The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-04-04
SUn1NER VS.. CRANE
ATerrihle charge ON the San Do-
nlihgO Lobbyists.
Speech Of Senator sumner iuklhe
senate.
The Grant and Raex Copaifner-
ship In Crime.
IThe presidspei esurpaiis1 sl lss
War P0Wef. (
The Pr+sidenps War Against the
se4 uaytien Republic.

In the Senate on the 29th ut, upon
the .conclusiun Of the reading Of the
journal, Mr.. Sumner took the floor and T
asked forsthe reading otsthe resolutions
recently submitted by him and already
nubllshed, against the uses offHnited
States naval forces to, aphold oBsez1 1in
ar attempt to sell his countrysSif viola
ton Of its Consultation and threatening
the integrity and existence iof,the friend
N power of HaytisHH e1thch Submitted
and had read by the Secretary an. addi.
siohal resolati ion9 las fellows:i iisiw ,fet,l |
i ,I'esSfcea, That whateyer may ,hetthe
title TO territory under an anrahiiied
treaty, it is positive that after 4he ;aait
ure ofea treatyqin the Senate.aaai ipreteEt
vfs title. .eehsed, so that our. Goyefnnnent
is in all respectsa stranger t6thea terri
tory, and is without excuse oriapology
.feria6y interference against fhelen nemies,
foreign ora msstics and thsref0re any
'BelliSefent intersenti0no or saet- of'w
on tAe ,6oast Of the island oil San eDo-
hainso, after the failure of thenDomini-
can treaty in the Senate, is unauthorized
;iatterly without supports1nl lay
ISf reason, ,and proceeding directlyofroip
tllat kiagly prerogn6ve which is disuwt.
led bv the Constitutioa ofathes Unitea
States. .se1l9 sssasssa Y'i9y Snj
hHiMr. Sumner III his iaopening aassertea
that it is now in evidenceabefo 9xhe
Senate, tllatI sthe navy ofdheoiUhite
States, under egiorders from washington,
has been engagedai measures 6fyior
fiedee aud belligerent intervention, being
warswithout the authority of Congress
IThe whole business, he addssfis' aggra-
waited, when itis considercds that the
tdeclared object of this violence is the
ACQUISITION sof foreign territory; being
half ah island in. the Caribbean Sea,
and stillfarthery that this violence 9has
been esnployed fifst,lto prop andg main
Etainl alsieakl sruier,I himself an nsprper,
land iapholdisg him III power thasbhe
might selr his country, and secondly il
has been employed to menace the black
Republic of Hayti.t ltl'i1 Uses
bl9Shchaa case, Mrsis Sumner continues,
lis too grave for silence. For the sake
Eoflthe navy, the Administration Re
publican institutions, and for the sake
i Of the Republican party, which ca1nol
lafofdsto become responsible for lsucl
tc6ndaet, the CASE must not pass withon
Eind6lry But beyond alkthese consider
lati0nsis the commanding fjustice
! THe question isnot whetherethe acqai
sltion of San Domingo isedesirableg bu
Ewhether'we dre justified In ltheaSnean
embloyeaato accomplish ehs acqu1sstion
I!md tha.esideice noMs before asri show
! (too clearly that fnsapsoehafe .beenb en-
pleyed which cautiotlieh Justified sTa
E'rfIe chad supposed that Ithsq roeeeaing
regarding the treaty is1for snnexafael
Ewefe blaineless until, while at was pend
ilinglb glbefvFe the Senate, the Assisant See
lretary of State brought him asnqm5e
! of dispatches, among which WAS on
ltffoma ddpiieonsular agent there's lWh
u signed the treaty ofIsannexationsp nspfro4
which II distinctly appeared that! Baei
lwhfe engaged iniselling his country VA
i maintained in power by the navy ofatil
q United States. Other evidence. has az
itenmuiated toI sllowthat we were eligs
ged in forcing upon q weak people th
s sacrifice OF their countryas The Stat
i Department and the Navy Departmer
Leach contained q record of disgraceiu
Itintolerable and deplorable proceedmg
= q JJuless these reports of the State an