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possible here; and more, that it is easy. They

also want to manage their own affairs; they are

conscious that they are not numerous enough to

hold any position as a nation, or even to secure a

decent respect for their rights. They believe that

under our lorm of government they' can. gain all

those easily,—and hence they—that is those who

are intellectually capable favor annexation.

Here is the whole story. It is probable, it is con

sistent. It is just what you and I would want in

the same circumstances. Left out in the cold,

they must again become a prey to the spoiling

Haytian, who can rob and murder if he cannot

conquer.

The “dance of blood” isn’t going to result from

annexation. Mr Sumner is sorely mistaken here.

This “dance” will only begin when Dominica,

driven out from the shelter that protects her now,

is sought to bo re conquered by the Havtians;—

when the brutal hordes of Saget, murderer of

Salnave —are let loose on this amiable and unof

fending people. Who will be responsible for

these sanguinary gymnastics? What right has

Hayti to “gobble” this republic? Boyer was a

very clever man. I remember him well. He

doubtless governed this, his conquest, as he did

Hayti, with good sense and moderation, but he

only held it-, as he took it, by the strong arm—

the might that makes the right; and because he

lost what he had wrongfully taken, shall it be a

warrant for every bloody cut-throat who rules at

Port-au-Prince to invade this beautiful land—

to burn and plunder, ravish and murder?

It is an outright perversion of facts to say that

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Springfield weekly Republican. (1871). Springfield, Mass., 1871-03-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1871-03-03/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1871-03-03.