The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-05-25
Nt)I trMI III

tabcu W ly spetu'aiars
li ihe t'Hy bc worthless gar commerce.
Fec iHe Spectators had au ta their WufiI.
fees water ttent 81 siSN miles. Bnttherp
ts g Nrrt mali aWaaHt 30 nutb m ihN
statement luss bis one mile of ihe
iWutaGe a tho Immediate v.uiaity 81 tbe
ui'8eu Ht Santa barbara lo SamBua has
private owners who bave lakuu up iar
busluh, purposes ,a much of ,be houl.
age but outside az lhis TO speculative
ownership go WeCHl gnui vi aud hg,
been made hy the Dominican govern
mcut.
President Guul states in his me SAGE
lhal the acquisition of ~aabo Domingo
WIZ AID iu HHccliiug our debit This
statement has becU sHpcrpd a. hy SOME,
and ty others called iu question
Let ns examine THIS matter n the light
ct facts fully determined aud with The
application ut common sense to ts prar-
tieai consideration
Tie soil Of sanlo Domingo X acknowl-
edged to bc extremely fertile, and M
least three millions etaeTes are peculiar.
" adapted 10 tIlo cultivation nf cane and
the manufacture of sugar, AbuudantoY-
idcnrc is given chat a crop of two tons of
sugar "a the acre j. not au over estimate.
We are assured that an equoi quantity
OF Iaud is adapted 70 The cultivation OF
eoilep aud cocoa. or chocolate, che licld
Of which can be made equal ga the same
amount W weight a> the sugar canc.
Hg placing uue-thinl Of tai. land lndar
cultivation, we shall find thc following
result;
Sugar, 2,oooooo tons.
Coffee and Chocolate, 100000
Let MS farther estimate the tropical
fruits and other products tar export FOR
which the whole country is celebrated al
+ 100000 huuches of bananas, or % tons.
fapioca aud arrow root, 80 "
Vans, yuca and ginger root, 50 "
Syrup and molasses 100000 +"
Oranges, lines, etc, 80 4"
I Logwood and luslie, $4,000 90
MahoEonN and satin wood 10000 4"
lnsuum Vita, 5000 Z"
We have here an aggregate oi i,ld8,l15
tons without estimating somc hundreds
Of tons ot tobacco now yearly forwarded
to foreign markets.
I To move this quantity Of material to
our market viii require n vusi fleet OF
some eight thousand vessels OF GOO tons,
making eight trips q year each.
OF course the land has first 20 be clear
cd, roads constructed railroads built, and
onr ship yards taxed to their utmost ten
sion before such results cen bc reached.
1t Is TO be borne In mind that we are
treating Of the capactB Of the soil 70 pro-
duce, aud not Of what will be likely TO
occur for many years 20 come II ever.
( Ong-tenth Of the amount Of this apparent
" cXtrayHgaut estimate would be sutli
cicnt 10 set all the fields Of labor Into ac-
/. tiyity, and no department of industry but
would feel Itself yiyied throughout our
whole world.
The result would be, that instead Of
/ paying 20 Cuba, Porto Rico and Brazil,
seyenty-onc millions Of dollars annually
In gold, for sugar aud coffee, We should
retain our money AZ home, and thus bc
able TO meet our indebtedness without an
cllott, By the simple saving effected.
i Was not President Grant correct IN his
statement of the effects that would follow
from the annexation to our country of
Santo DOmingOI
But the cayilcr objects 20 all This reag-
onng and statement Of facts that Il IL
purely chimelica; for the whole revenue
collected in our ports Of entry from that
country are quite Insignificant. We
might reply that some fifteen vessels Of
European countries were in February
last at one time loading IN the Olama
River, in the port ofsanto Domingo City,
but not one cent Of the revenue would aG-
cruc to us from all these cargoes,
The trade is not la our hands at pres
eut, but would be gladly transferred TO
Us, should onr relations be changed. Ey-
en- the steamer Tybee brings eargocs Of
tobacco monthly to New York only 10 be
=. transferred TO the German line, without
yielding rs any revenue.
The condition Of the country, tie re-
suit Of anarchy, and chronic state Of
warfare with iIayti, prevents any mate
rial progress and the Dominican people
implore rs TO give them the protection Of
the American flag before they shall be
compelled TO throw themselves into the
arms Of Germany, which will be their
next aud only resource,
lis charged by the opponents Of this
measure. that we should be compelled 90
keep a standing army ia The country for
IT. protection. This fallacg should be met
at once, If the tillibustcting Cabfal with
his two OF three regiments Of lIaWians
were 50 ignorant or silly a. 10 trc.pa.s on
our territory. one Of the three iron clads
wing useless al Key West, could be soon
sent to Port Au Prince, aud Il simple re-
quest would draw them back within force
more potent ihan IN army Of twenty
thousand men could exert placed on tbc
frontier The American flag would proc
tcat itself from el aggression, il oHce
planted on Dominican soil.
Not one dollar need be paid for addi-
tional Notifications. oar turretted SHIPS
or monitors would be efficient against all
Of Europe should war threaten us.
one word more iu relation 70 the scr-
ous charge made against the President IN
the Senate Chamber Of the n,led States.
D, tWfpatiOu aud violation Of intefna-
li0naI law was charged l9f serving a noe
liec on the barbarOus government Hay
A. 10 keep the peace with saut0 D0min-
90 pending negotiations.
The Bay Of ~Amang is leased 70 the
United States for $4,000 year, and j.
the point al which ~agel the negro Pfesi-
dent, has aimed e. obtain pJsscssions lie
would be fepCiied from san Domingo
City by tue strong lofilicationst but With
one formidable ship Of war, H0w al bis
command, could easily capture Santa Bar
bara. Was it not a friendly ael 10 caution
th. government 10 keep lie peace, and
n0t Become Involved in a war with the
United States.
Or should we suffer the most ignorant
aud bafbaroHs nation on tbe western
Hemisphere % capture aAd destroy orr
{ property in which we hold d vested iu'cf-
est without 80 intimaliUn Of tbe e9nse-
qanucc-t
The President Woald have been dere-
Iiri Iu his dHiy WifiIupt flis notification
b tp Hagu. which has been seized apon aud
. distorted by Disappointed and aspiring
politicians 81 an evidence 0f arbitrary and
Illegal action.