Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-12-16
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| Without receiving corresponding Denehts. Tht
government of San Domingo has voluntarily sough
this annexation. 1t is a weak power, numbering
| probably less than one hundred and twenty thou
SAND souls, and yet possessing, one OF the riches
population of 100000 of people in luxury The
! people of San Domingo are not capable OF main
tanning themselves in their present condition, and
protection Of our free Institutions and laws .oul
/ progress and civilization Shall we refuse them?
| The acquisition of San Domingo Is desirable be
cause of its geographical position. 1t commands
the entrance to the Caribbean Sea and the Iethmus
transit of commerce. 1t possesses the richest soil
the best and most capacious harbors, the most sau
the forest, mine and soil of any of the West india
Islands. Its possession by the United States will In
few years build up coastwise commerce of i'm
ing to the United States our lott merchant marine
twill ggeet to us thcse articles which we consume
greatly and do not produce, thus equalizing our ex
psrts and imports In case Of q foregp war It will
thus prevent an enemy from again possessing
himself of rendezvous upon our coast. AT
present, our coast trade between the
those those bordefng On the Gulf @ of MeHco % Is by the
Bahamas and the Antilles. Twice we must, as it
were pass through foreign countries to get by from
Georgia to the east coast of Florida. San Domingo,
with stable government, under which her i'm
mense resources can be developed, viii give reniu-
nerative wages to 10000 laborers not now upon the
island: This labor will take advantage of every
available means of transportation to abandon the
adjacent islands and seek the blessings of its free
dom, and as sequence each inhabitant would re-
ceive the reward of his own labor. Porto Rico
and Cuba will have to abolish slavery as measure
of selfpreservation to retain their lab0rers. San
Domingo will become large consumer OF the
products oil our Northern farms and manufactcf les.
IL chcfD rates at which her citizens ca1f be fur
nlsned win food, tools, land and machinery, Will
make it necessary that the contiguous islands should
have-the same advantages, in order to compete
with the production of sugar, coffee, tobacco,
tropical fruits, etc. This will open to us wider
market for orr products, ;, The production OF our
hundred millions of our annual imports, besides
largely. increasing our exports With such pic
TfH m Is easy as he to now large & dee
trade against us including the interest of bonds
held BY foreigners, and money shipment to
ar Citizens ays1g IN IN foreign lands
this country it not so easy to see how this result
lis to be otherwise accomplished. The acquisition
of San Domingo is an adhesion to the Monloe doc
trine; 1t is measure of national protection 1t is
asserting our just claim to a controlling infeence
over the great commercial traffic soon to flow
from west to east by way of the Istfmus of Daren;
1t Is to build up merchant marine; 1t Is to fur
nish new markets for the products of our farms,
shops and manufactures; it Is to make slavery un-
supportabe in Cuba and Porto Rico at once and
ultimately so in BRAZIL 1t is to settle the unhappy
condition of Cuba. and END an exterminating con-
hict; 1t Is to provide honest means of paying our
honest debts, without overtaxing the people; 1t fs
to furnish our citizens with the necessares of every
day life at cheaper rates than before and it is
IN fine, rapid stride towards that greatness which
the intelligence industry and enterprise of the cit
sumo among nations. In view of the importance Of
this question, I earnestly urge upon Congress
early. action expressive of its views as to
the best means of acquiring San Domingo.
My suggestion /, is that by q joint resolution
of the two houses of Congress the Executive be
authorized to appoint a Commission to negotiate
for treaty with the authorities of San Domingo for
the acquisition Of that island, and that an appro-
priation be made to- defray the expenses of such
commission. The question. may then be deter
mined by the action of the two houses of Congress
upon resolution of annexation as in the case of
the acquisition of Texas. So convinced am of all
the advantages to flow from the acquisition of San
Domingo, and of the great disadvantages 4 might
almost say calamities-to flow from its non-acquis-
ton, that believe thesubject has only to be nvest-
gated to be approved. - Z
THE MEXICAN FREE PORTS.
1t is to be regretted that our representations in
regard to the injurious effects, especially upon the
revenue of the United States, of the policy of the
Mexican Government in eXempting from import
duties large tract of its territory on borders,
have not only been futless but that ii is even pro-
posed in that country to extend the limits within
which the privilege adverted to has hitherto been
GUS consideration the proper for counteryail
ing the policy referred to, WILL it is presumed, en-
gage your earnest attention.
CENTRAL AMERICA at4oe
1t is the Obvious interest, especially of neigh
boring nations, to provide against injury to those
who may have committed high crimes within their
borders, and who may have sought refuge abroad.
For this purpose eXtraditiOn treaties have been
concluded with several of the, Central American
Hepubllcs, and Others are in progress. ~
VENEZUELA. s.e
The sense of Congress is desired, as early as
may be convenient, upon the proceedings of the
Commission on Claims against Venezuela, as
communicated in the messages of March 4th,
1869, March 1st, 1870 and March $1sts 1870. 1t
OF. the money which has been received from that
government until Congress shall have acted upon
the subject y
THE CHINESE MAssAoREs.
The massacres of French and Russian residents
at Tien-Tsn under circumstances of great bar
barity We're supposed by some to have been pre-
medltated, and to indicate O purpose among the
popuace to exterminate foreigners in the Chinese
empire. The evidence fails to establish such a
supposition, but shows completely by the
local authorities and the mob. The government
at Pekin, however, seems to have been disposed
to fulfill its treaty obligations, SO far as 1t was
able to do so. Unfortunately the news OF
the war between the German States and France
reached China soon after the massacre. 1t would
appear that the popular mind sbecame possessed
with the idea that this contest, extending to Chi
nese waters, would neutrallze the Christian iniiu-
ence and power, and that the time was coming
when the superstitious mass might expel all for
eigners and restore the mandarin influence Anticl-
pating trouble from this cause, inyited France
and North Germany to make an authorized tsus-
pension of hostilities in the East, where they were
temporarily suspended by act of the commanders,
to act together for the future protection in China
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peans.. 7qiiedw sFsg9 's>ff 3 s"' 90 -
I'st.1 TREATY WITH ENGLAND 81 "fN
!, Since the adjournment of Congress- the ratihca-
hons of the treaty with Great Britain for abolish
ing the mixed courts for the suppression OF the
slave trade, have been exchanged. 1t is Believed
that the slave trade is now confined to the eastern
coast of Africa whence the slaves are taken to Ara
4 The ratifcations of the naturalization ccnven.
ton between Great Britain and the United States
have also been exchanged during the recess, and
a b. to- we two
governments has been settled in accordance with
the principles always contended for by the United
States
THE BRITISH BOUNDARY LINE.
In April last while eng .ged in locating a
military reservation near Pembina, corps of en-
gineers discovered that the commonly received
boundary line between the United States and the
British possessions at that place. is about ftysev-
en- hundred feet south of the true position of the
zenith parallel and that the line when run on what
is now supposed to be the true position of that par
allel, would leave the fort of the Hudson's f}ay
Company at Pembna within the territory of the
United States. This information being communi-
Gated to the British government, requested to
consent, and did consent that the British occupa-
ton of the fort of the Hudson's Bay Co. shsuld
continue for the present. | deem it important,
however, that this part of the boundary lines should
be definitely fixed by a joint commission Of the
governments, and submit herewith estimates of the
! expense of such commission on the part of the
ba4 United staes and recommend an fol
The land boundary is already fixed and marked
from the summit OF the Rocky Mountains to the
Georgian Bay. 1t should now be in like mannel
marked from the Lake of the Woods to the summit
of the Rocky Mountains t@S's Aa = ,s
| ia.l5fn9 ~ THEALABslsA CLAIMS "a itfA 7.
regret to say that no conclusion has been reach
ed for the adjustment of the claims against Great
Britain, growing out of the course adopted by that
| government during the REBELLION. The Cabinet o.
\ London, so far as its yieys have been expressed
does not appear to be willing to concede that hel
/ Majestys government was guilty of egligence OF
did or permitted any act during the war by which
the United States has just cause of complaint Oul
| firm and unaterable convictions are directly The
| reverse. L therefore, recommend to Congress L