The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-23
TIE SAN poMLNGo SELL.



It Is time the question was settled,
whether In annexing foreign territory the
people Of the United Suites are receiving
benefit for which they should pay, or
comforting an advantage for which, on
every sound business principle, they should
be paid. We have paid seven and one
half millions for Alaska, only t0,find that
1t was d "put up job" in Which some Of
the distinguished ex.statesmen who intlu-
encedl Congress to ratliy the purchase
were the paid attorneys and hired agents
of foreign governments; that 1t will cost
us half a million dollars per annum, in
excess of all its revenues, to take care Of
our new acquisition, and that our tax.pay-
ers are burdened and aecCed In order that
an ideal American flag lllay be supposed
10 constructivcly wave over q conti'
nent Of inaccessible snow mountains,
which arc rs far beyond all posi-
biliteS OF utility TO our people as
the rings Of Saturn. Who doubts that, in
this little swap" Brother Jonathan, pre-.
vlously supposed TO have some claims to
sagaCity, figures astle gawk among the
nations! On this humlliRting swlndlc We
arc not vet square, for the Russian Minis
ter. presents his bill for the interest ON the
money while we were considering the
bargain, which, without doubt Congress
will conclude We ought to pay. Not con
tent with investing eight millions in cash,
md half a million perpetual annual cost
in tho Aurora B6rcalts, I've complicatc our
selves by y halt bargain with little Dem
mark for the purchase Of volcano shock
and earthquake franchises at St, Thomas.
Upon,tllis, too, 1t is Clevcrly clnimed that
interest Is now running, and that VIC have
gone too far 10 back out g,.y 4 I'm y
And now some native American, specu-
latorS and dead beats have; been buying
I'M tho worthless bonds and dcpreciatcd
currency Of the petty halt.island known as
San Domingo, tho purchase Of which
would, in any event, be incomplete without
the further purchase Of Haya5 Latest
Washington advices to the Associated
Press say 7a '''i ~ ''a '
'Thc San Domingo treaty Is receiving more at.
tCntion from the Senators since the President has
manifested % great interest In It's behalf What.
over may 10 said OF It's merits, one Act Is well
known to Senators, namely, That those stronger
advocates Of annexation, arc persons who have
brought up, at low figure, evidences OF indebted
meas against San Domingo mentioned In the
treaty Of annexation with The island. These eVl.
tences that there arc several millions moro than
IL supposed. Whether President Grant ID aware
Of these facts ID not known but tho Senators arc,
aud tho treaty Will receive some rough handling,
whether It ID considered In executive or open sOa'
sion" .-5il az s1j'1AI ~ t-f.a
tits due to the administration and the
country that this so,called treaty should
l,e discussed in open session, so tlaknit
there are any reasons why we should pay
anything for the privilege Of governing
San Domingo, those who pay should know
them. If SNn Domingo desires to come
under our protection, tho fayor which We
confer upon her people in conscnting to
take charge Of her Is infinite. The effect
upon us, 50 fur rs the acquisition could. at'
feet us at all, would be n burden. We
have already as many miles Of scA.coast
needing harbOrs; Of waste government
land needing population; Of brokcn.down
plantations needing renewal; Of semi.civil.
lied negroes needing cdIcatiOni and Of
overdue debts demanding paymentus We
ought to hunger aGlCr-Nnd these arc alt
VIC can buy In San Domingo. For years
the revenues Of San Domingo have not
paid It's expenses Therefore, our people
must, for years to como, be taxed % pay
for their government We arc buying the
assets oi1n inSolvcnt debtor, assuming the
payment Of his debts, and paying in cash
Tor the privilege Of thus mAniiesLing our
generosity, -------y1s
We arc giving success to q scheme Of q
banditti Of tax thieves whose only aim Is
to depletc tho Treasury. Let'the Senate
scent them to their holes, and It will brOb-
ably find that every one Of the agents Of
this swindle has recently lINd hiss palms
oiled, and Il ready TO Share on certain
terms with all who Join hands with him.
win tho Senate make Q public invcstiga.
ton Of this branch Of tic subject before 1t
votes money to buy the privilege Of re-
dGeming tho Dominican greenOacks At
parR And is 1t quite The thing for a Treas.
Ilry which Inns $S50000,00O Of It's own
overdue and deprecated paper atloat, and
which Is grinding the people 70 pay tho
heaviest rates Of taxation now borne by
any people In TIC, world, to apply the pro
cecds 10 bhying bankrupt islands and pay.
Ing their still more deprecated obligations
before our own arG'taken caro- oEE Such
6lundcr will prove the heaviest burden
under whichthc Republican party can 70
into the next Presidential election, and a
serious, iE not successful, obstacle to itS
success. No somtdcr reasons existed fpr
buying Alaska than now exist tor buying
Greenland, Icelcnd, TERRA dol Fue go,
Juan Fernandez, BoTnco, the Society and
E.fn,,Jl,s T,1oy,So Nnvn vh1nhln SOif1hnF.