The national era

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P and at times he and his predecessors have found

it not a little difficult to prevent the whole

1 island from being overrun by the blacks. Let us

t send a commissioner to negotiate terms with

r him, and vri1* lets thiiyy millions of dolp

lars,' the worji could be accomplished."

If the doctrine which this Georgia editor lays

down for the Haytiens were made general, it

might not be found altogether agreeable in prac,

tice to the Southern States, and particularly to

I those portions of them which are most eminently

V.essed witjt Slavery. Georgia, for ini

stance, with its ignorance and barbarism, its

sparse population, composed, in great part, of

black I**?# Snd poor w}iite folks,'' its indifferent

agriculture, its rude arm, and meagre

towns, presents a scurvy figure by the side of

Ohio. Georgia had beguu to wilt under the

tread of the slave, while Ohio was yet a wilderness,

unbroken by the advance of civilization

at this day, that great, powerful, and

enlightened Commonwealth has hill three nines

as many citizens as Georgia, upon a territory

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The national era. (1859). Washington [D.C.], 1859-03-17. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026752/1859-03-17/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The national era, 1859-03-17.