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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
July 18, 189118 de julio de 1891 · Passaic City, N.J. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Passaic City record

SourceFuente: Passaic City record · Passaic City, N.J. · July 18, 189118 de julio de 1891
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85035722/1891-07-18/ed-1/?sp=3

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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The *Passaic City Record* reviewed the historical negotiations for the annexation of Santo Domingo and the lease of Samaná Bay under the Johnson and Grant administrations. It described the diplomatic missions of General Babcock and agent Perry, noting that an 1870 Dominican plebiscite had overwhelmingly endorsed joining the United States before the treaty failed in the Senate.

El *Passaic City Record* revisó las negociaciones históricas para la anexión de Santo Domingo y el arrendamiento de la bahía de Samaná durante las administraciones de Johnson y Grant. Describió las misiones diplomáticas del general Babcock y del agente Perry, señalando que un plebiscito dominicano de 1870 había respaldado mayoritariamente la unión a los Estados Unidos antes de que el tratado fracasara en el Senado.

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people, however, under foreign domina

tion rendered the proposition inoppor

tune. Although, as the Assistant Sec

retary reported, the measure commended

itself to the better judgment of the

leading minds of the Dominion republic,

it would require time to satisfy the

uAsds of the people that the occupation

of Samana by the United States would be

a far different matter from its recant

temporary oontrolby Spain, and that our

presence and friendship would save them

from the very evils which they dreaded,

and bring peace and prospe-ity to take

the place of their unhappy discords.

The negotiations were, however, broken

off; but on the 34th of November in the

same year our commercial agent again

wrote that an informal proposal had been

made to him for a lease of Samana and

the following month President Baez,

after consulting the magnates of the re

public,made arrangements for submitting

a pioposition for the protection of the

United States to a popular vote.

Such was the condition of these nego

tiations when the administrion of Mr.

Johnson ceased and General Grant was

elected President. General Babcock was

now sent as a commissioner to act in con

junction with Mr. Perry, the commercial

agent of the United States, to negotiate

a treaty for the annexation of the whole

territory of the republic to the United

States, or for a lease of the peninsula

and bay of Samana.

In February, 1870, the proposition for

annexation was submitted to the people

and was approved by an almost unani

mous vote. Mr. Perry in his dispatches

said: “The whole people desire annex

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Passaic City record. (1891). Passaic City, N.J., 1891-07-18. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85035722/1891-07-18/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Passaic City record, 1891-07-18.

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