Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-23
San Domingo and the President.


General Grant And the man, who,
as commander in chief led the Amer
lean army to victory, after others
failed, captared Richmond, compelled
the rebel army to surrender and Sc
cured an honorable peace to the ma
ton, freedom and the ballot to the
colored race, is entitled to more re
spect than any other man in the ma
ton. President Grant has been so
true to the vital principles of the Re-
publican party that even its most ultra
members can find no fault with him.
In regard to San Domingo he has
done nothing, which when considered
from an unprejudiced stand point, is
either Objectionable or deserving of
censure. 1t is his sincere and delib
crate conviction that the annex
alton Of that territory to the United
States would be sood thing for all
concerned. In his message, he has
urged the annexation of San Domin-
60, as he has perfect right to do,
given his reasons for so doing and
then referred the whole matter to the
peoples immediate representatives.
the Congress of the United States,
content to allow the matter to stand
or fall upon its own merits. We
have said but little on the San Do
mingo question for want of intorma-
ton in regard to the character of the
country and its people, and in due
time we shall take pleasure in laying
before our readers the impartial opin-
ions of the commission, which has
completed its labors of investigation
and will soon arrive in this country
That brave and hoary headed
statesman, Hon. b. f. Wade, being
called upon to respond to a speech
of VI clcome by San Dominican
said.
GENTLEMEN On behalf of the
government which, with my associ-
ates, have the honor to represent, ]
return you most sincere thanks fol
the sentiments you have expressed
1t is the same sentiments with which
we have been greeted from the time
we entered your republic until the
present hour; the same sentiment
with almost unanimity, so far as we
can discover, which seems to animate
| the whole of the people Of this repub
lie. They have most kindly met us
and encouraged us to proceed on oul
mission. We have not had to seek
out the people, but they have sought
us.
"The duty with which we are
charged in coming among you is moi
to persuade you to any particular
course of conduct, but rather to as
certain your free and unbiased sen
timents. especially in under the FLAG
of the United States. We feel that
this trust which has been confded to
US is very great and important one
and to be discharged with the utmost
solicitude. The fact that the prin
ciples underlying our government and
the sentiments is of our people forbid
| our taking an unwilling people under
| our flag admonish us not to attempt
to persuade or influence any citize.
oil this country in his political action
"We feel that it is an important
event in history when a nation as
large as yours, inhabiting country
endowed with the elements of sc
much prosperity if under stable
government, solemnly determines te
be annexed to our republic. We arr
impressed with the Importance of oul
mission, and are anxious that we shall
not be misunderstood, nor misunder
stand you; that we may report truly
to our people what yonr sentiment:
are. Being ourselves self-governing
with no nobility, no privileged order
and the freely expressed will of tn,
people being the ruling power, WI
can not, without violating our owr
principles of government, take anoth
er people under it against their will
Hence ou. anxiety to be sure that w
understand and represent you. Th
members of the commission and tn,
gentlemen connected with it hav,
traversed the great part of your re
public, and we believe that we hav,
truly ascertained the sentiments o
the great majority of your people
We are encouraged to believe so
because we find that your Presiden
seems to be true representative o
your sentiments, so far as we hav,
gone. We find him exceedingly popu
lar in all parts of the country wher
we have been, and when we have hi
sentiments upon this great question
we are encouraged to believe that w
have proof of the sentiments of tn
whole people. We can not under
stand how people should call to tn
Chief Magistracy of their republi,
/ four times in succession a man VIII,
did not represent their sentiment
lily and fully. Your country is on
of the most productive and favore
by nature in all the world, So it ap
pears to our eyes, so it is reported b
the gentlemen of our party who hav
seen the most of it. We believe tina
all it needs is steady, peaceful GO,
ernment and the industry its inhab
tants to render it one of the happies
lands on earth. We are pleased wit
the character and disposition of tn
people, wherever we go. We believ
them to be sober, peaceable and ir
dustrious whenever they have an OF
portunity.
"Again thank you for the kin
interest with which you have com.
: unsought, to meet US, and represer
to us the sentiments Of the people
the very object of our search. Yo
have saved us trouble and have aide
us in our work. 1 know that th
President of the United States wi