The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-11

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Ban Domingo question
Mx said Mr. Presi-
ntLhe Senator frsm Nav York,
who alwayskpeakA with asnsuch deiib-
Grafton andla8 shuA precision, was
extremely unfortunate tonight, for l
am quila surekthat no Jcne-yho heard
hin interprstshis refpafkszas hs now
ioterDssts them himself. But, as1
said besora whenever q gentleman
says to me, my meaning vas this,
whatever nay language WAS" 1 accept
that I hold it % be unworthy OF any
man to take advantage of a mere slip
of tho tongue or the hasty speaking
Of anotbrrSs impose upon him . pean-
ing that nc dSes not approve. That
h sufficient for that
Now, MI. President, Que thing more.
The Senator from New York recollect
ing that forum IN which he Is q dis
,inguishcd light and most deservedly
SO. could not help likening this thing
10 = criminal trial in which the Sena
toe S61nS3ikss4chusetfs vas the prose-
cutting witness and the President oil
the United States was the accused de
fendant. almost in the very words l
shdlr0se, Hhstterzyou would not ex-
tend to HE HFesideat of the United
States the same means Of acqnittA
that YOU extend to the meanest cuiprit
In the land. This, then, is to b a
criminal trial of tho President upon
the sensations that are said TO have
boen made by the Senator from Mas
sacaut4G@ It's boaytdf sner who
are TO 90 to San Domingo, are the
jury who are to go and take G view
adapting the suggestion of the Senator
frou7 Wisesasia.
ME President, if this is n
criminal trial, if the President of the
United States is accused, when IN the
history of criminal Jurisprudence did
It eyerhappcn that the prisoner chose
Iia,ownjuy? When1before was such
= thing as that known This is the
Jury to go and take the view this the
Jury that is to find the truth Or false
hood OF these accusations; aud the
high criminal, or at least the alleged
criminal, is to have unrestricted power
to select his triersl That is q strange
thing To me- a.mpst Hnf5rtansts Illus
tratisf., as.ft seems TO me. / say, sir,
that fairness does require that this
Senate should have Zone voice in the
selection of these commissioners if they
are to be appointed. There ia = plain,
direct oppositie1 sfepinion between
ftae RrGidsnVanl q large portion OF
the Senate on this very question, and
il is but right and tair that the seiee-
ton of this commission should be snb-
iect to the revision o. the Senate OF
the United Statee; aud ths Senator
Gem Indians, ~ understood him.
axpresssd kimssT as ready to acqni-
ese in tuehaas I. amendmslt it II were
offered. I think he did wisely to say
p and, at the proper tine, such On
amendment Hilf be offered TO the reso.
lutioayshppld it not be. ieierred,
Now. Mr.. President, having goi
tsrough With this little skirmish line, j
want TO say in very briet words why
Ha that I am opposed to the annexa'
s6ph-at San Domingo Al
.Eamaopposed 90 ity irsts because,
~ I have already said, you1cannot by
joint resolution las IL apparently con
semplated herel annex il as the terri
sor7ejgaiH Ru fnnyoplT dorthat by
tre1ty !fndf 1huhtbelLefe there is a
Senator on this floor who thinks for
an instant that two thirds OF the Sen
ate will ratify any such treaty, no
matter what may be the report OF this
.cppmssipn. Lake il ~therefpre, that
The whole upshot Of TINS movement 10
t4hf6E OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for the
annexat9nIs fh Demifacas and, as l
zhave szid1 before, ana he was so well
shown By the senior Senator trnm Ken
sueky, (Mr. Dayis.) you cannot do
that consistenfJy with the Constitution
OF th4pt3s4 $ta3ss3phIssf you an
mex Dominica asa Sthte
You are hurrying this thing so that
the subject may be acted upon before
thss4-h sodI1GaF6hnsxtE Ud thc qtes
,fion Is, are you prepared to bring III
n one of the States Of this Union one
hundred and twenty thousand people,
not one HUNDRED of whom q speak
the <be's 81 Ehgaags not Pha hum
hundred of Whom are white not one
out OF ten thousand of whom, perhaps
can read in any language or ever had
uuelunatinnstha eoatA bes eafleA an
edheafiBA1 ail7aakHdwhen1 speahnot
education, I do not simply of the eda
cation ahat derived from books. There
are thousands OF me- In the United
States Fbplarkdt uc4ted pHthe subject
of government sufficiently to be safe
deposi aries OF the right to VOTE
Your iuiles educate them; your courts
.u1in,cstsf bomasSpprs stump speeches
sed1c.tanfhonay Subsidiaries in your
Legislative bodies. tdueaS them !. and
thousands sad thousands OF iatelli-
gentmen, ably competent TO judge OF
public affairs and tn cast intelligent
leResin thaGEHteh States, 7ares unable
eitEefto read 1t write Q Bhtutherc
has not been any such education as
this in Dominica; nothing OF the kind;
Ithas besn alnd of throes and cop-
yolsien4 tref SINGS The foreign rule
wal. OF an end eye- since It has been
an independent country, with no civil
order, no regular Government, none
ofthe,e ducatiop that's attendss q 4na
mMsUnffefStstes from the time he
can speak and understand until he Is
laid away in the grave; nothing OF
fkas kitAt but rather acvelcano of hui
rfaan blood. THAT kind of people are
she reputation there, and the question
is whether here. this day. yon are will
-iBgte-take one hundred and twenty
thousand OF such people and make
item the members Of = State in this
Republic?
p BafagAip. tir. If these people were