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Show l; l.-i llul pU!;llilC l'T Ulf JJollllDK-tltl iiYp!e to continue to support uloiiu and unaiji'd the terrible conrt-vjiifiniv of a combiiml imtn-d which manifc.-tcd it-el i' in di.-uised attacks and iu:ichiiiftliun, they appeal to the. prcnt republic of the United States thinij;li your Excellency, .-olicitinp: Die c.-tablirhiiifiit of a Fulticieiit protectorate which in:iy prei-crw them from unwarranted attack- aimed nt their cry existence. The Dominican people btiheve that this will not he dieun-'ful oven to the oyiuiieiit.i of the plan of annexation. an-nexation. It would be an act of munni-emce munni-emce antl p-nero-ity whereby the republic of the Unite-:! States would risk nothing, ,-iuce it would simply ojver will) its ;eis nn ifi.'Hcii-ivc and frieiiJly rKvjilti wlium I'rovidence dflsifrned to be lU natural ally, and all the -oils of this people would greet with joy the day when their powerful power-ful tiMe.r should bI retch u'U a hand to save them from tlin danpers which eiid-uupa--them, which danger- vould iii.-tanlli' ili.- iippeaj: in view ot'.-uch a diplomatic net. As there is no farther chance for a little speculation in the direction of San Domingo, Grant has no suggestions sugges-tions to offer. |