Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-05
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sunday.,ss Report.
Secretary Seward and
President Bae2.
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Interesting Conversation.

Interesting Conversation
? 9ssoretsry Seward and President
WAsHIKGros, Feb "A letter ha
been received here from San Domingo
| giving the substance of a conversation
heId there on the 18th Of January, be
! tween Secretary Seward and President
Basz, at the National Palace. Th.
Cabinet we're present q Through the re-
spectability Of the source whence the
information comes, entities It to credita
| bility Oh s4 XtA
President Baea said he was very hap
! py to have the honor Of receiving Jthe
Secretary of State Of the United Ststei
at National Palace that revolution
has been made in his republic, and thai
the whole people having aequiesced in
it, lacks nothing in degree Of stability to
the present Government, but that IL
| should receive the recognition of the
great Republic Of the United States.
Secretafy Seward said: / see. before
me the person of General Gahral, who
I may cay has heretofore not improper
ly, but most Loyalty, been the obstacle to
the recognition 70 the Government IN
der your administrAtion When the
power of Spain was cast of by the peo-
pie of Dominica, they announced to al
other nations the restoration of the Re-
public Of Dominica, and General Cabral
at its head. Satisfied that the revolus
tfon was as succeasfuf ma II was just, and
believing that-it was permznently estab-
lished under the cartel of General
Cabral, the United States did not
hesitate q moment in instructing their
consul residing here, TO f4cogniGe the
Republic by putting himself into politi-
cal relations under Gen CabraI Be-
fore those instructions could be Aexecu
ted there was g change, an irregular ono
without the forms Of Constitutional ac-
ton, and Gen. Cabcal was not present,
and in his place you, General 8aez,
was found at the head Of the Republic,
in antagonism, as it seemed to the will
of tbs peoples as AZ bad before been ex-
pressed in favor of Gen. CabraL We
we're legal to Gen. Cabral, though not,
hostile to you We sought to know how
the G6vernmens of the Repoblie WAS to
be permanently recognized, and under
whose administration. :
All our dlGiculties are nov hap
J PLY dispelled. Gen CabraT lie no
longer President by the voice OF the
people, but you are President in his
stead, and the acquissceuee Of the peo-
pie is guaranteed by the presence of
Cabral, acting il. full harmony with you
IS member of your Administration.
President BaeE said: waa in France.
Il came 10 America on my way TO my
country, and from that, through Span
ish rule, was cast of, and the Repu bic
Was proclsimed and successfully estah.
lished by the people I'm arms I was
prepared to .accept sis, and heard with
satisfaction the condition of thinge.
Gen. Surano had been proclaimed Pro-
visional president, was prapated to
| acqniesce The people considered
again. and I General PimentaI was
chosen Provisional Preaidentsq / was
ready to acquiesce 10 THAT Wills
/ ttiif remained abroad, The people
considered. again; called Gen CabrAl to
the Presidency Il vas content wi
that, but Hen came q declaration of the
popular will calling meto ths Presiden-
cy That call Was sustained BY General
CabraL. Itcome in form 30 eolemn I
was obliged to regard it as the viii of
the people. ] caussd the Congress of
the Republic. % Be convened They
have ratified that desire. and I have
accepted the admsnistralion. under the
guarantees of organized Law, With q
view Of cementing the hnrmony of the
1 Government and hare appointed Gems.
Pimental and Cahral as members of
/ my Cabinet aw atill holding a~simi.
lar trust for Gen. Sevrsno, which I hope
will be accepted by him
Mr.. Seward said: Your rolicy seems
to me to have been emineutly judicious D.
I trust it will prove 90 successful 40 il
vas nanifestly wise.szgzaa aNA
Prasident Bae8 said; i hope All par.
ties win acqaiesce in . complete feturn
of peace and order, bot it would CON.
plcte our good fortune and give no the
| only quarter that remains to consolidate
| the Government il the great RepuhliS
of North America would give i It's rec.
ognition. When Domfnica SEPARATED
from Hayti IN 1874, many other Statet
/ recognized DomiDica, but the United
States for reasons, doubtless, of their
| own, have never recognized Dominica
| The enjoyment of their favor 10 essen.
tial to our stability and peace, and I al
Ways thought il . hardship that It could
not be- aecRred. Nov, hpwa1eF, since
learn that the United Stases have pro.
claimed general liberty for all classes oI
men, / hope the obstacles which have
prevented onr.s recognition may Be
deemed 20 have been removed Mr.
Seward said when the United States
1 separated from Great Britaiu, 9nd estab
lished themselves M independent ma
tion, they organised themselves into .
Republic, and laid for it's found dasioh the
principal of the equality ofalLthe people
/ principle with which any forEm Of human
slavery 10 incompatihle; bur African slav
! cry existed in the county, aud when
in theory and form our sco6dition Ewa'
one based upon equality Of all the peo,
pie of the nation. :, Slavery neverthe
Fess existed, and was guaranteed 10 10
cal and State laws. The 6rst efforts O
the friends of freedom and humanity
were to elevate slavery vith iss influ
ences in every form, and to give to tn,
nation the character and policy Of q. M
/ ton opposed to human bondage Eve
i Try step We advanced in attempting I,
Aimpress this character upon the nation
vewere met by the sslavehoIding porEiol
of the Republic, With the menace or dis
{ ruption and dismembsrment of the EN-
) pire. -Ag, - 1850 !
NEw Yosx, Feb. sl--In the case O
A. u Stewart against Richard. ColburI
and George Knapp, for Iibel. examins
ton was waived this morning. CoIbarl
is admitted 10 bail for $500 Knan
gave bail for 81, 900. to appear for az Z
animation on Monday morning. -
NEw YoRK, Feb. A-Last nioh. ~
stables of the Becker Street a Fnlso,
. Ferry Railroad Company were.destros ia
. kby firs. Seventy horses were bnrped +
death. Loss about 90, GOO
The Heyazfs Fortress Monroe GO,
respondent sayss JeR Davis impril
onment, and the pnblie exeeration .
> bis crimes, have made him iraseihls an
soured hia temper. His attention no
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