, 1870-12-15
senator Sumzer's ResoIutIon
E2p1alAed.

Little faith. however. IN the e1ors4 At the on.
positinn, ptsfed. III tbay Rte, .agetnst the iex.
tIaartina1y persooA1 exaEtiou which tha Presi-
don't 10 making Moze ~ msttar Of recdrd,
therefore, usan wath any expectation that Cpn-
g1ess +Elll 1e4isk tho blandishmants or bhn
powers at the Executive, The following history
Of smattez ia trieay gisea:.
For more than twenty yes1a Washington
hss been periodically Visited By i cestain
Gene1k CazepeAn md h1s cfeyer wife, who. .,un-
der the nom de plume OF Fto1a MontRome-
n" VISA con,noutor:.to the Democratic Re-
Dtnoctst,e preas gene5ally. 1he particular
hobby Of M. ard Mrs- Cateneau was tho an
uexattou Of the Dominican portion Of San Do
uairgo, whera thay hAd rehIded under Piaruea
administration In &ome so1t Of odicicial caps-
city, Cazonean having bsen sent to the III md
by both Ple1pe and Buchanan a. togt! OF
the rebellion Washington naiased the Caze-
Ing, court to Jet1. Davis md i,s
goseInuent 1t Rlchmond, Wbefo they en-
1oyed high meature Of fAvnr flom their 10
.tiysty In the --'' lost cAuae.o Shortly after
heard of lie csxens.us Eorsfag away Ia 80
Domingo, AID making proposidons to Mr.
SaE1d looking to the fu1d1r1ept Of their
.tRvox.te sehane Of Anne1atiou- Tha natter
fell through 1t that t1me, and WA again re-
v1vea upon General Grants accession to offica.
The result Eas tho draHing Up Of = couvsn.
ore Of the pTeaijents young mill arY Score
taries, with the aid Of Admiral Porter, - vat
nuIse and tho yalusbfe assistance Of CaxeueAu
~ interpreter. That treaty was presented. 10
the Bepate last session, and, ~ your Eexders
know, came 70 grief by the nd Of Mr. Sum
nerfe opposition tho treaty receiving Just
one*half thevotea Of the Senate, whilst two
tht1dA W1B requisite
Thus far hsvo only STATED what Il gsuersl-
y known. Now for deisils. When Mr.. Fish
gave General Babcoek bis instructions to visil
Bag. The PRECEDENT Of the Dominican Repub
lc- he psEt.co]sz h{ warned him sgainas having
anJthpg to do With Cazeneau, aa dangerous
Ear, mixed up In his private schemes And
specuIations. and who only wanted 10 mako
cat'spsw Of the United S'ates, 20 as to realize
On The vlst concessions Of lands ia tho Bay Of
SatnanA and elssNhete which 1t VAS known
Batcock wss sent down, Ike good boy, With
u bag full Of gold the secrst service fund
OF The atate Department, to treAt With Baez,
and to xvoid the naughty but clever Caza=eau.
7 have no reason to doubt but
that Ratcoek left Washington = good
and E!rtuous young man. He may have beeu
seasick, and hts bowels tfoublad, but, aaau1-
edIy, hs conscience vaa 1t ses., although biz.
drsans msy have been disturbed with v3eiona
at the 2stute And diplomatic CxzeneAu, aR4inAt
whose wifes snd interference Mr.. Fish had
warned him. But, alas, on reaching The
is!and aa5. Nd SEEKING bsez, N uniooked,fot az
Babeoek x.s II IN tbs ds<k - regarded
Spanish. Like Tom Hoods Englieh SOLDIER in
Parle, after Waterloo, Babcock Was astonishe1
to find the ignorance OF Baez in not urder-
standing the American tongue, while his
suspkiao waa crest to hear even tbs httle
children speaking Spanish In this emergency
the iaaxitsbls Caz.nexu put in an appearance,
and, being equally conSefsant With tho Span
ieh and the Engtfsh, profretnd his services a.
inteTpreter, md thsy Were gladiy sccepted--
alt III. Fish'a warnings to the contrary not
- "lssg8; Bsso1d, sEen, the un.ophat,c.tea young
warrior, Babcock, in the hands Of two snch
experts - Cazeneau and D2ez, Rnd wonder no
longer at the result. In all the interviews b.
tween habcock and BAeg-the busy BIS
Cazeneau did The txapslatinH. Whist be told to
,s n.s1 sI T. o 2nsg spss HsaysD
didn't and equally ignorant was tho Ame1I-
can military. "gent" ~ to Whit reply
tho hybrid San Dominican vouchsafed. Gaze.
. nelu w1a MISTER Of tha eieuation4 and said
xhat he liked, One thing is certain, however,
Of the Bay Of samxna especial1Y-and
American naval officers he1e, who have visited
The bay, sseert TINT be has entared pra-emp
ton claims for large blocks Of lAnd surround.
ing that magnificent water, and that they are
now duly labeIad, s'13abcock, "" Porter" !" '.Da.
I'd T. Porter" Grant," etc; II would b
not to b paid for by the parties whose name
cow &Sure on the ngnboarda affixed to the
property N question, after the annexation Il
accomplished, md I thefafore disdain any; in
1u1ious Reflections While mentioning IN IN
donhted and indisp1sable fact, vouched for b.
respectable uav1l officers.
Bat. al this is Of secondary importauce
There ere questions underlying any mere coR
eaderAtion a. to the manner il which this III
nexadon Job has been worked Ut, OF the iadi
Hduals, il any there be. who arc peeunia11,
Interested In IT., And. In this connection, Ms
Summers resolution Of inquiry IL exceed.ngl,
! to thow. That resolution 1eAas:.
Rkso{std, Th2t the President Of the Unued
States be feq1e8.ed TO communicate 70 the SenAt'
T. ais ap.1,on aes tneo@paaslsd nd "th tse 5as
Dominican portion OF the Island Of San Domtngo
as saa Il aa pas g
sgsnt or Con&rl OF tho Unlsed States win the cor
| respppdeDce Of such agent or Con6uI; also, an,
nnsa, sto Il 70 account q sse dsbt snd aefe
of TIE Dominican Government, especially tts obj
eatscns 70 the neiEnoart1s KspnnItc o. uayt;: ~
Gs,.ts nlis ao iss sic q q rsnste1 'As Of 'a -
nsopal domain; .'so 1,,,s,,y' sny Tsa'y Mip
aI.o, any communication nom tho netghhostnI
Republic Of uaJti OF from cur Minister lnete t.
salt1g 10 tne proposed annexation: a1so, lust1uc
| tlont 10 The commander OF our naval sq1sdron u
the xatets OF the Island since the commencement
Of the LIE negotiations, W1ih the reports and COZ
] tesponcence o1 such commander: also. any tnfos
| maiaou tending 70 show what European power,
anJ, proposes to acquire Jurisdiction OF auJ par
of the island, and 7 %, o. 1hat PaEt; also, az
I information as to the poGtlon Il President Baez
rnder whom the treaty OF annexation wa4 negu
4 I1ated, 1nd tue extent to which he has been main
ta1ued in power By the presence Of Uolted State
vesse1tIf-Nar: also. ny 1nio.maHGn Nith rezRI'
nv information With te22,d to any Claim Of jur..
di9kon p nc Republic OF Ha5a over the terrlaoF:
III, summer, Of course, in drawing up th
above -resalutisn, framed it not ~ : rovinl
inquiry after facts unknown to him, but Il
elicit facts OF which he has full oognisanee
whether tho President viii deem 1t t'compat
ible With the public interests = to connun'
eesn. In ths meantime, l will endeayor t
throw some Light upon il.
Tho Republic Of Dominics, although te1l
tor.al}y Embracing tNo-thrde OF tbs iaiand
has population vafiouAH estimated at fron
200 oeoo to 49, geo, ne,s1y III hyofids, sp.n,s Ms
Qjation at 1eea thsn 1000. but u
otpes snthoritiea place 1t It the higher as
urss. Haytl has population Of about 600
O0o neaf}T III purp hIsckb, OF With Ftenc
l. bloed fntermingled. Hayu has pxd Franc
n indemnity OF 60 Q0Q. 600 fIanca, moiet
Of which sum the aAl items ctam - aVs tmsI
ty the San Dominieans; and By trtAty b
tsee1 HayH sad San Domingo, 1t is prnS'de
that neit6er party shall aNena1e auJ portion {
tho Territory. This f&ct is perfectly Ee
known to the gorernnent here. hAve b'
tose No : letter dsted the 5th os FeoruaF
1868, addressed to hon. Y. q s. Seward; ~. Sst
| Pgnandi, Consnl Of HaJd It No
bis goreFnment. be protests again
any sale OK tkaster Of any portion Of =
island, giving, among other reasons, q
statement thar he psoteEts "m con teanan'
| Of tho exiatenca at I treaty between the Go
ernme1t of HayH and San Domingo, BY whi<
it il provided that no pa1t OF Tho island 81
be aiepNod BY either Of the two COVER
ments>" In this letter the Hattien Cons
1lso Qrges TINT 1t Ill eyeutsA vote o! the
= habitanfs should b had-a plebiscise-z1
that 1t that time It mas evident tho popul
! ton Of Dominica Fas opposed to tho anne
Aiion- -.
Upon the se,iva1 Of the proposition
General GRAFT, the form Of 4 pZtdiseate =
I had, hui 1t IL ane8td TINT it WAS peEfs
! farce, The soldiesa az Baez eeizing and u
: piisantgR every one vto Tpted sgsinst anns {
Aa1%la3s 2Ea10EN3 II L111k RN 1E2u6aaaoEA Es AAA% .
{ nminifans ars 1t this time engaged Ia ci
8 I war. Gtnexal Cahral, tho former Preeiaes
i heaeinE the insurgents and having possasst
i q ~ The country, outside Of the te*ns =
{ fortified places. II 1e annex the Doninic
;. postttn Of tho island, we taxa it With ste Dc
q OF 80, 0oo, 600 frxncs, gold, due to H4yh -
= = ro~tion Of the French indemnity. md re a.
K It NTH It's own debt OF about eight uilii
r aollarr,-tn Ill, about fouEtesn million, d
It lae-and, sbove m, we assume Its civil VI
y It has been aid that = man who b1ys = Ia
. suit Ia = foo1.-VGhst shall ,ba said OF aoG
t1y which .tz7yss ssvetl millions OF dsbt,
= car,l war, and difficulty with tbs coPaetn
8 lead to contentica, and IN tho ond the ahso
J. lion ot tho whole flaan6, viii its hybrid i
= Afiiean population Of people; mona OF 1h
= +reak Our ixn9uagr, 1na i'll OF whom Rfc