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a complaint.

Mr. Morton then had read hy the Secretary a despatch to 1

the United Statea Minister (Mr. Bassetti. Iro'm the Haytien

Secretary of Foreign Attain, assuring him that llnvlj had

no disposition or desire to interfere with tbe free will of the

Dominicans. As a further reply to Mr. Sunnier, he remiuded

the Senate, aa evidence that the administration had not

proposed to take any Immediate action upon annexation, that

the Commissioners had 110 power to negotiate a treaty, and

no one went with them who could take a single step in that

direction. The. Haytien government, in violation of the law

of nations, had giveu free passage across its territory to

Cabral, and furnished him with war vessels to attack Do

minica, and the I nited States had merely notified Hayll that

while our negotiations were pending with Dominica we

would not allow her to make war on that island. This the

United States had the undoubted right to do, because our gov

ernment had Information that organizations were on foot

In Hayll to defeat the annexation. So one need tell him

(Mr. Morton 1 that the Senator from Massachusetts was a

frien<of liberty or of the colored man when he so industri

ously spent Ins time In tbe effort to put the democratic party

In power. The Senator could not etrlke a blow at the Presi

dent without at the same time striking at the republican

party.

Mr. Howf, (rep.) of Wis., cited various historical instances

lu which public men who had been regarded Willi 11 u I vernal

esteem by tbeir countrymen bad, by subsequent acts of mis

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1871). New York [N.Y.], 1871-03-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1871-03-28/ed-1/?sp=7

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1871-03-28.