Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-05
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
A Peculiarly French Duel.
A Prince Wounded In the Shirt.
Gen. Prim Going Ahead Slashingly.
Valiant O'MahOny Sends his Wife
to Ireland.
Associated Press Report.
Washington News.
The RecocnitiOn Of San DomInco

WASHINGTON, February CA letter has
been received here from San Domingo, Civ
ing the substance of a conversation held
there on the I4th of January, between se-
cretsry Seward and President Baez, at the
National Palace. The Cabinet were pres-
ent The respectabiitv from which the in
formation comes entities it to credit.
President Baez said he was very happy
to have the honor Of receiving the
Secretary of State of the United States
at the National Palace, that a revolution
has been made in this republic, and while
the people have acquiesced in it, it lacks
nothing TO give stability to the present gov
ernment but that it should receive the
recognition of the great republic Of the
United States.
Il Mr.. seward-I see before me a person In
Gen. Cabral who, may say, has heretofore
not improperly but most loyalty, been an
obstacle to the recognition of the govern
ment under your administration. When the
power of Spain was cast off by the people
Of sDominica, they announced to all
other nations the restoration of the
caEfr1 - irs mead. SatIoG1ts 49, DTaT5 Usr
revolution was as successful as Just, and
believing that it was permanently estab-
lished under the control of General Cabral
the United States did not hesitate a mo-
ment in instructing the Consul, residing
here, to recognize the Republic by putting
himself into political relations with Gen.
Cabral. Before instructions could be execu-
ted there was a change; an irregular one
without the forms of constitutional action,
and Gen. Cabral was not present, and in his
place Gen. Baez was found at the head of the
Republic in antagnatism as it seemed, to
the will Of the people as it had boiore
hoo in, fa,r of Ca-,-,1 ~
bral. We were loyal to General Ca
bral, though not hostile to you. We
sought to know how the government of the
republic was to be permanently recognized,
and under whose administration in due exc
cution Of the national will, which is for all
foreign States the supreme law. All our diff
fcullies our now happily dispelled. Gen.
Cabral is no longer President by the voice
of the people, but you are President in his
stead, and the acquiescence of the people is
guaranteed by the presence of Gen. Carbral
acting in full harmony with you as men,
Der Of your administration.
President Baez said: l was in France.
came to America on my way to my country.
heard that the Spanish rule was cast of,
and their republic was proclaimed and sue
cessfully established by the people in arms.
was prepared to accept and heard with
satisfaction the condition Of things. Gen.
Surrano had been proclaimed Provisional
President. was prepared to acquiesce in
his administration. The people considered
again and General Purcentral was chosen
Provisional President was ready TO ac-
quiesce in that while l still remained
abroad. The people considered again and
called Gen. CabrSl to the Presidency. was
content with that but then came a declara-
tion of popular will calling me to the Presi-
dency. That call was sustained by General
Cabral, and it came in form 80 solemn
that was obliged TO regard it as the will of
the people. ! caused the Congress of the
republic to be convened. They have rati-
fed that decree. have accepted the ad-
ministration under the guarantees of organic
law and with view OF cementing the har-
mony of the government ! have invited
Gen. Purcental and Gen. Cabral to be mem
bers of my cabinet. I am still holding
similartrust for Gen. Surrano, which. ! hope
will be accepted by him.
Mr.. Seward said: your policy seems to me
to have been eminenly judieious. trust
it will prove as successful as it was mani
testify wise.
President Baez said hope all parties
will acquire N complete return
of peace and order, but it would complete
our good fortune and give US the only guar
antee that remains to consolidate the gov
ernment if the great republic of North
America would give US its recognition.
When Dominica separated from Hayti, in
1912, many other States recognized DOmini-
ca, but the United States, for reasons doubt
less Of their own, have never recognized
Dominica. The enjoyment of their favor is
essential to our stability and peace, and
have always thought it hardship that it
could not be secured. Now, however, since
I learn that the United States have pro-
claimed general liberty for all classes of
men, hope that the obstacles which have
prevented our recognition may be deemed
to have been removed.
Mr.. Seward said when the United States
separated from Great Britain and established
themselves an independent nation, they or
ganized themselves into republic and laid
for its foundation the principle of
the equality of men, a principle with
which any form of human slavery is
but African slavery existed
in the country a while in theory and form.
Our condition was one based upon the equal
ity Of all the people of the nation. The first
great efforts Of the friends of freedom and
humanity was to eliminate slavery with its
influence in every form, and to give to the
nation the character and policy of q people
opposed to human bondage. Every step
that we advanced in attempting to impress
this character upon the nation, we were
met by the slaveholding portion of the Re-
public by the menace of disruption and dis
memberment of the empire. 1t was not
possible at first to prevent the extension of
slavery in our own borders. 1t was not pos
sible to prevent the acquisition of new for
eign territory for the purpose of extending
slavery, because ofthe popular apprehension
disunion must follow the policy of she
restriction thus proposed. Thus, in fact,
under the previous administration the slave
holding power loudly and long determined
the policy of the country at home and
abroad. Thus it happened that when
Hayti established republic upon the basis
Of universal emancipation, and constituted
in all forms after our own, the United States
did not recognize Hayti, and throughout all
her existence, now not short one of near
so years, that sister republic was never
recognized by the United States. It was so
with Dominica in 1912, when she separated
herself from Hsyti and established an Amer