, 1870-03-30
THE SAN DOMINGO JOB,
The Negotiations for the Purchase
OF the Island aud its Debt.

Cr,7f.1ondes,rt Of thr Cincinnati Commercial
So far as can learn, this San Domingo husi-
nese il Job and a swindle. I suppose that at
any time in the last fifty years VIC could have
made treaties with the transient, corrupt gov
ernnents Of these revolutionary halt-breeds Of
such treaties would probably gire us the right
Of enforcement through arms. But whether
their possession 60 obtained would pay. il fur
thcr along. The wiser heads controlling our
government heretofore have bad such tempting
o1ers made them, but, counting tho cost, they
have concluded that the additional territory
would come to moro than It waa worth. Wecan
Tatify this treaty, based it il eaid upon about
two Thousand votes-and the Devil himself
knows how uany Of these arc bogus, and how
many represent genuine citizens-bus Tor the
rest OF the enlightened population, We should
have to retiuce them With tho baynnet, and,
after materially increasing our already unpAr-
able indebtedness, ut the end Of hn1f a century
hnd ourselves Tossesscd Of another State CALL
Ing for continued Iecenstruction AID at pueo &C.
cupation.
II seems that this affair originated with our
great real estate agent, Mr. Seward, who began
negotiating :or the purchase Of the Bay Of
SANTANA. Baez proposed to sell to diplomatic
BILLY very much AZ the devil offered large quan-
titien Of real eetate to our Saviour, Baezs titla
being about ~ good az that Of his Satanic
Majesty. Diplomatic William Was more cautious
and far shreWtler than the venerable sturgeon
we NOW have in the State Department. Look.
inE into the constitution under which BAez held
office, he tounj in Article that al sale or
alienation Of territory, or any psEt thereof,
was prohibited: and on the stAtuto bookR,
law passed BY the Congress Of tho Republic in
1867, which declared that man traitor to hta
country who should propose a sale or aiena-
ton Of any part Of the soil.
On the 29th Of November 1ast treaty wss
signed for the annexation Of San Domingo to
the United States, without the people Of San
Domingo knowing anything whatever about it.
tis provided for IN the tresty that the peo-
pie Of San Domingo t.ahall, in the shortest
possible time, express in a manner conform
able 10 the laws, their will concerning the ces-
eiou herein provided for, aud tho Enited
states shall- until such expression shall be
had, protect the Dominican Republic against
foreign Intervention"
The foreign Intervention here referred To
means powerful party, headed By Cabral, that
docs not favor encl annexation. And it ie be-
ieved that it will, so far as the present Admin
Istration 10 concerned, successfully suppress
any s1lch movement. We hare not only given
the protection proposed, but there has been m
active intervention III the struggle going On.
The President aud Mr, Secretary Fish have con-
tributed Sl50 900 without any authority from
Congress t. to Tie : hsez party. and favoTed our
other material. Admiral Poor hss notified the
Haytiens who are friends RI Cabral that tLer
must do nothing whatever toward aiding that
party. This il \ precious piece OF business.
While We a1e throwing mcmhers-e1ect to Con-
grets out Of their ecats because OF intiniia-
ticn Of voters, here is the government calling
TO. POPULAR expression from the people Of
San Domingo, while AdnliFa! Poor, with his
| si,otteti guns, warrs them oH-
Secretary Fish appears in magnificent con-
t1ast to hia cunning predecessor, He takes no
precaution whatever to protect tho govern
nBent from ewindle1e before signing two trea-
tics, one for the leasing Of Samana for fifty
years At m annual rent Of sl5b,DtD and the
other for the annexation of the Republic to
the Cuited Sta,ea.
THE pErT.
By the terms Of tits treaty. I am assured
that. in addition to the payment Of over
million. the government Of the United States
assumes tue Indebtedness Of the republic To
exhibit this in clear light. We hare onl: to
refer to the report Of 1icardo Cu1iel, Minister
Of the Dominican Treasury, made to President
Bsez, dated March 90, 1863, aud published in
the RalLtin Qsft4a! Of the Republic (eSo. 63),
OF the ath day Of May, 1863.
Comfortably to the dates, savs the Minister,
which are fonnd registered in the General Ac-
counting Office Of the Treasury, there Was in
circulation in this Territory on the lat of Feb
susty, les, paper money To the anaount OF
So.62e, 800, issued as follows:
Cndes the government Of the Protecto-