Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-01-20
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The SAN Domingo Project.

a. Both Houses of Congress having passed the
Ssnate Joint Resolutions to appoint Commits.
sioners TO visit San Domingo, and gather in.
formation ~ to; the resources of the Island
and the disposition Of the people on the sub.
jet Of annexation, they were Immediately ap.
proved and signed by the President. The
Commissioners have since been appointed and
arc now on their way. to San Domingo to full.
ill their mission. .s,.. s.s,..-,,.'..,
The following is full list Of, the Commits.
sion, and the gentlemen who havs7been ,au-
thorlzed BY the President to accompany it:
Hon. B. F., Waris, .Pres't Of Commission
a Prof. Andrew D. White, Commissioner. i
5. Prof. Samuel G.. Howe, Commissioners.
Hon. Allen A. Burton, Secretary.
Frederick Douglass, Assistant Secretary.
+. B. Hit, Stenographer. .;-.f..,.e.
j.. P. Foley, Stenographer.
> Prof. T. F. Crane, Sec'y q Com. White.
Capt. Henry Wade, Sec'y to Com. Wade.
8 General Franz Sigei. .s'
,J.-P. Foley; New York 1ymes. So bass
liz Y. Boynton, Cincinnati Gazetts.
T. R.. Hit, New York Tribune. .9,f..
Charles c. Fulton, Baltimore Arseriean. :.
e.. Jacobs, Cincinnati Commercial. -,
"A. r. Shepherd, Washington Republican.
: The Commission sailed from New York on
Tuesday afternoon in the United States steam
ship Tennessee. While proceeding down the
harbor the Commission organized and resolv-
cd to proceed direct to San Domingo City,
touching At the Bay Of SANTANA only if the
Captain should think it advisable. Their
reason Tor going to the Capital frst is to show
proper respect for the authorities Of the coun-
try. The Commission will reach San Domin.
90 in about week, and will take the same
length Of time to return. The present Con-
gress will expire in six weeks In order Il
r turn and present their report before its close
Tho Commissioners will have 10 perform all
shsif work in four weeks. ...s.. ;. !!
The range Of the inquiries contemplated BY
shs resolutions of Congress 10 very wide, aud
must, if,houestly entered into. occupy great
deal mors: time. thansis ut the disposal Of the
Commission. Indeed We cannot see how the
most cursory examination can b made be-
tween this and the close Of the present session.
Again, we see it stated that the work Of in-
vestieation will be greatly impeded by the
rainy season, which prevails until the close of
the ensuing month, and which renders any
examinstion OF the interior almost matter
Of mpossibility on account of the muddy and
impossible condition of the roads. But, We
suppose, all this Is a matter Of minor consid-
erahon. The report must be submitted and
the work of annexation be done by this Con-
gress, or the whole thing falls to the ground.
Should the Commission return and report
be submitted by the 25th. there would be re-
naming six. days in which to force the mea-
sure through the two Houses. This time,
short as II is, will be sufficient, it is believed,
for the communication of the project. Such
. favorable opportunity for the admission Of
. horde of negro barbarians to the rights and
privilegesof American citizenship must not
be lost. Were the island inhabited by whites
the case would be entirely different and there
would be no occasion, in Radical estimation,
for this undue haste.