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Spavish people for one in which the predomi.

pant laws, language, habits and manners, gre

English, and Protestansism the religion of

the majority. Whenever Dominica becomes

a part of the French Empire, the American

Government may congratulate itself that it

bas achieved this result under the auspices of

such eminent speculators.

There were three courses open to our diplo-

macy; we could insist upon the return of the

Dominicans under the Haytian Government,

which would have kept them effectually out of

the kauds of any European power; or we could

maintain their independence in order to have

them annexed to France; or we could annex

them ourselves. The Messrs. Greene tried the

third alternative, but the Dominicar people

very much prefer the second, and if they have

not yet sworn allegiance to the Emperor of all

the Frenchmen, they are ready for it whenever

fe may condezcend to accept their homage, and

we have nothing to do but to look on and make

the politest bow we ean to the touching cere-

mony.

Is not the truth sufficiently patent to all bat

the lunatics, that the external growth as well

as the internal power of the American Repub-

lic is checked and enfeebled by the fact that

we, Progressive Democrats, are the lords of

three or four millions of slaves? Let the

brave boys of manifest destiny put that trath

in their pipe and smoke it, while they calm

down their courage to the peace point. It's

all nonsense to talk about Cuba, and St.

Dominge, and the Monroe doctrine, while the

conservative institution rn'es at home and

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York daily tribune. (1852). New-York [N.Y.], 1852-12-13. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1852-12-13/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1852-12-13.