The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-27
n,.e ST. Domingo Job.

and greedy designs. Inls ~. DomhiS"
business is gotten up by these ravenous
wolves, and the Government is by their
cunning brought to take measures that VIII
protect them and consummatc their
schemes.
It is very true that the Government OF
this country needs naval station IN the
West Indies. That might be readily OBJ
tanned without anneNing whole island.
Originally the purpose Of the Government
extended only to that object. But the
sharp prospectors permeated the country,
found out the good land and the indications
of mineral wealth, and drove sharp bar
gain with the barbarian Governor BAEZ,
who readily fell into their designs, under
the hope that he would be fortified in his
position as ruler Of the country. A cores
pondent of the New York Herald states
that from what has already been discovered,
he would not be surprised elf fully one
"haf of the public lands has been coded
"away to different SPECTATORS on various
pretences."
A Judge SULLIVAN seems to be prominent
among those who have secured large land
ed possessions. He and MesSrs. FABENs
what is styled the st. Domingo Company Of
New York. Their acquisitions include val
liable slices Of waterfront land also, "the
fifth part Of the lands that MAY have been
explored geologically." And this survey,
according to this writer, who is present
aud writes from personal observation, "is
"little or nothing more than locating the
"choicest lands for the company"
JUDGED, what else could it he in Il coun-
try and population like that in st. Do
mingo. which the writer's freely represent
as little or no better than barbarous: A
genuine geological survey by such a COM
pany, with such motives, would be in
credible.
The same writer hints at dark ways and
tricks which he suspects, but which are
screened from him, even by the commits
siouers of the United States, who have Oh
structed his effort to get at the exact
draughts Of concessions made TO FABENs,
SULLIVAN, and HALLIDAY, by BAEz. Thus
suggesting the plain inference that the
dlC DOl W ltuOul
faint. He acquits BEN. WADE, whom he
calls 8" DID," as giving up to Mr.. WHITE
and DR.. HOWE, who are very sharp.
Thus, for the gains hoped for by these
few cunning and greedy men, the power of
the nation is to be employed. Theirpr0perty
i to be taken under the protection of the
American eagle, and they are to be secured
IN Ia coil nd hahn
tons by the power maintained by taxing
the people of this country.
The commission sent ont to st. Do |
mingo is attended by Il rare set of adven- |
turers and scientific charlatans. These are
rummaging the island to see what can be
made out Of it.
In short, a few smart men of this nation
have discovered, they think. jewel in the
headldfThe st. Domingo toad, and they are
turnilgsit about and scrutinizing it With
the view of ultimately extracting the jewel.
To what extent they are to he gratifed is
n problem. So the advantages of the acqui-
sition of st. Domingo by the United States
are matter of utter uncertainty. All the
letter-writerS, whether for or against au-
neXation, represent the population us the
most degraded-as ignorant, superstitious,
either naked or half clad, lazy, filthy, dis
eased, infested with verlHin. and us tainted
with hereditary diseases which occasion
innumerable cases Of malformation, and
monstrous phases of human life; and
as being so hybridzed as that even
spotted children are not unfrequcnt. Lcp-
rosy is one of the forms of affection seen in
the country, and everywhere prevail the
signs of Incidence, decay, and barbarism to
degree that almost forbids all hope of
Improvement.
What can be done with such il country
One writer speaks of the climate and the
atmosphere as inimical to energy and indus
try. "There is subtle contssion in the
air." says he. 1.-The seeds of sleep are
borne in the the Subtle winds. When you
nave slept you are not refreshed, and
effort seems SO useless and incongruous
"under this languid sky that the only adj
"yantage Of waking is TO sleep again"
These centemplations upon the influences
Of the atmosphere and temperature lead
the writer, who has tested them, to the fol-
lowing pregnant fcHccllonS:
"The climate certainly cannot be changed
by human power, and the future can only
determine whether these people can he
made useful, and at the same time happy
ind progressive, or whether free white la
Dor can long exist in the most beautiful and
bountiful Of Gods tarmS-Whether, indeed,
the finest country in the world must forever
shut its door to those who can best appre-
ciate it, and open it only to All inferior
race"
Exactly. Here is the point. The land is
fruitful indeed, but there are none to work
it. The inferior race will not work, and
the probability is that the white man can
not. Under the institution of slavery the
inferior race was disciplined to labor, and
the island yielded abundanty, to the great
benefit of mankind, while the aborers were
healthy. Having massacred their masters,
and being lett to govern themselves, they
relapsed into barbarism, and the world is
deprived of the rich contributions of the
island to the comfort and luxury Of So
ciety.
Now, then, the Yankees enter " the most
beautiful and bountiful of Gods FARMS"
Just in this state, with its barharians and
its contagious air, bearing the "seeds Of
Sleep" What will they do with it: How
are those who have seized the lands and the
mines to make them valuable! The white
man can't work them, and what promise is
there in the natives? Unless all examples
applicable to the case be unreliable and
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