Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-20

Domingo business. These are translated from
French versions received nom Port an Prince,
and are therefore not verbally identical with the
originals, which win perhaps soon be made pub
lie nom Washington, but their substantial cor
reetnesS cannot be dopbted
10 President Stget Provisional President Re
0Bbic, HUgh.
Sf-rhe undersigned ayailS himself of the
arrival ia thus port OF the Severn, dagship OF the
lniJcd States North Atlantic squadron, TO in
form your eNcellency that he has received in
sGructionS from his government 70 inform your
eNceleucy that negotiations are now pending be-
tween the United States government and the
government OF Santo OAmingo, aud that during
such negotiations the United States government
is determined TO use all It's power TO prevent any
meddhng on The part of Uayu or any other
power with the Dominican government, There
fore, any interference with, or attack on the Do
minicans BY ships uuder the Haytien flag, or
any other Il az, during the said negotiations, will
be considered an act of hostility to the United
States Tag, and will provoke hostiliticS in re-
tan--( c0RSideree CONNIE IN dcte d hOStilhe al
pdrHloH deS EtdtS JniS ct pr0yoQuerd de Ph0Sta-
ite en- ret00r.) l have, SC,
c. H. Poor, Rear Admiral, SC.
Port au Prince, Feb. 10, 1871.
United States Consul Gautier addresses Gen.
Nord Alexis in the following terms:
General-A large majority of the Dominican
people have asked through their representatives
TO be annexed to the United States; and nego-
tations with that view have been entered into
and still continue. a commission has been APP
pointed to 90 to Santo Domingo and make
careful examination, when all who are opposed
to annexation will again have an opportunity to
make themselves heard. In the meantime the
United States have engaged to protect the legiti-
mate government of the Dominican republic
that of President Baez-a@ainst all intervention
nd In frln 4ba
United States will even use force, If other means
prove inefficient. (Et, pour renlplir Get engage
iRent, les EtdtS URiS emplOierOnt, meme Ia force,
81 les dutreS mOyenS SOnt tneWcdceS.) The Hay
tien government has been duly cautioned,
duerti,) and has promised to preserve n strict
neutrality.
Consul Gautier proceeds TO point out the
movements of Gen Luperon and his associates,
and continues
81 do not wish to say by this, that the author
tiles at Cape Haytien are secretly aiding the
Dominican insurgents, although it is known TO
every one, that Gen. LuperOn is in friendly re-
-lations with them, and that they have accorded
him long interviews; but I desire to warn the
authorities here, fearing that their sympathies
by leading them to exceed the limits of their
duties, may not only ALLEVIATE The good feeling
of tie United States toward the Haytien govern
ment, but may occasion grave complications
which may still be avoided by prudence"
Gen. Nord in reply says:
81 have already been ordered by my govern
ment to preserve the strictest neutrality regard
ing the affairs of the Dominican quarter"
Minister Bassett addressed the following let
tiers TO the Hayden secretary OF state:
To the Hon. T. RGmeGu, Secretary Of State:
Sir: have the honor TO inform you that ne
gotiations are pending between the United
States and President Baez of the Dominican re-
public; and am instructed by my government
to make known to the Haytien government that
:.
made tho matter by whom) to disturb the peace
or interfere in the internal affairs of the neigh
boring Dominican republic during these nego-
tiations.
| respectfully ask that you will, without de-
lay, direct the attention of your government to
these instructions from my government and
express the hope that the government and the
people of Hayti will be encouraged to preserve
the strictest neutrality in regard to the internal
affairs of the Dominican republic, and that they
shall use their influence to prevent the occur
renee of any incident arising from the revolu-
tionary state of this island, calculated to affect
in the least degree the interests Of the United
States, as well as the amity existing between
Hayti and the United States. have, etc.,
EBENEzER ID. BAssETT.
United States Legation, Port-au-Prince,
Jan. 10, 1871.
This letter was replied to by Secretary Rameau
when Minister Bassett answered as follows;
SIR: thank you for your letter of the 21st
| ult, in reply to mine of an earlier date, inviting
| your government to observe strict neutrality in
| the internal affairs of SantO Domingo, and |
shall experience much pleasure in informing the
| United States government of the friendly spirit
| in which you have received the notification of
its wish and of its expectation in this particu-
| lar circumstance.
But, nevertheless, it would be more satisfac-
| tory and more agreeable to my government and
myself, if, when writing in the name of your
| government, you felt yourself authorized to give
the assurance of neutrality asked and expected
| by the United States.
Since the receipt of your dispatch we have
heard from sources worthy of consideration, re-
| ports which, suppOsing them to be reasonably
| exact may give rise to serious embarrassments,
in the absence of any assurance of neutrality
on the part of your government. | shall not in
slst on the accuracy of these reports. | will
mention only, that your consul at Kingston, ia
maica, is known to be well informed respecting
certain schemes of intervention in the affairs of
Santo Domingo, and that he and your consul
at Curacao are accused of masking and protect
ing, or of being ready to mask and protect, by
means of their official position, projects of the
character indicated. 1t has also come to our
knowledge that certain other persons propose
to disturb the internal peace of Santo Domingo,
under cover of the Haytien flag
In the absence OF a declaration of a neutral
policy on the part of your government relative
to the internal affairs of Santo Domingo, the
United States despite its wish to the contrary
may find cause of dissatisfaction when, from
well informed authorities, we receive reports
which lead the government to fear that the Hay
tien government may be compromised by her
citizens and representatives, who, so far as we
know, have received no notice from their gov
eminent to observe that neutrality which my
government, in cordial amity, much desires and
counts upon you to see observed. have, &C.,
EBENEzER d. BAssETT.
U. S. Legation, Port au Prince Feb. 8, 1871.
The Port-au-Prnce Ciyilisateur, Feb16, in the
course of a long article, thus complains of al.
legged acts of intimidation on the part of the
United States officials:
"The promoters of the annexation project. in
order 10 secure its success have sought to eXer-
else system of complete though disguised CO.
ersiOn. II is first the commander of a ship of
war who arrives at Jacmel TO inform the militia
ry governor there that he must be quiet (cOO
during the annexation negotiations, or unpleas-
ant consequences would follow This is done
without the least care for our national sover-
eighty or interests, which, feeble as we are are
nevertheless entitled to respect, Next, diplo-
matte agent, regularly accredited in form half
fawning and half menacing, renews the same
invitation. Then naval officer presents him
self to the chief of state, himself to reiterate
the same injunction, accompanied this time by
monitor OF fifteen guns, as if to show the pen
alties which would be incurred by any deviation
from the policy which he invited the president
to adopt. Now, it is a simple consular officer
of the second class, who believes it his duty to
play his part in the affair.
Now, how can these acts be reconcled with
the solemn statements made TO the men of prin-
ciple in the United States congress- in order to
calm their first suspicious that only the truth is
sought in the Santo Domingo question, and that
only honest representations would be acted
uponP Are not Cabral, Luperon, Pimentel
Hongria, Gomez, and many others like them,
Dominicans? If they desire to make themselves
heard, why, if truth alone is sought, are so
many precautions taken to suppress the express
sion of their sentiments? The resolve to annex,
when it really exists, implies a determination
on the part of the anneXatonists too strong to
require as support schemes unworthy of pow
or mid oH Lev htrn