, 1870-04-01

i i C.;T people. fAtneI GQzQ e11uef our gov
t-r:..c::t Vt our territory, who consume ]
T., ,,csI proIucts- But VIC still doubt |
v!e,ker .rr people are either 'e1tenaive
~. ...Yaloas.~ These examples of rhetoric
Slow 1ha, the Herald correspondent is prob
ally s~.ll;ng his own couundEunas and not
,As P1tsideut'z- He continues:
The population Of The county = rap.aly Y,
81 ;c,?.tAi p:clrc,lons becomes tazget- We talk
s!rs ttt ssalnce Of trade being aE.In*t rs In E1-
s;,,s a.,out 8: ,ooo, ,ooo worth Of Engar year.
Th1 nnas' r1.tirfiy dson upon sat tttd1h q ps
r-,n:rr. II - rruc TIM. bills are dtaWn on GuIppe.
t7f,1a-s The haisncc Against n In Brazil Aspe
II e,rr twenty millions. aud propostlonaSely tne
". t.Te ro,nmerrtal transactions. This being m |
.nce::reyert1tle fact It certainly Il most des1a-
III. t,rp IL acquire country where American caRl-
m % :, M ,esr "a etsee eaaa ep e SFoThs
10: American conSumpt1oh- \
Two luminous theories stand out clearly
in the above speech, viz:
:, That We ought to buy all countries
whose pr.dncts We consume, in order that
we mas Cease draining our RESOURCES by i'm
Porting foreign products, which leaves
sp!uevhat out of view the important point
that it may be cheaper to buy the product
A'on' than TO In. the county thae produces
the product, and then continue to buy the
Product itself, Just IS We DID before "e naa
bought the country
=. That whereas there IS q heasJ na1anee
q '1a'se against as III taFot u taoa ano
nrnzl, which ought to be stopped, there
lore we viii step it by buying San Don'n-
80 "7tb wh1ch VIC haTe no 6ade worth
speaking OF.
The President thinks 1t desirable that
American capital, labor, and enterprise
sha!l he employed IN raising sugar, coffee,
naa other tropical p.oduets- Why should
It Those who consume them are only
Interested in getting these products
cheap. j. T., with tbs least Outlay OF their
own lAto1. SO long as this end IS tulhAed,
il differs not tarthlng to them Wsether
the labor that raises them ia American,
Spanish, Creole, negro, eoolio, mule, sfeaIn'
water, wind, or Eun-power, or whether, IN
deed, they grow Of themselves, without
either the labox, capita', OF enterprise OF
anybody. The Dominican population are
imagined to be capable OF ralslng these
things on large scale, because Cuha, Bra
I'll, and other tropical countries produce
them But wherein will the more purchase
OF their country by the United States help
RS to obtain more tropical products than
heretofore, OF ut less cost? Isit not better
to Use our money to buy the products, in
stead OF using it to buy the island, and then
Icing compelled TO bay the products after
ward? Is it not better to produce at a
rnft that which VIII buy the most Of Them,
than it would be to embark our capital
in Improbable efforts to faase these pro
oaets oufee'ses' "e Day .an Domsneo'
WIZ not o''1 Al1eeeo oaiaace o. e1aoe 70 tne
tropics te as great 81 evers indeed 1t "1l
i ee ,nefeaseo o5 Inc no" 10 oan oomneo
: oi ene money We SEND mere % pay tos the
'Ea@aos - 1eaeeta as aeols, seNe1e 49, guar
T., rels and MAINTAIN It's fnlhtafy and naTa'
l'tences- There would be no increased
importation OF tropical products into the
other states from San Domingo and,
= tlesc we're, 1t would increase, instead Of d.
u'inish, the balance Of trade against the
people Of the present United States We
woald export very few more American pro-
ducts to San Domingo than we now do ;
Oh the contrary, the policy OK buying Tor.
eign territory and assuming foreign debts
br adding to cur rates OF taxation, in
eseasea the cost OF producing here the
things which San Domingo might buy, ane
thereby lessens our export trade with thai
;. ns well as With all other countries. Finally
we should continue to buy nine-sentha O
our sugar from Cuba end Porto Rico, AMI
should have Just as Large balance O.
tEnde IN their favor after buying San Do
minco as before. The economiea
!: argument for the San Domingo sell is bosh
,'aad what is worse, it ia old, e1plodet
bosA. II is q repetition Of the colonis
+: policv. sometimes called the "svste,a q
f. outle,s General Grant gives It the mill
!! ta1y name Of 4'outrosts the theory o
I. which is to buy nothing from foreigners
= hut force foreigners to buy from u.s. ~
:: stronghold in the West Indies would YER
soon regulate this, says the facctious He7
!; aid correspondent. How7 BY cnablirgu
: 10 introduce our productions into Cuba q
!, ~. The cannon'a mouth, after paying for OF
own rowder2 That was the idea tha. ont
possessed England, France, Spain, an
~ Portugal, and they spent their money treel
:. to rehiize it: After buying and congue11n
foreign territory, and tghing each other Il
- possession OF it, they found that they we'
i: ( still Obliged to live by their own labor th;
--
Il vas impossible TO force 1ofetgnefs 10 OF
): from them, unless they bought from foseip
c.s: that, even il they could hare done 6
Y n would have 1,aen 1,nnrofitah1e. and th
y u "oo'o nA'e 'eeo "Ap. A40 - -
: the money spent IN acquiring OF oe1enoli
r A4'c o".ss'' .1'1A :,
1 80 absurd an idea could ever have possess
.h e .,,..,+h;ns, ex4on;sh;ny 1,nt III,
sne-t !" Foua :,
: alter shes haa inca aao AnAuoeo .a ~ - -
N .Aa WZ, :. t1.a -a, .1,,,-,rh :
> Po'soeo 'ne "n ,."9,. ~ sss -,
= 4oae.hne' u u'e eou' -.
aoaeo 'ne elaseTs Wv
!, 4 snon'' e1 tas P''Hegs oi 1s
~ Hnsfe lucy 'e1. ou' u A'i4 .'ofe as>o1'4l
il Al sae p'os,'s's4ou "e1e ~ IVY a. e.Aa
aa!3 ~ .,..as,s | ssnss1ess pnt N Tho Question
Is t,,x;ne s,n Don,inco. from which we {
d Il. imnon little but poverty, squslor, he km
I: aar and the yellow ferer' The balance
~ tr.de in favor Of cuba and Brazil has
}s bearing. His E1ceuency, OF the COZ
"a 4:,..
e, sPondent, co0EoHee-
IA ami. who1e nues,iou ! resolve under forr hea
r,rxf. 1hc tn;ted St4tes requires such possess