Frederick Douglass' paper

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Hsyii, which, of all portions of America, was

tbe first to follow our example by establish

ing her independence, and which has main

tained it for half a century, certainly merits

far more than Dominica that we should ac

knowledge her existence. Liberia, too, tbe

only eolony off this continent that wo have

ever founded, a successful experiment in re

publican government, and a roost hopeful

agent in the civilization of Africa, has claims

open us which, to common sense, appear

quite imperative; and yet we have never ad

mitted her to international relations. The

reason for this it justice is no doubt a plain

ooe. Both these States are inhabited and

administered by negroes; and, at wo bold

three or four millions of that race io brutal

bondage, we cannot afford to receiro iodi

tidual members of it on equal terms as dip

kxaatic agents or consuls. Hence it is thai

have nevor rccogn tud either Hayti or Li

beria; but, if we are now to depart frotnoui

established policy, aud to admit negro gov

ernments into fellowship, it will hardly doti

extend that civility only to the youngest an(

least deserving of them, for tho mem reaaoi

that it is the one we iotenJ first to plundei

and overthrow

It is time that the people of the Nortl

were fully amused to the nature of th

schemas for extending and strengthening lb

institution of Slavery in which it is propose

In involve them. It is rain to say that tbes

aehemaa are imaginary, aod exist only in th

krai as of fanatical alarmists. The annexa

lion of Texas, tho Mexican War, and th

passage of tbe Nebraska bill, all accomplish

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Frederick Douglass' paper. (1854). Rochester, N.Y., 1854-10-27. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026366/1854-10-27/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Frederick Douglass' paper, 1854-10-27.