Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-04
The san Domingo Project.
EXTRACTS FROM SENATOR SUNSETS HEc
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The san Domingo Project.
EXTRACTS FROM sESAToE SUNSETS RECENT
SPEECH.
Mr.. SUMNER. Mr.. President, the resolu.
ton before the Senate commits Congress to a
dance OF blood. 1t is a new step in meas
ure of violence Several steps have already
oeen taken, and Congress is now summoned
to take another
Before | proceed with the merits of this
question, 80 far as such language can be used
with reference to it, and as see the Senator
\ from Ohio Mr.. Sherman in his seat, wish
I to answer an argument Of his yesterday He
said that the resolution was simply one of
/ inquiry, and that therefore there could be no
( ODJectIOn to It. | was astOnished when
| hclTd one Of his experience in tnis Chamber
/ ana ms familiarity with legislation charac-
/ terize this simply as a resolution Of inquiry
/ The Senator is mistaken. 1t is a resolution
creating three offices under the Constitution
/ OF the United States, offices contemplated in
the Constitution itself, and specially men
/ toned by name in the act of 1856 to regulate
the Diplomatic and consular systems OF the
United States. | read the first section Of
that act, as follows
Ihat embas sadors, euvoys extraordinary, and
ministers penip0teutiary, ministers resident COM
missioner, and ctarges faG1res, and secretaries Of
I legation appointed to the countries hereinafter
named ln Schedule \ shall be entitled to cornuen-
] ann i1i . respect!Eely at the rates per
sadors ami ENJOYS extra"r,linarv ami minister
h,enp"tcE.i4iry the fu amounts specified therefor
sto"ersr 7e senty five per cent"
Now, sir, by this Joint resolution the Pres
ldent ls authorized to appoint three - com
missloners,' and also a " secretary" the
latter 10 be Ver=ed in the English and Spanish
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lsIlc ~ ny ILlC suSses'lon tuaU may pe Drought
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expenses. Does TINS alter tHe case " tn
Out Ih9se Worus I'D thIs JOINT resolution the
genera az I3Inatle IA" would take eject and
II "o"i" az ltdsl Dc question IL IHey "ouId
not DC ehllVISu Io tue saIaTy OF Si'oVO per
ann"ih' AiA ye5 Ie7Jlu'.'4 " TINS cu.I
acteT' creating three new ohces, Is called
sInpIy I19DIIOI'h ol INJURY otE' tne
senator - ili7 anu us I'i'71aaAe III 1.lIS
HAU'eI tiU7.i ~ ''19 O'uoi iil's'" Ao7 "i1l I0ICi-
ehce 20 'he I'M P'r'ahI su"Joo0 no" DeIore the
senate
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II tHey are proper men Il d"IouS 1HeiA y
tAaI lbuelIOuS pFoieSOr' ~ huCh hohoItu
friend, who mas been referred 70 already, Mt
AgassIz, Is 1t rlSht to expect nm % give his
invaluable services without compensation
The requirement that the service shall be OF
tins KIND necessarily limits 1t either to the
rich or u the partisan IL does not open
Tree heid 10 talent, 10 Htness' 20 tHo7e quaiI-
ties so important - proper service Oh the
com mission
hope that the senator VIII reconsider hIs
Judgment, that he VIII see that we cannot
treat tne PehIl-hz proposition VIZ WIN 'ue Ie'lIy
ne WIl paI"o" me Win "HlcH Hc urea ca
It. or, u Il somGtnlhS more tuah d IesoIu-
ton ol inquiry. IL Is serious measure, ana
10 DeSlhs on ~ liCg ~ an aHTohO % 'nv O"H-
stltutlon OF tHe ChIte1 states, "hicH eA-
pressly decl'I'S 1"at Une frtsiuchU 9H-ll lil
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orl,;rt AGENTS if he nIease. to yisit forcign
aaP,P,r1triesf and he is sunnlied with 4 secret
- fiInd bv which their exnerses NAV he
IIc-od Tho prasideot doo5 -. r,eod this
1osaI,Jtiop r. is an act ,f sunererogation so
r-as lam inf,rmod r. tbe nrecelo77+s n ory
bis+orv
t,ents of an informal character inG-rrnaI
Ir csIIed commissioners. and not actino under
~ statute. have been appoin.rd in times
- bv the Executive have a memorandum
/ PPlrIre me or several occasions In I2III0
+Le President dispatched Mr.. Poinsett and
NIr Scott to Buenos Avres and Caracas to
ascertain the condition Of those two countries
,r;,b q view To the recognition of their inde-
.Jorco In I4I-b no dierotcbcd NJ pIand
podno,- ord NIr GrobaTn +a p,,o,,aS
Atrcs aoai6- and also To chill and n IS9O
/ 10 disnafched Mr. Prevost and Mr. Forbes
FAR the same object. The reports If those