Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-06
tPiom the Boston Advertiser
THE SAN D0MINGO TREAT.


wAsHiSdroN, Sunday, April $3.50
The San Domingo treaty havlog expired by
Limitation, II sesns to be thought by Senators
that nothing more will be done with II At
present, though al ageBt OF Baez who arriy ed
here a day or two ago, IL said to have Au.
thorliy TO agree 20 an extension Of the time
for rAtineAtion some paine have been taken
to learn the Prcsidcnps Views on the ques-
tIona raised by the Treaty, and the Argumont
he presents to Senators aud otheTa may be
briefly summarized.
lie says that the DominlcAn authorities
made the hra' proposals, aud pressed anne "A
| matter, or formed any Opinion as to the ek.
pedieney or feasibility Of the project He
| hnAlly sent eonhdonilsl messebBeta down
| there 10 make a secret examination OF the sit
| uatIpu Of Affairs, and Inspect the resources
| and capabilities Of the island, the civilization
msnt, the X nd and im cunt OF debt aud every
| thing else OF use In forming correct opinton.
| Ii was not until three messengers had re-
I'D ,n tsR pc hf 10 listen 70
| the proposals OF the DomiuieAns. Then he
sent General Btbcook down again, and a
TREATY, as Is already known, was negotiated,
The republic owes but 81 500, 600 which 10
the price we agreed to pay for annexation.
When asked n he 10 certain that the debt IL no
R9 mt this ne s sar ,hS sgTeTs Ss
| whole thing. What claims may be tTumped
| up against SAu Domingo he knows mott aud
cares lss. for .hS Is ,,S nat SnS Dc. the
not DO held TO their payment. He thinks 70
likely come claims may be presented, and sAy .
such OF them as are proven 5000 must DC pald
out OF the public lands OF the island. He re-.
cards the story about concealed debt OF
fifteen or twenty millions As emanAtlnB from
foreign sources, which are Jealous enVioui
and sec reilly opposed TO our acquisition OF
wbat he FegAris ~ the finest OF the WeBt
India islands, The DomlnleAn Government
Acknowledges lesa than 81 SOC, 900 tnde btedneas,
and says there 10 no evidence 10 existence that
AyaIld claim OF another dollar eau be pro
The present population the Presldsnt sS,l.
10 ttes Al less III an 200 900, aud he apprehends
no trouble VIII lteyeT in governing them and
preserving order. The people, he says, point.
Ing TO the result OF the teeent election, are
a 'ss,nn or our ss and laws they are tired
and sick, he thinks, Of faction And civil war
aud domestic dlseord, and gladly hall the
pTomiso OF peace and stable government.
They are drawn to us, he adds, by affection
and sympAthy on account OF our entranehi1o.
| N ent Of the eoloTcd race here, aud repose im'
plioit faith and confidence In our professions
| ofIustIce and equal rights
or the natural resources OF the island the
| President speaks in glowing terms, saying
they cannot well % eHaggeIateu' anu unds :
hiG view, lie 10 informed that the boil Is very
rich aud produces all the ffults OF tropical
lAtitudeS 10 great abundance. He believes
OF the island would exceed tlO0, OO0, 900 year.
| Our people, he argues, would quickly go down
| there, open plantations, attract labor, eve
, emDloyment to the natives, build railways
| and telegTAphS, lay out towns and villages,
| and establish lines Of steamships to New York
| and New Orleans. Qualities OF sugar, coffee,
| tobacco and other tropical fTuits would be
| crown and exporte !, and our manufacturing
| and agricultural interests would thrive
| thereby. He thinks Il would be 9 decided
| benentto US to grow these thlngB on our own
| soil, Instead OF paying tariff rates on them
when imported IRON foreign oountfies, He
holds that the expectation OF valuable woods
| and various minerals from the island would
be great, and that before the end Of twenty
wears the commerce would equal that OF Cubs.
! The laws OF ali the West India Islands are In
lnloAl to the intsTeS is q our SoSniFyi but
time would work Important changes, so thai
IN a little while trade would prosper and com
meree flourish.
volved IRON the standpoint OF the Monroe
doctrine, we cannot refuse TO receive the
island now that It 10 offered to us BY the Almoal
We reject their oVertuFes there Ia danger they
may turn TO Great Britain to obtain peace add
protection, and II they do we shall have no
believes one OF The next works or the world
will be the construction Of the Darien ship
oAnAli thinks our country will not be likely 10
let any foreign doVsrnneat Ioo Us o. Ihs
that station OF our own 10 the West Indies
IL essential to the canal project II we hope to
derive from II such benefits "a we should,
lIs also thinks 1t very important, from q
naval aud military point Of view, TO secure
this stronghold IN the midst Of the WeGl
Indies, and says It would be great blundeT Ia
atAteAmAnBhlP to throw away this oPPOTtu
nifty for getting II on favorable terms Our
weak point, he argues, 10 the Gulf coast, and
while he does not anticipate any war, he
thinks we should take the island As Al out
post against any possible danger, He seemed
10 convey The idea that In bic oplplon we arc
some time to have all the West Indla island
under our nag, md added that II would be fol
ly to reject the best ono OF them all when We
can get II so AdyAutAgeOualy.
lie does not say whether he will or Will moi
ask an extension Of time on the treaty, but ad
heres to the hope that some step In behalf oil
annexation may yet be taken by the Senate
lie says he has worked hard to show Senators
Its advantages, and expresses the opinion that
everybody would be In favor OF II II they
clearly understood all the facts as he does. lie
would doubtless heartily approve project TO
send Congressional commission, Of even a
steamer load OF Congreslmen down there on a
tour Of Inspection, and II IL by no meAns Ger
tain that some such movement as this may
not be proposed In the Senate by friends oil
DIXON.