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possible we now propose to do something to

prevent wrong from being done to either.

First, let us very succinctly review the his-

torical aspects of the dispute.

In what we have to say on this question,

we shall speak with perfest impartially,

and shall state the facts according to the

best authorities. We have no predilection

for either side in the quarrel, but we havea

decided predilection for justice, and for

Jetting one be heard as well as the other.

The Island of Hayti was among the earliest

discoveries of Columbus, and was settled on

the eastern side by the Spaniards. In their

greed for gold they neglected all regular

colonization, enslaved the natives and soon

killed them off by hard work and disease.

Their place was supplied by negroes from

Africa. Still the colony never thrived, and

the mass of its inhabitants were miserable.

Even when the annual vield of the mines

was $460,000, the money in circulation

among the common people was of leather.

In 1717 the entire population, slave and

free, was only 18,410, of which not 3,000

were whites. Twenty years after the en-

tire population had fallen to 6,000. It was

replenished from Spain, but more from

Africa. Agriculture was always neglected

mining, raising cattle, and in latter times

mahogany-cutting, being the principle pur-

suits of the people. In 1800 the population

was 125,000; in 1522 it had fallen to 25.000.

At the present day it 1s variously estimated

by intelligent writers at about 70,000. Litde

1s produced from the land. Mahogany and

tobacco are the principal articles of export:

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York daily tribune. (1851). New-York [N.Y.], 1851-09-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1851-09-03/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1851-09-03.