New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-26

We have received the lOllOWlng lcttcr
from Mr.. b. T.. Green, late L. :. Agent to
st. Domingo. We append TO 1t few words
of our own
10 fle Ed,forsof TheN Y Tribune
friend has Just called my attention % an cliio-
rial article IN your paper of the 9Th inst, headed
The Smto Domingo Annexation scheme" IN
which find the following statement:
lst Ih9t sent to that island hy Messr> Polk ant
Buchanan.
the AGENT Of company American Spectators 10 supply
the Domincan Government with war steamers and colo
f p>f, from line nltcd States.
3I That the object OF The L $ Government m sending
there weh the purpose of the proposals 80 alleged
0haye been made h me To- that Government was me an
ueNaton OF the Island, as slave territory to the United
States
Permit me to say that The singular confusion Of
dates IN the editorial referred 10, and the startling
political revelations extracted from purely COM
merclal enterprise might seem 10 have been lngen
iOusly sorted 10 for the purpose of catering 10 the
appetite OF your readers and Oi showing on what
small capital an exciting leader can De manufactured
IN these quiet times. But a. wish to believe that
YOU was actuated by better motive, beg leave To
make known TO You, and your readers,
lst That was not sent 10 Snnto Domingo by Mcssrs
Polk and Buchanan but boy Gen TAYLOR and Mr. Clayton
and that not selected because was southern man,
skilled and zcalons IN the annexation line, but because
the Government required some confidential person, who
spoke spanish o. repair immediately To the West ipdies
Nor did accept the mission ont ofau' zeal FOR anne ton
hut reluctantly, and as things turned out, unfortunately i
self the conditions. which consented To 90 aud
which Intended % compensate nc for The interruption
Of ny business were not fulfilled al the time Of Gen IA-
or's sudden death
As tie Government has not SCI, thought proper make
public the object and results Of nay mission do not feel at
liberty To state what the object But may with pro-
pretty that was n9 either me eAiensonof slavery OF
amcAnlon, As charged D Fou thhi =" Tar n am hi'heI
bel eve neither occurred TO the minds Of those who
cent me- contemplated b, me
I'd Your mputaton that united 10 the Official chlrac
ter Of diplomatic representative that uf agent for
Company Of Ameuo IA Spectators. wholly uhdeseUed,
and the charge that made proposals "a the latter capacity
wile was ms ELoHfhcH4 guy 0'' Ifdtd 'hdfge ~
AfaiJs Of The THifsd Suites" Is who'll, untrue
My mission was a secret one, and was not 10
make myself known until circumstances should re-
qulre and, lnasmuch Is on my arrival made an
gent inquiries regard 10 the country, It's products,
wealth. capabilities &c, IL was for some time sup
posed By many, whose misconceptions dd not
think II necessary or expcdent to remove that my
Oblcct was commerce and speculation. trust That
YOU have not awaited yourself OF this circumstance
To mlsrepresent my conduct, but have rather been
miscd by your Informant.
made no oyertures while At St Domingo for con
tracing 10 supply the Government either with colo
nists or steamers but my advice was frequently
asked by the President and many other influential
persons as 70 the best means Of procuring BOTH and
| promised that would heroine the medium Of com
municatlon the subject, n, on my return to the
United state. should meet with any one desrOus
10 undertake tSuch contracts. leit 81. Domingo ~
MAY, reached home IN June, and several months
after my connection with the Government hal
ceased. 10 wit m August or September, forwarded
from Washington, proposals IN my own name. me
real contractors were Northern men, prompted ~
almighty Yankee dollar" and the project vas a
purely commercial one, having no reference 10 an
nexatlOn or the extension Of slavery.
For my own part, however, / wish not to conceal
that. IN becoming the medium Of communicating
these proposals, had political rs we'll a. a money
making object That object was, not the extension
II slavery, the annexation Of slave territory, but
solely 20 and IN protecting the Dominicans from the
attacks Of their black Iaghbors, the Iiaylens and
fra ~ repetition Of the scenes Of crime and horror
winch marked the victory Of the blacks Over the
French cOlOnsis and would again surely folio"
coessiul INVASION by them Of the dominican EN-
OF the island. 80.
his sympathy. which am proud 70 profess for
the Domn.cans, is, / believe. common 10 every
night minded foreigner who ha. visited the ISLAND.
refer YOU to a letter from Port .au-punrc, published
ID the Mar YoTk JoHr1tai n rOHmG-e. IN August of
September last. Tue writer. have since learn-
cd, and YOU VIII 81 see. by perisal OF ms
letter, * friend Of the negro and, 4 not an
AboiilOn!st, IS certainly deeply lmbuei with me
Northern sentiment on Thai subject speaking o'
the efforts Of the English. French AMI America
Consuls to dis>tadc The Black Emperor from hs 70
tent.cn Of invading the Dominican territory he
III te.c Con.us shall succeed On disturbing a SOU
.oBque rom D. march, and thus rrstore peace - ~
deceive lie tlaads Of M. lied world an sure that
the cnlz,d world are ignorant II the manner n "h.'
canned on hclc thcy world long ago nave ~,
orted le influence ~ sum- mi 10 pfe,eat the bnioarods
cones enacted and onscflng here "
And ID relation 10 the naval preparations then b.
ing made for the attack On the Domncans' me 'iii'
Od.o.s rs the slave Trade lsfl, REGARDED, oman
thTogy and humanity would say ilr Sooner iiF 81
l0r that service than Dr tins In regard 70 te ~ Se
sezure of yctps, thel are tue SAME bf "a Ail.I -
veins have neither intelligence ~ cHikff an 81.
bot little above the brlies while here have sfs- -
.cGI,s. their Irgc surround me chapel - he ',.
DIST Missionary the Sal uah. aud take young ~ -, -,
INTELLIGENCE and moral worth suc as o. r. az -,
honor 10 Any church 10 Arerca and march ll'h ,,i,
lcnt triumph TO Ia Place. whence they wris ~ u,si,.1
seLt 20 L,aId tie SLAVE vessel mote that - Iy,,
ytsscig-of-waT. AicIGcd ff The suhafao ~ "a. an, :,
cans, That are thus .gIuAf sed by The wicfJ "'''
much opportunity t0b,d al. ca % hi'i,i 80 -,
yri,es Thce are those n tbs island Va have ns.'
slaves ara also free BLACK from re1'y ever
~ sl,,s, 49,, - ,bs- any slayeTS they haiev
known Nhsteyer el,r /. llshe with ,hias od "f -
Protest r me rc-ye ffr-gsfy asansi thfi' b'in- ~
thLs (the H.y terl Gov ernaeft - 49,, ,,,,,,l og
By publishing this. nv rc.') 10 your =. si coe.S
the Str irst. you VAL obhs' Nm -
/. We are glad To learn that dF' 'fe'"
was sent out by Presldecl TAYLOR o"' De-