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striking evidences of his statesmanship.

We have, neither as a committee, nor as the

individual members of it. trenched upon even

the shadow of the claims of delicacy by saying

a single word to (Jeneral Tate as to the intention

of this committee in addressing you but,

being informed of government changes in

Hayti. through the newspapers, the committee

thought it well to depart from its usual line of

policy, and to say, that while they do not understand

the various claims of political parties

in Hayti, and *hile a sense of propriety would

forbid us to express an opinion at so great a

distance, even if we knew more of the relations

of parties, yet, speaking in the nauie ol

the colored people of the United States, we

deemed it our duty to express our earnest hope

that General Tate might be retained at a post

which he so well fills, and from which, if he

were lost, our people here, and, as we believe,

the Republic of Hayti, would feel the consequences

to an almost calamitous extent; for,

he having opened the door, his abrupt departure

might serve as an excuse on the part ol

our enemies in trying to shut it against all

new-comers.

George T. Downing, President.

F. G. Barbadors, Secretary.

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Eqi lLKTV BEFORE TIIE L4H

Foresight is the severest test of statesmanship

indeed, it is the thing of all others which

mark out the statesman from the mere politician.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New era. (1870). Washington, D.C., 1870-02-17. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024437/1870-02-17/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New era, 1870-02-17.