, 1870-05-21
SAN DOMINGO.
Seward's Haps and Mishaps as a
Land Spectator.
1snbcock"s Enterprise In the
Sumo Role.

Thomas lanEuishlng fricndless in the 6enate1
and the pntlic sore and indignant otss & .ne
corEurtions by which it WAS supposed the ap,
Precipitation to satisfy the AaskA treaty "a
been lobbied through the House. So"Afd hAa
gone out OF Office covered with contempt aud
With suspicious WHIT u INV msre ac;s;tien MISs q
eirn territory had brought him anything, or
everything, but the honor and applause which
lad followed each Of his predecessors into re-
t;rcmeM- They l'sd rendered him probably
the most oaiou=, and certainly tho most ndic-
.,lous public rnap in America. The party Of
the new President, including Secretary Wash
l.utne and his brother i'll the House OF Aepro-
feutatiyes. had beeu especially scandalized by
and vauuiel their Indignation in no sparing |
ttnns.
But Sewardle two * Jobs = unfinished. One
Of tl,e1n-S: Thonas-lad Ell outward sem
b!auce which, was almost decent. rcEuia1
sid fair election hsd been held. By which the
rrupsc l.ai declared themselves Wiling to be |
nd, while their legitimate sovereign WAS
emily willing 10 sell them at somewhat OK |
nr.;;tant price. This legacy General Grant !
refused TO accept and it reverted 70 tue estate
.; the tcstator, which, il : political sense,
ray }e said to be BANKRUPT The other ,job-
lie moet shameful and shameless Of all Sew
..1Ii's operations, in that line-Graut took OF
lis lla:lds with spirit which fctokcned a real
>'e-t for the bus!ncse- Il had, in his eyes the
merit OF doub.c periidy, for It was frAnd
u,ou the people uf the United States who
ueze to pay for it Il had, also, the charm Of
mystery. Seward hail long nursaa it in &c.
crccr- Upon this mission vessel had depart
cd about 1867, With strong box containing
The crew l,roke into the strong box, and
the broker that was to buy nation returned
i!iecomfted. The scheme waA no less t1su tho
purchase Of St. Domingo. Seward hent bar
gained for it with chieft4'n named caoIal:
WHO at that time happened to hare part OF
the miserable country under his heal. Bat the
fact that CaLral had listened to the base whls-
Y.rs OF Seward becoming knoHn in San Dou,in-
10. thepeople rose upon him with tbs fury h.s
t.ctestalle Grimm was calcu1ated to arouse, And,
diving him out, fugitive and public enemy,
they installed in his place General Baez, who
had Won popular favor by loudly protesting his
is.asLing for the troasunable plot in which
Cahral Ind been detected But no sooner
was Bsez sealed than he also began to listen
10 the te,npte1. He had He'd the country once
before He already Ind competence deposit
ed in France, and his children were there st
school. Why not sell the country to tho
and leave The purchaser to fight it ont with tho
betrayed aud exaspeEAted poopio7 Santanna
had set him notable example in tue sale Of
Spain in 1861. He accordingly laid his plans
speedily, but circumspect1y, 70 that tho reward
might not be wanting. Hs made grants OF
landa of mahogany forests, Of mines, Of guano
islands. And CONCESSIONS Of banking. navlga'
ton, and other privileges to varionscomranios
and associations, Of whlc, he himself was .
great quantities Of s'national" promises to
1.ax which we're to DO redeemed at the Treas
i:.s of the United States, and it looked a.
though hc had dono enough to insure hinsseli
an enormous fortune: His confederates !r
,i..4e enormous svindlcs, and the sharers u
lis prospective profits, were chiefly the Amel
i,a,1s who had originally gained tho ready eal
Ct Seward
For time things went smoothly enough
The correspondence between seward ~ anu bae1
was charmingy plain and practical. The latte
said: "My government IL composed Of me!
who do not compromise themselves NselesBly.
lie therefore demanded S20ff, ,000 bribe rnonoy
cash in hand, to begin with. He also init
xuatoi that when the news of tho eale shoul'
81 abroad. the people would probably max.
short work viii, him and his :. government
unless the United States would I" send troop
s,nl flee, to the island" In short. the
..muEt'' he sent. It was an indispensable cor
u;iii,asr positions thoy should '*deem neccs
sary, but they must also provide tho forces
l.ll them against the people, whore pSopert
my s,aas; we1s au,oss ns could ue ensass, as, E
;.e:s tia. the American Congress woul
MT I've disposed to undertake an undisguise
.-war of conguest" for the role benefit Of tt
PARTIES to the present agreement, hut ho la
Ii; UPON an excellent e1re.licnt for obviatlC
t1.is important difficulty. 1Ie would order OF
l..,.. without further pazlcy. to produce " +
:.enal declaration in any 'Ffor:n" tuat wou
ht'' tatisfactory.' " II is necessary, hnwovc
that the United States should first give the 4
S,.,auce, Ly means Of formal despatch, tn
t:.c measure proposed by tie Dominici.n Go
eminent is accepted, and 4. the samo time se1
t.t,t to this city vessel Of war with \ trca
and the sum Of s3Oo,0o0- One vessel Of Vi
s7ouid be sufficient at present.
Eacz insisted on having his money pa
Gown; but Seward had not the courage to tn
it cut Of the Treasury without m hppEopH
ticn. lie could not acccde to the Proposltl
without committing felony under tho statui
Meanwhile Baez got into warm work At HON
liz hogan to be suspected. His position v
!tctsling very pEecarious, and Cabrai
steadily ginning ground. He clamored r
,autiy to Seward TO hurry up the consnmu
tiui cf the bargain, and At length declat
1asitivclr that. I" unless speedily assisted '
must 30 to the ground. And now seward'sb be
tls yearned toward his haplcss accomplicc.
Lad at least that species OF honor which
}:!uvtrb assigns to men Of his class. He
TIE project la broashsd a I'M, IN fonesesa hn M9 ~
vl.cl1ning mujoritiee- He Ind end1
Neglected to provide the over-zealous prom
-,s Ct the measure NTH any decent prete1s
ii. passage, aud, when Judge WoodF
rr.tesd Mr. Banks to tell what it really ulsa
~ presented by him, he Wsa forced to cont
tl4a, lie did not know. Then Mr. Banks VT
u uotc to Seward about the sal lack Of exp1a
t"ns. There vas nothing definitely kns
ahort the debt Of San Domingo, nor about
grants Of lan,ie and franchises that Baez
been making. hanks suggested that IS
Tabens" would be good man to 8
de~n for "ssatements." It is true
Falens then had commission in his poe
to act HI the :. confidential agent" Of Baez,;
il was alf the sa1ne in practice, and 80
Seward straightway commissioned him rs
..agent- Of the United States. He renai
lNo whole days inssAu Domingo, and rotur
will. the most pleasing accounts; but it
too late; the thing WIS blown Seward vi
condolences to Haez, and promised to tE
atan iu tue House, bnt he mover could y.
n.,n tie courage. AMI so matters stood vi
that good man Was fotred to lay down
rf!ce.
l;ut General Grant was made Of anot
+ort Of stu1- lie Was not 4 nerrelcss
1~,ucrlees man like Seward. No lad e.
l.rlh patronage with which to coerce the
,l,itsrtncc Of s'ongress. He did not hesi
tp rnu lis hand into tho Treasury, and
tut the money that was needed. Ue him
declared the 'trroicctorate" which Sew
Lad asked Congress to DECLARE He him
:i'ueAed. raid for III part, md took posses
tsf tile territory (Sanfanal which Seward
'1ns'cr'Vncl Congress to annex aud pay fo'
N,a- little odds to him where tho constitu
Lad cuts7:stcd the waz-rnakiug and tic
making powers. 1t suited his rurr
IL use those powers, and be
:. with secret, sudden and
1urutlous energy that bespoke hs contemI
law, and his indifference "a to tho n
wrongs lie vas about to commit. He bt
sending to San domingo one vessel vi
1at!irg con+istcd Of cannon, small arms.
1uunitiou. two t1eztics. Dabcock, and s15t
i'll gold. Baex sneaketa on board tho
signed the treaties, got his "guld, and
turned over Sauana to s. Fabcns" us -
ctlor'' Then Grant sent = whole feet oi
steamers to hold the people down, =
t'waru~ neiyhponnG nations not to help ca
linn San Domingo and all tho inhabi
thereof. Dzez ordered the election
l.I promised Seward. There was
10 voting at Ill, for not one in thon
1reE how to vote. They pever vote in "
u.i1yo; they merely pronounce" and
cncIt other when they want charge ot r
The returns wcro, Of course, al faot1
alike. except that here and there an orpo
vote was stuffed in to save appearances
Tic meantime the Dotn:nicAns were etla.
r.s.;ueee bv the discovery OF the corruE
brutal rlot Of their ruler. Daez Was COM
to Til the dungeons with his opponent'
tun 10 exhibit feE corpses to terri
1n.ilc. Tic made pnblic proclamation
lie would sn.sl the hcads" Ct
~to resisted annexation. Among the
l;r uron whom be laid hiH bloody
was .n American, named Hatch. an old
Ns.p was l,arteninS home to tell his col
,r.r What he knew Of these atlocious pr
i:rs. Ills voice WAS smothered in an
tl't way psison in the barbazoua rsovi
aqua Grant and Habcntk wcro duly inf
.: :Lis last iniamy, but they thoughtit te
htc,cst to leave Tie troublesome Amen
lot amidst liis vermin. Nevertheless,
actually held almost half the country a
l.es, and had the sympathies OF tho