The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-20
THE ANNEXATION OF SAN DOMINGO.

We extract the following passag,
from the Congressional Globe of Jan.
uary H.. The debate o on the pas.
sage of the resolution TO authorize tn,
appointment Of threeCommissioners tc
proceed To San Domingo and report on
the character of the country and of the
people:
Mr.. Farnsworth. | will yield three
minutes 10 the gentleman from Ne
yada.
Mr.. Fitch. Mr.. Speaker, / am an
original West India annexationist, with
a public record i'm that behalf anteda-
ting the Bacz Babcock treaty, and |
shall vote for the pending resolution
as 10 ONE from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and against the
-eyi>ceraiing amendment Of the gen
tlcman from ohio, mir. Ambler.1 on
the broad ground that this resolution
is a step i'm the direction of acauirinp
the West Indian archipelago. / shall
vote for u because | hope and believe
that u VIII be followed sooner or later
by the annexation of Dominica by
JOINT resolution. and 1 am confident
mat such annexation will he succeeded
bN American occupation, and that in
cue course OF vents there will follow
the acquisition and annexation of
Hayti and Cuba.
look ut the great result to be oh
tanned, and shall not permit myseIft In
ne diverted from the suppori of anv
measures looking to thai result no
cause there may Ice destinations az
'lobS,' or because somebody may
~lerchHncc, make some money ont of
the acquisition. j would have profer-
rcd "a joint resolution an.exinp DO
ionic directly, and LIMITING tho
amount To bc paid therefor. aIthoupb
such limit might reach the sum of ten
h~iii'loil>, threatened 10y the gentleman
iroit New York, [Mr. Wnod.l Even
az that price we should make n better
bargain than when We paid seven
ihlliions Tor = country with such a be-
Guitar and desirable isothermaI limo
that the climate is no; warm enourhto
mature radI>heS nor odd enough TO
produce icc.
voted against the motion TO sus-
pend tie rules and pass the resolution
yesterday because | was opposed To
thus sitting debate; but debate having
hecn accorded. | shall east my vote
FOR the resolution.
with speaker. no
gentleman. IN the time allotted to me,
can express himself clearly on this
subject. rise simply for the purpose
oil saying th&', a. ~ present advised, |
ahl opposed 10 the acquisition of san
I'oih!h-". My constituents are on
posed to u, aS ] believe nine-tcnths az
me constituents of every member of
this House r opposed TO il. They
believe. and SO do I. that its acouisf.
ton viii rather weaken than strength
en- this Republic; they believe. and
50 do !. that IL will neither increase
our wealth nor decrease our taxation
they believe, and - do /, that the
annexation Of a population which can
speak our language, * nacquaiut-
Ell with our laws and institutions. and
- unqualified for Sclf-government
viii necessarily dilute and weaken the
governing power of the United States.
and mus Ito us very great harm.
am iiot 80 much of a manifest dcS-
tiny man a. my friend from Nevada
MI. flichJ. believe il j. possible Ia
spread the wings OF the eagle 10 too
great an cNtent-that Nou might posi-
"Iy damage the body of the bird hy
oNcr>trrtciing and expansion. We
have land enough; let rs cultivate and
develop IT. Let us develop and popu-
late Nevada, Tor il j. in need of nonu-
latiOn.
Mr.. Fitch-n my friend from Ili-
n"l> Will allow me. / will say that If
he VIII move out to Nevada he may
be able to accomplish something in
THAI line. ~ll.auGhter.l
MIR. EarnSworth-Why, Mr.. Speaker.
the eNampleof my friend from Nevada,
who y about To leave that state for
| tan, would deter other gentlemen
from settling there.