St. Paul recorder

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ised. Disgruntled, they built a

fire under him and hi* ouster was

the result

The former Haitian president

had a record of autocratic tyranny

in governing his people. He did all

the things over which revolutions

have come about throughout the

years; he suppressed the freedom

of the press and the right of assem

bly; he suppressed free speech, and

in addition to the rapidly worsen

ing economic setup, allowed the de

bacle of wholesale graft and politi

cal corruption in high places to get

out of hand.

Contrary to public opinion,

only a comparative handful in

Haiti as in Liberia where the Re

publican form of government is

claimed, are allowed to vote. The

great maaaea don't even know

what a ballot looks like.

The policy of the leadership is

to keep them ignorant, poor and

hungry while taking th* fruita

of their labor for personal en

richment.

The same thing happens dally

in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama,

Arkansas, Louisiana aad other

aonthern states, Mississippi in

particular.

The ignorance of both the back

woods Negro and poor white is ap

palling and should call for a Con

gressional investigation into the

graft and corruption that keep a

segment of the population almost

a century behind the time*.

The common people are slow to

move; although agitation some

time* stir* them into unreasoning

mob anger in which assassinations,

murders, looting and pillaging is

the net result

The reason nothing ha* been done

is that these people don’t know that

they were actually born equal, that

they, in the words of Jefferson,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

St. Paul recorder. (1946). St. Paul, Minn., 1946-02-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016804/1946-02-01/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: St. Paul recorder, 1946-02-01.