The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-13
TzE ST. DomfNGo zND CUBlN 0UEs-
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sriuee- senator ssamper-w will Gen. Banks
stand FireS
Correspondence OF TIN sun.
wAsuxoroS Saturday, June 1.-THE pros
scts OF the n Domingo treaty, II IL should pssstne
s-uste notwithstanding tho very pretty quarrel In
that body, viii not be improved in the House by
iaets which have come TO the knowiedro OF mem
bers regarding President Baez and hs sympatnies
.nd afiation with tho Spanish authorities in Cuba.
In this he In perfect accord with his late friend
President salnave OF Hayti. and hence is essily
derstood the lively interest taken 10 both these
worthless by the State Department. This patronage
did not indeed save one from the unmely end TO
which tic truculent black barbarian had ruthlessly
doomed 90 many others; and u may yet be una.
vans to save HE sstute and perndious saffron col
ored compeer Of St. DomingoIfrom ignomnious eI-
pusion from his country.
II is now for the first time known ana understood
that Baez accepted ONCE and commission from the
Spanish invaders OF his countryside country he
now proposes to eel In coparnership with the ring
while Cabral and Luperon, hts present opponents,
were battling manfuly against the usurpers. 1t is
known that up 10 the present time his principal po
licemen and spies are spanisrds OF the volunteer
class and members OF Congress In possession OF
the details OF the story Of the persecution OF Anguo
Gouridi, Cuban, editing paper in tho city OF St.
Domingo, who wns assaulted and dubbed and Oh
liged 70 keep bis house for several weeks, because
he had ventured to reproduce from the New York
papers some account favorable TO the Cuban pa-
trio's.
The nature Of the extraordinary powers vested in
Col FabeLs and which he incautiouly admitted to
be- as Ear as conditions were concerned, a blank
ssest Of pdper toi1 ne signature Of Bdez has led
to comments which make the partisans OF the 81.
Domingo treaty job look very blank. II is thought
that the game Is up with Baez unless that treaty Is
ratified; that II Il were desirable there could be
necessity TO expend million and half Of dollars
and you may depend that the House has no idea OF
doing 80 even II the Senate does not shut down the
hatch upon the matter in anticipation.
The energy with which Senator Sumner opposes
the st. Domingo scheme is generally attributed to
personal spite toward the President on account Of
his superseding the late incumbent OF tho Turkish
mission, whom Mr.. Sumner, under his longtime
Russian infuenc es made II point or retaining be-
cause his discourtesy rendered him obnoxious to the
Sultan, and whom Gen. Grant removed because
Mr.. Fish was afraid TO do so. Those better In
formed know, however, that the Senator's opposi-
ton antedates this. When the 81. Domingo joD
was confined to an over-groedy ring Of some twenty
persons, II had no friends in either branch Of Con-
gress Mr.. Sumner had terribly lost prestige on &C
count OF his course the Cuban question. To
oppose Q scheme which taen seemed sure 10 fail
would make Il appear AZ II he had not Lost that
lead In foreign politics which short time back he
really bad been able TO assume through the pusil-
lanmity and Incompetence Of the Secretary Of State.
But the 81. d omngo ring widely extended Its OPP
erations aud acquired footing IL had not before.
Let charitably believe, however, that the sena.
tor, when moving In the right direction, is actuated
by conscientious motives, though II must DO admit
ted that the fact and method Of his opposition 10 the
treaty and advocacy OF inquiry into the Hateh-Bab-
cock matter, have rather impeded than furlhered
the object Of those who wished the rejection Of the
one and the full investigation OF the other.
Tuesday next Ia looked 10 with great interest
by the friends OF Cuba and while whatJhas been
published OF the report OF the Committee on Foreign
Relations gives satisfaction, opinions still diyi-
ded regarding the Chairman. Many, Judging from the
past cannot yet believe that he Is quite in earnest
and some are actually Sstting that on Tuesday he
will be either kept away by sickness, or that the
resolution recognizing belligerency will DO tor
tured into something else. alleged to be still better
for the of Cuba, but which neither the Cubans
the friends OF Cuba will relish substitu on,
more than Red Cloud did that Of Strawberries
and cream for the removal of Fort Fetterman and
for the two wagon loads OF ammunition which he
asked for.