Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-02

III AuE BtsJW Va NfCAg ADASo
man the same emotions. His sardOnit
grin, his unblushing hsrdihOOd, anC
lust such falsehOOds as he has recently
uttered against the people Of Tennes
see, the press and the APPEAL excite
in the minds of men with whom ht
comes in contact the same scorn anC
disdafn which the presence Of Barnes
Newcome always provoked. Thack.
eray's despicable character soUred the
temper of all his neighbOrs, and the
people Of Memphis have so lOug
sneered and scohed at their NewcOmt
that they are about to become a com.
muDity Of pug-uOses.
THE newspaper correspondents that
accompanied the Commission to San
Domingo, are flooding the Northern
papers with vOIuminOus accounts oil
the country. We have carefully read
the letters Of these correspondents,
with a view of arriving at correct con-
illusions in regard to ac0Untry and a
people about whom so little is known.
The claqusrs, the pensioned scribblers
who are paid to write the island
into popular favor, of course, repre-
sent San Domingo as a paradise,
an Ell Dorado, a land flowing with
milk and honey, thus giving reality to
the bright, beautiful pictures which
the poet In his wild dreams have So
often painted. If Grants paid libel
ers are to be believed, bread-huit trees
shade gurgling springs Of cold water,
and delicious birds, already cooked,
hover around anxious to re-
| lieve the hunger of v~oraCiOus
/ stomachs. Every description Of
animals, from a hippOp0tamus down
to a cotton-taiI rabbit, climb upon
each mans table, with knives and
/ forks sticking in their backs, all
scrambling fer the honor of contrib
uting something toward filling up the
Orihces in American heads. Above
the earth are rich harvests, beneath
it lie untold treasures. Palm trees,
placid waters, fruitful fields and happy
people are the chief products Of this
island Of plenty. But the letters from
san Domingo, written by d-isinterested
parties, men who have no incentive
either to extol or disparage the COuu-
try, represent the people as ignorant,
idle, worthless and opposed to annex
alton. A correspondent who visited
San Domingo, favOring the PROPOSE
ton Enumeration, writes TO the Phil
adelphia Inquirer a long letter, in
which he dampens the enthusiasm Of
the friends of the project. He says:
The streets are narrow and muddy,
the houses One-st0ry buildings Of
wood, with palm thatch, the more
ambitious rooted with corrugated iron.
Glass is unknown, and would be use
les, i'm a country where the only OBJ
iect OF windows is to let in a breeze,
and the only need of shutters to keep
out the sun. In the center Of the
town is the Catholic church, barn
like structure, with a cracked bell
hung outside in a rude frame.
There are about three hundred in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS whites of diff
ferent nationslties, the remainder col
Ored.
Another correspondent describing
the country says there is the Method
ist church overlooking a marsh
where lie buried multitudes Of the
Spanish soldiers who died during the
war" and Prof NeWcOme tells US that
it is "a marshy spot, receiving a noun
tain stream, and Of necessity prOdU-
cling a considerable amount Of ma
laria." In fact, be ingeniously adds
"Au foreigners must become accli-
mated a. e., have the swamp fever
before they can perform ~Out-OfdOOr
work without danger" From
all the reliable information we
have received from San Domingo, tits
evident that matters do not wear as
favorable a complexion as the annexa-
tiOnists have been trying to make peO-
pie in this country believe. While
naturally the large majority Of those
who voluntarily appear before the
commission in San Domingo City ex-
press themselves cordially in favor oil
the change, yet the commissioners.
however reluctant they may be to
make the admission, allow the exist
ence Of q decided minority against ii.
II. at this early stage of the investiga-
ton, this fact is 50 very apparent, and
in the principal city, too, where dis
satisfaction with the existing state of
is. certain-as ia AN large cities
in other countrles-to be most preva-
lent, what opposition to the Admins
t~ration's scheme may not a more
thorough acquaintance with the feel
Of the people develop? Again, it
appears that the political compiled
are Of a much more serious
character than has been represented.
Cabral is said to be warmly, though
Somewhat secretly supported by
Haytiens, so that we should be
purchasing not merely a revolution
the annexed territory, but one
he quelling Of which might involve
rs ia difficulties with Hsyti. This
Of the matter seems to be re-
by the Commission, and prop
srly, as a very grave one. Moreover,
here is good ground for crediting the
-umOr that the entire project is de-
to enrich certain capitalists.
who, we learn, specializing upon the
Of its success, have already ac-
a title to the best Of the public
.ands, the more valuable mining
privileges and main natural lines for
railroads, with grants Of adjacent
-ands. From whatever Light the
scheme is viewed, there can be but
one conclusion, that it is altogether
.~ndeiensible. We cannot afford to add
10 u already heavy burdens the ex-
pense OF anneXing any territory, no