The national era

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ships, munitions of war. etc, from being purchased

in the United States and sent to Dominica

The shipment of thousands of muskets would not

be contraband, and the ships of war of the (Jotted

States would he bound to convoy them safely to

the Dominican coast. Let five thousand men be

placed in Dominica, and two or three steamers

on the coast, and our word for it, by some

mysterious hocus poem*, some stormy night, they

would bo wafted to Cuba, and the jewel of tho

Antilles would cease to be Spanish. The people

of Cuba, under snch circumstances, would act, and

ir h were Known maia lurcu w is once in me neiu,

there is no police in the land to prevent the emigration

of men with muskets in their baud*.

Old Boyer, one of the first negro chieftains of

Hayti, with an unusual acuteneea for a negro, saw

distinctly the peculiar traits of our character, and

foreseeing the fate of the Island, always discouraged

commerce with the United States. He used

to say, If there was a bog of coffee in h?11, some

Yankee would he found to go for it.'

We do not entirely agree with the sentiment,

hut as certain as fate itself, the two islands will

yet be American God never m?de two such regions

to be misgoverned, and oommon humanity

makes it the duty of th- pfoplr of the United States,

if treaty does forbid thr Qevtrnrntnt, to assist in the

consummation of this enterprise. We repeat, then,

that the way to free Cuba, is to keep Dominica

free?to destroy Spanish tyranny by putting an

end to negro misrule And those who have sacrificed

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The national era. (1851). Washington [D.C.], 1851-09-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026752/1851-09-04/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The national era, 1851-09-04.