The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-03-10
SAN DOMINGO.

The ''New North. West" Of last week in
an article under the above heading, eays
that the Island contained in 1860 a popufn
ton of 900, 000, that ''tl,e climates healthy.
fand manifests . decided hankeriug after
the plum in the pudding of annexiOnists. "
BY reference to Zel's Encyclopedia fol
1870 we ind the population of the Republic
of San Domingo set down at l3G, 500, and
That of Hayti. which included the balance
of the Island, at So, 0o0.-IndependenL
The NORTH. WEST said "St. Domingo
and Hayti are names applied to the same
island. The isIand contains $4,000 square
miles, and Aad Il population in 1850 of 9o0,-
Co.,"
A reference 10 tho census reports; to
Mitchell" ''McNslly," tho American Cy.
c!opedis, and all authorities, puts it at 900,
600. The Spanish armies were driven GU,
in 'G3, after three years. war. The tht6s
subsequent revolutions did not. we infer,
have favorable influence on the country,
and that the population decreased twelve
per cent is not improbable or strange.
1.-The climate is healthy" We quote first
tho New York Hera!d-an authority not
long since cited by the Independent
There is probably no country in the
world possessed of greater natural resources
than st. Domingo. Her climate 10 healthier
than that of any other of the West India
Islands, being mild and sslubrious."
Commissioner Hogan, sent out Ivy Prcs:-
dent Polk in 1s45, reported the ''climate
singu!arIy hcal,hful"
General uhcn Cap.air) George B. M'Clel.
Ian, appointed by President Pierce in 1854
to examine Sam ma Bay with view 10 an.
ncxation, reported 1T has great advantages
over others witt! regard to health and dc.
fcnsc."
The American Cyclopcdia ssys of the
Dominican Republic, 1.-THE climate. altho'
tropical, is less unwholcsomc than else.
where in the West Indics," (and Cuba 10 q
fsvoritc resort in winter, even for invslids.)
These authorities, were they not disputed
by speech made by Mr.. John Beatty, a
Republican member of the House from Car.
dington, Ohio, and to which tho lndepend.
ent has added vast weight Ivy endorsing.
might bc accepted NJ entitled to some Gre
dcncc.
Presidcn: Polk and Pierce were DESTROYS
of acquiring San Domingo. Prcsiden,
Johnson sen, Mr.. Seward there on the same
GRAND in CT. The Monroe Doctrine"
and manifest Destiny"
have teen non .partizau topics With eminent
Statesmen for decades-neu,ral ground on
WHICH W:,igs, DetNbctats. Abolitionists,
Fire Eaters, Republicans, e ID genus omnr
have met and exchanged antilles when the
cauldrons of strife were hottest. Why ID II
that now, when many circumstances seem
propitious for acquiring tho key to the West
Indies, that there seems on the part of 90
many Republicans and Democrats an indis.
position 10 escn give tic project fait hear.
ing, by awaiting the report Of the thor
oughly competent and honest board of Com.
missioncrs now investigating the subject at
San Domingo. Trial should preccdc judg-
mont, and the report of that Commission
will influence the people and Congress for
or against the acquisition. Itappears to u
hat AnhcrFa has such a vast work 10 do in
developing the grand domain We now pos.
sess, in ccmcnting 1t with identified interests
ard communications, and in relieving itself
Of the burdens imposed by the war;. that
any annexation Is not now good policy ex.
cept it he Of territory cmincn,ly desirable
10 attain, offered on favorabls terms, and
that. it present opportunities arc lost. may
not be Hereafter reasonably acquired. There
are great many entertain the same views
who have not been In sympathy with this
project, but WHO hAsc regarded Mr.. Sum.
ncr's course a. very discrcditablc, and ore
waiting nbw ID give impartial consideration