The southern press

From the original pageDe la página original

This page carries the passage as it was found on the newspaper page, copied with its reading errors and all. The article's fuller presentation is still to come; the original page is linked above.Esta página lleva el pasaje tal como se encontró en la página del periódico, copiado con sus errores de lectura y todo. La presentación completa del artículo aún está por venir; la página original está enlazada arriba.

such heavy losses would not accrue so often to

publishers. Fnrmrr and Mrrhanic

flenorlaf to Congr?*i for Ike ftccogatttoa of

flaytl.

To the Honorable Henate and Houre of Reyrenentativp*

of the 11 mud Stales of America, in

(Jongfet* atiemliled.

The undesigned, merchants of lJoston, respectfully

represent to Congress?

That Hayti, de facto an independent Hlafe

since the first of January, 1804, by the declaration

of her independence, and dkjare since July,

1825, by the recognition of France, under

Charles the Tenth, and all the great powers of

Europe?which, subsequently, has been confirmed

by treaties passed and ratified between

mo government or jximl' i.one rmiippe ,r mo

French,anJ llayti ax an independent Slate?has

however, never been recognized by the United

Slates, for wfcich this petition now most reaped

fully and earnestly prayeth.

The great interests of our shipping, agriculture,

growing inanuficturoa, and commerce in

general, imperatively require that this very important

and growing trade should be regulated

and established upon as firm a basis as it is

already with regard to the most favored European

nations?ulnle it now exists only by sufferance.

The importance of' this trade is seen in the reports

of the Secret iry of the Treasury of the

United States, ending June 1850 and 1851, and j

show That in the fUcal year of 1850, we had j

engaged in the liaylien trade seventy four Ihous-

and six hundred and seventy-one tons of Anieri

can shipping, which wus navigated by three

thousand five hundred and four American sea j

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The southern press. (1852). Washington [D.C.], 1852-07-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014764/1852-07-22/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The southern press, 1852-07-22.