, 1870-03-21

THE SAN poNINd0 SELL.

only to nno that II Nas put up 1op. III | :
which some of the distinguished .e1- .
statesmen who Influenced Congress to ratify
he purchase were the paid attorneys and
hired agents Of foreign governments; that ,
It VIII cost as half million dollars per an
NUN, in excess of all its revenues, to take
rare Of our new acquisition, ind that our
taxpayers are burdened and aeeced in order
tha, an ideal American flag may be sup
posed to const1uctively ~aSe over q COZ
tinent of inaccessible Enow mountains,
which are as far beyond all posi-
bili6es Of utility to our people IS
The rings Of Saturn. Who doubts thai, in this
little awap," Brother Jonathan, previously
supposed to have Some clAius to aagacity,
figures sa the gs~t among the nations? On
this huuiliatiug swinde VIC art not jet
square, Tor the Russian Minister presants
his bill for the interest On the money while
We were considering the bargain, which,
without doubt, Congress VIII conclude We
ought to pay. Not content with investing
right MILLIONS in cash, and halt q million in
perpetual annual cost IN the Aurora Bore
ais, we compEcate ourselves by haN BAT
gain with little Denmark fos the purchase OF
Volcano shock sud earthquake franchises at
St Thomas. Upon this, too, it is cleveriy
claimed that interest is now running, and
that ve have gone too far to back out
And now some native American specula-
tors and dead-baats have been buying up
the worthless bonds and depreciAted curren-
cy Of the petty half-is1and known as San
Domingo, the purchase Of which would, II
auy event, be incomplete without the fur
the. purchase of Hayti Latest Washington
adyices to the Associated Press say:
aThe San Domingo treaty Is eeceayinE more -
tentton from the Genatoi1 slnce the fresioent nas
manifested 80 ETeat Interest y is beh1 y
Known to GenntorH, namely that taoee sHonzeI
advrcates of aune1atlon. are petsens Nne have
ness aea5nst san Domingo. mentioned u the treaty
Of annexation with the Island. These eF1acneea
VII os = and tasEs y good raso1 .n.n o. sn
posed whether President Grant Is awnre 81 thtse
facts Is MOI Known, but the sensto1s are and ne
Il is considered In e1ecut1se or opea session"
1t is due to the administration and the
country That this so-caIlsd treaty should be
discussed IN open session. SO TINT, II the1e
are any REASONS why we should pay any
thing for the privilege Of governing San
Domingo, those who pay should know
them. If San Domingo desires to come
under our protection, the favor
which We confer upon her people in
consenting to take charge Of her is infinite
The effect upon US, 80 far as the acquisi-
ton could affect us at all, would be burden
We hare already as many miles Of sea-coast
needing harbors; Of waste governmentaau hands
needing population; Of broken-down plan
tations nee1ing renewn1; OF senni civilized
negroes needing education; and Of overdue
debts demanding payment as we ought +
hunger after-and these nre AA We can hri.
in San Domingo. For years the revenue
Of San Domingo have not paid its expense
Therefore, our people must, for years +
come, be tazed to pay for their government
We are buying the assets of an insolven
debtor, assuming the payment Of his debts
and paring in cash for the privilege OF thu
manifesting our generosity.
We are giving success to scheme of
banditt of tux thieves whose only aim is t
dsplete tho Treasury Let tho SarasA e"es
them to their holes, and it will probably fin
that every one OF the agents OF this sw1ud
has recently had his palms oiled, ard
ready to share on certain terms with all WI
iain hxnds with him WIN the Senate mai
a public investigation Of this branch Of Il
subject before it votes money to buy Il
privilege Of redeeming the. Douainica
greenbarks st para And is it quite Il
thing for Treasury which hes $356. .0oo, Ok
Of its o1n overdue and deprecated pap
aaoa. and which is grinding the people
nay the heaviest rates Of taxation now bor1
BY any people in the world, to apply Il
proceeds TO buying banHupt ia1hnds ar
payinr their still more deprecated obHg
tions before our uwn arc taken care os
such blunder will prove the very heavle
burden under which the Republican par
can 60 into the next Presidential electio
md SERIOUS, If not successful, obstacle
its success No sounder rensons existed I
buying Alaskn than now EXIST for bnJi
Greenland, Iceland, Tie,ra del Fue 60. 5u
Fernandez, Bo-neo, The Society and Erie.
" Islands, Nova Zembla. Sp7kbe5gen,
Desert of Sahara, tho sources Of the Nj
OF the Mountains of The Noon Is orr s
eminent to car1y cut on national scale
policy Of Mrs. Toodles, and buy all
H.i',e-. ~ s+,s o,,3 assnn,e 7,axrnent OF
the overdue debts Of bankrupt eovernme
that cun be found 1nanifesting any will
ness to Get nd of their burdensa
We protest, not only, N particular, aga
this s~indle but, in general, against
whole theory On which similar swindles
based. that there is anything in the +
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