, 1873-02-24

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ANOTHER FnIBUHTERINa EXPEDITION.
A. document ia published in Nov York, signed
go, and purporttng to roproaont tho popular son
timont of tho Dominican Republic, mixing
vigoroug protest agatnHt tho leasing OF samnnn
Bay. The bombasto atylo of tho oircular givos
1t an aspect Of genuuoneaa and, II gonrino, 1t
Indicates that tho Now York Company will not
bo able to aaaumo tho sovereign rights which
Bacz has guaranteed 1t without a struggle. |
Tho protest rofcrs to tho former negotiations
bctwcon Daoz md Grant, and represent TINT tho |
present transfer ia rs unauthorized aud tyrauni-
cal aa that which was contemplated In tho unrat-
iflod treaty with tho United statea dovorn-
mont It also roforB to tho unsuccessful efforts !
TINT hayo boon made In times past by tho British,
tho French, md tho 8paniards TO poseosB then- |
selves Of tho island, aud declares that the aarao
popular resistance will bo offered to tho proaont
undertaking. Tho manifesto oomes in tino to
confirm d very gonoral impression that tho
terms of tho convention betweon tho Bacz Gov
ornment md tho Samana Bay Company aro not
30 acceptable to the pooplo Of San Domingo as
they have boon represented. Tt also comes in
tho shape Of warning to Congress to hayo
nothing whatever to do With tho sa1nana Bay
Company in tho way Of spocial legislation, As a
commercial enterprise, tile sa1nana Bay Com
pany must DO permitted to work ita Own way
with such faciltios alone as international law
and existing troatIon afford.
The telegraph bringing tho account Of thta
Dominican protest alao conveys tho information
TINT thoro will be no lack Of adventurous volun-
toors In Now York City to assist tho samana
Bay Company to take possession Of the property
which 1t profosgos to have bought, md to Bot up
tho now Government projected In tho terms OF
tho Baez convention. This statement fully Jus
titles tho prophosy which the Dominican leadorR
| mnko in their circular, that tho SANTANA Bay
Company ia hut another form Of tho hlibuBter-
ing spirit which Walker developed In Nicaragua,
| and Layostida onco attempted in San Domingo.
It will bo the exercise Of only reasonable caution
for the United States Government to regard the
| enterprise in tho samo light. If tho samana
| Bay Company were simply d commercial
venture, there would hnye boon no occasion to
exact from Baez the governmental powers
TINT ho pretontls to haYe delegated. The terms
of tho convention guaranteed tho Company
tho right to establish thoir own Government
ovor tho peninsula which they have bought; TO
1oyy and collect taxes to d1 import and export
duties for their own benefit; to charge for oil
hnrbor facilities, ind otherwiso exercise eminent
domain. Tho contract further provides for the
future oKtonRton Of their dominion ovor tho
ontro Dominican pospousous. by enormous
granta OF land for ovory milo Of telegraph
limos which tho Company shall construct
All contracts or rights heretofore exist
ing tllat clash with tho tcrms OF thi'
Baoz convention are declared to DO null ant
void. It is not surprising that the Dominican
people recognize that they have boon sold OUT
property citizenship, md all,-and that tho
propose to mako national struggle to pro
Horve their country and their Independence 8
fur as San Domingo is concerned, It Is not i'm
probable that Bacz will bo doposod and drive
U ont OF tho country, md that the coming aoz
l. ernmeut will be formed on TIM bnsis Of oppoB
0 ton to tho invasion Of tho SANTANA Bay Con
pany.
o II this Company shall thus lose its comme
'' cial character and assume that Of = flhustorin
, expedition, it will DO the duty Of tho Units
q States Government to interfere. Wo want l
i American counterpart OF tho East India Cor
y many In tho West Indies. We want no priVa
e indlyiduals, nor association OF private indlYid
y ais, to make wnr on their own account 80 iol
l. 80 thoy aro American citizons and may ho
O. eitimataly reatrained by the American GoVor
mont. Nor will It be we'll to dofor Governme
action until tho expeditions arc organized a
tho attacks actually uaado, as in tho caae of
- Fenian WIZ in Canada, In tho prosent instant
thoro iB ample warning. Tho whole hiBtc
;, Of San Domingo anuoxatfon teachoa tho CT
~ ruption aud probable illegitimaoy Of tue Ba
Goycrnmont. Tho terms Of the samana
r. Company'a charter, md tho violent oppoaiti
OF the Dominican poopie. forecast the purp<
-, Of certain Amerlcan cltizons to sot up govol
=. mont Of tloir own iu opposition to tile seu
mont Of republican people. Wo must not
70 uudor the aspersion OF oven wlnkln6 at sue
~. project. It is opposed to tho very spirit Of I
vi government, and to tho bost principles OF
-. ization, II is not probable, aftor tho doyol
-. ! mcutg which have been made, that tho Sam
.,,a Bay Company will dare to como boforo oongr
,ro to ask protection In any FORM But tho doyo
49,. mont should not wait for this opportunity to
clare Its irrcsponslbility for this Company's c
tract, It should bo on tho alort to check
ono,o ant ~ 41,a yerv first nYileDcB of an o.