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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
February 15, 186615 de febrero de 1866 · Litchfield, Conn. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Litchfield enquirer

SourceFuente: Litchfield enquirer · Litchfield, Conn. · February 15, 186615 de febrero de 1866
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020071/1866-02-15/ed-1/?sp=2

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.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: Burlington weekly free press · February 9, 18669 de febrero de 1866Later articleArtículo siguiente: The evening telegraph · March 6, 18666 de marzo de 1866 →

More on The Annexation DebateMás sobre El debate de la anexión

SummaryResumen

On February 15, 1866, the *Litchfield Enquirer* reported that in the Senate on Tuesday, Mr. Sumner, speaking from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported a bill to appoint a diplomatic representative to the Dominican Republic. Additionally, petitions for universal suffrage were presented and referred, a resolution regarding loyal citizens' quartermaster's stores was adopted, and the joint resolution for the Amendment of the Constitution was taken up.

El 15 de febrero de 1866, el *Litchfield Enquirer* informó que el martes en el Senado el Sr. Sumner, en representación del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores, presentó un proyecto de ley para designar un representante diplomático ante la República Dominicana. Asimismo, se presentaron y remitieron peticiones a favor del sufragio universal, se adoptó una resolución relativa a los pertrechos de intendencia de ciudadanos leales y se debatió la resolución conjunta para la enmienda constitucional.

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.

Shsllahatgsr, on the relations between the

Central Government and the several States.

The House then adjourned.

in tbs Senate, Tuesday petitions for univer

sal suffrage, were presented and referred! Mr

Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Re

lations, reported a bill to appoint a diplomatic

representative to the Dominican Republic. A

A resolution was adopted to inquire into the

expediency of paying loyal citizens of. rebel

lious States for quartermaster’s stores taken

by the army. The joint resolution for the

Amendment of the Constitution was taken up

Mr. Doolittle ottered a substitute basing rep

resentation upon the number of electors qual

ified by State laws to choose members of the

popular branoh of the legislatures, and appor

tioning direct taxes according to the value of

real and personal property. Mr. Sumner re

sumed his speech which was left unfinished

yesterday, and concluded it. At 31 o’clock

the Senate went into Executive Session, and

eoon after adjourned.

in tbe nonet, a resolution was auopteu to

inquire into the expediency ef admitting into

the Naval Academy candidates up to the age

of 31 yaws. The freedmen’s Bureau bill wai

taken np. The amendment offered by 'Mr

Smith to exempt Kentucky from the operation

of the net was rejeoted hy 84 to 141. The

substitute of Mr. Btoveua, retaining moat of

the origiginal hill but authorising the Presi

dent to set apart 8,000,000 acres of land to be

assigned in 40-aere parcels to freedmen and

loyal rsfugeta, and confirming to the freed

men permanently their possession of the lands

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Litchfield enquirer. (1866). Litchfield, Conn., 1866-02-15. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020071/1866-02-15/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Litchfield enquirer, 1866-02-15.

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