New-York tribune., 1871-04-08

IN Jokes and this be treated serious mat,sS ,s
.nsvs 10 he argued that annexation would enape tnc
IYnited States TO obtain from Santo Domingo e OF our o
sugar coffee, tobacco, and tropical fruts' ana '"'
supply Of % ,S. :sls: ls:y will neT9ssas S on mST SSf
exports WIN such rca Is easy to see no" our s' 0e0 A0O'"
re coors of this picture are positive and very bril-,
liant they be warranted not To iade
cpaTy Of fhe Treasury TO entertain such speculative
yiSionsi Treasury estimates must be built upon the
moor hnancer Wholly without thrift and great only In
gigantic disbursements. Let alone the grand assump;
The articles enumerated-ecpsngC Cuba Porto ldco ana
all the sugar counties OF the w9pdIno o sSpPrs ssnbe
these products when to be covered into inc
Treasury OF the United staesi
COLONIES AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY
The fallacy Of expecting any revenue from santo 10
mngo may be ftly shown by the example OF Cupa WIN
respect TO SPAIN Spain needs and ever has neeueu i
revenue, and will question the zeal WIN wnion
she has attempted to obtain it, We denounce the span
ish mpositions upon Cuba and would not he likely TO
initiate such rapacity; yet the sum tots, OF ,n
and for thc latest years found prior to their pres
cnt civil amounts for l61fiPe 70 s62IzoV anu iOI
'ttcraI TO $5,527462 total of S22iS72 Nearly az
of This is exhausted by the civil, military, naval, ana
miscellaneous Cuban expenses, Spain only moollng an
nuay about 81 10000 and this sum Is really transmit
ted 10 Spain in support of LEGATIONS pensioners ana en-
ploy6s connected with the island Goyernment. Eigny
years ago there were p British icits IN Jamaica nesuv
Il posts of batteries, with officers and men How many
there are are now now know ,S G but 5 PoaP anal 9gTe m
Great Britain still holds the island hut its industry has
pershed and she would probably be glad OF an excuse
TO cut loose from it forever since the late rebellion
there, resulting In such fearful tragedies, the entfe
authority vested in the Governor. assisted by Pryy
Council, appointed by himself consisting OF SIX ln9In
hers, and Legislative Council consisting of the PIlvy
Council and six non-otiicial members This shows con-
clusvely that West India Goycrnment must DC sup
ported by an army and also shows the arbitrary sle Oi
Of the island by the British ever since the time OF
Cromwell Such men as Gov. Eyre only can MAINTAIN
there were in population of S8OOoC 10000 whites but
in 1861 the whites reduced to less than 1900 Is
West India Archipelago FOR white peopei Who viii say
that SautO Domingo can be governed with less saerhee
smaller than Sauto Domingo.
fever somewhat better than the white race but the bulk
Of our armyhrcofOurtls at least-are recruited north
Of he Pol0nac or from the cities Of New York, Cncn
natl and Chicago and almost entirely white AT Key
II NAV be said tbat When sent TO Santo Domingo they
might he stationed in the interior among the mountains,
but there they would be useless except IN cases OF H.
snrrcctiou They must be placed on the coast and
around harbOrs. These would be the places requiring
defense requiring constant military police, and here
ur tro0l Tu law their bones in obedience laws they
have power 10 resist Jamaica, Csba and Santo Do
mingo for years wire called the graves 9I L9rope' do
TIE COUNTRY HOSTILE TO TIE sANTo DOMINGO SCHEME
IL will not be pretended that there has been any Gu
hghtened public judgment il favor OF the annexation OF
santO Domingo. There has been all that in favor Of
President Grant; and his welleaTned popularity, in
spite Of his DOmincanlsm, constitutes the entne
strength the backbone OF the UnindOTsed by
him. may not venture il would not have had or
have a cOrporals guard OF supporters To me, as well
10 others ii would have given peculiar pleasure
have been able to support the measure because or the
COuntcnance lent to IL b. the present Administration OF
whose integrity Of purpose have not shadow OF
doubt; but IL aud Is question III It's scope beyond
the life OF party and far above all parties, ana my
responsibility began At the point where that of the EX
ecutlve most properly leaves on; and could not in
dependently and conscentiously acquit myself OF my
whole duty a question which profoundly
the destiny of country, and, which decided i'll
the affirmative is rrevocabe, should hold myself
worthy Of my place. My age il not my experience,
cndeaVOr TO be earnestly for the right Tho
question aud the of responsibility for its de-
cision invoke ths largest patriotism.
Individuals occupy but brief space In the march OF
time. and generation blOts them out perhaps forever;
hut nations have a continuity lasting for ages and
character be transmitted TO the immortal pages of
future history The past Of country is secure and
would not eOpardZe the future by the empty mOckery
exchange OF moral grandeur Tor apparent or even
for real material greatness. II divine the
hcartaId what claim for self cordially
cOucede TO OtheTs--there is passion, sentiment
that country should stand foremost among the
OF the EARTH foremost in free and liberal instit
tons its moral fiber and intellectual reach
foremost Ia Literature arts aud laws ana foremost IN ali
the glOries which the most elevated civilization
and the liberal and, hope may add, stable form
OF human government.
But. regarding the annexation OF Dominica in all its
aspects present and future, foreign and domestic, as
it, highest and nobest aspirations, and as at war with
the
Unity and'mauied cain Of sta,esp
which all OF us should most diligently seek shall vote
against any squirting at such an anneXa
fion with a solemn and abiding convection that shall
never have opportunity OF rendering to my country
higher service.