Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-07

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ss~ f-Iand -hsald be srnssed.
Last evening Frvdsyick Doupiasi featured on
ssnto Doningo % the Nlnetesnth street Bep
tlst church tor In benefit A gpodsif au'
dienoe, composed OF both white aud oolored peo.
pie, was present, and the disc0urfe throughout
wasllsteued 10 attentivsly. The lecturer Of the
evsniag IVES iuir0iuced 6y Rev NJ, Aaderson,
the pastor Of the church, as 'our orator' ZAP
lie began his lecture by abiding to the geo-
graphical position OF Sabto Domingo, aud the
relation Of lu situation towards the neighborlng
slanda. He would put aside the opposition the
ptSpositon o. l i hsI \, 49, y
tiers. The Santo Domingo question could be re-
RArded rs a two sided question rum the selfish
and the bsaeSc ,sI s.lsI ,, Moi r9m me sd,
mantfrst destiny be manifest piracy-not that
side-but from the broad and generous side that
gave man his relation 10 his Maker IRON this
Domingo question Viewed. Countries, a. we'll
ns individuals, had their heart sores which
they would have unburdened. Poland crushed,
ireland under the heel of tyranny, France ~
prostrate BY war, ali reosiysd our sympathy
II was rigHt that II should be 20, Tor II was a
noble sentiment In mankind.
No country was more blessed BY nature and
more cursed BY man than this island of Santo
Domingo bordering on more civilized lands.
Santo Domingo was tho nrat American soil
troiden BY the white raee. First things by
nation for man. No part OF America bad the
interest about u which was posaesaFd BY this
isle. She was tho cradle Of Americas b.Eln.
ming and her shores are the best points nom
which 70 view Americas progress 10 civilization.
Here too was nfst unfolded the sacred mysterles
Of the Hebrew Scriptures; here too was nrst
RsIos st he scrip1Tss were read at Plymouth
| Rock, " before the PsAlma Ot DAVID sNelled
| from New England homes, both were known
here. spain, proud as she had been, vas most
proud u the new possession. Santo Domingo
was a land Of saints. Its mountains, rivers and
valleys we're named amer them. Crosses were
to be seen by every roadside, and Eere hedEed
them. The city Of SantO Domingo was the nrat
capital Of the New world, and WAS built BY 10
lubus himself Tbs lecturer At this pylnt en-
Dor aud city, thelr surroundings and general
appearance. There sAa a great samsness IN
the arohitecture VI the city. The houses looked
a. u they had been planned BY the sane archi
teet, built BY the same mason, aboat the mms
time, and occupied by the same families
| Laughter.
The doVrs we're like those o. barns, and were
lier tiding clean Into the house before he die
mounted. had as the doors were the Window
wee worse, and gave many Of the houses tue
/ appearances OF lunatic asyluns. Once the city
boosted population Of fO,Ooo; nov u bad but
| 7,0oO. Once Us streets were busy with com
meTco; now they we're duh and comparatively
deserted. san Francisco, iis oldest church and
I
/ anu there might be seon-a grand old arch oI
| stately monument, but
THH ARrtLLERr or TtNH
/ hal destroyed many u those that had existed.
There were still several noe old churches In
/ santo Domingo but they too, were marked f0r
dsstruction. In the United states We eontem
plated decay with complaoency. Whatever may
be said Of Santo Domingo, she still held on iI
her religion, and her many mlai5rtunes could
not be attributed to q want Of IT, AZ dawn thu
church bells rang, nor did they ring In vain, tot
hundreds wendell their way churchwarda. THIS
WAS every day, not Sunday alone. The people
wsre not only religious, but ruperstltiouA The
hlitory OF the oountry showed that religion and
lEurAllty were not inseparable. On q sabbath
mUfnlng, first church and then . cOcknght val
the rule. One " the offeers Of the Tennessee
said that he saw priest one Sunday morning
with hia game cock under his arm, going 10
wards the pit. They reason that there u nj
harm In cock. nghung, because the coekn IKE u
night [Laughterl
The question, why II was that such country
fell away In popu tlsn could be easily answered.
Bad asd bloody as was bGrbarism, he elvillIa.
tioa given Il BY Spain was lneomparahly worse
aud more Hanguinary. The nrut thing the
Spanlards called for on reaching the lslnnd'I
shore was gold, and they soon made tne natives
understand what they wanted by putting II
| death those that failed 10 get u for them.
Santo Domingo was not only the nrst American
/ country blessed by civilization, but she vas Tho
arat 10 suffer from the hAgHAri curse Of slavery.
slavery was Introduced ~ highly beuevolvni
system BY particularly pious Catholic ptiest.
he thought me race weak one, needing care
BY working is people fOr the ease " the span
lard. Speaking o. the Islands productions, ID
said " was a land OF eNtromon-no nWoelar OF