The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-27
THE SAN DOMINGO QUESTION.

We believe the Uulted States should
be united in every sense of the word
We should have one government, uni
form laws and a compact, undivided
domain. 1t is most unwise policy to
extend our limits to outlying islands OF
the Sea, thereby inviting complications
and difficulties with foreign powers. We
have, already, more territory than We
can profitably occupy and more barbar-
Gus tribes than We can control. Ger
tainly we need no expansion; and quite
as certainly is it bad policy to seek for
causes which will render an extension of
our area necessary or justifable. But
our State Department seems to have
forced the country into an equivocal at.
titude in three several particulars.
Seward forced Alaska upon US and the
profits Of that purchase would seem
certain to inure to a few greedy specu-
lators in the skins ofihe fur seal. That
came ambitious ex Secretary of State
very nearly compromised our honor in
his dealings with Denmark relative to
St. Thomas. He talked With the Dan
ish Government as if the treaty making
power rested in his hands, solely. This
mania for acquisition of foreign territory
seems to have seized upon President
Grant and it would appear that his
negotiations (unwarranted as we believe
have forced the Senate into taking
more favorable view of the question OF
Dominican Annexation than they would
feel if the inhabitants of that island had
not been unduly encouraged to seek alb
sorption into this Republic. The Wash
ington Chronicle of the 10th INST gives
US an insight into the present situation
in the following:
On THURSDAY afternoon President Grant
paid a visit to the Capitol, for the purpose of
comforting with several Senators on the sub |
ject of the Dominican treaty and to urge its |
ratification. While conversinS on the sub |
ject the President stated that the Dominican |
people had postponed action for two months,
awaiting the initiatory steps of this Govern
ment, and now they had expressed their ap-
probation in . unanimous vote. Although |
the Dominican portion of the island was
double that of the section known as Hayti,
the latter had a vastly superior population in
numbers The Dominican people had taken
a step, notwithstanding their weakness, pla-
cling reliance upon the United States Govern
ment to consummate the negotiations.
Should the United States fail to carry out its
part, the island would become q prey to in
vasion and devastation from Hayti. He
thought the island a valuable and a necessa-
~ acquisition that if the Monroe doctrine
meant that foreign Governments should not
be allowed to establish themselves on this
hemisphere it was the duty of this Govern
ment to adopt policy N regard to the petty
otherwise we have no right
Iu justice or humanity To prevent England
and France from stepping in and taking the
island Of San Domingo or any other island.
1t is thought when the subject comes up
Tor consideration in the Senate, the treaty
sill be supported BY Senators Morton, Conk- 9
ing, Harlan, Carpenter, Cole, PomerOy, Alb
,Ott, Stewart, Warner, and Williams. 1t is ,
that Cameron, who voted against :
he treaty in committee, will vote in favor of
{ in the Senate. Schurz, who also voted
gainst the treaty. it is said has received 4 T,
lumber of letters from Germans of infu- =
nee urging him to support annexation. Ii