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asserted that the 'President-had menaced the Hay turn

rspubUo. But was there a senator on tue floor who

thought for a moment that when we had acquired

the Dominican half of the Island of Haytl we

would stop there 1 Tbe Senator from Kcvada

(Mr. Stewart) had asserted we womd have

the other half as a matter of comae, and

tbe very exigencies of our customs service

there would compel it. Therefore it was trifling

to deny that there was la this projeot really a threat

against the Haytien republic. According Lo the

theory of tbe Senator lrom Indiana (Mr. Morton)

Cuba and Porto JUco were to be absorbed, and thus

the work of acquisition would proceed until we had

all the West India lslauds. In the same spirit we

would soon be driven to speculate rer the acquisi

tion of the Comment on the other side of tbe OuiX of

Mexloo, and oboe started in tins direction we

would not stop on this side of the Isth

mus. Enlarging upon the momentous problem

Involved lu the question as preliminary to

a scheme of wholesale territorial acquisition. Mr.

ftobon foreshadowed the consequenoes of, and re

auoambilttMy attendant upon, such a polloy; and in

thisTobiioenon M asserted, as a historical ftot, that

la ateit wopUJai oouutry oq tot Mw or tho irtobe

labor, where left free, baa run luto thriitlessnoss,

and that avoir attempt in ml countries to oi*%pi??

labor bad ruata tne direction of slavery.

Mr. OaargMTM, (tea.) of wll., remarked that It

was not until recently that a single tropical negro

>1 ill Uio ooadluon of Slavery ceuld be pointed eut,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1871). New York [N.Y.], 1871-01-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1871-01-12/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1871-01-12.