The spirit of democracy
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President Ulysses S. Grant championed a treaty to annex Santo Domingo (1869–1870), sparking a historic Senate battle led by Charles Sumner. Later coverage tracked President Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) and crushing European bond debt.El presidente Ulysses S. Grant promovió un tratado para anexar Santo Domingo (1869–1870), provocando una histórica batalla en el Senado con Charles Sumner. Informes posteriores siguieron al presidente Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) y la deuda externa.
More on Samaná BayMás sobre Bahía de Samaná
- South-eastern Independent · April 14, 187114 de abril de 1871
- Tama County Republican · April 20, 187120 de abril de 1871
- Ashtabula weekly telegraph · April 22, 187122 de abril de 1871
SummaryResumen
The commissioners' report states that acquiring Samana Bay would give the United States a powerful military and naval station and the site of an important commercial city, with easy inland communication by water and rail. The report also sets out the results of its inquiry into the Dominican government's debt and obligations, including unpaid salaries, bonds, loans and pending claims, and presents a statement of the republic's revenue for 1870.
El informe de los comisionados afirma que adquirir la bahía de Samaná daría a los Estados Unidos una poderosa estación militar y naval y el sitio de una importante ciudad comercial, con fácil comunicación interior por agua y por ferrocarril. El informe también expone los resultados de su investigación sobre la deuda y las obligaciones del gobierno dominicano, incluidos sueldos impagos, bonos, préstamos y reclamaciones pendientes, y presenta un estado de los ingresos de la república en 1870.
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has any importance in a military point
of view.
The Commissioners state that the ad
vantages of acquisition of. Samana Bay
will be a powerful military and naval
station.and doubtless estimate the growth
of an important city, a portion of the
water from which has already been re
quired by citizens of the United States,
being but a small part of what would be
occupied by the site of a great commer
cial city Inland' communicatioli, -by
water and "rail, would be easy, and. the
future of Samana Bay, under; authority
of the United States, would not fail to
be of national importance.
The following statement ''exhibits
briefly the 'result of inquiries as to the
debt of the Government' and its obliga
tions, whether funded, and ascertained
and ad mil to 1 or unadjusted under dis
cussion I. Unpaid salaries, 860,000,000
bonds and treasury notes 8953,343,634
debts and loans, 84,943,302 obligations
of Cabral, 822,184,577; National bank
noted countersigned, 8413,000 interest
bearing Joans, 829,351,123 loans with
out interest, 82,022,320 debt of 1859,
8500,000; pending claims" 8204,000;
pending claims, in francs, 13,671,940, or
827,344. Sum total or the debt and
claims, 8156, 583,159, 25 deposits 813,
243: additional entrance fees 81,400.
Tottl. 872,860,558 75 Second: direct
and indirect taxes, registry And mortga
ges, 8214,706 50 licensee, 81,272,186
75 stamped paper, 81,857.450; postage
stamps, 8108,369; postal .income, 892,
942 75. total, 83,516,655. Third:
Public "property, sales and rents, 815,-
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The spirit of democracy. (1871). Woodsfield, Ohio, 1871-04-18. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038115/1871-04-18/ed-1/?sp=1
ReferencesReferencias
Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The spirit of democracy, 1871-04-18.
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