The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-30
ut. DOMINGO.

RUM AA"FCt Wtthtys
Mrs. Toodles thought that brass
knockers were handy 10 huVe In the
house, and that Il doOr.plate marked
Thompson with p would lie inexpres.
stbly convenient II a daughter should
chance to marry u gentleman OF TINT
name. st. Domingo Is handy island,
but what do we want OF Il? We nre
virtually pledged In honor 70 pay the
sum stipulated by treaty for ST. Thom>
as; and the accession to our population
OF the few Danes there would be iucon.
siderable. But why add 10 this the
population OF 81. Domingo, and pres.
entity, OF course, the rest OF the island
The population Of the half OF the island
which Is the subject OF the supposed ne.
gotiations Is about 1G0 900, and It's rev.
enue during the last year Is Raid to
have been $500, 900. The Bay OF Sa-
plana. which was the object that first
attracted the attention OF Mr.. Seward,
10 upon the Dominican coaAt-a historic
point, for 1t was from the shores Of this
bay that Toussaint L'Ouverture and
Dessallnea saw the French fleet that
Napoleon had sent TO reduce the island.
ers again 10 slavery-the movement
that led to the most 4anguinary
struggle. rHt -F5 'r-
Whenever n political community In
our neIghborhood voluntarily proposes
annexation 10 the United States tho
proposition should he most carefully
considered, and II 1t be u truly spon.
taneous movement, should lead 10 some
kind OF alliance. But negotiations OF
tho kind that must be presumed In the
case OF st. Domingo can not he regard
ed rs spontaneous acts. The people Of
st. Domingo probably know and care
nothing about annexation, and the au-
thority Of Baez to treat for any body
but himself 10 very doubtful. There IL
no reason nor necessity In opr own
situation for enlarglnR the present do.
main OF the United States; while TO
annex part OF foreign Island, peopled
by those who are aliens In every re
speot, and whose accession merely In
creRse9 the ignorance and the incoher-
ance OF our own population, certainly.
can not be considered a stroke OF wise
statesmaDship. Such an hot neither
enrlChes or strengthens US. And,
plainly, II we are anxious for n rapid
increase OF the utterly foreign ele-
ment In the population, the swift
current of the inevitable Chinese
Immigration ought to satisfy us.
lIWhatever treaty is made must, Of
course, be submitted 10 the Senate, aud
will undoubtedly be thoroughly con-
sldered by 1t and the country in every
aspect, Meanwhile, the adlnl nistration
OF General Grant Is so entirely free
from Bunoomb, and its foreign policy
has been 30 sagacIous, that we can very
patiently await the lifting Of the veil
from the 81. Domingo mystery. Mr..
Fish Ia not likely to be seduced by any
chimera OF manifest destiny, nor do his
official fingers burn 10 pluck the truit
OF territorial acquisition before Il Ia
fairly ripe. Sill less Is the Adminis'
tration capable OF preparing pretext
10 seize n point In the West Indies 10
annoy or 10 threaten Spain. II 1t
means war It Will say war. 1t has no
object like the extension and defense OF
slavery, which was the secret OF the
continental policy OF the Democratic
administrations Il desires only the
enlightened prosperity and peaceful
progress OF the country; and We await
with curiosity an argument TO show
that those objects Will be promoted by
the annexation OF ST. Domingo.