Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-04-14

cur from these localities (the conspicuous acqui-
sitions Of manifest Destiny, but their population
would at any time, most likely flock 20 the banner
Of any cocked-ha- reyolutionist
II il also 20 be spprehended that the late mas
teri of the emancipsted race in the Southern
states will make few sacrifices for the enlighten-
ulent Of that race or do anything which will eie-
yate the colorei people above dependence
COSTLY ELuHNr
Instead Of the Boy Of SANTANA being needed as
harbor for the protection Of our commerce, It
would be a costly elephant on our hsnis. The
fact that the Tennessee, with FIVE hundred men
and nine alert newspaper reporters on ooari,
was as much lost o the world for the long period
. Of tbirty-three days as though she had been IA
yirating in the open Polar sea, exhibits II the
strongest light the absence Of trade and chips 20
the route OF Samsna, and also its useless remote
ness AZ 2 hsrbor for US OF any other nation. Ine
bay, too shallow for ships, even q the second
Class. like the Tennessee, 10 approach within
7 three miles Of the shores, and proveroialiy M
healthy, offers NJ protection Whatever 20 AMER
can shipping interests. If = naval station is
needed IN the West Indies. it is much more 60 ir
the Mediterranean. To resch SamSna, even the
trade which now gees nearest must fsll Two
hundred and forty miles out Of the way 20 reach
again Two hundred and forty miles-madng In
F all voyage Of four hundred and eighty miles
TO no purpose for when SAmana is thus reach
ell the only business Is, sal would he, 10 get
away.
Ii was not needed for national defence, for We
have nothing the-e % defend, and the plea that
We want the ha7b0r Of SANTANA for sny purpose
is only link ia tie evidence tina. Hayti, not
Saut0 Domingo, Is really coveted sHi sought, for
the harhors Of Iayti only could furnish any real
. acc5nuolatiou, being far better AMI less re-
mote
The Unitel States has already land enough.
suI the people Of Dominics are not the kind 20
F become part Of our population. They are N
.ovest state q poverty. and must remain 60 be-
cause they vii not work. They are grossly ig-
uorau- and must remain SO because they hsye
no aspiration TO he otherwise They are
foreign, incompatible race, AMI never can become
homogeneous. in manners OF customs. language
o1 religion, with our people.
By sny treaty, san D0mingo must Be permit
ted 90 come into our system 1r GH equal footing
e.H other Tfrrif0ria7. % ir admitted ir due
.ias as S.tts or If admitted by joint reso-
luton, il must take position At once IS q State.
ID mus, have Representatives AMI Senators in
lle the, or 1t once.
SO ANNEXATION roLEsA8LE EXCEPT S0HruwA1p.
Honor most clearly does no, lie in pushing
American institutions in the direction Of the
equator. where even freedoms pures; metal
yields 90 the isrvent beat. Even the American
Republic cannot &c lie Immortal in the arms Of
FIRE 80 st the north there is a country inter
ockel and iOve-tsei 20 our northern boundary,
throughout its whole magnificent extent, with
people u kindred stock and tongue, which,
without money aud vi hout price, and with their
OWE consent, viii az some time surely show, per-
h.ps in the second term Of General Grant, thai
they are ready to join ami improve their for
tunes by going hand in hand AMI shresst with
the Great Republic The British Provinces are
u age, and Great Britain daily hints 20 them
that ij Is quite time for them 90 shift for them
selves. Their annexation to this country the
Senator considered iaevitsble. What ;he laws
ct the universe join together cannot he kept
asu1ier. lie wss seriously apprehensive that
the project for Dominican annexation viii Sc
riously je5qsrdiza our prospects IN the North,
and perhaps postpone the interests and happi-
ness Of millions OF people indefinitely.
IuE sEwAED BA1cH OF TREATIES ALL BAD.
The present Administration wasso unfortunate
as TO receive as a legacy from the late versatile
Secretary Of State, Mr.. Seward, series OF great
treaties for petty annexation AMI petty reci-
had its origin with the present administration.
which oEss 20 them no oricinal feilty what's
ever
The Monroe doctrine vas not that Wc were 90
seize sl the land adjoining Us, nor was it that
European vuitnres were 20 be driven away in
order that the American eagle might swo5p
down and clutch the prey. Such had not been
the well settled policy Of the nation until it re-
mainei for our late Secretary Of state, always
grand in his concep .ious, even when wrong. first
20 grasp the north POLE, AMI then to leap back
almost 70 the equator.
OUR FUTURE GROWTH
After demonstrating that Hayti needs Sant1
Domingo VASTLY more than this country does.
the Senator declared that il was unreasonable TO
expect our past ratio Of increase for an indefinite
length Of time. When the best lands shall be
exhausted, as We may fad at some time they
viii Re, sni certainly when our population be
comes dense, ii would be unphilosophical and
contrary to sll history 10 expect the same ra'io
of increase from births, nor could We hope the
same Increase from immigration
There will be a declension in the power 10
absorb as well IS in the sources Of supply.
during the fiscal year $50 we received 3s- .0iS
Immigrants. Since 1877, only twentv-three
years, the number OF foreigners who have made
our country their home amounts 10 .2q7. $50 .
Our present population, but for such accessions.
would amount to only one-thiri Of what il Is
now The average cost Of raising man in any
CIVILIZED country ia rather over than under
SluOJ, and Of a woman rather less but the
average IS still not less than $1,000 UDon
removal to a new country they augment iis CAPT /
tai by the transference Of their economical value
as future producers and the exchsngesble value /
OF all property which belongs to them We
hsve brought to Us annually from abroad capt. /
tai OF SJD,OJJ,0OO by persons who add each
year. by their labor. two or three hundred mill
hons more Saut0 Domingo could not be Of the I.
slightest value to Us unless repeopled and SUP
pied with capital TO he subtrac'ei from our I
stock or accepted as questionable foreign gifts I
the spawn Of the Caribbean sea and the Mexican 4
Gulf ANY gain there would be either so much .
positive loss AT home or a gain Of numbers with I
a loss Of character. We postpone the great 1
destlnies Of Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. If .
Colorado and Montana, aol the youthful States
on the Pacific, until We can hatch out a new .
brood OF States in distant seas.
COMMERCE STATISTICS OF TIE 1sLAsp.
Admitting that in 1859 the trade Of the island
including Hayti, was quite large, jthe commerce
has now foraker It, and history has shown that
when once such IS the fact, il never returns. The
total value Of the exports Of the island in 1889
were only -, ,625, or only trifle more than
the city Of Portland now annually sends over the
Grand Trunk Railway. This was in the height
Of the prosperity Of the island. The greatest
number Of people in Santo Domingo at the time
Of the greatest amount Of commerce was 400. 600
slaves, 23,OOO whites, and % 900 mulattoes
The Unite! States in 1880 contained a population
Of L, ,O2O. No one Will deny our own activ-
ity, whether as to production or trade, and vet
our whole exports then amounted only IN
: l3,ol9,JOo, or less by more than tgenty-six
million dollars than $4,000 Wsrkin9 tstterle-
nations in Santo Domingo are represented to
have exported in 1889 With population Of
,O69,453 in 1910, our exports amounted N
only lO4 ,oO5,S9l, and yet it is assumed that
IN proportion to numbers the Domncans in I7sq
exceeded the Unitel States in its products e,-
ported in the ratio Of iiirty-eight 10 one. Need
say more touching the Dominican bubble. or
the hundred millions Of exports which would
gush forth by only hosting the American fac ,
In 1868 the imports Of Santo Domingo from
the United States, according to our own records
were SoS,o63, and the exports to the United
states S64,ll0i Yet, with these beggarIv brt
indisputable facts before US, it is seriously ar
sued that few dashing Americans would work
OUT the miracle Of giving us a trade only sur
passed At present in its vast magnitude bv that
oil the United States with Great Britain
lie opposed the annexation on the ground that