The liberator

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between these two powers of Hayti, we do not pre

tend to speak. It is sufficient for our purpose to

know that the controversy is an internal and domes

tic one, and any interference by any foreign power

is stepping far over the doctrines maintained by

Kossuth, and plunging at once into that abyss of in

tervention in the affairs of other nations, which so

terribly shocks the nervous sensibilities of our Presi

dent.

That our readers may more fully understand the

exact position assumed by the administration, we

give a few extracts from the letter of instruction to

Mr. Walsh. After stating the object of the mission

to be the compulsion of an acknowledgment, on the

part of the Haytian monarch, of the entire in

dependence of Dominica,.or a cessation of hostilities

for at least ten years, he speaks of the instructions

of the British and French agents, the, former of

which is an unequivocal threat of war, and says, I

entirely concur in the views which they express, and ex

pect that you will be governed by them.’ He then pro

ceeds with some details, and says

When, therefore, you shall have held free and full

conferences with your colleagues, and shall have as

certained the reciprocal claims of the parties to the war,

if the Emperor Soulouque shall insist upon maintaining

a belligerent attitude until all his demands shall have

been satisfied by the opposite party, you will unite with

your colleagues in remonstrating against this course on

his part. If the remonstrance should prove to be un

availing, you will signify to the Emperor, that you shall

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The liberator. (1853). Boston, Mass., 1853-01-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84031524/1853-01-14/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The liberator, 1853-01-14.