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lluid, p. 111.] Tb>s leiter was writle.l with

>ue gunaol lue Dictator aud Severn behiud.

It appears fioni ihe Minister's report to the

State Department, that iliese ι wo war ships ar

rived at the capital of ibe Black Republic on

toe mornt"g ol February 9tb, wheu the luiui*

1er, as he says/'tirauged lor a formal call on

the Haytien government on tue same day."

rtie minister then records, and i o blush ap

pears ou his paper, that "tho admiral uvai>e<l

Himself of this visit to commuuicate qiiie

poiutedly to the President and his udvtseis the

tenor of his instructions." [Tbid.] This a.·

sauit upon the Iudepe'-dence and Bquali y of

the Black Republic will anpear morn fully in

the report trausmitted to the Senate by ihe

Navy Depaitment. For the present I present

the caso on the coufessian of the State Depart

ment.

RECOBD OF IHE NAVY DEPARTMENT,

If the report of the Siata Departmeut is a

confession, tbat of the Navy Department is au

authentic record ot actsilagiant and indefen

sible, uuless we are ready to set aside the law

of uations aud tbe Cousiuution of the Uuited

Sûtes, two treat saleguaids. Both ol these

are degraded iu order to advance the scheme.

Il I called it plot I should not err, lor this term

is suggested by the machination. Tbe record

is complete.

The scheme first shows itself in a letterfrom

the SeC'Ctary of State to ihe Secretary ot the

Navy, under date ol May 17,1869, informing

tbe latter tuat tbe President deems it desirable

tbat a man-of-war commanded by a discreet

and intelligent officer, sliuuld be ordered to

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The Portland daily press. (1871). Portland, Me., 1871-03-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016025/1871-03-28/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Portland daily press, 1871-03-28.