The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-27
PARTIES IN SAN DOMINGO.
a Eetter from Davis EIatoh.
The Commission evereIy Criticized
General Grant in tho West.
PARTIES In SAN DOMINGO.

Commission.
Mr. Davis Hatch writes as follows to the New
York ECeHiag POST
The report of our commissioners does great
injustice to Cabral and his party, in calling their
opposition to Baez "a guerilla warfare" and
animated by resentmentS purely personal"
Cabral was elected President by the direct vote
of the people, and the voting was as free as it
ever was in this country. l was there at the
time. Baez was chosen by a so-called Natona
Convention, selected by his provisional govern
ment while he was in Curacao. This our com
missioners should have known and yet they say
they did not find that there is a1y opponent of
the present administration OF. that republic who
has now or who ever has had, any claim to the
chief magstracy by title superior to that of the
present incumbent"
The report is equally unjust towards the
people of Hayu. There is no deep animosty
existing between the people of the two repub-
lies; neither any apprehension on the part of
the Domnicans that Hayti will ever attempt to
regain forcible possession of their country.
There was a league between Sanave and Baez
fellow tyrants, usurpers, and conspirstors, to
support and protect each other, and hence
Baezs pretended apprehension of trouble from
Salnave's successor, President Saget, whose SYM
pathies are naturally and properly with Cabral
and who no doubt winks at his supplies passing
through Hayt. Who will say he has not per-
feet right TO do this seeing the attitude of our
Government towards Baez? Have the Haytens
not been provoked to this by the threats of our
Government?
But the commissioners do great injustice to
Cabral also, in asserting that TIE people enjoy
as much liberty under Baez they did under
any previous administration. | was there dur
ing Baez's brief rule of less than six months in
1866, during Cabrals administration from Sep
tember, 1866, to February, 1865, and more than
year of Baez's present term, and know that
until toward the close of Cabraps admiuistra-
ton, when it was known that an expedition
fitted out by Baez from Curacao, had landed
and started an insurrection against his Gov
ernment no one was molested for his poll
tical opinions, however openly expressed.
This, like most of the information obtained
came from Baez, his officials and partisans
Hungria-who started and carried through the
insurrection against Cabral by order and for
account of Baez; carried on the Government for
him more than two months, until he had cour-
age to go over and take charge himself; and
then his Minister of War until last October, and
since then in the asylum of the British Consulate
they would have obtained much valuable in
formation, though perhaps such they would
rather not make public. And they might have
obtained reliable information on the state of the
country, and how Baez is regarded among his
countrymen generally, from the numerous poll
tical prisoners in the dungeons, if they really
wished to hear both sides.
! know from letters received, written while
they were there, that they were told of these
things They were keen to observe and swift
to note 'muskets in the hands of prisoners
having the Haytien stamp on them, but make
no mention of those in the hands of Baezs
men with U. s. on them, everywhere to be
seen well as cartrldge-boxes and belts with
the U. S. plate. l saw many cases of muskets
opened in Azua with our armory mark on the
outside. Is 1t any greater crime for the Hay
items tosfurnish death-dealing missives TO Do
minicans than for US to do so?. or does our supe-
rior strength give us right to do SO?
The country expected better things of Mr..
Wade, from his great experience and previous
history, than this rose-coored, one-sided, and
altogether partial report. If the President is
satisfied it is evident the people or the press are
not-except in few cases where an impartial
verdict was not to be expected.
IErtracS from the official organ of CdbrdLl
From the copies of the Dominican journals
sent us by Mr.. Hatch, says the Post. we trans
late and condense the following
''On the 7th Of March the American Commis
soners met Generals Alvarez and Traveso. The
official interview between the Americans and the
Dominican representatives having concluded, the
former then asked the latter to give them conaden-
TALLY their opinions on the situation OF the revou-
ton, and the views OF those who sustained 1t. The
Dominicals told them that II they would travel
through the country they would be at liberty to in
quire for themselves. They assured the Americans
that with the exception of the adherents OF Basz,
no one IN the republic desired annexation; that the
Domiaicans valued their own independence as
highly as they the Amerieans) did; and that Baez
entirely msrepresented the facts In regard to public
feeling in San Domingo.
"The Domnicans added that the vote taken by
order OF Baez in favor OF annexation was Illegal, as
was proved by the revolution ITSELF by the prisons
filled with eminent patriots by the forests contain
ing now many fugltives from persecution and by
the numberess Domlnlcans VINO had ned 70 foreign
lands. Messrs. White and Howe admitted that they
had met with several notable fugtves, and that at
Portau-Prnce they saw among others who would
not accept the annexation scheme, Angel Maria
Caminero, brother OF Camnero, the present COM
mander Of the armies OF San Domingo, and the prn-
cipal supporter OF BaeZ.
EI Pabsllon Dominicano of March 81 contains q
violent article directed against the Baez govern
ment, giving the names OF a number or its victims,
who are designated as martyrs" and inVeighinp
against the annexation scheme as JOB which
compromises sotR the honor and the interests oi
the United States and OF the Dominican republic.
""Ihis Is annexation! J" says El Pabelto1l. "An in
famous speculation A bargain! A fraud rob
berry Such is the annexation projected by Baez anC
upheld by Grant,"