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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
February 10, 185310 de febrero de 1853 · Washington City [D.C.] · Independence, Recognition, and Samaná SchemesIndependencia, Reconocimiento y Proyectos de Samaná

Daily national intelligencer

SourceFuente: Daily national intelligencer · Washington City [D.C.] · February 10, 185310 de febrero de 1853
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83026172/1853-02-10/ed-1/?sp=3

In contextEn contexto

Independence, Recognition, and Samaná SchemesIndependencia, Reconocimiento y Proyectos de Samaná · 1844–1861

On February 27, 1844, Los Trinitarios proclaimed Dominican independence. American press coverage surged with reports on the new republic, repeated Haitian invasion threats, diplomatic recognition appeals, and southern schemes to secure Samaná Bay as a naval base.El 27 de febrero de 1844, Los Trinitarios proclamaron la independencia. La prensa estadounidense cubrió la nueva república, las invasiones haitianas, llamamientos de reconocimiento diplomático y proyectos para adquirir la Bahía de Samaná.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT. · January 28, 185328 de enero de 1853Later articleArtículo siguiente: Frederick Douglass' paper · April 22, 185322 de abril de 1853 →

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SummaryResumen

A Paris correspondent examines a French press article arguing that France had missed chances to extend its influence in America. The article says the peninsula of Samana and the whole Dominican Republic were offered to the French government in exchange for its flag and protection, and the correspondent suspects Napoleon III is now seriously considering a larger French role in America.

Un corresponsal en París examina un artículo de la prensa francesa que sostiene que Francia había perdido oportunidades de extender su influencia en América. El artículo dice que la península de Samaná y toda la República Dominicana fueron ofrecidas al gobierno francés a cambio de su bandera y su protección, y el corresponsal sospecha que Napoleón III está considerando ahora seriamente un papel francés mayor en América.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

Emperor has since rewarded. I cannot help classing this

new article of Granier de Cassagnac in the same catego

ry, and attributing to it the same princely inspiration

i with the Belgian articles of last year. The article of the

17th in the same paper (not by Cassagnac, however) ridi

culed Gen. Cass’s charges of intrigue against France.

Samana may not have been actually taken possession of;

the Imperial Government may have been in nowise privy

I to the chivalric feats of Count RAOUSSET BOULBON in So

nora but this article,

The new policy,” of M. de Cas

sagnac, makes me strongly suspect that the idea of ex

tending Frence influence and power in America has been

and is seriously contemplated by Napoleon III.

tract a few of the most significant passages.

I ex-

He opens with an attack upon the Government of Louis

Philippe, which he asserts wasted its strength and con

sumed the vital energies of France in vain parliamentary

quarrels without profit and without grandeur. Occupied

in daily strife to get or keep a majority in the Assembly,

ceaseless struggle for its own existence and petty admin

istrative cares occupied it wholly, and prevented atten

tion to the great concerns by which the resources of the

country properly appreciated, and the influence of France

largely comprehended, would be developed.

“A more elevated policy (says the writer) and a larger

one, offering to the ideas, to the imagination, to the inte

rests of men of all ranks more varied perspectives, and

more fruitful elements of enterprise, would have saved

Europe from that pestilence of socialism which for a mo

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Daily national intelligencer. (1853). Washington City [D.C.], 1853-02-10. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83026172/1853-02-10/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily national intelligencer, 1853-02-10.

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