The liberator

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the locomotive genius of French liberty! Her red

and her black republicans’ could unquestionably

teach Washington, Jefferson and Franklin their A,

B, C, in the sublime creed of human freedom.

Selections.

From the N. Y. Tribune.

HAYTI.

Some sixteen hundred miles due south from this

city, nearly the same distance eastward from Vera

Cruz, and a little south of east of Cuba, stretches

the island of Hayti, the second in size and impor

tance of the West Indies, the first of any conse

quence discovered and colonized by Columbus, and

in climate and natural resources one of the most

delightful and alluring portions of the earth. Its

surface is mainly rugged, rising often into lofty

mountains, though several spacious plains diversify

it; but its hills are of exuberant fertility, even to

their tops. Its soil is a deep, vegetable mould, rest

ing on a shelly limestone. It is profusely watered

by lakes, streams and rivers, four of the rivers being

large and navigable, while its harbors are numerous

and rarely surpassed. Its low lands are deadly to

European constitutions, but not to African, while its

hills are unsurpassed in salubrity. It embosoms

mines of gold, silver, copper, salt and iron, none of

which have been worked for many years. The gold

had become unproductive before its working was

abandoned, but may not be confined to the localities

explored, while the other minerals named yet exist

in profusion. A great part of the island is still

covered with dense primitive forests of mahogany,

logwood, ironwood, cedars, &c. Its rivers and bays

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The liberator. (1851). Boston, Mass., 1851-01-17. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84031524/1851-01-17/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The liberator, 1851-01-17.