The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)

by Richard White

Despite the popularity of the restoration of Santo Domingo’s independence, the new president, Buenaventura Báez, began secret negotiations with Babcock in 1869. The regime conducted a dubious plebiscite to approve the treaty, which Grant submitted to Senate in 1870.