The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-04-13


whom they can lay their hands. 1t has
been claimed that he has CONTROL I'd the
Dominican port of Barcelona, and receiv-
ed supplies through it, but this is certain
| ly no longer the case. On the other hand,
it is charged by the present Dominican
government that he has received supplies
through Hayti, and that Haytien soldiers
and arms have been at his disposal. The
/ Commissioners obtained evidences OF this
fact from many sources They also ex
amined Haytlen prisoners speaking only
the language Of the Haytiens, and having
in their hands muskets bearing the Hay
| tien stamp. The commissioners believe
that had the revolutionists welded only
their own forces and resources, they
would long ago have been put down
Their whSls importa nee is derived from
the help Of foreign intriguers, and from
the fact that behind them stands the Hay
tien nation, which has nearly three times
the population and revenue of the Do
minican republic, and which has never
relented in its aggressive policy and at
whose head is President elevated by a
bloody instruction, involving the muir
i der of his predecessor Besides Haytien
/ aggressions, other causes aggravate the
| difficulties of the Dominican republic.
| Among them are provincial jcalousles
between the north and south sides of the
island, the number of military chiefs
heading small clans in various districts,
and the convenience neighborly islands
afford for revolutionary aud Instruction
airy operations All these difficulties the
Commissioners believe would disappear
should the Dominican republic be effect
ually protected by connection with a
strong nation. The local self govern
ment of the island has been greatly OBJ
structed by internal difficulties and dis
turbances, yet many town councils still
preserve an efficient existence, and are
composed of members Of good character
and ability
v THE SPANISH OCCUPATION
of the island in 1851 is found to have
been consummated by fraud, and to have
been unsatisfactory and oppressive in its
results, civil and religious, threatening
1 danger to Masonic fraternity--a large
and influential order in the standard
the re- establishment of slavery, either by
importation or the reduction the inhabi-
tants to bondage The people revolted
and drove the Spaniards into the strong
J hold on the coast, where the soldiers
tdied by the wholesale of malignant few
ers engendered in the close and filthy bar.
racks, devoid OF sanitary appliances Of
/ the Spanish losses, no exact data could
| be obtained, The best opinion seemed
to be that the Spaniards sent in all about
5000 troops, of whom between 5000
and 5000 were lost by desertion and
other causes Although bitterly disap-
pointed in the results of Spanish annex
alton, the people, who were soon involv-
ed in new revolutions, cease not to look
abroad in the hope of relief. To the sur
prise of the Commission, in almost all
parts of the country, even the remotest,
the people were found to be familiar with
| the question of annexation of the United
States, and have discussed it among them
selves with intelligence. All classes, in
all parts of the republic, were consulted;
magistrates, and ecclesiastics of every
grade official, civil and military citizens
all professions and occupations in town
and country, and everywhere, there was
a general agreement in the defamation
that their only hope of permanent peace
and prosperity was in annexation to, and
becoming part of, the people Of the
United States. They generally declare
their belief that the strong arm of this
republic, in taking them under It's pro-
lection as part of the nation, would at
once end the hopes every sedltious rev.
dictionary leader, and establish law, or
der and prosperity. bsE fh
io THE ANNEXATION FEELING. gia'a
The incorporation into the public SEN
timent ola feeling strongly favorable to
annexation to the United States in pref
erence to any other power, is partially
due to the presence in various parts of
small colonies OF colored people. formerly
from the United. States o.h
The Commissioners entirely .discredit !
the reports that annexation would be re-
sisted by desperate measures in any part
Of the island, and cite at length their |
own experience, and their entire immu7
nifty from harm of any kind while on the !
island, as evidence of the correctness of
their conclusion. srzoW sl ofa i
.nfoa THE PEOPLE OF SAN DOMINGO i
are of mixed blood, honest, temperate, in
offensive, destitute of prejudice Of race
or color; pauperism, beggary, and high |
crimes being practically unknown
Among the popular vices is petty gamb-
ling, extensively INDUCED in by the
Spanish portion of the population. All
are Roman Catholics, except American
emigrants, who are Methodists and Bap-
fists, though no intolerance or religi-
Gus persecution can be discovered.
The people generally own the land which
they cultivate, although agricultural op,
erations are limited BY lack of a market
and frequent, political disturbances,
though the Dominicans are not ayerse to