And then it is alleged that “the first condition” of reannexion must be “the unanimous, spontaneous, and explicit expression of the will of the Dominicans.” No foreign influence, no Spanish influence, was to interfere with the popular will.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of the Dominican people's will in the process of reannexation to Spain.
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