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surrendering the island to the blacks, who

would promptly expel the Spanish, and erect a

second Hayti at our doors. That this scheme

would attain the proposed end, there can be lit- 1

tie room for doubting. Unfortunately, its effects

would not stop here. A black empire of Cuba

could be nothing but a protectorate of Great

Britain and the most superficial glance at our

geographical position and institutions must at

once point ont to British statesmen that we

could not. if we would, tolerate its establish

ment. Hayti, as a caricature of monarchy,

serving only to provoke our merriment and to il

lustiatc the impracticability ot negro indepen

dence iu America, may be allowed tocomplete its

c pbemerul carcer.as a lesson for the instruction of

mankind: but Cuba, with its inexhaustible re

sources and rich soil, the key of the gull and

the watch set by nature on the great southern

outlets of our country, would wear a very dif

ferent aspect if its possession were surrendered

to 500.000 blacks. Mere sclf-protcction would

I oblige us to undertake its conquest. Common

prudence would dictate the necessity of remov

ing so dangerous a neighbor from the vicinity

of the Southern States. No form of government

or constitution could alter the case. It would

be out of the power of the cmnncipridos or their

friends, to offer u? any guarantee that would

lcconcilc us to tolerate a black empire within

three dnys sail of our coast, or to allow the key

of the Southern ports to pass into other hands

than our own. If the negroes could summon

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1853). New York [N.Y.], 1853-06-20. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1853-06-20/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1853-06-20.