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may be proposed upon different principles.”

Here may be seen at once the petty

erd insufficient grounds on which the re-

fusal to recognize Hayti has been put, and

the pertipacity with which it has been ad-

bered to. The grant and exclusive com-

mercial advantages spoken of by Mr.

Adams were contained in the treaty of

April 17, 1825, made by Boyer with Charles

X. of France, by which that prince recog-

nized Hayti; at the same time the island

undertook to pay France 330.000,000 in-

demnity for the colonists expropriated by

the revolution, and to admit Freach ships

at bal the tunnage duties levied on those

of other nations. Whether equal privileges

might not have been obtained at that time

by the United States and every other nation

that should seek them as France had done,

through a regular recognition of the inde-

pendence of the Haytien people, is a point

on which the P’resident could have spoken

more justly after he had madethe attempt,

But circumstances forbade,” and Mr

Adams prt forth the above poor speci-

men of spacial pleading. How deeply he

afterwards repented of this conduct may

be judged from the efforts he made while

a Member of Congress to bring aboot a

change.

Still, though circumstances forbade the

acknowledgement by our Government, our

merchants had felt no scruples about mak-

ing money out of the Haytian trade, and

the Government had been obliged to take

steps accordingly. As early as 1316, one

Mr. Taylor was sent out to the island as

Commercial Agent, before any other nation

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.