The sun., 1871-02-25
GRANTS DOMINICAN JOB.
THE ANGExATI0N sCHEME PRL-sI-
DENT BAEz,s LAST TRtNP.

Commissioners purposely degraded Mr Rcbeo and
quletly gave him permission to sail for 81 Thomas
on the United State; steamer Nantasket they prop
ably thought that TuB Sun no longer had repre-
sentative and that their neilrious schemes could
not possibly be further eNposed by It's searching
beams In this, as in many otner things thty nave
made great mistake, aud they will mud that ThE
SuS shines, It ought, with teniod more power IN
this tropical land which they are endeayoring TO
force upon the people Of the United States.
II will not he necessary for me 10 into an elabo
rate description OF the island ts cities, towns, vii
lages and people or even to mention its rich soil
supposittous mines. vast forests and pesilent eli
mate for all this is known by every fehoolboy 1t
hardly needed the President OF one OF our lAge
collegSte institutions, backed by small army Oi
so.ealleu scentnc men 70 nnI ons S ,lo tins sbn
Christopher Columbus nrst nRbted the cross oi tile
true faith on the shores OF san salvador 90 VIII
TBE rRuE nIsroaY or YHis E1PEDirIoS
as Il has gone on for the last dsys. This scion
thc business Is merely slide show 10 deceive the
ron Rohtieh people OF our land Ireslg1h' W nte
and DR.. Howe will have no more 10 DO WIN tuc re
port o. the Commission than Sandwich Ishnder.
President White Is doubtless strong m hls college,
but weak when exposed TO the willy Baez ahd craty
Wade. Dr. Howe j. good old man. whose life has
been spent IN benevolent acuon- lio cannot con
scicnuousy advocate the annexation scheme. ior ms
whole career has been spent in helping doTnHodden
pcorlc to independence.
Nt. Wade is the head and lront o. INC Nhole
AFFAIR Tue other gcutlemen are tackled on 70 i'm
pose upoa The crcdulty vi the people Al home
Their voices, whether fJr annexation or against It.
It COOS In viii bs ibo opinion Of Mr. Wade alone
Mr.. WAdc's opinion Is TINT Of PRESIDENT Grant,
aud the Commission might az well have made out
their report in the parors Of the Asi0r House ior
all the inrostiVation'fcro WIN 30 10 change IT,
That this anair has been wel managed to rul the
PEOPLE, shines cut more aud more plainly each day.
In toe nrst place, ~ appointment OF the Commis
sonors has been miserable failure, unless IN lrnlh
Nas IL. Ia NllHN I'M
ihtnc has been done wisely. Gen. Sigel 60 control
and bias the German vote Fred. Douglass and hls
amiable son Charles a. Influence the negroes Presi
dent White for the scientific men, and 20 console
hini Tor bis to the kngleh mission
aud DR. Howe to please the pbilanihropis,s aud to
SMOOTH rms orroTTIoS OF M SUMNER.
makes au ,ASep,6k OF e1pediencies which Is truly
II capacity for the object In view had been tho
desire, each aud every one OF these genuome1. et.
have gone OF the slate iOr the Commission AZ II
now stands il thoroughly inefficient.
Imagine thirty men in a spanish country not
speaking a word Of the language, aud exposed 10
the Vaccinations Of truly smart and thoroughly
cishoncst man like BaoE. and you can tee how much
show there is for a truthful DsiEit into the eond-
The Commssioners since their arrival here have
been busiy engaged gettiDg ready To examine into
facts and now that they think themselves ready
they are preparing TO leave. Nothing has been done
to accomplish the inVesiigauon ordered BY Con
grc.s. The DAYS are spent interviewing nogroes
who do not dare TO whisper word agains. Baez for
fear oi the horrible dungeons which lie far below
the water level m the Castle or columbus. Tho
only man who could understand Spanish has bcen
sent away, and in his placU a young gentleman, who
usprcs to the eaiyshp IN plsce of thn a cied
Barton. has been rut. This young man. Crane nv
name IL an assistant professor OF The languages OF
Southern Europe b. COrncli luNeriiy, and - at
tacbcl to tie suite Of President White. His a,
| tcmp;e at Spanish are
PERFECTLY LupiCRous.
Tao Hon Alun A. Burton Ia- al place on the books
! ~ the Commission and Viii pgapdnN cr4N ht.
salary when ac returns ~ the lnitci ~ '.' Since
| the arrival OF tho Conmis, iou mere, however. De
| has gradually SUM- lower ami iJNrr ga pupuc upu-
ion uuu now there are none 80 poor a. To do him
/ reverence. The cause ui TIM decline uut fall Of
| t1e man who in President Grants letter. b. de
scrbed as one who has done the state -ome ser.
vice. dates from thc momch; tle Nrat c.sc Of V.
| Cicqrot ionser,ir. was oo"ned The Jui-c loves
good Vine, anu unfortunately dad not cacuii" cor
rectly ls c4paclty aud Wiiic the oand vas pay ing
on the eycung OF cur arrival tcre he wa mcandcr.
ing over tlie poop deck IN lubhcrly manner not To
be expected OF lian who Lad becn 90 Sc" Tor over
a week.
Sncr Gen. sisc recovered from HE at,acl, OF
| poisoning, he has been revolving IN Ms mind uc
Rbstru-c prob en- Of how 10 make himself use 'ul
A. iit-ry secretary he Has cNpc,lel 10 DO tome.
tluf or ni'''aly nature, and 50 uu.ltd hms't It
tfst 10 tracing ite Admiralty charta which LJd 1l IN
fuif .I cd 70 tlr Tennessee D., the Nayy Depart.
| W,ut At sea TIC ga'isut General was los, tUt 90
Trtscutcd irclf Tor him to disn-ui.h Himself until
loo 90 sect Of an ., itioa 70 An, ,yas broarbeo
ueu tle SPIN. Of the General ~ss aroused, ,nd In
| UtIIy " miAtJrF lrtuE he claimed Tie privilege
| OF commardlne tie PARTY who shorld nnztrd he
|
to part Nl,n Any Of bis uaTlnCs iOI toe pup OF
| protecting the invaders frJm
| THE WRATH ~ CABRNt,
| the offer Of Gen SigCl NlS promptly accepted And
az the head Of lis army, consisting Of Rsduire ia
| coLs OF the Cincinnati Commercial with oae arm,
| and MIR. &. &. Fulton of the Baltimore AyaSrttrH,
the military secretary marched nom the ruin. Of
| san Domingo IN search OF adventure Mounted on
his Rosinauto OF mule, ihe gallant General pre-
! scnted model for . eiuJ OF Don Quixote which
Dore would have given hail his fortune To- possess.
| Tne adventures have not YET bcen heard from,
and maybe b. this time arr in the hands OF Cabral
ltls, however, tervenilY TO be hoped that no such
sad fate has be lllen them. Another expedition ha
started lor Puerto Plata. distance OF two hundred
| miles. They are allowed ten DAYS 10 accomplish
their researches into the character OF tue people
condition OF the country, agricultural productions
| mineral resources, and She geological botanical,
chronological and genealogical state Of everything.
A. all take tlcm ten days At the least to get there
by hard travelling 1t will be seen that the report
will be tEce6 6dinglY interesting AMI highly instruc
tive. However, IL does not make anY difference, fol
Mr.. Wale says ali the scientific men are ID
| The photographers are kept busy writing up In
teryiews. Halt tue men IN tie town have beer
Lross questioned, and the streets now are bare, io
the people stay in their houes to avoid being
CAUGHT Up BY rus COMMISSION.
Bac2 knows his lVrson, and repeats II without
hesitation. lic il the most honest, straightforward
| there are no political prisoners; one las beer
| banshed; the debt IA Nory snall-so small indee.
that It leeds microscope almost 10 detect 1t; a.,
people are all Wild fo1 annexation; there is no dis
ease; the white man can work a. well ss the negro
aud in short everything is just as the Commission
ers want IT, II Us not necessary TO deny these state
ments-they bear the lie on their face aud any oths
than crodnlOus party like this would see that Bael
| was fooDg them 10 the utmost
Baez is playing deep game. The annexation card
IL HE last tramp, and unless ne taxes tTick with
| be will be slammed, aud CAbru Nill win the pot
FIed Douglas. spends his time IS best he can He
says he doesn't understand why he Is here, or what
| position he occupies; so he wanders around when
the .hea, will let him, and Tao rest Of the time ho
condoles with the deposed secretary his amiabie
son ts MESSENGER 10 the great men His time IL oc
| with orders for money, which duly honoTed by
| the obging paymaster Of the frgate How the
Commissioners manage TO get rid OF so many Of the
| broad pieces Is mystery but as they have whole
rctnue Of attaches, ana each one requires tho best
Of tne land, ihe drain on their strong box may DO
| accounted for.
The i'nosition Of Judge Burton IN the suito OF
the Commissioners caused partial vacancy and "a
one OF the reporters OF an Administration journal in
Now York was In neodN circumstances, u WAS found
eNpedent TO add his name TO the large list OF those
| already in the pay OF the eNpect tion. and so "A
| correspondent is now domicied with Mr.. Wade and
party, and is occupied during his spare time, whc
| is much IN writing up true snd unVarnished his
| tory ofthe dOings ottho Commission Ncirly nl OF
| the prominent journals arc nov subsidized. Gen
Boyn'on Of the Associated Prof', and Mr.. Rlmidel
Of tIe Jrbu1e, s II hold ont against the hlaniis n-
| merts of toe Commission but men ore NOR.
tai, and M those days OF detection Ne cannot tell
how. soon the battle ssains, this great fraud will BE-
| leii for
IHl sen TO FIGHT SINGLE HANDED,
| Several of tho newspaper men oave to day on the