New-York tribune., 1871-03-28

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auu tlo ar yithout battle. Hercules conquered by
the moment he appeared ON the ground
90 60 aamered without shot but its presence In the
waters of Hayti and Dominica was war.
TWO SOURCES OF TESTIMONY.
An bi. will he found under two different heads or In
- aGeront sources-flrst, what is furnished by the
sta,o Department and secondly, what is furnished by
tho Navy Department These two Departments are VIII
nesses with their agents, confessing ana aruhg. FROM FROM
thc former we have confesson from the latter we have
sotsconfessions and acts all In harmony ana support
ing each other. begin with tho confession.
confession OF STATE DEPARTMENT.
Tn tho strange report Secretary Of State, respon-
s,ve TO a resolution moved by me In the Senate the
OF Baez upon navy IL confessed in yar-
ons forms Nobody can read this document without
noting he confession first from the reluctant SECRETARY,
Reserring m the correspondencc OF Raymond II. Perry,
our Consular agent ut Santo Domingo who signed tne
though obnoxious to just critcisin is confession
According TO him, the Correspondence tends TO show
porf was supposed ts have peaceful Influence Senate
Ex Doc No H. XLIst Congress- Third Session, page ~
Tue term peaceful influence is the pleonasm OF the
Secretary cOnfessing the maintenance OF Baez In his
usurpaton There IS no such thing az stealng eonrey
the wise it ca;" and with the secretary the
maintenance of usurper by our warshps IA onLy
exerting "a peaceful influence discovery OF INC
Secretary. But In the evity OF his statement, the
Secretary forgets than United states Inan-ofwar has
nothing to do within foreign jurisdiction, ana cannot
exert influence there without unlawful erEentlo.
The secretary aludes also to the probability OF "an
other revolution" Of course against Baez IN te event
confession Of the dependence oil the usuper upon our
navy. - - - 60 :,
10 the senate shows plainly than the confession
the Secretary how completely tho usurper wa nam
tanned in power BY the strong arm OF the gnea
The anxiety OF the usurper was betrayed ht an eaf
day, even whic vautng the popular entnuT, ~. ni o o
annexation In dispatch D. dated az sau'o Doi'i'S0'
"The Nta.ket len this port January sO and we have hot
hs % ID T n sn' sa ss.na Sane ss' D & IN Bs
proiec Of an-rar 1aa but anticipate her renrn very
Why the man war was needed is easily inferred from
The President tells ne ta it impossible prevent the
pscpe pronouncng for enneIon before the proper TINE t
dIas I. SatIisS H. SsT,sqs eTyrsA q 'Id tISi ios,
If the truth were toif me usurper iet lhat IL was a.,
most impossible prevent the people from pron0unclnS
for his overthrow and therefore he wanted warslps
Tnen under date OF February 1910, Mr. Perry reports
President Bse daily remarks tat the United state, Government has
not leni IL pn sea 10 meofwar the coast lie seems YER
md energy (aeaSt Domingo Rep, p oJ senate ~" ~
The tr becomes still more apparent the dispatch
of February 1870 nearly three months after te sigI,,
uro Of the treaties, aud while they were sd pehons
I'm states slips rr hd,a"a H. aet eouh nof hotd
't p loS So H. XIlst Congress, Thirl Sesiou)
Nothing can he plnner. In other words the usurper
was muutfinod in power by our gllns such was lhe
OH ia communication Of the very agent who had sgnei
the treaties. and who himself an ardent
p.srinr cOnfesses the means employed
10 accompl sh IT, How the President did moi al once
abandon unfinished treaties maintained py Nolence' Tow
tine secretary OF ate did not at once resign rather ih
be party to this transaction, IS Dey onu c"pIehe
MOI was the state Department left unnioInea WIN n
regard to the distribution OF this naval force Here Is
the report under Santo Domingo March ~ 1870
while the voting was proceeding -, =, s.-.. n. o,,
the Ssntssket rO Pt tomorrow l3 ths Ynt s
pected this port iO sm -; Everything 'e qu' al
Thus under the guns of our navy was quiet mamaheu,
while Baez, like another usuTper, eXciaiheL No"' y!
St Paul. the work goes braVey on. c.. ~.
What this same official reported TO the state Depart
ment he aterwaId reairned under oaD III nls .c'ti
monv before the Committee OF the Senate on the ease OF
Mr. Hatch The words were few, but decisive touching
inc cSHS nj cd since We had been there rong he r.
zas Of Lonaiago" uitcA-st Domingo hep p 49, w. ~
AlI en sgsn m private letter to myself under date
of Bristol Rhode Island. Feb TO- ISL after stating tt
he had reported what the record shows 10 DE- lru
Bacz was sustained and held in power by the Chled
states NAVY" he adds: ...
so that We have the confession OF the Secretary OF
State, also the confession oi ms agent a aht 10
mingo. and the confession OF Baez himself tha' the
| usurper depended for support on our navy
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN sAcRHIcED TO HELP THE TREATY
Tlis drama OF usurper sustained by foreign power
ts Illustrated by an episode where the liberty of an
American citizen was sacrificed TO the consnmaton OF
the plot 1t appears that Davis Hatch OF Nor"ak Con
necteut intimately known to OF the Senators 0i
that State Ar. Ferry and respected by the other r
BuckinghamJ lived in Dominica, engaged in business
there while Cabral the legitimate President Dur
ing thi, time he wrote letters NewYork paper in
which lie exposed the character o the consraor Baez
then an exile When the latter succeeded by violence in
oyerthrowing the regular Government, Of his frat acts
was t0 arrest Mr.. Hatch the ground iha he d cou-
Grated with Cabral. How utterly groundirss was thS
| charge appears from letter 10 Baez frOi MS own
brother OF the province where the 1"htr re
sided Hatchs DolgS he:, se 10 si;l mi y o2p mr. com
mercal agent in SantO Domingo, VINO spoke ana acted a.
hacame representative of our country. lIbid pp III
Read the correspondence and testimony canddly, and
you will confess that the whole charge was uuped up
| 10 serve the purpose OF the usurper.
thing testes against Baez, come 10 the single decisive
| al Hatch
the authority OF the usurperat the special Instance OF
Cazueau and with the connivance Of Babcock In order
TO prevent his influence against the treaty Of anne xato
The evidence is explicit and unauswerable GauueI the
minister of Baez who had signed the treaty in an official
Feb 49, 1870 and communicated 10 the State Department
lsenatc Ex Doe No. H. page 1O6 XLls Congress, Third
Session. says: d" desire that you will be good enough
to assure His Exceency the Secretary OF state at wash
ington that he prolonged sOHrn Of M Hatch here has
been only to prevent this hostile action in Newiork
Nor this all GaznSaS had te9 5e9 efuA % wass5S ssT
| ION under date of Feb 49, 1870, similar
! version of the conspiracy, where, after denonne-
Who was ureing the liberation of Mr. Hatch he pro-
ceeed to say that the latter would certainly make use
of his liberty 10 Join the enemies Of anne that
n fer reeEs ycstrGint would be incOnyenient to
him a. his slanderous statements might become to me
success oJ Grants policy ia me Antes and that
i'm reply to our commercial agent insisting in The pres
ence of Baez that Cazneau was opposing The liberation
of an innocent man. urged that "Presden Baez had
the right and ought TO do everything in his power to
serre and protect negotiations in which our President
IGrantl was deeply Interested" diatch-santo Do
gress second sesson Altis Is clear plain. and docu-
ineuary Nor Is there any drawback or deduction on
account Of the character OF Mr. Hatch. who, according
the best testimony, If an excellent citizen enjoying
the good will and esteem OF his neighbOrs al home being
respected there "s much Gov. buckingham Is In Nor
witch" Gbd.. page 1871. and we all know that no higher
standard can he reached.
In other days said that the best government Is
where an injury to single citizen Is resented as an n
Jury TO the whole country. Here was an American ct
zen declared by consular agent 10 be an "mnocen
man and already pardOned the crimes falsely al
legged against hm ncarcerated, according TO the po
lite term OF the Minister OF Baez compelled to g pro
lOnged sojOurn" In order the cOnsummaOn OF
the plot the acceptance OF the treaty in the words
ot Cazneau. "to and protect negotiations In which
our President lGiraDtl deeply interested" The
cry am an American citizen" was nothing to Baez
nothing 70 CaZneau-DOthng 10 Babcock. The young
plenpOtentiary heard the cry and answered not An