Anti-slavery bugle

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courage, in order t prove that blacks are not

competent to maintain their rights even in

their own countryiy indeed, they are supposed

to hare any rich 's any where. Vo be sure, we

are told of the advantages to be derived from

a trade with the 80,000 Dominicans, provided

we acknowledge their independence but who

believes this to have been an incentive toour

Government in this movement? Tho com

merce of our country h'js long had littlo of its

care had it been otherwise, millions of dol

lars might have been saved in our trtde, by

making the slight concession to the llaytien

Government which was asked forduiiug the

administration of General Jackson. It is no

torious that for the last twenty-four years,

goods imported into Hayti in American ves

sels have been subject to and have actually

paid an extra duty of ten psr cent, beyond

liial paid by vesseis of other nations. The

interrstu of the country has been thus sacri

ficed to gratify the refined notions cf our

Southern bretnreii. "Aristocratic England"

coitid r.eknowledg" the independence of Hay

ti, and by so doing, compnss an immense

trade, which naturally belonged to us

but "D-.iiocratic America" had "a ptculiar

inttiluiion' to which the commerce of the

country was made subservient. Does any

one imagine the prospect of fut tre b-asiness

with eighty thonsind Dominicans induced

tho secret mission? Why, an untramnieled

fade with one million of llaytiens, under a

regular goveruuient, has not been deemed

..-thy of the slightest consideration. Uut

wc arj told that toe llaytiens are cruel, blood

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

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

ReferencesReferencias

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