The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-08

pecially refer. maintaining "a l do that
il nv views had been cnncnrre,i III. the
country would BE- in more prosperous
condition today. both politically and
financially. Saut, Domingo Is fertile,
and upon Is sell may lt grown just
those tropical proiucts ot which the
United States use 50 much. ami which
ara produced or prepared for the mar
ket now by slave labor almost excla-
sively. namely: Sugar, coffee. dye
wood. mahegaay. tropical fruits, tohae-
CT. etc Ahons seventy-hve per cent.
of the export Of Cuba are consumed III
the United States. la:ge percentage
of the expori> cf f,razll also find the
same market These are pail almost
exclusively in cain, lesislation. part.en-
larly in Cuba. being unfavor IDLE to q
mutual exchange of products If each
country. Flour shipped from the Mis-
sissippi river to Havana can pass by the
very entrance to the city OH its way To
a port in Spain; it then pays a duty,
is fixed up in articles to be re- exported,
transferred to Spanish vessel and
brought back almost to the point Of
starting. paying a second duty. and still
leaving profit over that would be re-
ccived by direct shipment. All that is
produced in Cuba could be produced in
Santo Domingo Being lart Of the
United States, the commerce between
the Island and the mainland would he
free. There would be no export dutie $
on her shipments nor import duties of
those coming here. There woul1 be no
import duties upon the supplies. ma
chinery, ect. going from the States the
effect that would have been produced
upon Cuban commerce, with these adj
vautages to rival, is observable at q
glance The Cuban question would
have been settled long ago in favor Of
free Cuba hundreds of American YES
sells would now be advantaseously US, d
III transporting the valuable woods and
other products of the soil Of the Island
to a market, AMI iii carrying supplies
and emiSran's 10 it. The island is but
sparsely st.lei. while it has an area
satficicn, fer the profitable employment
Of several millions cf people. roe soil
would have so.n fallen III. the
hands nf United STATES capita is. The
products are - valuable, Ia ccinns ~
/ that emigr |fsun there w,N'd have been
encouraged. the e'oa ,cipti,d l,ce If lie
South wou.d have i1u;iu there IA congo
NAL home w:nEr iheir evil rights
would not be disputed, AID where their
labor would he much sought after and
the poorest among them could have
found means tn go. Thus, i'll case Of
great oppression and cruelty such as
has been practiced upon them
in many places within the
last eleven years. whole communities
would have sought refuge in Santo Do
mingo. l do not suppose the whole
race would have gone. nor Is 1t desira-
! bic that they should go. Their labor
is desirable and indispensable. almost,
where they now are: but the possession
. of the territory would have left the ne
gro master of the situation. by enabling
him to demand his rights at home on
/ pain of securing them elsewhere. do
not present these views now as a rec
Ommendation of the renewal of the sub
| iect of annexation, but l refer to it to
! K u, my previous aet'e,. "a regard
FAREWELL.
! With the present Congress my official
life terminates. 1t is not probable that
! public affairs will ever again receive
attention from me. further than as a
citizen of the republic always taking a
deep interest in the honor, and integ-
rity, and prosperity OF the whole land'
| (Signed) L. ). GRANT.
Executive MANSION, Dec ), 1876.