The southern press

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a hundred, rose in the night and took possession

of the principal gstes of the city of St. Dontingo.

By the influence of some of the foreign residents

whose sympathies were with them, and who went I

between them and the ilaytien garrison in thecil-

ndel, exaggerating their numbers and strength, f

the garrison was induced to surrender before

morning came to disclose the weakness of the!

movement. As fast as the unexpected news I (j

spread through the country, the Dominicans j

flocked to the standard of independence, drove out

the Haytiens, and established a republican form i

of government.

The Dominican public contains from IfiO.OOOi

to tJOO.fh 0 xoijIn The Haytiens number from

800,000 to 1,000,000. The hitler admit no white' r'

person to hold any real estate or enjoy any of the I

privileges of a citizen. The former is essentially j

a ie government, with about the same inter- i j.

mixture of other blood ns in the Spanish Main

and Brazil. The government always has been

and still is in the hands of the whites. The im-

migration of blacks .a prohibited, antl white colo-

mats nre invited by grants of lands, the govern n

nient paying their expenses slid subsistence till

established in their new homes. j r

The Domintrians have matle repealed npplirn-

tion* to the United States to interfere, to put an 11

end to the invasions of the blacks. Learning that 0

such an application had been made, the English, j

to anticipate the tartly action of our slower move- r

ing Government, profferred their mediation. The

Dominicans, suspicious of the negrophily of v

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The southern press. (1851). Washington [D.C.], 1851-01-27. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014764/1851-01-27/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The southern press, 1851-01-27.