The New York herald., 1870-05-13
S A m A N A..
Meeting for Treaty Ratification a. Cooper Tnst-
tuts-Lergo and Earnest A.,oadancs-
Speeches by General Banks, Fitch,
Fithian and Others

Agreeable TO the cal areaiy pubiisled IN tho
HERALD 81 sae hy numoer OF our foremost citl-
zens. ana asKinl for al expre son oS popular
Oplnton on tie question OF thus 20 ,ornnenL consnm-
mitilg Il, pure ase of the Bay Of samanl large
meeting SO nbi a hast evening In the Dali OF the
Cooper lnstitlt,. One baiM OF mnsic INSIDE anl
one outside kept up ne vely Instrumentation for
half an honr or 80 prior TO the Opeung OF proceedings
A large nag OF the Dominican re ubhc almost
completely hil the rear Of the stage, whie over the
Iay, co eriny considerable area, was map, con-
spicuousy DISPLAYING the islands OF Cuba, 81. Do
mingo, rto ic0, Guh OF Mexico and the tail end Of
florida.
little after Ell sht 0ciock large number of gem
tie ncn. inc,d ns J. w. Fabens, special ambassador
from St. Domingo to the United States; General
Bauks. Coli ctor Grnneil; Pitch, Of Nevada Prosper
NJ. We n0rs. Tnos z. Murphy, Major Leland. Charles
II. Ru sell, John Coch ane, Noses Taylor, A. X.
Garrison, &C., eterei on the platform. amid loud
appl use and q bii nj ofmnslc fro IN band.
Mr.. MOSES II. GRisNELL opened the proceedings
by saying tIat they cam together to EXPIRE n lr
views u )on 4 subject which would find response
r ON one end O. tie country to the other It.
was In 10 sense political meet Dg, and would
be simply coniind 10 an expr ssion Of opinion
on matter now Defarc the Senate of the United
States With ,ome highly complimentary remarks
Mr. Crinnc ntrod ced Mr.. Charlie IL. Rus eli a.
pre- idenr OF the meeting. long Inst OF vice pres-
denis AMI secretaries wa, then read after which
General CocIr nc m do some remarks explana tOry
OF the great res urces anu a'trac ions, the magnf
cent pos "A n anil r ounlhgs OF the Island OF St.
Dom x u Il tn pr at advantages which wonld ba
sure TO arise 10 tn Oltcy ro the ac us. ton Of
the Bay o Sannn lie then read The fo owing ire
amDe aud resolutions, which were Unanimously
aioped =
Whereas citizens New York avoid feeling
commerce. .ard prominent Of pulc G-
dusy when has argey contributed TO secure for onr
world and whereas while important measures deeply affect
the national e sature ~ part of com
sI Ss 70 GO @ ssr ss ss Is 70
far practicable producing beneficial results therefore,
penang before the Saae t,s United States for the acqa
son o. territory ard adjacent waters in the island OF s.
Dmngo Is meas vast consequences, not alone the
private interests hvo we'd in The ias.ncreasng
ssa b Also YOU" to e p pase SERVES Of the unsS ssas in
theety securing all the important and essential reqasitons
Resolved, Tna the the Gulf of Mexico, which
locked seas With Atlantic Ocean, essentially
& ns S eaSns S Tds ss Iad
honor OF the American Continents ami that the hihe
our free o and. Necessary BY any esi.
seney u public affairs our con,ro over .he;e G waters
which outlines tie pathway OF commerc progress from
isthmas Of Dsen TO th ace renders the entrance from
the Southern ocean 70 the inland seas subject Of para
IN iston that the United States should bold the Bay Of
psaaas II the &C carrsaan Sea- ''''0' u ''0
u. hJ s % aoss sss the the n, 81
regions the importance Of ia saPss o. me necessity, not
capacity for ss geographical poson the CEN
Ire q the u ,s Key o. ae ocean and istamas transit
that attaches only TO the most favored portions of the
esove with M respect and Difference Cor the Senate
@ ~ n the s % Of the the
United states and the authorities % St. bomins).
to he PSssdan lie Tsd aud he ssa.ors IN
Congress from the state of New York
sPEEgcH OF GENERAL BANKS.
General BANKs. who was received with loud ap-
plause said ne took deep in crest in he subject
which brought them tngethel. Tne reb u on nad
produ G great changes IN this nation which were
parent TO the least IN ellgent eve But mere were
othet thaD domeslc chang wrought in the cDarac-
tsr OF the counri. In our Ella ons with oth
tries tile Old theory OF Washington that ne
should hold ourselves a!oof from any entaDgle-
win foreign goyerDuen requi es TO havG us
| III / ana proper ieazaL m in bett atlen,on 10
| our CONNIE rci relations and naval intere5s $. The
tine is near az hand whei every ropean nag III
ma 10 be with rawn from this Continent without
| tae necessity OF vl0ence. fore hadowng OF tas
Is Ia lhe .pOicy which we now advocne
not for The purpose Of extending and grasping the
territory are dy own. but IN order that ha,
that position as a naval power VIII ch By Its iln-
ence wil consumrnate The lea ALREADY enunclated
When the secession OF the Soathern sta occur ed
we found all the Eu opean Powers alive to their In
tercsts and BENT upon re-estabishing or originating
their authority on tiis ntinent and It's island aj-
penddges. Not a KEY point OF the great rivers Of
tnis Continent belongs TO the United States at this
moment. The St Lawrence empies Into British
waters. the Mackenzie in the same way: tn Colo.
Tsdo and e o Grsnae n are more Mexi;sn IAN
Gdif Of Mexico, meets with eight hundred islands,
winch are oil tie property OF foreign Powers The
possession Of these islands had been ours. They
were the key to our coast and to our
v o,s and ns s@a rs5es feSna ew dayI vi %
succor and support they needed. The common
remedy for the evils OF both iayt and st. Domingo
Is peaceful nnion with this country. IL Will give
US u control there which we never had aid which
we never could have without war. IL you speak
with the officers OF our navy who were IN the West
Indian waters during the rebellion they WIN tell
You that II we had only posse sion OF tie
Bay OF Samana or some other such point
tho English and the rebel priyateers could never
nave carried on i'e unchecked operations which
they dd. As 10 the question OF governing these peO
pie we can admit them as u Territory, with TIL oir
delegate IN Congress, until such time as they have
strength and intelligence TO govern themselves. The
American nag raised on tne heights oi ST. Domingo
VIII give Independence to Cuba. Great cleering)
A VoICE--Three cheers for Cuba.
The time. he believed, would soon come when tho
United States would make amends to Denmark iOr
the unintentional insult onered her lately-tap-
pIause--and ne would prophesy that before another
year would pass BY the Spanish flag would not float
over an inch OF American soil tlsoud cheers.)
England would also take ner turn and get cut Of
the way and when she dio 40 aud settled
that little bill OF ours against her and decided 10
agree with us ~ TO what laws should govern mari
time nations she wound be at peace with US. Tie
OF 81. DOMINGO WOulU Dc tnc entering WeCxs
to the grand future OF the United States and would
place Us on an equality with our enemies al our very
doors.
SPEECH OF CONGRESSMAN FITCH.
Mr.. Fitch, Of Nevada, was The next speaker whose
remarks were Of the same tenor as the preceding
speaker He said that 1t scientific theory III at
the Islands in the Mexican gulf had been formed by
the washings from the valley OF the Mississippi
n that were true st. Domingo had been
torn rom The very heart OF the American
Continent aud certa My Americans had rignt
TO go for their own property no matter where It, was
Caughter) 1t had heen said tnat there wa, 4 Job
IN the scheme To purchase the island. " there
1t was gotten up by the members OF the foreign
legation ut washington, and not by those who
favored the acquisition. and he would not be at oil
astonlshed II u came out that the Instructions or
these foreigners signed by the British Minister
or some other representative OF nation nilncat
to our progress aud welfare
MR. JOEL b. FIrEIAN REMARKED
that he had heard that soon as the treaty should
be rejected by our senate, II IL wOud be rejected
the British Consul in TINS city had 500 900 In god
on deposit in the banks, which he was authorized TO
use TO bind purchase bar1ain OF tie Island.
Mr.. MOSES GRiNNELL then proposed 10 the meet
ing the interrogatoiy, "Sha this treaty be ratified -