The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-06

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sufficient consideration, and he who IN
dertakes to conduct the affairs Of this
great Government as a faithful publicser.
want, ifsustained by the approval Of bis
own conscience, may rely with confidence
upon the candor and intelligence ola free
people whose best interests he has striven
10 subserve, and can bear with patience
the censure Of disappointed men.
(SigneD U. s. GRANT.
EseeRa5S Mansion, AprR 8, 1871. ~
synopsis OF Report.
The following Is the report Of the Com
missioners:
The report opens by giving the resolu.
ton under which tho Commission was
appointed. They .traversed the Domiui.
clan republic from end to end in several
directions, either by agents or in person.
They spent several weeks In daily confer
ence with the President and chief officers
Of the government, in examining the
official records, and as at all other places,
in constant intercourse with the people,
and taking testimony. The present gov
ernmcnt is in theory constitutional re-
public. According to the constitution the
government Is divided into three branches,
executive, legislative and judicial. The
first consists Of President and Vice
President, elected by an electoral college
for q term Of six years, with a difference
Of three years In the term Of their elec.
ton. Both President and Vice Pfesi-
dent are ineligible 10 the preSi-
dency during the following term.
The President appoints q Council Of State,
consisting Of Minister Of public instruc.
tion, interior, police, agriculture, ofpeace,
public works, war and marine. On one
Of these four ministers the duties OF Minis
ter of Foreign Relations, devolve at the
will Of the President The legislative
branch OF the Government consists Of Q
Senate Senado Consulto, which Is elected
by primary assemblies, and has two mem.
bers for the city Of San Domingo, two for
Santiago, and one for each Of the other
provinces and districts, nine in all. These
hold their offices for six years, and may
be reelected. Each province and district
has o government, and each parish and
military post has a commandant, nolni.
mated by the Executive, and responsible
to him. The towns are governed by
Guntamiatas or Councils, elected
BY primary assemblies for three years.
The Judiciary consists of a Supreme
Court, whose seat is'at the capital, with o
President, four Ministers, and one Attor.
ney General, who shall be chosen by tile
Senate from the nominations made by the
electoral college, and who shall hold the
office FIVE years in every province and
district where there. is Q court Of the first
instance sitting In respective capitals, con.
sistlng Of a Judge, Prosecutor and Attor.
ney General, all nominated by the Execu.
tive and holding Office for five years. II
was found that this court had In many
parts Of tho Republic fallen into dlsuse.
Finally each town and parish, or com.
mune, has an Alcalde appointed by the
Executive, and holding oiflco at his pleas.
ure, and corresponding TO our Justice OF
the Peace. In the latter case practice Is
far better than theory. In all parts OF the
Republic II was found that an Alcalde
held office virtually during good behavior
The Commissioners found the govern.
ment organized and in operation in all It's
departments, exercising every function Of
the government, with General Baez as
Chiel Magistrate, In full and peaceablo
possession Of all parts ofthe republic, .ex-
cept on the Haytien border, which Is dis.
turbed by insHrrectionary leaders, aided
by Haytiens and political intriguers.
These are melted to DO active At this time
by the fear Of. annexation to the United
States. From all the Commissioners
could ascertain, President Baez has the
respect ola great majority ofthe Domin.
ican people, for his administrative abil-
tiles, and tho strong attachment Of many
leading men, who regard him as the only
statesman among them; who can hold the
nation against home factions and foreign
foes. The Commissioners do not find
that there ia any opponent Of the present
administration Of that Republic who has
now or who ever has had any claim to
the chief magistracy by title superior TO
that of the present incumbent Whatever
technical defects there might have been In
his original title to the Office It was con.
firmed by a National Convention and
ratified by the assent and support OF the
people. The frequency Of civil commo.
tlon during q long period and the conse-
ouent insecurity Of property, have para
lived industry and discouraged accumu.
lation and 80 impoverished the country
that for the last two years the financial
resources OF the government have been
inadequate to pay the expenses.
The iusurreCtions which still exist are
| led by Cabral and Luperon. The former OF
these Il universally conceded to be mora
important, but neither has distinct flag
or regularly organized army. The
Commissioners find that Cabral does not
claim to be the legal head Of the Repub-
lie. That he docs not claim to represent
the principal, constitutional or legal
authority, Is shown by the fact that In
his proclamation and In o communica.
ton to the Commissioners he styles him.
self Chief OF the Revolution. The force
at Cabral's command does not exceed
four hundred men. The Commissioners
believe that had the reVolutionists WELD.
ed only their own forces and resources,
they would long ago have been put down.
Importance Is derived from the help OF
foreign intriguers, and from the fact that
behind them stands the Haytien nation,
which has nearly three times the popula.
tion Of Dominica, and which has never
relented in It's aggressive policy, and at
whose head Is q President elevated by
bloody Instruction. All these difficulties
the Commissioners believe would disap-
pear should the Dominican Republic be
efFectnally protected by connection with
a strong nation. In almost ali parts Of the
country, even the remotest, the people
were found to be familiar with the
question OF annexation to the United
States, and have discussed It among
themselves with intelligence. They gen
! orally declared their belief that the strong
arm Of this Republic, taking them undel
It's protection aS part Of the nation, would
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