Anti-slavery bugle

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The President might, perhaps, have ehecltsl

the decline in coffee throughout tho world,

and forbade tho fires; but he could not veto

the earthquake.

On the score of indolence, the Haytiurts

may be justly chargeable, but in no greater

degree than the inhabitants of the other is

lands. We must not go withii the tropics,

amongst the children of the sun, to find the

characteristics of the Nev,E,ii;landrrand ths

.Scotchman. It is very true that the capabil

ities of Hayti have not been taxed to tho uU

most; the resources of such countries never

are fully developed by voluntary labor. How

much rice would the trarolinians'unn trora

their swamps with their own hand J

As regards the other, and more important

t.ttribute of the people, in the interior, (whs

have been denounced as "blood-thirsty bar

barians,") it may safely be affirmed that ths

peasantry of tiio Island, particularly in ths

rvorth, will compare tavorably with thecultw

vatoni of any country, for mildness, hospital

ity, and freedom from vice. Their opportuni

ties, however, for religious and moral teach

ing have been slender circumstances hav

deprived them of these blessings except in

very limited degree.

Our missionaries havo glsddsnsa ossrty sor

ry benighted spot

"From Greenland's icy msuntaikS

To India's coral strind."

Hut it is a melancholy fact that Ilaytl has

been overlooked. A million people at out

very door-stone have been permitted t grops

in comparative di.rkr.esslt How far this nsfj

lect is to be attributed to the contemptuous

tone cf our government towards these Island

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.