“San Domingo, with a stable government, under which her immense resources can be developed, will give remunerative wages to tens of thousands of laborers not now upon the island.”
Mark the words, “not now upon the island.” It is the island always in view.
Then comes the fourth:—
“San Domingo will become a large consumer of the products of Northern farms and manufactories.”
It is the whole island.
Then the fifth:—
“The acquisition of San Domingo is an adherence to the Monroe Doctrine.”
Though nothing in this place is said of the whole island, of course those words are necessarily associated with the previous words, while the argument from the Monroe Doctrine is just as applicable to Hayti as to Dominica.
Then the sixth:—
“In view of the importance of this question, I earnestly urge upon Congress early action expressive of its views as to the best means of acquiring San Domingo.”