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lic, we are estopped from interference in the

matter, or even protesting against the absorp

tion of the island by Spain. This is no time to in

dulge in fastidious diplomatic crotchets, and at

any rate we are not called upon to exhibit more

delicacy on the subject than Spain practices. Be

cause former administrations, to humor the pre

judices of the South, refused to recognise the ex

istence of Hayti, that is no reason why the pre

sent Cabinet should persist in the blunder of pol

icy. Hayti is represented at the leading courts I

of distant Europe, and surely we can afford with

out loss of dignity to extend equal courtesy to a

neighbor, especially when our interests demand

it, and there is no necessity now to conciliate

Southern prejudices. The emergencies of the

present crisis induced Mr. Seward to accept the

code of the Paris treaty abolishing privateering,

although its acceptance was declined by a previ

ous administration. Let him follow up this stroke

of policy by another establishing friendly rela

tions with Hayti, and guaranteeing its indepen

dence, and the projects of Spain, and probably of

other European powers, will receive a salutary

check, and much trouble may be averted from

the future.

Cassius M. Clay’s letter on our natienal

difficulty, published in the London Times, appears

to have created considerable sensation in Eng

land, and will do much to enlighten the people on

the true issues involved in the war. To be sure

the letter does mot exactly meet the approval of

the Times, but that journal is rarely pleased with j

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York dispatch. (1861). New York [N.Y.], 1861-06-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030364/1861-06-08/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York dispatch, 1861-06-08.