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ing 150,000,000 francs to France, expressly con

iines that recognition to the French part of the

island.

The circumstances attending the defeat of

Faustin are so extraordinary that hut for the

positive confirmation of it which we have re

ceived, we should be inclined to doubt it. The

previous accounts had left him at the head of

thirty thousand men, apparently well affected

towards their leader, and abundantly supplied

with the munitions of war. That under such

circumstances he should have been utterly

routed by the Dominicans, who were known to

have been ill prepared for his attack, argues

nothing short of a complete political revolution

amongst his own subjects. Should this prove

to be the case we may expect nothing but anar

chy and bloodshed for some time to come

amongst the black population of Hayti. The

different military leaders will probably each set

llP for himself, and we shall have a renewal of

the horrible scenes of which Hayti has been

so frequently the theatre. The only hope for

the salvation of the island, in that case, would

be the consolidation of the power of the Domi

nican republic and its extension over the whole

of the Haytien territory.

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The true Democrat. (1856). Little Rock, Ark., 1856-02-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84022882/1856-02-26/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The true Democrat, 1856-02-26.