New-York tribune., 1873-01-04
SANTO DOMINGO.
ANNEXATION IN COMMERCIAL PHASE

GREAT COMMERCIAL ENIERfRiSE.
IS rae Bditor Of The Tribune.
sn: The Hkings and preferences OF different
neu for different parts OF the earth are
sometimes to be accounted for, sometimes not.
The mountaineer loves his home with an
exceeding love- because Il is finite, and COM
preheusible by his senses. The mountain is to him q
thing apart from earth. il stands out against the
stv He can compass IL on foot; and ne can take it
nj in at a glance from It's green and iowery basel to
yts cold and snowy crown. 50 of the isles of the
Yeu nav love them as things having definite exis-
fencc and form, and space, and outline. You may
sal around them. You may traverse them from
shorc - Shore and from the high points see all
thsis contour. Not with a vast continent. You
oaonot comprehend il all cannot make mental
Unit OF IT, While thinking 0f one part, you lose the
Thought of the rest.
Ihave a liking lfor the rlobous earth, as the gen.
era home ~ nv race: n more defined affection for
The struggling continents; but love the islands of
TIE sea Especiay do love the isles Of Greece; for
their classic rores for their living beauties. for
their eternal sunshine. and ior the memory Of youth
g. yeirs. companionship IN arms with their strug-
din habitants. I love the islands Of the West
iadis, 1r their gorgeous tropical beauty; the which
who bath not seen. his eyes have not seen the
earh.r glory Of the Lord. I love them for their
delrols climate. their soft-biowing winds coming
in fresh Grom the sea every morning and after fan
mug tho mountains going cut again at night cool
land bgeczes Hove them for their clear and ever
fovlng brooks, their everbOoming flowers their
ever-tepid crystal seas They are the Eden Of the
eHth which the choicest races of men, in the full
uess rme shall possess and regard as paradise re-
GNncL
Especially do love Hayd the mountainous. the
Qusea ot the Antilles, whose natural beauties and
ndvaot.ces distinguish her. even among the beauti
I'll l- as grouped around ! take deep interest in
TIE condition and fate Of the two peoples who to-
dav divide her territory between them The West
Pr T., the seat of the negro Republic. is land of
ra-e beauty Of marvellous fertility, Of varied re-
sour..> and notwithstanding The dreadful insalu-
hrt- of rs seaboard, il is wei fitted for the black
nan o try the experiment of self-governmenI and
g. maintain the independence CALAMITY Won by
Is gCcsiOrs. il is sadly true that during the 70
year OF chat independence very htue Progress
las been made toward civilization even in the sea-
boa-4 towns. and that barbarous superstition and
psrsn sacrifices prevail IN the interior, among
ner1es as mcivilzed as those of Central Africa.
W.T. reason did Frederick Douglass exclaim, after
BJ..t soiourn Mt Port-au-Prince Alas. h this is
a. .l, uF fellow men Of color accomplish II 20
grlr-" II may be, perhaps, that the black races
"a. never originate new aud high civilization of
Ell own bat they can certainly initiate and carry
D. form of civilization originated by others. But
IA r. much in the history OF Havti. 10 account for
u present wretched condition and there are men
Em0uC the Havtians who would do honor TO any
BoEntr ~. The French slave system was'far more
rrre and dcbasing than the Spanish which pre-
yale over the Eastern End and during It's domi-
nsson in Havti the slaves became brutalized. Their
long and bloody war for freedom so full Of hor
n5e atrocities on either SIDE that il further brutal
H. "a +1lair nd
her 1pted the fatal policy Of national isolation.
AAeY dlove away most OF the whites, and
rlnuuued 10 keep them ont. They deny TO
Them ownership Of land and right of full
rihz,uship Thus they have attempted TO found
Ind conduct a republic upon the narrow basis
rf color Their friends abroad have sustained them
u tin. foolish policy and The end Is the establish
nleut of conservative and Odious aristocracy of
tstaie which susiains itself by a reign of terror.
But u spite of al this we must give 10 the black
man all the aid and comfort and say heartily
Jirs "a Rfpublique dc Hail quaRd meme! Ibelieve
ieb,t way to help the Haytian is to set up in his
gIlJrhood-immedatel over the mountain
border-.he fac Of our Union, and 10 carry to him
D. political and social Institutions our arts, and
puI agriculture that he may see them, initiate
flem. and profit by them. / know no better way
tlsn pToht by the one which Is now open, and TO
pJta- he right 10 say: Peace shall be kept IN these
region, and they shall be opened to the peaceful
EDreld # our commerce and OF our institutions. II
j. part foT this end that have labored, and shall
lbor for the annexation Of the Eastern or Spanish
Brd of the island, low occupied by the Republic
pf Santo Domingo. This country is far more
feCitous in geographical position. and IN salubrty
ri climate 1t is well adapted Tor the residence
o. to- white races and its varied agricultural and
uineral resources present vast field for Northern
1fas 70 and fhp winds
hrlwin. through the valleys between the two
noun n-chains which traverse it from east to west,
nspos.t their MOI ,ture. which condensed By these
roun;ains keeping everything green TO their very
Eulnm , and trickling down IN constant rlls on
e.he. SIDE. But by the time the trade-winds reach
ihs cro,.chaiu which running from north 10 SOUTH
Bsparltey the two republics, they have become dry
And hot. and bring neither moisture nor GOODNESS 10
Ile western end. Hence proceed mainly, the
saubritv of the former and the insaiubTity Of the
Latter section.
Santo Domingo has been still more favored than
Hayt IN respect 20 its civil and political conditions
ia inhabitants were a mixed race Of Spanish,
Jad.a.- and blacks, who live together on terms OF
~ lal,y They fought side by side in the wars for
rTving out the Haytlans and other invaders and
have a common and strong feeling of nationality.
The Spamards. during their long domination, main
tanned mid form Of slavery over the blacks but
with their usual liberality. they accorded 70 the
inhab.tants considerable municipal rights and
privileges Hence instead OF the barbarism and the
beathen practices which prevail in the interior Of
Hayt, We ind throughout that Of Santo Domingo
gentle and peaceful people living IN villages, and OBJ
serving the customs of civilized life We lind regu-
lar civil institutions with civil magistrates
chosen By the people. We find property
pretty equally divided, and regular regis