potts In the Dominican Kepublio.
The Secretary ot the Havt obeyed. Orders were
given, and nnder date ol June 89, 1869. It ear-Admiral
HofT reports fhat the Nipslo. wltb an armament
of one 11-lnch and two 9 Inch guns, "Is to visit all
the potts or the Dominican Republic." Here agan
Is a revelation foreshadowing the fa'ure: all the
ports are to be visited by this powerful war-ship,
why? To what Just end? ir for negotiation, then
was force orccKORca our earliest, aa It has been
since onr constant, plenipotentiary. Already we
discern the contrast with Uld Spain.
- Continued on the Beeund Pouja.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE,
Evening Tklcoraph Opficm.I
Monday, March 87, 1871. i
The business week opened this mornlnrr
rather quiet, compared with last week, whlcb
was an unusually active one, but the falliu"; off
in the demand for money Is eutirely due to the
unfavorable change In tbe weather, and Is
therefore only temporary. The supply of capi
tal is belDg gradually diminished by the drain
to tbe interior, tbe current of capital beluir
rlrocgly Westward at this time, but an absolute
stringency of money Is not anticipated, though,
possible in case of a sharp reaction in general
trade. We quote call loans steady bat quiet at
530-6 per cent., and choice business paper at
7(a 8 per cent., according to credit.
Gold la qnict and weak, ranging from 1109
at the opening to 110J. at nooa.
Governments are rather unsettled, and a por
tion of tbe list is weak.
Stocks were fairly active, and the entire mar
ket Is firm. City Cs, new bonds, Bold at 1015(3
101); anti-war do. at 103,'i"; and Lehigh gold
loau at b'J
Heading was steady bnt dull; 51 was bid,
without tales. Pennsylvania also steady at 61.
Mlnehill sold at 51; tehlgh Valley at Mz
Camden and Atuboy at 116; Little (Schuylkill
ut 44fa)44; Philadelphia and Erie at 27, b.
o.; and Catawissa preferred at 48.
Canal shares were quiet. Sales of Lehigh at
3G rhlitS);,.
In tbe balance ot tho list the only sale was ia
Mechanics' bank at S2.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro., No. 0 S. Third street,
FIKST BOAKD.
froocity s,New..liW suushLeb N.. b30
8
61V
!')?
$imo do luim
800 do. b
lo(X) ao. prior to ,
BfU do soU.
25 sh Mlnehill H, .
4sti lh Val R...
100 sh Ph 4 EC..b0
100 sb :ata Prf...
theou Am Gold
iieoo Leb 6s gold.
fwiuo lehCou in..
f isoo Union CI 6s
SshMech Ilk...,
4 sb Peuna It...
tut i
80'
is
too ah Lit Scb It.boO 4M
ioo do
BOARDS.
ah Peons R..... l)tf
100 sh Lett Nav.60d. 80
BETWEEN
300C1ty CS, Mew.lOlVi
4 sh KesdiDg U
oi it
147 do. ........ .01-44
8ECOND BOAfta
iroooleh gold L... sa
4 sn Penna K.... eiv
litHjoPaRi ma. 103V
I'itnH) Pa R gen int.. S3i.
Iiooo city as, New.ioikf
sou ah Reading H... fl)j
8t0 do.. ..3o. 61 i
luosh Leb Nav St.. 88
Hih Leb V R.... 60
8 sb Cam h Am. ..lisv
10 sh Cen Traus. .. 4SX
B BOTH MR. NO. 40 8. Third
Misssa. D havkn at
iroet, rnuaaeipnia, report tne following quotations :
U. H. e of labl, I16',u115, ; do. 180S, UsWiajUs
do. IMA, Ul JsXSllH'; da looft. 111 t do. 18et
new, lioMeyiiu't ; ao. m, do. H0,vs)H0' ; da 18e,
no. iiowUHi: 10-408, icbjgisiibhM. V, , W jlVM
per cent. Currency, liav114; floid. iwii'i
lie?, j suver, HHiMSioS; Union Paoido Railroad
lstMort, Bonds, e-ibib; Ceniral Puclflo Railroad
fX-"tu; UDion Paoltln iwtud Uraut Bmida. 7Ae7,v
Nabs stLapMBR. Bros era, report thia morning
gold quotaUons aa follows t
luisiA.M 110, U'MlA. M...
10-P3 " lit -V H ot ...
1014 liS II ...
Id lfJ W UIHJaC
1030 " HO IS 16 P. M....
Jl 10 " 110S, "
Id ft 110 li-ao ...
U-41 " 1U'
...no
...lit),
...110),
...110J,'
.. 110
...no