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to invite in a Spanish force. To tho people he

pretended the Spaniards only came to assist in

their dcfrncc, and to instruct them in the art Of

war. Assisted by the artful management of his

Secretaries of War and Marine, and of the Inte

rior and Treasury Departments, he secretly col

lected their arms and munitions of war in the

fortified places which ho had put into the posses

sion of life Spanish accomplices, and in an unex

pected moment, he declared the Republic extinct,

and that the Dominican people had eterted the

Queen of Spain as their ruler. Disarmad and

taken by surprise, the Dominican people seemed

for the moment to submit in silence, and a wise

and paternal government might have reconciled

them to the loss of their nationality; but instead

of the protection in all their national customs

and constitutional securities, which had been

promised them, they were oppressed beyond hu

man endurance by’ a hungry horde of Spanish

officials. They made three attempts to resist

their foreign masters and win back their lost in

dependence. Twice they failed, and were terri

bly chastised by the Spanish officers; but mo

third time, they achieved the victory, and by ths

light of their burning towns—destroyed in ven

geance by the retreating Spaniards—they have

unfurled the white cross banner and restored the

free constitution of the Dominican Republic to

its rightful authority. May God defend the cause

of liberty 1

The Spanish navy holds most of the seaboard

m strict blockade, and six thousand Spanish sol

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New York dispatch. (1864). New York [N.Y.], 1864-01-24. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85026214/1864-01-24/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New York dispatch, 1864-01-24.