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being a place of hittle or no importance The Bioux

and the Potowatoruies were of great lmmportance on ace

count of their locality and yet simply becauss a negro

pulation dwells in those other couutries, tio gentleman

rom Masasacliusetts wished to increase tho expenditures

of the Government by sending to them Ministers residout,

instead of Commissioners,

Mr. BANKS (Rep., Mass) supported the amendment,

remarking that a new destiny is opening up for the West

India Islands, tat the old political powers which held

them together and controlled them hundreds of years are

adually breaking up, and that new relations are being

ormed, and that therefore tho interest of the Awerican

Government in them became of vast importance

The amendment was divided, and the question was

first taken on substituting Minister Resident for Commis-

sioner. That was agreed to.

MR. BROOKS TICKLES THE POPE'S ADHERENTS,

The next question being on adding the Dominican Re-

public, Mr. BROOKS opposed it and hoped that it would

go forth to the world that the House of Representatives

bas refused to send a minister to a court representing the

Catholics of the whole world, and was now, out of ado-

ration to the negro race, proposing to send a minister

resident to a little end of an island containing not as

many white people as ave cmployed iu the factories of

Lowell and Lawrence, Masa.

MR. BUTLER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY

Mr. BUTLER (Rep., Mass.) trusted that the gentleman

from New-York would permit overy other gentleman to

publish his own motive for his vote. He (Butler) had

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1868). New York [N.Y.], 1868-02-18. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1868-02-18/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1868-02-18.