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us fresh from the enforeed hospitalities of the

negro-traders in Cuba, or he will bring us

word of what the good folks3of another island

are doing in the name of liberty and annexa

tion. To drop in upon his old friend Baez,

and to visit his ruffled neighbor Saget, would

be quite in order. An amiable looking into

Haytian or other affairs would be altogether in

keeping with Mr. Seward’s character as an in

quisitive peace-maker, as the soother and

smoother of the wrinkledifront of grim-visaged

revolution,

In the short journey whith Mr. Seward made

through Mexico he may have seen that pictur

esque country rather more in the light of her

favoring suns than fof her lurid revolutions.

Clear skies with innumerable mountains to rest

upon; all nature disposed to be a picture and

to be looked at; all men ready to be his en

tertainers, may have seduced Mr. Seward to a

charming oblivion of the distressing apology

which so many actnalities in Mexico are to

their pretensions and surroundings. A much

exaggerated country in more than one respect,

it is both better and worse, no

doubt, than it scems. Bat its revolutions

almost surpass calculation, and its pro

nunciamientos arc certainly more common

than shocks of earthquake. When our wander

ing philosopher saw the schools of Guadalajara

he loudly wondered why any one should talk

of protecting a people so perfectly able to take

care of themselves. Here was illusion number

one, but not altogether an illusion. The Mex

icans are dreadfully self-protective, as their

innumerable pronunciamientos attest, and this

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1870). New York [N.Y.], 1870-02-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1870-02-03/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1870-02-03.