The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-04-14

nay bicUS anu tJOiASaNss- . 49,
These are incited to be extraordina
rily active at this time by the fear
of annexation to the United States.
From all that the Commissioners
could ascertain, President .Baez has
the respect of the great majority Of
the Dominican people for his ad
ministration and abilities, and the
strong attachment of many leading
men, who regard him as the only
statesman among them who can
hold the nation against domestic
factions and foreign foes.
in the year 184S, after five years
Of anarchy, consequently upon the
expulsion of Haytien power, Gener-
al Baez was regularly elected Presi-
dent Of the Republic. 1t appears
that he was shosen as the man who,
by his education, fortune and public
services, would be most likely to
secure the general confidence and
heal wounds inflicted by civil and
foreign wars. In one of the dele
cations Of leading citizens who |
rendered to him the chief magistra-
cv, was General Cabral. There is
credible testimony to the fact that
under him, the Republic has enjoyed |
as much liberty as any of his prede-
cessors dared allow and more than
they knew how to give. Nor do the
Commissioners find that there is
any opponent to the present admin
istratiUn of the republic who has now
or how has ever has any claim to
the chief magistraey by title su-
perior of that Of the present incum-
bent. Whatever technical defects
there might have been in his origi-
nal title to Office, it was confirmed
by the National Convention and
ratified by the assent and support
of the people. The frequency OF
civil commotions during the long
period and consequent insecurity
of property have paralyzed industry,
discouraged accumulation, and so
impoverished the country that for
the last two years the financial re-
sources of the government, as its Of
, icers informed us, have been made
: quate to pay expenses.
The insurrections, which still exist,
are headed by Cabral and Luperon.
The former OF these is universally
conceded to be more important, but
neither has a distinct flag or a regu-
larly organized army. The Com
missioners find that Cabral does not
claim to be the legal head of the
Republic. That he does not claim
to represent the principal, consti-
tutional or legal autho.ity and order,
is shown by the fact tnat in his
. proclamation and in a communica
tiOn to the Commission be styles
himself ''Chief of Revolution" and
the journal pretending TO emanate
from him at San Juan, but is well
understood to be printed at the Hay
tien Capitol, is styled the Bulletin
of Revolution" As to Luperon, the
> testimony of both Clbro and on the
coast is that he is simply q bandit
stained with crimes. He has not
p so far as could be learned, distin.
; guished himself in any regular man
ner, his main exploits being in
sundry robberies and piratical oper-
atlons on the coast, the latter by
means of steamer furnished him
Uy insurrection brokers on a neigh
boring island. The disturbance, of
which Cabral is the head, has its
seat in the Western part OF the Re
I public, on the Haytien frontier. The
fOrce Immediately at Cabrsrs com
mand does not exceed 8 few hundred
men, who, In case of emergency
force into their service ali the male
population upon whom they can lay
their hands. 1t has been claimed
that he has controlled the Domini-
can port of BO, chone, and received
supplies through it; but this certain
y Is not longer the case. On the
other hand, 1t is charged By the
present Dominican government thai
ne has received supplies through
Hsyti, and that Haytien soldiers and
arms have been at his disposal. The
commissioners obtained evidence OF
Ghls fact from many sources. They
also examined Haytien prisoners
speaking only the language OF the
daytIens, and holding In their haads
nuskets bearing the Haytien stamp.
The Commissioners believe that had
The revUlurionists welded only their
own forces and resources, they
would long ago have been put down.
Their whole Importance is derived
from the help OF foreign intriguers,
and from the fact that behind them
stands the Hayti nation, which has
nearly three times the population
aud revenue of the Dominican Re
public, which has never relented in
IT'S aggressive policy, and whose
mead Is q President elevated by a
bloody revolution, involving the
murder of his predecessor, binds
Haytien aggressions. Other causes
aggraYate The difficulties of the Do
mInican Republic. Among these
causes are provincial jeolousy be-
tween the North and South sides OF
the island; a number of military
chiefs, heading small clans in various
districts, and the convenience the
neighboring islands afford for revo
Iutionists and insurrectionary opera
tiOns. All these difficulties, the
| Commissioners believe, would dis
lappesr, should the Dominican Re-
public be effectually protected by
connection with a strong nation. The
local self-government in the island
has been greatly obstructed by inter
nal difficulties and disturbances; yet
many town councils still preserve an
efficient existence and are composed
of members of good character and
! ability. The Spanish occupation of
tie island in 1861 is found to have
been consummated by fraud and
most unsatisfactory and oppressive
in result, civil and religious, threat
euing danger to the masonic frater-
nity, a large and influential order in
the island, and the re-establishment
Of slavery, either by importation or
reduction of the inhabitants to bond
age. The people revolted and
drove the Spanish into strongholds
on the coast, where their soldiers
] died hY wholesale of malionant fa.