Frederick Douglass' paper

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you wiil be governed by them f*

January 18, 185 i, Mr. Webster writes to

Mr. Walsh in r< lotion to tho appointment of

f’onsuls. On the application of Mr. (men,

who had been instructed to propose to tho

I Gaytien Government an arrangement for the

reciprocal recognition of United States Con

sul* in llayti und Haytien Consuls in the U.

arrangement not to he binding

on the United States “till made known

here tor comi,Oration,” the commercial

agents of this country had lawn recog,fixed

m ilayt, as Consuls q ljo J j ur

jcjgn Adairs m Hay n inturinod our Guvorn

j meiil of tins fact, and of the appointment of

B. C. Clark as liaytien Consul j n B o#( m

and requested his recognition— a most rea

sonable request, when it is considered that

tho overture for such an arrangement bad

proceeded from tho United .States But the

star of Slavery is in the ascendant. Mr.

Webster writes to Mr. Walsh—

With this request we nro not prepared to

comply but wo are willing that he or any

other person, not oj African extraction, should

be appointed commercial agent of iiayti at

Boston or any other United Slates pert

where liaytien commerce may be supposed to

require.”

February 5, 1851, Mr. Walsh writes from

j ort au Prince, somewhat in detail, respect

ing his voyage, his arrival, his reception, and

she character and appearance ot Faustin I

ami his court in a style rather flippant for a

Stare paper.

1 ehruarv HI, Mr. Walsh writes, that having

Lad an interview with the Consuls of Eng

land and France, ho learned that, alt other

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Frederick Douglass' paper. (1852). Rochester, N.Y., 1852-12-31. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026366/1852-12-31/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Frederick Douglass' paper, 1852-12-31.