The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-27

must be rendered You viii not hesitate 10 give it
20 them !" so says the order. On which observe,
| This was not enough The Navy Department, by
stn another order dated February q 1870, addressed
TO Commodore Greer OF the ship Congress, with an
armament Of fourteen 9-inch guns and two 60
| FOUNDER rines, enforces this same conduct After
meHtoniDg the treaty, the order says:-
"While that t:eaty Is pending. the Government OF
the United States has agreed 60 AFFORD cOuntenance
| and assistance to the Dominican people against
| their enemies now in the island and In revolution
! against the lawfully constituted Government, aud
you will use the force at your command TO resist
any attempts by the enemies OF the Dominican Re-
public by land or sea, so far asyour power can reach
Here again is belligerent intervention in Dominl-
ca, with declaration OF war d against the BACK Re,
dominican Republic," OF, perhaps, it is a case OF
running a muck" according 70 Malay example,
for the sake of the usurper Baez.
Thus much for the orders putting in motion the
else words. Soon shall show wherein they offend
International law and the Constitution. Meanwhile
the case is not complete without showing what was
done under these orders. Already the State Depart
ment has testified. The Navy Department testdes
in harmony with the State Department. And here
the record may be seen under two heads first, bei-
gerent intervention in Dominica, and, secondly,
belngerent Intervention In Hayti.
BELLIGERENT INTERVENTION IN DOMINICA.
In Dominica there was a constant promise OF pro.
lection and constant appeal for it with recurring
incidents, showing the dependence of the usurper
upon orr naval force, Aud here proceed accord
Rear-Admiral Poor, Of the dag ship Severn, re-
ports from the city Of St. Domingo, under date OF
March IL, $780, that the President, meaning the
usurper Baez, informed him that he was obliged to
ron, and then added "If anne kation was delayed 1t
would he absolutely necessary for him TO call upon
t9e United states . IGI pecpnaTy aG a
usurper wanted our dollars. Next Commander
from Puerto Plata that the authorities think that
the excitement has not yet passed. and that the pre-
good moral effect" (p. 19J. The man OF war becomes
| preacher. The same officer. under date of March
"a, 1sI0 reports speech OF his own at Puerto Plata,
"A
about the island and would drive him (Luperon) out
probably In doing 80 destroying the town and all
! the property in 1t" (p. 19). And this was followed,
| March 26, 1870 by formal notice from Commander
Bunce to the British ViceConsul at Puerto Plata in
GAS to my objects here, one Of them certainly is,
and desire TO accomplish it as p anly as possible,
TO inform the foreign residents here that II any such
league or party formed among them, and with
without their aid LuperoD, Cabra or any others hos
session Of this port the naval forces OF the United
States would retake It, ana in SO doing the foreign
the interested in the business of the port would
be the greatest sufferers" Ibtd., p. 2Ol
Here is the menace OF war.
Meanwhile the work Of protection proceeds. Rear
Admiral Poor reports under date OF May 1870 that
| upon arrival at San Domingo city,
az found it necessary, properly to protect the Do
mnican Government, TO despatch one of the sloops
and the other to Puerto Plata, Intending, as
| able to do so, to despatch one to Samana bay and
to station the other off st. Domingo City," ibid,
Here is protection at four different polnts.
treaty for the lease of Samana had both expired by
the lapse OF time March 20, 1870 while the treaty
| for annexation was rejected by solemn vote June
80, 1s7O so that no treaty remained even as apo
logy for the ilegtmate protection which had been
continued at such cost to the country But this
made no difference in the aid supplied by navy
nor was the administration here unadvised with re-
gard TO the dependence OF the usurper. Commodore
Greer reports from off ST. Domingo City, under date
Of July 81, 1s1O:-
the Of the United States and Of some future
time, would instantly lead to revolution, headed
by Cabral, who would be supported by the enemies
Of the present Government and assisted by the
laytiens." (ibfd., p 23)
Alien at Samana Bay under date of August 2s, 1870,
announcing that he has received communication
presence OF a vessel on the north side of the island
on account OF an intended invasion by Ca6ral"
(Ibid., p. 24) In the communication, whica is in
closed the usurper say that deems the presence
Of shp,ol;war in ne Bay yi Of Manzanilio OF mme
| near this place. Other points are mentioned to be
visited. Then follows another report from Comman-
der Greer, under date OF September 3, 1S70 where
the dependence of the usurper is confessed:-
The President was anxious to add to the force at
his disposal IN the city Of San Domingo as he feared
outbreak, and asked me If could not bring some
OF his men that We're at Azua l acceded to his
officers and men that we had brought from Cuba"
Here is a confession, showing again the part
Sim the cry OF the usurper was for help. By a
letter from the Executive Mansion at San Domingo,
under date of August 3O 1870, he desires )m-
man der Irwin Of the Yantlc TO proceed $50 TOrtu-
gutrO de Azua Tor q Few hours, Tor the purpose or
Transmitting this city the rest OF the Dominican
battalion RestauTacion, as 1t is thought convenient
9e date Of psp aecae a
"the necessity at present Of man-of-war in this
port, and that none would be more convenient than
the YaDtc for the facility Of entering the river
OZama, owing to her size" (I6id., p. 3L) Thus not
merely on the coasts but in riot was our navy in
voked, but this was not enough. Under date Of
October s. 1870 the usurper writes from the Execu-
tive Residence, "to reterate the necessity OF the
vessels now In that hay (Samana) coming to the
southern coast" Qbid p. s2) And as late as Jalu-
airy ISL Rear Admiral Lee reports from OF San Do
miDgo City that delay In accomplishing annexation
has among other things risk OF insurrectlon; :; thus
attestDg the dependence OF the usurper upon our
| power. Such is the uniform story where the CRY OF
the usurper is like the refrain OF ballad.
BEILIGEREST INTERVENTION IN HAYTI.
| The constant Intervention in Dominica was sup.
| plemented by that other Intervention in Haytt,
when an American admiral threatened war TO the
| Black Republic. Shame and indignation rise as we
read the record. Already know IL from tue State
| Department. Rear-Admiral Poor, under date OF
Feb. 12, 1870, reports TO the Navy Department his
achievement. After announcing that the Severn.
with an armament OF fourteen 9-inch guns aud one
6O-pounder rifle, and the Dictator, with an arma-
ment OF two 10 inch gums arrived az Port-au Prince
February, 1870, he narIates his cali on the ProVl-
sioDal President OF Hayti, and how, after communi-
eating the pendency OF negotiations and the deter
minatOn of the Government OF the United States
with its whole power" 10 prevent any nterfereace
on the part OF the Haytian any other Govern.
ment with that OF the D0mincans (meaning the
usurper BaeZ), he launched this declaration =
81 therefore,, II any attack should be made upon the
Domnicans (meanng the usurper Baez) during the
said negotiations, under the Haytien or any other
nag, 1t would be regarded act OF hostility TO the
Unite States nag, and would provoke hostility IN
Return"
Such was his language in the Executive Mansion
of the President. The Rear Admiral reports the
dgnined reply OF the President aHd Secretary OF
'TRat white they were aware OF their weakness,
| fhauE Ina rluhf ID naEn fnaYa