Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-10-19
AN EXAMPLE OF CIR NT'S
4 ATATESSNI NSHlP.


IN he declares that the annextlon OF
Santo Domingo is the only way by
which our great national debt can be
extinguished also that it will enable
us to pay our honest ..dabts honestly,
We commend to the careful porusal of
our readers. Ye Radicals read and
think, and then hurrah for Grant.
The acquisition of San Domingo is.
desirable because of its geographical
position. 1t commands the. entrance
to the Caribbean Sea and the Isthmus
transit of commerce. 1t possesses the
richest soil, the best and most capa.
cious. harbors, most salubrious climate,
and the most valuable products of the
forest, mine, and soil OF any OF the West
India :Islonds. Its possession by US
will in a few years build up a ceastwise
commerce OF immense magnitude, which
will sgo far toward restoring to us our
lost merchant marine. 1t will give to
lis those ARTICLES which we consume So
largely and do not produce, thus equal,
izink our imports and exports. ln
case of foreign war it will give us com
maud of all the islands referred to,
and thus prevent an enemy from ever
again possessing himself Of rendezvous
upon our very coast At present our
coast-trade between the States border
ing ron the Atlantic and those bordering
on the Gulf of Mexico is cut into by
the Bahamas aud the Antilles. Twice
We must, as il were, pass through for
eign countries to get, BY sea, from Geor
gia to the west coast Of Florida"
"San Domingo with a stable govern
ment, under which her immense re
sources can be developed, will give
remunerative wages to tens of thousands
of laborers not now upon the island
This labor will take advantage Of every
available means OF transportation to
abandon the aiacent islands aud seek
the blessings Of freedom and its Sc
quence-each inhabitant receiving the
reward of his own labor. Porto Rico
and Cuba will have to abolish slavery,
as measure Of self preservation, to
retain their laborers."
q San Domingo will become a large
consumer of the products Of Northern
farms and manufactures. The CHEAP
rate at which her citizens can be fur
pished with food, tools, and machinery
will make it necessary that the contigu-
Gus islands, should have the same advan-
tas es, in order to compete in the pro-
ducttion Of sugar, coffee, tobacco, tropi>
cal fruits, &c. This will open to u, q still
wider market for our products. The
production of our own supply of these
articles will cut off more than one
hundred millions of our annual in
ports, beside largely increasing our
exports. With such a picture it is
easy to see how our large. debt abroad
is ultimately to be extinguishcd.
With balance Of trade against us
'(including { interest on bonds held by
foreigners and money spent by our
citizens travelling in foreign lands J
equal to the entire yield Of the precious
metals i'll this country it is not so easy
10 see how this result is to be other.
wise accomplished"
''The acquisition of San Domingo
is an adherence to the Monroe
doctrine )" it is measure f national
protection it is asserting our just
claim to controlling infuence over
the great commercial traffic soon to-
flow from west to east, by way of the
Isthmns Of Darien It is to build up
) our merchant marine; it is to furnish
new markets for the products of our
farms, shops, aud manufactures; it is
to make slavery insupportable in Cuba
r and Porto Rico at onee,anl ultimately
so1n Brazil it is to settle the unhappy
&condition OF Cuba aud end an ,extermi,
mating conflict, it is to provide honest
means OF paying our honest debts
without oVertaxing the people it is to
furnish our citizens with the neecssares
OF every day life at cheaper rates than
ever before; and it is, in fine RAPID
stride toward that greatness which the
intelligence, industry, and enterprise of
the citizens Of the United States entitle
this country 10 assume among nations. :"
Mr. James G. Madley, in letter
to the Engineer, takes the grounds that
canal across the isthmus, between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is perfect
ly pract bile, and that the available route
lies across the isthmus OF Panama where
the railway crosses, aud gives as a rca>
son why this route was not examined by
the present exploring expedition that
$ the Government knew all about it. :"
This latter point may be well taken.
1t is not unfrequently the case that the
actually feasible is overlooked iu 1carch-
ing for something better.
The cost Of such a work, even at the
exorbitant price Of the construction Of
the Panama railway, is estimated at
Sl00,000,000 for canal about the
same size as the Suez Il would
necessitate cutting some miles in length,
with a summit depth Of about $50 feet,
rapidly decreasing from the summit
each way, which cutting, with the