New-York tribune., 1871-04-08
SANTO DOMINGO.
SPEECH OF SENATOR MORRILL, AGAINST
ANNEXATION.

consent epOke as follows against the annexation poncy
OF President Grant:
SPEECH OF SENATOR MORRILL,.
Mr. MORRILL, QRep., Vt)-Mr. PRESIDENT o'nerins a.
do from the President as to his santo Doniso pon'9
Il ia only lust to say in the outset that freely accord
Mn Tho eredit of beine actuated by the purest motives
In whatever lie has done to promote the swift accom-
n,isbment OF annexation In his methods he may nave
committed errors but his intentions, feel cohnue'
will bear the scrutiny OF the final Judge OF al nen
those who have done truer and Drawer "orh ioi '"o
country II any such there be. assa PRESIDENT uran'
but AZ for me hold title TO give point to any
with the purpose OF nfictng stab upon MS repu,ao
The report OF the Commissioners may SPEAK AK Tf .b ~
the climate because in five weeks IL odnce
and pneappes never seen In Ohio, Newl ork; OK WA
sachusetts sghtingy OF the ir9n SoPpe "n the eDiv
thing that "lends enchanment TO the vew, anu lne III
habitants may not have been aware hat ,ney WI WIZ N
spo4dney Of finding coal at SANTANA, where there Is
only poor show of Ignite but the report WI oe
sprnked with salt-Syracuse must look after s sadness
and vet IL will DE found neither more exhaustive nor
Trustworthy than large number of WORKS noni .ne
hands Of impartial travellers who have heretofore vs,a
the Island and devoted far time 70 the invesuga
tion of facts. Their report may be faithful as 70 % wa
they saw but t cannot supcrsede authorities OF eqa
character and much larger opportunities ana VIII pe
chiefly valuable for yndeag what neeaed 0 a0d That
of The gallant young officer charged with negotiating 'he
BULLYING REPUBLIC.
Our reputation among our sister Republics in America
is not wholly unbemished, is it, fear likely to
grow brighter by the history of the santo Domingo com
pcatons. Not that We have In our foreign relauohs
always been the wrong but that we seem to have pos
sessed a wonderful aptitude to get embrolled WIN
weaker natonalities. All remember the circumstances
OF our troubles with Mexico or OF her troubles WIN s
We tore her side the large state of Texas ana Tnen
she pouted about the eXtravagan boundary caneu we
declared that existed by her act and 1Ougnt poouy
battles for three to make her surrender ana sell @
large States but the wounds OF poor N.Y.
leo have bleeding since and III we are ookeu
upon with any favor it is when IN comparison WIN the
French Then, in 1852, Greytown the principal por
one OF the Republics OF Central America, was DomDaed
and burned by naval force OF the United states on e
hmsy charge that its inhabitants had lnIrngeu e,c
rights of the transit company. No reparaton on our
part has been made for this wanton and oruta ex
ercise OF power soon after this commenced the carer
of the hbuser Walker, first in Sonora, Lower talior
mia, then in Nicaragua. With Paraguay we had soi.e
difficulty, 10 years ago or more, when caused us ~
send formidable naval expedition there with threaten
ing demands VIII she ever forget or forgive us our
with Spain jeopardy. Sometimes we propose to buy
a great price and sometimes our prlVa8 ciemenS
In 1850 we withdrew Minister from Peru In conse-
quence OF the seizure OF two American vessels wmch
were Illegally loaded with guano at an island from when
the Peruvian Government did not permit 1t TO be ex-
ported to foreign countries Peru has paid no damages
and loves us little. only recently WINE brdIl was az
war with Paraguay repeated offers TO mediate were
steadily declined. Such kind offices, 1t is Illuminating 70
admit, would be accepted by Brazil or almost any other
American Government with more aaerty WI when IN ten en-
dered by European nations IMAM teideiSd t Ny nn no
tinued but is this enough 10 require little more
circumspecton on our part ana 10 see 10 IT, Ts & wf
what Is right
OUR PEOPLE NOT HOMOGENEOUS.
II useless to disguise the fact that the people OF
portion OF our present territory have not become assm
lated with the American people and American instiu-
tions and the time when they will do SO must be com
puted not by years. but by generations To say nothing
of our lately acquired Siberia commonly called Alaska
IT must be conceded that arizona Ne%Mexieo, Ste
not only essentially un-American, but they have no
overwhelming attachment TO our form OF government
nor To the Anglosaxon race Their first love OF
different complexion. III the strong arm OF me Uhlttn
States should at any time become weak 1t would receive
from these localities the conspicuous acqs
tiOns OF manifest dcstny) but their population would t
any time likely flock 10 the banner OF any cooked,
hat reyolutonis Their CIVILIZATION ls az variance ana
not in harmony with our own. Having niue commerce
and almost wholly destitute Of educational Institutions,
they are making advances In the arts or sciences,
literature politics and neither better nor worse than
they years ago 1t Is certainly matter To be re-
greted that any portion OF Union should seem to lag
in the OF the highest type of civilization, Dnt must
he sorry consolation to them or TO us To ADJ To the
Union still darker patches In order to give TO the places
indicated the conspicuous advantages OF contrast ~
il also be apprehended that the late masters OF the
emancipated race i'll the Southern states viii make few
sacrifices the enlightenment Of that race or do any
pendrncp. The nhinchng policy OF all tho States lately
In rebellion would seem 10 be to subordinate the black
man. intellectually well as politically and to give him
mo- means Of support except accordance with cOmpacs
to which he is not an equal party. Under system Ike
ancient ignorance fostered and perpetuated and the
prospect OF making them intelligent citizens enjoying
enjoy t-and giving in return full equivalent therefor
viii not very speedily be realized. Tue result is that the
studies political revenge for the future, and the freed
man TO he kept in such poverty and Ignorance as 10
country. - .
The plea that we want the harbor OF samana for any
purpose is only link in the evidence that Hayt, not
santo Domingo really coveted and sought for the har
bors of Hay only could furnish any real accommoda
ton being far and less remote We are
the site improve and orfy IT, and then TO oceu
nv il with naval fleet with the vain idea that We might
inns fire be anguid brains and torpid muscles of the
Domnicans to make sugar. grow conee, ana mack down
he mabogany trees in such incredible quantities to
gIut the world with their exports. We are asked to
launch one expenditure which dIags aIter IL numerous
ntbers of eater aud constantly increasing magnitude
and ali for the desperate purpose OF establishing per-
manen and American institutions where moth
ing has been permanent but failures and revolutions or
for the even more desperate purpose OF finding security
for our republic by making fast TO tropical Island
vbose foundations have been often shaken by earth
mates and which Scared all with the political
s vel az spherical hurricanes OF previous centuries
BEFORE we can possibly need a naval station at Samana
,a must bud ip commerce there, and then create a
naval fleet placed there for its protection course
ot mike that OF the boy who buys dear purse before
he has ANYTHING to put in II. We have commerce
in sano Domingo; but 1t Is assumed that we only pro-
Vide for its protection though IL would need no such
nroection If we had it. that 1t would spring forth
naeuousy the gushing water from the rock touched
th liverpool and yet that port $3.50 miles away from
any naval station OF the United States 1t is quite ap
protect us anywhere abroad Respect is inspired by the
banner which represents power in reserve, rather than
by few guns floating III distant seas and which could
not float whenever large number OF hostile
guns appeared National plunderers, as well
as private corsars Of the ocean, have disap
reared before the march of modern civilization, and
treaties of amty and commerce guard the trade OF the
world he pretended that need samana for the
there unless first place IL there, TO defendi Who is
10 attack usi Who threatens In the backgrounds No
body II Britain may rely upon the security that
the streak of silver sea" Affords We know that for the
United states the broad Atlantic is much mpass-
puft nnrda Ia ma aEp dat.
point we have first 20 1900 miles to fOrtify It, and then
gu there be defended We leave places Of safety Ia
md shelter where weaker nations equals where
many naval Powers are our superors, and where the
climate gives the black very little quarter, and the
white man at all.
STAR or EMPIRE NoRTHwARD.