The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-29
An ASTOUNDING REVELATION.
How Secretary seward Made the
Domtniean Republic nm Outpost 81
maxmtffan's Empire, Etc.

ST. DOMINGO, November I.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE woRLD:-Thc
Washington Cabinet has made a gifi u the
Dominican Republic 70 the Emperor Napoleon
for the service Of Macmillan. IL YOU. sir. will
send 10 Us \ faithful man 10 take our testimony,
we who have for years sustained the cause Of
purely American interests in the Cabinet and
senate Of the Dominican Republic. pledge our
selves 20 prove 10 you and the American peo-
pie that this, the last free and American state
In the Antilles, was deliberately sacrificed BIZ
the American Secretary Of state 10 spain.
This, the only Republican Government in the
West Indies-except uayti, In which all white
men are disfranehised-was placed under the
heel Of spain by the voluntary act Of the Gov
eminent o. the United states.
You have our names; our public aets will
declare Tor us that, without paw. and with all
our pecuniary interests opposed 10 such
course. we unfurled the White Cruss Of the
Republic in the face Of the spanish army az in
Yasion. We sacrificed all personal interests.
and led our unarmed and unpaid. but heroic
volunteers, TO the war OF deliyerance and we
won the battle. When our soil was redeemed
and our free Constitution restored, we sent
our envoy TO Washington 10 ask. in filal rev
erence, that the Dominican Republic should be
officially recognized, and received I'm treaty
with the United states, at least on equal terms
| with Hayti; but Hayti was taken 10 the en-
braces OF your Cabinet, while the Dominican
Minister could not obtain even the decent cour-
I
/ State.
| We had indicated with our blood the Mon
/ roe doctrine, that America belongs To the
Americans, ON the very field Of SantO Domingo,
on which your Cabinet has submissiyely laid
/ IL down to the scOrn and astonishment OF the
civilized world; and then our Dominican En-
/ voy was sent In fond confidence 10 lay our re-
publican victory at the feet Of the great mother
OF republics, the American Union. Our envoy
was charged 10 offer such treaty as would
! 20 F..t- al. -
naval station in the Antilles, TO propose the
| common use OF our mines, forests and fisheries
70 the eltI5ens Of The United Stzies; q @aksI6n.
brief, our young republic the useful ally and
appendage Of American interests, but week
after week he vainly appealed TO the Secretary
| OF state for even an unofficial hearing i'm order
10 explain the critical condition Of the white
race in the Antilles.
The envoy of the Dominican Republic was
not allowed 80 much rs on unofficial interview
Of explanation with the Secretary Of State,
while the same Mr. seward was making most
friendly treaty with Hayti. Does this imply
that none but negroes are considered hit allies
for that government? In fact, this rude re-
pulse of the Dominican Republic was an ac-
knowledgment Of the superior right Of Spain TO
rule the Dominican soil and people, and a full
official Endorsement of the previous surrender
Of the Monroe doctrine by the Washington
cabinet at Santo Domingo in 1861. We who
now state our National wrongs before the tri-
bunal OF the American people, declare that we
can make manifest the fact together with many
other circumstances equally discreditable 10
the cabinet Of Washington.
When our envoy returned TO with this
disheartening intelligence that the people must
choose between remaining a Spanish colony
or uniting with the negroes of Hayti, many OF
us turned our eyes 20 France and former
President Of the Republic, General Buenyen-
tura Baez, whom we knew 10 have the friend
ship Of the all-potent Napoleon, and to be him.
self DESTROYS 10 unite the whole island into q
single government. under European protec-
ton. General Baez was in France, and
through him the helpless condition of the Do
minican Republic was laid before the Empe-
ror, and in another form the profiers made to
the United States and rejected by its cabinet
were examined and accepted ut Paris.
Baez wrote TO his friends that he would be
with them before Christmas to take the reins
Of government, and that all mining grants and
land concessions 10 American citizens must be
forthwith revoked, as all commercial and colo
nization enterprises from the United States
must be discouraged. The Dominican Repub-
lie is TO be an outpost Of Maximilian's empire,
and in war with France the commerce Of the
| United States would be exposed TO a thousand
priyateers, who would find shelter and proyis-
ions i'm our island.
While one party inviting General Baez
TO bring France to our protection, the ma
jority of the Dominican Congress still hoped
that the United States would send minister
TO recognize the republic, and make a treaty
that would retain II in the list Of American
States. On the 10Th OfOctober no American en-
vOy had appeared, and we who had hitherto
held out for the American system, gave in our
adhesion to General Baez and to the European
plan of protection. On the 18th we had
meeting of the leaders of the" Yankee party
and it was agreed that, for the peace of the
country, the existing cabinet should resign all
ideas of policy in sympathy with the United
States, and accept General Baez for the presi-
dency.
On the morning of the Goth October there
was some commotion raised by the outside be-
levers in the United States; but we, who had
until then opposed the election of Baez, pre-
| sented ourselves with public declaration that
we had ceased to hope for the sympathies Of
the United States, and took the oath TO Baez
and his policy, and thus the republic has been
cast out of the American system by the act Of
| the American cabinet.