The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-19
Our washingtoa oorrespon denoe.

WASHINGTON, June III 1850
appearances Of as Dominican Ainiser IN Washington
Oar Relations ivi;h 81 DOmingo-Ges. Caseneaa',
Ahssfcn, de-, de-
Gen CAssnsau, diplomatic representative to this
Donnicss republic has been In this city for several
days past business Of official character. His
turn has been productive of many and spsouA
TONS bat as the General the habit OF keeping his
business TO himself curiosity has TO search elsewhere
its food IL b but just to premise that whatever Of
failure has followed this gentlemans mission has been
owing to circumstances that at the moment he could
net have anticipated and without going further it is
w assert here that from the entrance upon
duties Of bis mission, he had the secret opposition of
both Pierce and Marcy to developed
while their official docrmsnts euloyistis of the
policy he was at the time pursuing In this we have
repetition Of the diploma pracssd in relations
with Spain by our government at Washington and when
the history OF this COMMUNICATION shall have been
written out ID win be found that entire foreign
policy has been this double dealing
which has so thoroughly characterized diplomacy,
and defeated abroad every American interest.
few particulars of tas Dominican republic paay net
be without interest at this momsnt.
supposed the site Of the first settlements
made by Columbus in his discovery Of the New World
that TO say the eastern section Of the island Of st.
Domingo the extent of about twenty thousand square
miles, The negroes of the western French end Of the
island managed with the aid Of their own emsncipatei
siaves TO subdUe the spanish settlements to
thorty but they did not succeed in their plans of whole
sale determination Of the whites which they pracssd
IN me- AND IN ss s
rately fought batle the Domnicans victorious,
ana the Hayens abandoned the contest The first use
the Do Eaincans made Of their liberty to solicit
alliance with the United states and DR.. Caminore
selected agent TO obtain the recognition of the
supported by both Calhoun Clay. About Ave ans
after this shortly after the accession OF Mr.. Fillmore to
did not present Itself thus time in an Official form al
though it was only necessary TO this object that Mr.
sition; but the hint carried with it CONSERVATION
MI Walsh despatched the President to to
the Domnissns the desire OF the United States to see
her nationality preserved and pea:e VITA Hayti
tered upon This diplomacy found favor with England
and France and from this moment these Powers
on preventing annexation TO the United States Their
Consuls at Port Prince instructed TO act with
Mr.. Walsh to effect pssos and, had the instructions
BIZ oulouque could have been brought to terms
This was not dsne but desperate feeling against
nexation to the United States was brought about
In the above transactions the aboitionis.s accused
Mr.. Fillmore OF playing treacherous game. They tan
ced that he laborpg 10 save the whites from the
claws Of sonlouque, and made furious uproar about
his interference. When however they found that no
wanted to aid the whites general calm ensued for
three years, when alarm was sounded by the
pize the Dominican Republic and that Gen. Cazsneau
present Minister, was the principal mover In the
ssns.n.n Te 70 TN oo Of Ws
thrown against him by the abolition press,
and answered that tbs Dominican republic shonlo be
placed ON par with other Spanish American republics
and much entitled any OF them to the recog
milton Of the Uni ed States The Herald sust aimed this
rational Of the question: adding in conclusion that
tee policy OF the United States to encourage
st Domingo to resist Europe and the Haytens, and
sta nd firm In theic American attitude for we failed 10
doirg this, she would relapse to negro and European
control IKE all the surrounding slsnos Fhe abolition
press when 1t ascerained that General Cszeneau
had formed treaty upon which the D0mnician Pleni
poten had aersed out In full vigor against
the recognition OF q gvelnment Of ''unblsAched mig
gers" snd insisted upon the right of Hayt to recogn
ton by the United States Now this treaty that brought
forth the fun force Of abolitionm against it also
the opposition Of England and France had secured for
the United States nothing but what be found In all
her treat esIehgous freedom with security OF worship
the right of burial without respect to creed and ths
admission Of the principle that free ships make free
goods.
when this treaty, which is the cause of Gen. Gaze.
neaus visit to this city made known TO tbs French
off the ground and very positive Mariner officially
given the guns Of the allied squadron pointed upon
the capitol, and the dominican government informed
that il must not make treaties without the consent OF
England and France, and particularly with tas United
States by which the safety and welfare OF the republic
to terminate the relations Of the United States with that
interesting and valuable region of counry leaving it
wholly and entirely under the control OF England and
France
What will Mr. Pierce who proclaimed in his inaugural
that European d'cstion and encroachment this
tinent were wholly ipadmssibs, say to this9 Can he
deny the fact that in this instance 10 at
tributable to want of spirit his part aud fear
stand by our rights baons The success OF England
and France in this instance to the mpuni
ty of uch other sggressons they may proper to
commit this continent