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European blood as well as the blacks—is, us we have

already seen, by far the most numerous; but the

dominant race is the Cancasian, which here, as eise-

where, asserts and maintains superiority over the

other races by virtue of its higher intelligence and

its indomitable energy. With the single exception

of Hayti, the white man rules everywhere in the

West Indies. The Governorships of the different

colonies are all held by whites. A few men of mixed

blood are here and there to be found on the bench,

but, these excepted, the judiciary and magistracy

are white, and the same remark will apply to the

different legislative bodies where such exist, Most

of the pulpits are filled by clergymen of fair com-

plexion and unmixed blood. The principal mer-

chants are chiefly whites, the large landed proprie-

tors are pearly all whites, and so are most of those

who practice law and medicine. Next to the whites,

in point of social standing, come the colored people,

as distingmshed from the blacks, Of late y rs edu-

cation has done a great deal for this class, among

whom are row to he found a goodly and an inereas-

ing number of men who have achieved distinetion at

some of the first universities of Europe, The colored

ople are gradually Working their way, in the Dritish

4 ed especially, into all those departments of

public and professional life from which, not much

more than a quarter of a century ago, they were

jealously and aigidly excluded, and are making

wood their claims to a fair share of the

honors and emoluments of the public service. The

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1869). New York [N.Y.], 1869-05-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1869-05-01/ed-1/?sp=11

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1869-05-01.