New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
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- SANro DoMISGo, Feb. 1.-Santo Domingo is the bl
Oldest city In America, built and ruled by the I
white race, and up to the conquest Of Mexico and
Peru it was the richest and most prosperous center
Of Spanish colonzation. To-day il Is still the stained
and crippled image Of Spanish nationality It's Asb-
It's of its ideas Of government are. like its
aedticss of Spanish constraetion. All Of them Ike
Spain herself wear the iron-bound character of the
eixteentlr century, and her freedmen have not yet
learned though they are learning rapidly-how to
work out of their old grooves into aplan of action
suited to the broader light of the age ,3ti et 30
81 bounding into the Drama to land at the Custom
House under, the old walls Of Santo Domingo, its
somber piles of tiT,estained masonry, its massive
sign manual of the period of Columbus in egible sg
nifcance - THIS city of Columbus Is more Spanish
than Spain,p said o Cuban friend, now on his way
from Madrid to the insurgent camp IN his native
island, ON revolutionary mission. He is familiar
with the history and traditions of Spanish rule in all
| flavor of sauce piquant to his accounts Of
the points Of interest as we successfully
passed them That ugly fort at the mouth Of
for political offenders and for the 800 years of It's
istence It's dungeons have never been month at
time without score or N tMo St victims slight va
sonabe degree OF prosperity or sinful blindness to
the merits of snl immaculate Governor, has sent
e sS ds horrible dsai ~ that island
1.-The Spanish American Republics are all Of them
more less addicted to the same bad practice of inn
prisoping their opponents in politics and fear Cuba
may fall into the same error II she succeeds in the
present revolution WA ead.i y aa
Yes. Il isour badinheritanee, but we hope TO be
sayed By anneHng to the United States replied the
were Others about US he added There Is our hotel
abutting on the rear wall. and beyond that the
French ConsulStss and then near that small chapel
their special ofces and the President has bis official
suite OF chambers and holds hts Cabinet councils.
President Baez must be- m Executive council now.
for the white cross nag is flying over IT, e
Here tho river bends round small promontory,
crowned by massive ruin which, from its shattered
collonade and narrow irregularly placed windows.
has the air OF an old bar0nial> castle in which the
lorlly ownerm might live in feudal splendor; but at
the price OF being ready to defend 1t and himself
from sudden attack ibis desopte pt Dat picturesque
by himself, but the mansion was built by his son I,
Dsgets held there his vice regal bis
Which dalzia their cotsmporaiies into the most en-
thusiastie terms Of admiration. .a. ,o.. ~
AboutiSO0 yards across the river and in full view
from this seat Of his colonial rule y the site Of the
to be- shipped for SPAIN One Of the poorest Of the
ships then in harbor The S0tan caravel. Sorda with
nothing decent about 4 but its capta1 was chosen
OF America back TO the jealous and ungraefil Court
to which he had in seven years subjected larger
sa se Sl i
wears later the landing Of the i-st cargo OF African
slayes TO the New World aud, by curious historical
coincidence, within these, the first walls raised by
Shave labor for white masters in America the perfect
legal equality of races was for the first time asserted
as q defined principle Of governments The negroes
liberty, They ! had established, in a wild
way, their m0re than equal rights with tho
whites, but it was in the city of Slto Domingo that
tho legal principle was deliberately proclaimed and
insisted npon IL an eternal law Vt justice that no
race sionld abuse the power Of numbers TO oppress
because of race those Of different lineage from their
What is the Washington Cabinet doing or disposed
to do in favor OF the peaceful and mutually beneficial
conciliation OF. races ! Every day is now bringing
us answers to these Questions.