The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-03-03
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VOluminohs repOFtsfr from sDecia.
correspondents reach us from our
eastern exchanges, bringing the first
Impressions and operations Of the
National Commission Of inVestiga-
tion into the condition of Affairs in
San Domingo. The Commissioners
have gone promptly and vigorously
about the work with which they are
charged, and expect to complete
their investigations in about q month
from the date Of landing. After
spending six days st Samans, exam
ming the hErbOr and surrounding
eountrys the Commission proceeded
to ST. Domingo, on the opposite side
of the Island, where they met and
had an official interview With Prest-
dent Bez.,
The newspaper reporters furnish
rs with details of conversations and
results of partial Investigations as to
the wishes Of the people regarding
annexation, and the coil, innate,
productions etc, OF the Island, Whirh
may safely he taken as Indicating in
advance the statements Of the com
mission on these topics. The gen
eral physical features of that topical
religion are already well noEn; ak
so, the customs, habits and eharae-
teristics Of the inhabitants. The
real utility Of the Commission, as
furnishing new and otherwise inse-
cessible Information bearing upon
the que-tiOn OF annexation, is there
fore mostly limited to the inonirV
respecting the wishes Of the DOmiui-
can people, the relations OF Oliiical
parties or factions IN the Rppnb-
lie, the probabilities of peace or war
with the neighboring Republic Of
Hayti, and the charges Of corruption
and jObbery 50 freely made against
persons connected with the admin
istration.
There seems no room for donbt
that the natives are ain ost ulaii-
mOusly in favor rofannexation. This
certainly is the case both at Samana
and ST. Domingo, and the only doubt
remaining relates 70 the followers Of
CabraL President Bee sfirms that
1.-the partiSans of that revolutionary
leader are not DOminirans, but Hay
Iians; that Cabrsl is in fact in. the
pay of the Haytian Government, and
is instigsted and supplied with troops
for his present invasion expressly TO
embarrass the annexation movement
Accepting Bees view Of the ease,
the present distur urbanees on the bOr-
der may Wen increase the fear that in
annexing San Domingo we should
be involved in q etssly and NexatiOus
war with its troublesome neigbbor.
The short, emphatic reason given by
B@s for desiring annexation is the
chronic feud, often breaking ont into
war, existing between the French
negro Repablic of EIaYti and the
Span ish-mulatto Republic of San
Domingo. The people want secuTi-
sy, rest, protection, says BRz. and
look TO the United States therefor.
Is nos this reason, good for them,
bed for tia, II fset q fatal objection
to the whole schsme2 The Haytians
are ex.remaiy Jealous OF the trans
fer Of the east half of the island 70
our government; regarding it as a
threat of aggression against them
selves, and fearing, naturally enough,
that their turn would come next
It further appears that the value
of Samana Bay as coaling station
has been greatly over estimated, as
it lacks a Sufficient depth Of water
for large vessels, and the examina-
ton of the coal deposits by Prof.
Bake the geoiogist Of the Commis-
sion, deve oped the fact that the
quality Of that article found on
the bay is of no value for Ocesp
STEAMERS.
Alltbe correspondents zgrre that
no evidence exists Of any corrupt in
terest on the part Of any member or
agent Of the administration IN the
annexation scheme. The appoint
ment of the commission hy the Pres
ident was Of itself sufficient refuta-
tion ofthe ISLANDERS agaiDsthim, inten-
ded to defsatihe scheme. Private par
ties have heavy Jobs in real estate
ON hand, bat no corrupt influence
has been used with the government.
We shall be interested to hear
what the Commission think on the
most vital problem of assimilatinga q
population so foreign to our own in
origin, language. religion and Gus
toms; so indolent, uneivilized, snd
ignorant; whether they believe that
the Spanish mulattoes OF San Do
mingo, with no training in orderly
self government, can be safely con-
verted into an independent state Of
our Union, with Legislative, judicial
and executive machinery complete,
and sending valuable representatives,
to our national Congress Is not the
experience Of six years in reconstruc-
tion, reaching such result as We to-
day witness in Arkansas, for exam
pie, lesson for the partisans Of san
Domingo?-CIeUslol Lcadsr.
Smartuess.