New national era

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that he does not claim to represent

the principle of constitutional or legal authority

and order, is shown by the fact that, in his

proclamation, and in a communication to the

Commission, he styles himself "Chief of the

Revolutionand the journal pretending to

emanate from him at ban Juau, but well undersold

to be printed at the Haytian capital,

is si vied Bulletin of (he Revolution."

As to Luperon, the testimony both in the

Cibao and on the coast is that he is simply u

bandit, stained with crime.

The disturbance of which Cabral is the head

has it* seat m the western part of the Republic

ou tlie llaytian frontier. It is claimed that

the districts of San .luati and Neyba, in which

his operations are conducted, embrace a large

population devoted to him but the testimony

of ce\eral refugees and heads of families from

that district, as tfell as considerable corroborative

evidence, shows that the region named,

between the incursions of the flaytiansaud the

prevalence of insurrection, is nearly depopulated,

and that the force immediately atCabral's

command does not exceed a few hundrtft men,

who, in case of emergency, force into their service

all the male population upon whom they

can lay their hands.

The Commissioners believe that had these

leaders wielded only their own forces and

resources they would loug ago have been put

doa 11. Their whole importance is derived from

the help of foreign intriguers and from the

fact that behind them stands the llaytian nation,

which has nearly three times the population

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New national era. (1871). Washington, D.C., 1871-04-13. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026753/1871-04-13/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New national era, 1871-04-13.