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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
April 18, 187118 de abril de 1871 · Woodsfield, Ohio · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

The spirit of democracy

SourceFuente: The spirit of democracy · Woodsfield, Ohio · April 18, 187118 de abril de 1871
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038115/1871-04-18/ed-1/?sp=1

In contextEn contexto

Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas · 1865–1905

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.

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More on Samaná BayMás sobre Bahía de Samaná

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.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

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The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

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,-

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

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

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