, 1876-12-16

language 10 arqu qulre sufficient knowledge u
( :, 70 eusble them TO study the institutions
and laws of the country inirlhgeetly,
would not ounf-r upou 'bem the right to
make our laws Dor to s,-leo' ttUss who do.
SAN DOMINGO.
append 20 this Message. Tor ouysnient reference,
syuolss> II administrative vvvnts, and oi all
omG'va .ations 10 Conysess made by me during tbs
last seven years. Time may show spmc Of the~S
concentrations not 30 have bxen ~isely coDe-Iye but
believe the ths hanger part viii be no iis,relt TO
the administration One Of thrss Recommendations
met with the united opposition u one poltial party
IN The Senate, aid VITA strong Opsrlllon fTpm the
other, namely The treaty ,Or he annr xatlon Of
santa DJmiDeOto to the United States, 10 winch shall
esFeally rritr, maintaining A. 10 shNi II views
| h1i h,eH cuucusfei ia, the country would lie Ia
more pruSperUtfs CuniIiioH to-day. btb politically
aud haBclsi!y. Santa Duuingo Ia fertile, and upon
It's SOL may be grown Just thosy tpp'c proiucis VI
which the United states much, and which are
proiuctl anI prpparei Tor the market nOx by slave
labor almost exciDs.Selg. nam ly Sugar, cOr-e,
dyewoOi mahogany. tropical fruitS. iotsicO, etc.
Ab.ut Nen;y-iv Ter o,nt Of tn exports Of Cuba
are oCnsumed Ia thr United states, large fsfcrut-
age Of tie export> Ot Brazil also lind the
ket. 1hese paid almost exc usIve!y IN CON, leg,
iSttioR, particularly in Cuba teing unisvurable 10
a mutual exchange 0t the products OF each country.
Flour shipped irugn the MlSs>slppI river 10 Havana
can pas> by the very the city It's way
pot SpsIuv It then pas ssduIy fixed up IN
ARTICLES t0 bc IrrNEoTte. traEstt rIci tO spanish
- <
Iug paying a Seynnd duty, aud still leaving Pnft
over What Woun D. received by direct shipment All
III 4 Is proiuod Cuta ooulI De- pro tuod IN Santo
Don.ingei Beng part Of the niiel Stsie-, The
o5nIn &c between the Island and mainland would
he frte. There wuuid he 10 export DUTIES on her
Shipments nor InpoIt duties those coming here.
IheIe MOud Hu import uutlrs upon the suppis,
machinery, stc., gpin= from the States the efsct
tGat would have Oern PTojucei upon Cuba oompvEre,
with t4ese Advantages 70 uYai, Is otseI SaDis AT a
glance
The Cuban question would have been settled long
ugu IN favor uI TREE tuba huDirzts Of American
seS WOgid now b. aoNansseouS! used IN transport
ln the valuable woods and OijrE pruiucts OF The SOL
OF the Isltnt to market, aud carrying supplies
aud enfsrauts tott The Island Is but spafseiy set
ed wuIe II has suihcieut iof the prun able
employ urut OF several inliIun, Of people. The sui
would have iru INTO The hands oi Uuited Ststss
capitalists The piotucts valuable 10 cOu-
Inerce that emigration there would have byen -ucoug
aged the emanci ptted OF the south would have
found thtrv "a ooulvnal home where tseir eivi nights
would not be Disputed, aud where their Labor would
b. much ss,uht aul the poorest amongst them
could have the m7Ins Ia 90 thus IN eiszs of Lrets
oppression and cruelty such has teen pFacticed up
them places within the last eleven years, vto.e
communities Would have sought refuge ia sanio Do
ming, 1 do not suppose tue whole would have
gone Is IL drsm .ble that they should go. Their
labor Is desirable and Indispensable, almost, where
they now are but t-e possession OF tie territory
sO;l have left the negro master OF tie sltu"tiOn.
by enabling hIm 10 deman1 hls nights ht home on
pam OF securing them elsewhere. do not present
these views a reccOmme ndal Ion OF the renew
s II the subject If annexation, but refer 10 u 70
Yniieit- my previous acton IN regard To II
FAREWELL
With The present Cung,sss Uiy official life termin-
Atss Ii Is probable that pubdc atiirs wili ever
asaIn reolye attention from me, iurthrr than as q
eitlz.n Of the republic always akng deep interest
IN the Lonur, and integrity, and prosperity Of the
whole land. fsIgneil u b oRASr-
ExlCUrIvE MASsioS, DEc. S, 1876.