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

WAsmsGroS, June II, 1855.
Appearancs of hs Dominican Ainiser in Washington
Our Relations ivh 81 Domingo-Gas. Casensaa's
Mssfon, de-, dc.
Cen. CAzsneau, diplomatic representative to the
Dominica republic, has been In this city for several
days past business Of official character His
turn has been productive of many and spscu-
tsns but the General il In the habit Of keeping his
business to himself curiosity has to search elsewhere
its food. ID b bat just to premise that whatever Of
failure has followed this gentemans mission has been
owing to circumstances that at the moment he could
not have anticipated and without going further is
wei assert here that from the entrances upon
duties Of his mission he had the secrst opposition Of
both Pierce and Marcy to- ncouuter developed
while their official documents were euloyists OF the
policy he was at the time pursuing In this we have
repetition Of the diploma pracsed in relations
with Spain by our government at Washington and when
the history of this admiDistrstisn shall have been
wrstten out IL win be found that entire foreign
policy has been forced to encounter this double dealing
which has thoroughly characterized our diplomacy
and defeated abroad every American interest.
few particulars of tas Dominican republic May not
be without interes. at this moment.
II supposed site of the frst settlements
made by Columbus in his discovery Of the New World
that is TO say the eastern section Of the island Of
Domingo the extent of about Wenty thousand square
miles. The negroes of the French end OF the
island managed, with the aid Of their own
savee, TO subdue the spanish settlements to their
thority but they did not succeed In their plans whole
sale determination Of the whites which they pracissd
in the French colony and lS44 they revolted and
taelished the Dominican republic After q lew dsspe
and the Haytie abandoned the contest The FIRST
the Dcnincans made of their liberty was to solicit
alliance with the United States and Dr. Camnore
selected agent TO obtain the recognition Of the
republic but unsuccessful in his object althou sh
supported by both Calhoun and Clay. About Ave sIs
after this shortly after the accession Of Mr. Fillmore to
the Pre- sidepcy, offer was made for acnexaton IL
did not present thus official form, al
Fillmore should have regarded with favor tbs propo.
Mr. Walsh despatched the President to express TO
the D0nicans 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 resolved
preventing snnsxshon TO the United States Their
Consu Is at Port Prince instructed to act with
Mr. Walsh to effect peace, and, had the instructions
BIZ ououque could have been to terms
This not dene, hut desperate feeling against an
nexaton TO the United States was brought about.
In the above transactions the abohtonisss accused
Mr. Fillmore of ying treacherous game. Tney tan
ced that he laboripg the whites from the
claws Of sououque, and made q furious uProar about
one wanted to aid the whites general calm ensued for
two three years, when alarm was sounded BY the
abo opists that the United States about to rscog
uze the Dominican Republic and that Gen. Cazsneau,
present Minister, the principal mover in the
matter. The HERALD published reply from this
gentleman to the Aooa Of abuse that daily
thrown against him by the abolition press,
and answered that the Dominican republic shonlo be
placed on par with Spanish American republics
and was 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 that
1T tee policy oil the United States to encourage
St Domingo to resist Europe and the Haytens, and
stand firm in their American attitude, for failed Ia
dorg this she would relapse to negro and European
control Ike all the surrounding issncs rhe abolition
press when 1t ascertained that General Cszeneau
had form treaty upon which the Domipician Pleni
poten sres had seresd out In full vgor against
the recognition OF ivsrnment Of "unblsached mig
gers insisted upon the right of Hayti to rec0gni
fon by the United States Now this treaty that brought
forth the full force of sbooni,m against it as also
opposition Of England and France had secured for
her treat es-rehgous freedom with security OF worship
the right Of burial without respect to creed and the
admission Of the prino pie that free ships make free
goods.
When this treaty, which is the cause OF Gen. Gaze.
neaus visit to this city made known TO this French
of the ground, and ID very positive mar ner, officially
given the guns Of the allied uadron pointed upon
the capitol and the dominican government informed
that IL must not make treaties without the consent OF
gland and France and particularly with tbs United
States by which the safety and welfare OF the republic
would be greatly endangered. This threat was anoxs
to terminate the relations Of the United States with that
interesting and valuable region Of ry, leaving it
wholly and entirely uncer the control o. England and
France
What viii Mr. Pierce who proclaimed in his Inaugural
that European dicstion and encroacbmeut this
tinent wholly ipacmssible, say TO thisS Can he
deny the fact that in this instance at
tributable to of spirit his part, add fear
stand By rights batonS The OF England
and France in this instance Is to the punt
ty of tuch other sggessons they proper to
commit this contneet