Springfield weekly Republican

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Is very massive, lead to the country, the chief of

which is the Puerto del Coride, -lust outside this

gate is a cemetery. Past this runs the old Span

ish highway along the southern coast to Azua,

once a tine road, hot now akin to everything else

in this blasted and ruined land, if any one

doubts the “great first cause,” —the all-prevaii

mg law that controls the universe, lot him come

and look at Dominica. If the cry of Cacique and

Carib rises to heaven for plundered kingdoms,

and slaughtered households; —il the land is red

with the lilood of her children;—so, too, it is full

of tue bones of her oppressors, and in less than

four centuries their monuments have crumbled

ami their mightiest works have perished. This

city is full ot ruins, and no small part of its lim

ited area is occupied by them. The most impres

sive are those of the great religious house of the

Franciscans, located on the highest ground

within the walls, and covering several

acres, with the wreck of buildings ami deso

lated gardens. Ascending a steep street over

antiquated pavements which grandee and Cabal

lero have trodden before you, you pass under a

massive portal, and stand in a growth of shvub

berv and trees, so thick that the eves can hardly

penetrate it. An orange tree 80 feet high, laden

with fruit stands in the very center. You are

shut out from the world by a wall many feet ia

bight, and so thick that it has withstood the

earthquake and the hurricane, ami is yielding but

slowly to the “consuming tooth of time. In its

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1871). Springfield, Mass., 1871-03-03. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1871-03-03/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1871-03-03.