The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-04-06
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strictions Hi1zt be saGredly regarded by Us.
This Is an established rule Of International
law. Thus the constitutions of both con-
tracing republics and the law Of nations
were all set at naught IN this greztubusi.
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David Hatch, Of NorWalk, Connecticut,
was guilty of writing letters 10 a New
7 York Journal, exposing - 1u9'1ls.a-
> 80 bTHE CHARACTER or BxEz. ia e q
The latter arrested him as soon as his sec
ond usurpation succeeded and imprisoned
him, and he was detained in prison by the
authority of the usurper at the special IN
stance Of Cazneau and with the conniv-
ance Of Babeock in order to prevent his
influence against the treaty of annexation.
This evidence is explicit ,----,4--..-
Gautier, the Minister of Baez, who had
signed the treaty. in an official note to our
Consular Agent. dated at San Domingo;
February Is, 1870, and communicated to
the State Department, saws a desire you
will be good enough to assure his Excellen-
cy, the Secretary of State at Washington,
that the prolonged sojourn Of Hatch here
has been only to prevent his hostile action
in New York /" $50. - -.-t-7 II
Nor is this all. Gazneaa had the equal
hardihood to write to Babeock, then at
Washington, under date of February l9,
1870, similar version of the conspiracy,
where, after denouncing our commercial
agent atSan7 Domingo whowas urging the
liberation Of Hatch, he proceeded to say
that the latter would certainly make
use Of his liberty to join. III .ait1
$50 THE EEEMIEs OF AKSExArIos. s.l5
A few weeks restraint would not be SO
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ments might become to the success of Gen
Grant 8 policy in the Antilles and that, in
reply to our commercial agent, insisting
IN the presence of Baez, that Cazneau was
opposing the liberation of an innocent
man, he urged that President Baez had a
right, and ought to do everything in his
power to serve and protect the ne9otia-
tions in which our President was so deep-
ly interested. In other days it was said
the best Governments are where an injury
to a single citizen is resented as an injury
to the whole country. Here was arespec-
ted American citizen, declared by our
consular agent to be an innocent man, in
the words of Cazneau, "to serve and pro
tect thenegotiations in which our Presi-
dent Grant was sozdeeply interested" This
crYsE Il am an American citizen" was
nothing TO Baezs nothing to Cazneau,
nothing to Babcock. The young Plenipo-
tentiary heard the cry and answered not.
-a7.-E ANNEXATION WAS rs PERIL.
r. Annexation could not stand the testi-
mony of Hatch, who would write in the
New York papers. Therefore he, was
doomed to prison ships. -ff 4. -
Our navy were used to menace the town
of Puerto Plata and protect Baez and his
agents at all points on the coast. The
treaty was rejected in June last and no
pretext remained for Intervention. But
the navy continued to interfere. On7J July
2lst,- Commodore Greer reported that in
his opinion the withdrawal Of it would
lead at once to revolution. In September
there was danger of5--i.atFoJ ..+rfil-I
AN OUTBREAK rs SAN DoSl1NGo
And troops were semitic support Baezl from
our feet. ~ e. -roery--. - z-sass
Many other proofs are afforded by doc
-uments that nothing but the armed force
of the United States has sustained Baez
In February, 1870, Admiral Poar appeared
with the Dictator and Severn at Port au-
Prince and declared ',rherefoFs IN s6g.
attack should be made upon the DeminiE
can, meaning the nsurpers Basz,"' during
said negotiations, un der Haytien or any
SeANA ~ Do a.
Of hostility to the limited States Aa9, and
would provoke hostility in retnfn Such
was his language in the executive man
sion Of the President. The rear Adfni.t
raj reports a dignifed ireplyo to
President and Secretary of State, who said
that while they were aware of hisoweak-s
ness. they knew their rights and would
maintain them, and their dignity as they,
were able, and must be allowed to De
judges Of their own policy, or words To-
that effect In fact the rear Z nfral
told the Haytien president, p IL any
sails under the Hayden OF any other flags
were found m Dominican waters, he Wo1d!
sink or capture then. $3.50
be concludes with the exclamation Of
the Duke OF Wlllington, There can be-
no. such thing my Lords as little waf1
Fhe Senator asserted that there may be
war without q battle, and so our navy has
conquered without firing q shot, but It's
presence IN Haytia and SaptD Domingo was
war. he then minutely reviewed the tes--
timony to this effect, furnished by the
State and Navy DeP&rtrnouts, from which
it appears that the very agent who signed
the treaties officially reported that the
usurper was maintained in power by eur
guns - l 5z-ilf li3ia
but intervention in Dominica is only
one part of the story, even according to
the confession of the Navy Department.
In the efforts to secure the muoh coveted
territory our Government was not content
with maintaining the usurper Baez in
power, occupying the harborsof Dominica
with war ships. The United States sent
other ships, being none. other than our
powerful monitor dictator, with the frigate
Severn as Ieonsort and with yet other
monitors ID their train to menace the,
Black aRsPnbllcs Hayti .lyaal act ef war.
An An American Admiral was found to do
this thing and an American minister,
himself Of American blsod, was found 70
aid the Admiral -s Elst -, =
The dispatch of the Secretary OF State
lnstltutlng as the act Of war IS not conmu-
nfcated TO The Senate, but we are sufficient
Iylenlightened BY that Of our Minister at
Port au Prince, who; aader date Of Feb
ruary IL :. 1876 inforIps The State Depart
ment IA Washington that be had trans-
notification that the United States asked
and expected it o6bsefvs strictneutrality.
ln reference to the internal affairs Of San
Domingo, This azsr ga@-lJi y
Assault UPeE THE EHpEPESDExcg =
and equality Of the black republic, Mr.
Sumner adds, appears more.fully in the
report of the Navy Department, which is
an authentic record Of acts fagrant and
indefensible s-s5sas y ......a
~ Mr.zSanaer proceeds to say that this
conduct is = gross viOiatopof internation-
al law and of the Constitutions OF the
United States, and every employmeHt Of
those war powers in pursuance Of this as
sumption Was q ususpatioh. and tnat the
assumption in the San Domingo treaty is
exceptional and abnormal being aLsol1tt-
ly without precedent but, con1nnes Mr.
Summer, even admitting sone remote in
finite semblance, excuse or apology, dur
ing the pending treaty. aliof which I
insist as absurd beyond question, though
not entirely impossible in aquaTter unused
-te constitutional Questions and needing
them little. eoneeding that assumpsit Is
inserted inths treaty By the Secretary Of
State that Baez had deceived the Presi-
dent, into the idea that he possessed e
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