Sunday dispatch

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ment of the United States does not accord

with the wishes of the people, and that an ir

reppalablc law—a treaty —alone restrains

their philanthrophy. Cuba is but eight hours

sail from Hayti, and. were the Dominican

government 'sustained, a force of any size

might, without difficulty, be thrown any

where on the eastern end of the island, near

Santiago de Cuba—a region whither the cop

per mines have attracted many Americans,

and where liberal opinions are entertained

by all but the office-holders. There is no

power.on earth to prevent arms, even 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 United States would be 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-pocus,

some stormy night they would be wafted to

Cuba, and the jewel of the Antilles would

cease to be Spanish. The people of Cuba, un

der such circumstances, would act, and if it

were known that a force was once in the field,

there is no power in the land to prevent the

emigration of men with muskets in their

hands.

Old Boyer, one of the first negro chieftains

of Hayti, with an unusual acuteness 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 were a bag of coffee in h—ll, some Yan

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Sunday dispatch. (1851). New York [N.Y.], 1851-07-20. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030362/1851-07-20/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Sunday dispatch, 1851-07-20.