Anti-slavery bugle

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the annexation of the K.j stern part to the Re

public of H iyii. Tin. re pir..st wms complied

with, and llie Eastern portion became a part

and parcel of that Republic, as much so as

Massachusetts now is of this Union. Thus

it appears lliat the Dominicans adopted tin

Ilsytlcn Government not i.nly vuluntnnlu but

i'iJi!,'y. Shortly after this, the French

(with an overwhelming lorco in the harbor ot

Port au Prince) demanded an indemnity for

the property sacrificed in tlio Revolution.

Tho people cf tlip country had "supped full

of horrors," mid Hover, to prevent firthcr

bloodshed and destruction of property, agreed

to the payment of I'jO.OOO.noo of francs; the

independence of Il iyti was then acknowledg

ed by France and ether European powers.

A vigorous attempt was made to obtain a sim

ilar acknowledgment from thn United Stitcs,

hut the interest of slaveholders prevailed a

g iiust it, and nothing was effected.

"About three years since, Herard was e

lected President of the Island. This was the

tiignal, in the Spanish part, for a separation

of the legitimate Government, and they de

clared themselves independent of it. It does

not appear that this movement was caused

by the election of Herard, or from a convic

tion that his course would be a bad one for

wlr.'t his policy would be was not known.

It proved, however, disastrous enough, al

though some of his first acts we.e consequent

upon the rebellion, and not the causa of it;

still it has been urged by many that Herard's

impi'ite: course was the great cause of dis

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Anti-slavery bugle. (1846). New-Lisbon, Ohio, 1846-01-23. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83035487/1846-01-23/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Anti-slavery bugle, 1846-01-23.