The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-23

of our own little ones at home, the
necessities Of others are apt to be over
looked. We trust it will not be so this
winter.
Senator Sumner on San Domingo.
TheSan Domingo question was the oc-
casion of a stormy debate in the United
States Senate last Wednesday night.
The session lasted until 6 o'clock yester-
day morning, and the debate was char
acterized by many personalities
which reached the farthest verge Of par
liamentary allowance. The occasion
of all this display OF Senatorial fire.
works was the joint resolution proposed
by MORTON for the appointment Of Com
missioners TO proceed to San Domingo
and investigate the condition and re-
sources of the island, the sentiment of
the people, and the financial condition
Of the present government there. 1t
was opposed by SUMNER in what is
said to have been one the most eloquent
and able speeches he ever delivered
Running through the whole of his
speech was a vein OF bitter personal
hostility to President GRANT and
more violent spirit of opposition to the
measure under discussion than he usu-
ally betrays.
He said that the resolution before the
Senate committed Congress to Il dance
OF blood and was new step in the
measure Of violence, OF which several
steps had been taken already. Instead OF
the measure simply OF inquiry the resO-
luton actually created these diplomatic
officers and the real object was 10 COM
nit Congress in advance in favor Of an
neX;ion 10y a pre-arranged report by the
commission having the color OF diplo-
matte authority looking to that end.
The President could now appoint an
agent to visit San Domingo without the
necessity of resolutions. He said the
information which had reached him
from the Island since the rejection OF
the treaty confirmed him in the belief
that the negotiations had been con-
eummated 10y violence, and so far had
been maintained and had been fraught
with violence ever since; TO the infinite
discredit ofthe United States. lie used
strong language, but only such as the
occasion required. AS Senator and
patriot he could not see his country
suffer in good name without an earnest
effort TO save it from entering into nego-
tations which had their origin with a
firm of three political JockieS,
BaCz, Fabeus and Casserly, who Sc
duced into their firm a young officer Of
the United States, emitting himself aid
de-camp to u. 5. Grant, President OF
the United States of America, and his
special agent to the Dominican Repub-
lie, and that together they had gotten
up a protocol on which the Young otfi-
Ger proceeded to make certain promises
in behalf OF this country. II this So
called aid.de-camp had acted upon any
title or instructions in taking this STEP
the fact was concealed, and no inquiry
thus lar has been able TO penetrate It.
p;i az oli,' 'i as aIIIH E. 10 'he
known in our Governments hiStorv
ard probably no CORRESPONDENCE SINH
lar HeS'Shauon haH ever oeen assumed
arnnen, Rm, tb;o UaIrO IT, e. ~,
tempting to represent the United States
of America, had signed treaty 10y
which the President OF the United
b;S ;nS a. n' an was erseu 10 use Sc
Congress 10 make the annexation meas.
ure popular, and all the Senate knew
no, no" iaS ny, ' op, resilient carried Out
inc this Influence in favor Of tbo oMnsr
o,Son scheme
go ,,
MT SUMNER saiu 'n"' DIT 'he nme
of the negotiation, BAEz was main
tanned in power in San Domingo by
rho nresence 90 Tinted States vessels Of
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