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and yet rapidly, running back info the bnraric

State, a course to which the ignoraiics of the

overnment unerringly directs it. Every step tuen

has been a slep backwards'. Tlie seat of the

rst European sfeulemerit of the new'world, it is

te lust iiitelligerice, iii wisddiii, in pUicticul libcrv

and virtue. '"AFl'bhat was gained under the

rench gdverrirtieht has been lost, and tlie popuition

has Hedri reduced to a state of alarming aisrganitnlioh

that' (hreutejia eventual ruin. The

xport8 lidVe been diminishing: with extraordinary

ipidity, and the soil and the industry of the

Duntry ai'e- alike lost by the pitiful policy of the

overimient. The outrages committed upon the

opulatlori, find iihbli foreigners visiting the island

>r the pufpb&e 'oTtMflfe,* have" drowned the wretchi

system vfhich has prostrated the energies of

le inhabitants. r

Happily for t)\e Dominicans, at tlie death of

'Over the Spanish population created tlie republic

f Dominica, tn this portipn pf the island is the

nly hope.p( the intelligent population, though it

i uow"threatened by tl\e barbarian troops of the

lack emperor. Holding twp-thirds of tlie terri?ry,

and the best of the fortified towns, they are

able any moment to the slaughterous designs of

ic brutal Fatistin. &in Domingo has been the

:ene of one massacre, and may yet be subjected

another. Such is ihc wretched position of affm

i'. v.'.........\

The fwo portions of Hayti, held bv tlie two re-

ublica, are curiously enough governed by systems

itallv opposite to each other. When the Domin-

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The southern press. (1850). Washington [D.C.], 1850-07-13. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014764/1850-07-13/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The southern press, 1850-07-13.