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does not seem to have undergone any con-

siderable improvement in the hands of the

present Administration.

After the United States. Hayti was the

first region in the New World to declare

its independence of Earopean rule. That

fact should have insured to its people a

considerate and even friendly treatment

on our part. They were comparatively

ignorant, uncivilized and weak in every

thing except courage and the indomitable

resolution to be free— another reason why

we, being stronger, older, wiser, more high-

ly favored, ought to have helped them

forward on the best road toward intelli-

gence, order and prosperity. Moreover,

they were blacks, of a race hitherto ex-

cluded from any but the most servile posi-

tion. Now they bad set up for them-

selves. and every dictate of humanity re-

quired us to look with kindness on the

attempt of this down-trodden and unfor-

tunate people to enter on the career of

eelf-government ard progress. Besides,

they bad done at least their part for the

general cause of liberty on this Continent.

When in 1516 the Liberator, Bolivar, hav-

ing been driven from his own country by

the Spaniards, and from Jamaica by their

attempt to procure his assassination, fled

to Hayti, Petion, then President of the

Southern part of the Island, furnished him

with aims and means to make the final

effort which freed Colombia from the

Spanish yoke. And last, but not least, our

interests as a commercial power required

that we should cultivate amicablerelations

with a peoj ls above a million in number, at

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York daily tribune. (1851). New-York [N.Y.], 1851-05-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1851-05-21/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1851-05-21.