, 1870-06-14

honor. So far as is known, both Of them ar,
young men Of integrity. It was attempted tt
drag Porter into the Fisk-C Cothin Wall stree
scandal but few persons believed that he hst
anything more to do. with it tha,
to- to protect ~ The ! Presidents at m 9eputation
tora, Porter be1ongs to ono of those Eastern
Pennsylvania families which hare been repro
scented in the United States Army from the be-
ginning OF time. Dabcock has derivation los!
phlegmatic, ha1ling from New England, anG
his operations have been Of ! more brilliant
and commercial sort. He has been the specia
correspondent and presidential jenkins K
visit the old city Of San Domingo, and do the
haggling with the bankrupt Baez for the sale
Of that republic TO Uncle Sam. Babcock had
soma help IN his researches from Senator Ccle
and other distinguished Pacific coasters, but
his e1nct status could have scarcely been the
Same as that Of his victim, Hatch, who WAS de.
srribed by Senator Chandler as ian American
who went down thero and got concession Of
salt mine OF something Of that kind. He is
Troublesome, meddlesome, worthless fellow,
who, without any diplomatic authority what
over. having no son Of authority, gave Ger.
tihcate to ship OF war Of the revolutionists tc
Government Of San Domingo. He gave this
and signed it automatically, whereas Le had
no moro diplomatic authority than any boy
who SITS yonder "a our page"
It il worth while to remark here that Soma
tor Chanllers intense ambition to extend oul
prutcctorate over foreign islands is quite com
i;a ~ an ",n ,na,ina, @ .t;zan .r,,n 5aa 5n :.
he in tho way or Ills Islands. Tho charge o
Senator Ferry against Dabcock is direct, and 81
follows:
.'Mr. Hatch Has an American citizen, throw
" aa mny nt anarai ~ tns
Commissioner ot tbr UniseI states. inteTycnet
against the release Of the prisoner, upon bis owl
aruwcd declaration to the American Commercial
Agent tnat II the prisoner WIS % released he. af1sl
s sse ~ H. Seq y, t Eoet s ~ ne @ W a.
III cha1Re. "'4'~' >~''~'' '@' '>-'''' ''~-' '''>
Sowing to this intervention tsad Senator Ferry1
of an officer Of the Army Of the United Stntes
shsse Gntne sot having unaer hls control the Navy
~ lug saes wsa ~, VI mtn,hs Eent conned ~ IN NM
sna M nItsn1 fgps @ n.iI1 enr ~ ~
leased u,son the 1ema1, made ny Admt15l Poor "a
the President Of the nomIoican 1sepubllc, to whom
the same EXCUSE for the non-Eelease Of uatch, to
VT, that Hatch. u released, would operate
axnnIs,,on NC CT ii,at r,,nn tbc ~ s;asanoant @ w
Dominican authorizes themselves to tbcse oncers
Of our government, this man, for more thtn six
months, without any charge against him was kept
conaned n pomacaq prison !sst Il rc'easel
ne saonld nake xnonn mere n WasntnRIon oplec-
npns stTn =; ss 1n ~ Se u nc
"SoW stat,s IT. tn tnes, iacfs. tu,,v ann clearly mn,
IerstandInR the entire in1Dort Of what say"
II this charge had any lust basis in it, Mr.
Sumner did veil to say that General Dabcook
ought to bc cashierca. But you nerer find the
Senate taking up anything in i non-poltiesi
fEame OF mind, and as Boon as Ferry aud Sum-
ncr had made their declaration against Bah
cock, il vas plain TINT tho Republican sido Was
Immediately divided into two halves, tho Sub
nesviente and tho independents. Morton,
1Ehyer, Nye, and others, at once insisted that
BabeoeA's easo should not 80 to tho regular
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Of which Sum
ner ia Chairman, bat to q eelect committee,
never let's up Oh Colfa1, insisted that be should
not DO excused from appointing this delicate
committee, and, in point of fact, there was no
just reason Why Colfax shoula have bepn e1-
crscd, inaemucll as goyernment makes no
allowance for inter-oAieial delcacy. Colfa1
which be made up this committee, Nye
he nade Chairnnn, Senator strong
for all anne1at1ona Howard and viii,
Jams; also two anexationists he nut in
with Nye Ferry and Schurz, opponents OF
Fan Domingo, gave q seasoning TO thia orayo
with the President, wzs then added to baInnce
Yiclerr. thn Demnerat .nnendad II fhe taiI
II ia a strong COMMITTED: and Il viii undouht-
edIv mnko two yet,orts onc nrntest1nr that
wL;te il bisck, and ,he other that b},ek i
white. No more than tLis could be expected
from aueciai comm;ttaa Of rnodern Senators
whose locic becins With a Conclusion.
Daleock Ia \ small. s.enial- a,nnt;sh se,n;-
ford Young officer. and about the fr1th Or
falsifv Of tie CHARGE acainst him I can ret M
r.iiil ;nformat;on r. ftrne, Il shorrs aai1ir
Involved condition Of tiinIornanE that. for thr
sake of helninr ti,o prest1rnt ~ bny N ;aland
q stan officer would 70 into 1nschinations
scainst citizen who IN already a comnnnont
part Of tho State. Roasoni1lr from anslogT.
rhouId say that tbo President INK
;ntn .;k co,,i5anco mi mi e1n1 nn o,oro,s ruS
service cTtremolv vonnr md cynnIsira
rcni1omcn AnrRodr Tho haa raaa tho
hiatorv of Waebinaton's af'ministration has
observed what mnt6warti state @ ceremon;cs % we're ere
introduced by hs i rai1ant Tactosuu,. David Hum. m
eona{ soyereigntr were set in Washincton'e
notldle br Knnx md Hamilton. RI II onn th;nf,
to yuIe vitbont nnlitic;ans' and anothsr tI,inSS
to ruIo witbout men Of experience. Thero K
ali the difference in tho world between taking
tho advice OF Simon Cameron and Ganerai
Balcoek, and yet it is very probable that from
yice might be- The same in cither caso. and
that PRECISELY what thew fiscoyered tho presi-
dent WAVED.
This thing in sure. .he neonlo of the conn.
trv..at large do not want san Domingo. avon
il it could DO had tor nothing. NoboIly sees
what We could do with It an posseasion thnt
ent State. To steal it outright Would
be, perhaps, lust ~ honest a. to bQy It from
President Iaez, and lust "a cheap besiies.
The theory Of outposts does not eeem to etrike
tho average American as n yery briIliant theo-
~. In,posts concern rs, at present auite as
much as outposts. The President seems to
retaip but one idea out Of tho many which
l..
former days,-the disposition to annex. 10
is surrounded b, . TOW pe1sonp Who lnye put
it into his head that if be will adopt annexa-
ton as his general policy, he can car1y the
country against the politicians Of his own
pa1ty, against the Democrats, and against tho
trump card, but to play it on San Domingo is
to select the emanest stake on the board to
throw tho biggest t.spot" upon. He hAg =
few partjsans IN tho Senate. and some in the
Honse, who will follow him in any proposition
be will make, no mptter how absurd; but e.
perienee bss thus Ia shoan that he has moi
hseneb q tSs M sa nat elthes
larro secret eeryice fnnd tn INK
viii md he mas nntaa Serretarv ~ st,+a who
seems to be capabia Of nnicf anthns;ssn, md
nf vehement g1mnsthv for new tsrT;tn-T n
br;ef. think Won may wisely not Il f3oTn that
Gene7.l Babcock has bean id danner than 'tns 10
President Int That he il foiersh7v aafa n,dcr d
.ho sheitsr nj l,is n.tron With Asn,ta ~h;cl Gsh
~ ionls ntn ,pr nuast;on ~ u5 ~ VIII r..
1no,;is Int only to NIX ;nyast;o.t;o1 sn.uars
1;srt n some Ionrer no1itic.l n1nt A. s10''N
'Ae-'S ~ TTE nEb RIVER Trn1nGIm
Tho 1rn;tad statcs Was nrohsh3v revs, IN g,
conI1itinn Az 4 fbe nrasent tinae
r. ,,,,.s n ihe naonja w.nt M Ipore gsr and and
NJ ~ T1,i eht mi ~ tharaSore aScnsd;ra11
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