, 1869-02-04


lhst resolution home With him and ehow.
Ing Il to the people OF Indiana and Ken
sucky, who vote in his district, a. evil
ttnfe Of tho reckless way In which the
public morey is voted BY Congress-
sAH DOMINGO AND TIE VY1TxD srArrs
Aoco1dit 6 to Washington reporu the
people OF St. Domingo are becoming
solic'fous f'r annexation to the United
) ates. 1t II rgstded BY all par
e, xe are assurtd, As The only peaceful
solution Of the troueies on that Island.
For the pu1pose ef testing the eense OF
he aousc OF Representatives on the na..
tt', BIT. Orb. OF 1udlanA,. from thu
Ccmui''ea on Fcreign Aff.,rs, intro
duced Itsoluslou, which 1eaos Us fol-
Iowp:
RtsotFtA, 8t tas 6<nats dtA Roxxe Of Rfpr4.
ssafaftp<s. Iuas .hc Terr.ury psiorx,nx 10 Tho
pomtalean Nepuat!c asAu on tho application Of
20 aaa l!1co l1:o tho un,on !. Tstrstofy OF ihc
unitrd slatst. to be .ctlcd Tho rrFiior1 Of ii.
p1msn9o. on tho eones'ioaa nd III Tho manner
Pns'. Ths pstp'e Of .s!d republic .h.,}
adept Z Ftpub1lIsn furn Of Its7uo,Iai Govern.
rel: fss, ~ o.. ou.s IN eenvenloa assemo.ed foF
"setond. Tht sc.!on BY tho peorle shall b. With
The tonseIt std co-oper rauqn ot tnt c1latlnr row
e'an. nt ossa'a sfpuoue.
afkf b submitted to Congress fvr it, approysI.
Foarth. tbe adntsFlon of ssid Territory
enail % wt'h view to sho 1!tt male rssatunment
lnd a!tt sato Hrzliofy, in conformity 10 tae con.
OF ConRtess.f
A no'i~n WAS made To lay the resolu.
Iion On the table, and carried by: Ayts,
ITO; Ices, G.. Mr., o1th says that the
v~'e agstnss tsbliug bis 1eso' 'u.ion
wEs greater than he exptc ed, and
thtt the question will be brought up
sgafn in different shape, when aome
important Information will be laid be-
lore the HIuse. I, IL stated that the West
Ind.es are knocklc 6 at ont doors, and Ehe
q es:ion - no longer whether We shall
bny hem tr prorecs s,hem, hu5 whethe.
We will take them fer ro'hlng,
Hsytt II, next ktttr Cubs, tbs 1argeat,
rost rcauliiul and productive OF ail The
WIT Itdlan 1slanua. Il contains a5ou:
es,00o square miles. Its vegetation Is
chltfY Of q tropical ch.rac Ct, except On
tie highlands, where Inc climate is per.
pc,uRl spring. The mountains are
t}o;hed with msjastic forests Of pine, ma.
tcFsny, fustic, sslln-wood, lignum vttn,
ok, pain, and numerous other
catine1 woods. TIE richest towering
planu abohnds, and all the tropical cscu-
ientt, grains ard fruits, including plan
saina, BANANAS, Thms, maize, mlllet
oranges, pine-app ~, melons, grapes, etc.
The s.sples OF cultivation are coffse, su-
ear, indigo, coca, cotton anu tobacco.
The miht1als fouEd in the Island are
vsr'ous, including gold, silver. platinum,
mercury, copper, iron, tin, sulphur. m sr,-
gsnese, antiu,ory. 1ock-sslt. bi'unen, jus
per, rna1b'e, ind several kinds Of precious
stones. But ne rly all mining is absn-
doned for waus Of machinery, capital aud
tn1e1pr1se-
Al the present time the island Is occu-
pied by two Independent States, the Re.
public Of Hay,i IN the west, and the Re
public oi s.. Domingo in the e.s', corle~
fpoIding in Territory to he ancient
French .nd Spanish Colonies. The Hay
tier Republic contains about l0,oo0 square
miles and 600,00U, inhsbisan's, and the
Dominican Republic $4,000 square
miles, ard 850, 900 inhabitants. thu wAs
the I'D Spanish Colony, and few ye,rs
ago Spain undertook to 1cpossess 1t by
s,rateey, having bribei tho reigning
President to cede 1t back to the so-ca,!ed
mother country. .Bus. the inhabitausa
we1e 80 alarme,, lest they might be IT.
erstnra1 fhps Shav vr .Jn q Ne-on ~,,t...r .
to the Spanlards, who were elsd to beat a
1e'res. And evaruate the Island.
The United States having abolished
slavery ard guaranteed political and
civil 1iQhu to the peop'e Of color, the
Dcm:u'cans lock with lo1 elng eyes to
,he shelterine wings Of the G1eA. Repub-
lie, 10 give ,hem peace ard prosperity
SEQ stab.lt , Of government. Hence The
ovettures they are making 10 be annexed
to The Uoion.
TIE covettd Bay Of Samana belongs K
The S. Domingo Republic, and Ii VIA!
probably Secretary 6cwud's regotia-
non TO setufe possession Of It as nAva
sssloE, that drss led the PEOPLE to ,hlnl
seriously Of uniting their foz,upe4
With lhe American Union, The H.ylle1
part Of shc hland has made no Overture
CT arutxAyion, but 1t II quite likely the,
would not stay out In the VIC" ycr,
long auet tic g.: Domingo Republic va
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shown that they are ahnrdanify able
offend themselves aSnlhst outside 4
ertktort. Eti4es Frar c. nor Spain cou
told ,tezn IN slavery. 1t would only