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With the other part of the island, and forming a

consolidated republic of mixed races,—the Span

ish blood predominating in the Dominican sec

tion,—is for the present denied. The Utter are

very polite, but beg to be excused. So, too, the

expectation that the banishment of Souiouque

would secure relief from his burdensome impost

upon coffee, equal to 25 per cent. This was the

prominent cause of complaint against the empire;

but the new rulers found, after getting possession,

that it was necessary to maintain it in order to

secure a revenue. The natural result is a re-action

ary feeling, though to what extent is not appar

ent. So we must not expect to dismiss Haytiea

affairs readily from our sight. The negro may

yet prove that he can be as uneasy as the Anglo-

Saxon, especially if he have experienced the

bleaching process that mysteriously follows asso

ciation of the races.

The recent conventions of the opposition in

Virginia and Kentucky—the opposition to the Bu

chanan democracy, including whigs, Americans

and bolting democrats—have been distinguished

by large numbers and much enthusiasm. A new

spirit of resistance to the dominant democracy

and of hope es success, animated both assem

blages, and in that of Kentucky not without good

grounds of realization. Their nominations of

good old-fashioned whigs for candidates—men

not damaged by active connection with the Amer

icanism, now substantially abandoned there, as

elsewhere —have been made with an eye to popu

larity, and the canvass in both states daring the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1859). Springfield, Mass., 1859-02-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1859-02-26/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1859-02-26.