The Charleston daily news
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very common idea of extending political empire by
foreign conquest. In the midst of this trouble
comes a popular revolution, the chief towns rising
against General Pimentel, who has been in com
mand of the Dominican troopa, and pronouncing
in favor of Cabrai, whom they named Protector of
tho Republic. Cabrai manifesto announces lib
erty? equality, fraternitv;" that he expects to
secure unity and peace, desires co-operation, and
advisca Pimentel, for the sake of the lie-public, to
submit to its choice.
The uegro half of the island is in revolution
also?it utmost always is?fluctuating between re
publicanism and absolute monarchy. Geffrard,
who overthrew Faustin the First, and proclaimed
the republic, lixed himself in power for life. There
have been one or two attempts to overthrow him,
and on one occasion his life was attempted by as
sassination, but his daughter was the victim of the
bullet sent at his head. A rebellion is now in pro
gress, and the rebels appear to bo specially inimi
cal to the white residents, demanding that they
shall havo none of their usual privileges, anil
threatening their Uves. This revolution is led by
a committee of ton chiefs, who have sent a com
missioner to Washington to represent their cause.
When our Government recently acknowledged the
independence and accepted a Minister Plenipoten
tiary to represent tho Haytien Government, it
probably did not oxpect so soon to have two claim
ants to that honor. Tho representative of the
rebel power, if truly represented in then- enmity
to tho whites, may find some difficulty in establish
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The Charleston daily news. (1865). Charleston, S.C., 1865-09-16. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026994/1865-09-16/ed-1/?sp=2
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Charleston daily news, 1865-09-16.
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