The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-29
The sun Domingo Job.

From he Chicago Tribune
The Senate has voted, by eleven ma
jOrity, not to let tho publtc know anything
about the San Domingo Job, which In
wolves a cash payment Of 81 800 900, and
the assumption Of liabilities Of III indcti'
mite amount.
San Domingo Is in state Of chronic
revolution, and Just now hns two Prcsi'
dents, two governments, aud two armies
Each Of these governments Is cruel and
malignant in It's policy; il hangs Or sheets
every mcmberot1lc opposing faction WHO
falls into It's hands. Each supports itSelI
by rObbing and forced loans; and life, lib
crty, and property In the land are ut the
mercy of Tho rival CHIEFS The Govern.
ment Of the United States has elected tn
deal with Buzz, Il sort Of CarpCt.bHggcr,
and To ignore CaprNl, though their follow
ing Is about equal, und their Legitimate
authority is about the same, that Is to SIy,
nothing Mt MI. BaeZ, however, Is am
bilious and corrupt lie has IN iiea,
doubtless, that IN ease Of annexation
he will become Bullock, orr White
more, bcsitles pocketing, in the prclimln-
ary transaction, large share Of the
money which may pass from the United
States To Sun Domingo. San Domingo Is
Of course In debt. There are two gov
ernmcnts all the time issuing sllinplAstcrs
and creating liabilities l'Hcz expects by
annGxatiOntD give his paper q value, HntI
no doubt, In anticipation OF the purchase,
is prepared 10 issue II to any amount, like
the banker who signed notes night ind
fHy to keep his institution from breaking.
Flo has already received $l50,0W In gold
for lease Of Samana Bay. lie repre-
scnts the public bonded debt to lM : ,9OO,-
600, and the United States is TO HpprO-
PIRATE $1,5OO.OOO in cash to pay
that debt. For, whatever other debts
the Government Of the United States
may assume by annexation, 1t Is to
be secured by tho "pIbllc lands" Of
Sun Domingo! San Domingo bonds
are worth, perhaps, ten cents on tho dollar;
the other debts Of the republic arc not
worth even TINT sum, both together may
reach five millions Of dollars. AnnGXa-
ton will bring this debt to pAr, and will
add, of course, to our already liberal SEMI
annual payments Of interest. The treaty
bears all the marks Of Il financial job and
speculation tn enrich those who hive
bought Sun Domingo bonds, or 10 whom
Baez may distribute them us presents.
The "pu6lic lands" Of San Domingo arc
OF less value than those Of Alaska. There
Is not foot Of them, except possibly the
mountain peaks, which has not been pri'
Vate property, and the titles arc to be
traCOd in the records Of murders, COnIisCa-
tons, cvictiOns, plumber and Npinc.
president" Bacz h u COwartlly mil
brutal adventurer, who. having run his
career oEassaSsinatiOn and dCSpotism, seeks
escape from the 0vcnging arm Of justice
by sclIinglis country and his coUntrymGn
for money to q foreign government 1t is
no answer TO say that tho D0minicanS will
he better off US part Of the American Re-
public than they now are. It Is no part
oftlc emission" Of the United States to
buy foreign peoples " improve, their con-
dillon. We are surrounded with others
scarcely less wretchcd than the Donlni'
cans. Once admit that It Is Our duty to
buy all unhappy nations whose peOpIc may
be betterctl by the ClIIngr, and where shalI
we stop? Mexico, AND Central America,
Spain, IrclStnd,' Paraguay, Rome, Turkey,
Japan, mil China, appeal to us even more
strongly than SUI Domingo.
But the effect BE- the treaty Upon San
Domingo Is not Of the least Importance
cOmpaFed with tile GIlCCtNpon ourselves.
Are we over To get out Of debit Ar6iwe
ever to have rctlnctiOnsof taxes? We
have covered up $4,000 IN the eternal
SHOWS Of Alaska \ proposition to bury
an,eGual sum unIler the volcanic rocks Of
81. T'hOmls is still pcnling,-and so borne
down by debt That we arc paying u tax Of
lOS Dcr cent on our very salt, IRE We IN II
condition 10 pay n single! dimG u this
hIaCkgtlanl atvCntlIrer In NSaN Domingo
for the privilege Of forcing our institutions
upon people who know no more Of them
tlian they do of the ElGUsinian mysteries
We hive OH hand four millions Of newly
made COlOrcd citizens, who, though tr1lGt-
table in disposition, and Americans by
birth, haye everything 10 learn in their
new iNSttiun, and wlIOhnllSt for years he
the objects OranXiOus sOliCitudCand care.
We have upon our Western frontier more
than hundred tribes Of unlametl
snvages, antl, still farther west, M in
cursion Of pagans who though they may
never claim political affinity with us, he
come for the time an integral element
of our population, exciting violent pre-
luliCcS, aN,l demanding constant care.
This treaty proposes tO add To our p0liIi.
cal body u new lot Of bHrlEirianR inwlInnI
revolution, hlOMlslIcd, illcmcss. cxt0rtion,
aud revenge have lmc0mc hereditary; Mn,l
one Of the excuses for lmlying tho priv.
lcgc Of civilixing them is, that il will then
lm caster for .us 70 buy their neigl!lNN,
and carry our purchases forward 10 GauLc.
mala, Nicaragua, anil New Grenada,
where our trillMNiS are IN terminate IN
digging ship canal through The Andes
ut III estimated cost ol &1OOO00O0
1.-THE Senate ra,ify this San Domingo
Job, We hope thG House will refuse To vote
the money for il, nj least until the people
have their clmncc ut II. ThcReprcscnta-
tive who votes for that appropriation will
he IN object Of pity fora long time after.