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instructions, but not in a manner to give any cause of

offence, or to rtflect any dishonor on my government. I

have the satisfaction of kuowing that my conduct re

ceived the hearty approbation of uiase who selected me

for this very dtficate business, and that the results of my

minion, in arranging for the recognition of our commer.

cial agents, and in procuring tbe remission of the ten per

cent, additional duty previously imposed on our vessels

and cargoes, far exceeded their expectations.

if anything in my conduct gave offence to the Emperor

or his subjects, it was my efforts to produce a pacification

of the island, and the protest which I presented Mainst

his using the money, justly due and long withheld from

our citizens, in a war of extermination on the whites of

the eaxtern or Dominican end of the island. In this my

conduct was approved, not only by my own government,

but also by Englaud and France, which subsequently in

structed their respective consuls to follow my example,

and protest against the further prosecution of the war. A

Boston merchant residing in Port-au-Prince, in a letter

recently addressed to me, says i

Should ihe Dominican* be subdued, the Hayllens will

not be satisfied till they are nearly or quite exterminated.

Cruelties will be practiitd, should this wicked war now

proceed, such as have not been recorded since uie days ol

carnage and rapine during the insurrection on this island In

1781 and T>2

Kor the cause of humanity, it is earnestly to be hoped

that the United States government will take some measures

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The daily union. (1850). Washington [D.C.], 1850-11-05. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82003410/1850-11-05/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The daily union, 1850-11-05.