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very last moment before signing the report. Dr

Howe brought in a pangraph which he wished

1 to insert, to the cffcct th it the whole report was

superficial, and that the commission had not had

either sufficient time or opportunity to investigate

several of the most important questions bearing

upon the subject of annexation, among them the

attitude of Hayti and of Cabral. It is a great pity

he did not insist upon this, for there are several

weak spots in the document besides that just al

luded to. One of these is the matterof grants to

citizens of the United States made since annexa

tion has been before the country. The commis

sioners declare that they did not find any evi

dence implicating our officials in these transac

tions, and of course they did not. But that does

not prove that the transactions never took place.

The Dutch justice who acquitted the man of steal

ing because two men swore that they saw him

I steal, and three men swore they did not see him,

and the balance of evidence was in his favor,

would have signed just such a report as this. So

too, in regard to the health of the island; must

we take the testimony of men who spent five

weeks in it, against the unbroken evidence of his

tory? Some parts of the island are doubtless

healthy, and other parts are the reverse: but the

visit of the commissioners was too short to make

their report an authority on this point. It does

give us much information, however, and it is

quite as fair and frank as the public had any

reason to expect. The commissioners did their

work well, considering the short time they were

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1871). Springfield, Mass., 1871-04-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1871-04-14/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1871-04-14.