New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-29
THE ST. DOMINGO QUESTION.

In the House of Lords the 18th inst. Lord Wods-
house. in reply to Lord Broughsm. stated that Spain
does not intend reestablsh Slavery in st. Domingo
Tie London Times has the following report:
Lord Brougbam wished to put question to HE no
bic friend the UBder-Secreary for Foreign Afairss
relative to the proposed ,esin OF San Domingo 70 the
Span,-h Crown. He wi,bed TO know whether thas
cessiou had eived the If the British and
French Governments and, above ALL whether due pro-
tbe the int int sodacon ION of Sp.nR Ssverywtbas secaSssS
syrtem which degraded Cuba and el>ewhere-lntn the
island of San Domingo. He thought this would be .
favorable opportunity TO hsh Gsi i%s i%s the
the unde taking TO abolish her own save-trsde.
Her slaye-trade not having been abolished, she was
bound to return the price psid 10 her, or iq.
stau'ly to give, liberty to her ceTt'yes' II
rpept there very great chance, from many
circumstances to with he need not refer, Of the
slave-trade receiving additioi s imIetns. Sixty
was very great difference between nboliehi"g the
.lave traffic and giving freedom ~ the slave tie LAID
it down then that although their first sympathy wS
due to the save their neat feliowteeng was doe 70
HE MASTER who possessed OF slaves by crimes nos
Of bis Owl committing they having descended 10 bin
from other hands Hs eated The same Doctrine now
There meetings icing held In tbts country winch
he entirely deprecaed-meetings which ought not 70
be b, h,ld-neeng, at Of which, six or seven weeks
ago, he bad hnssf promised to preside but when he
found after what had taken place in the United STA e.
that il WIS called meeting American Slavery, hs
sad on 10 account, by 10 means whatever, would DO
have hing TO do with holding, presiding, attend.
ing meeting Of that description. He strongly
mended all whom his voice mi ht reach to abstain from
boldng such meetings At the present moment could
not fail 30 great mischief relations to Amer.
ica If anything ke agitation took place on qne'fton
,cktreppoa tie Americans Of the South, and ALMOST az
Americans, pecaiioriy sessif,re aud je1l,us;
would be the WORT possible calamity, and ui.ht en-
danger the peace Of the country without serving The
slaye but rather postponng indefinitely bis liberation.
(fiear, hear.
Lord Wooehouse, who was distinctly heard, was un-
derstood to say thai the Spanish Government had nos
yet taken any denitive with regard TO the
cession of San Domingo TO the Spanish Crown Thsre
was reason however, to believe that II the ofiered
cession met with the generally OF the pop
uation the Spanish Government would accept the sn.
nexation Of that pert Of the isaod. Whether thse
would be for the advantage Of Spain or not was en-
tirey matter for the Spanish Government TO decide;
but the House would naturally feel great interest n
the question which had been put by his noble and
learned frend hat Sacery should not DC rt,nAodsesd
INTO the ceded territory. He glad therefore TO
inform their Lordsbps tfai the Spanish Governments
had assured her Maes'ys Government that wss nos
thei intention allow Slavery to be Introduced into
San Domingo. tie might add that even II Slavery
were 10 be introduced into the part Of The i
of San Domingo it would be exceedingly diAcuit 70
maintain it o. long as the Western part was free.