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Domingo, urder either the Spanish or the lude-

perdent Government, The deseription of its lo-

cality ae **in the Caribbean Sea” ie meant to

convey the false impression that the Govermmeas

of Haytt bad gone far beyond its own lozitimate

borders to break up a lawful American settle

ment,

Alto Veta is a guano island, and has, we pre-

ste, been squatted upon by the same Baltimore

Guar o Cowpany which, some time sinee, took

possession of the Island of Stuvazo, another de.

pendency of Hayti, in epite of the protest, urged

at the tune upon the Iederal Government of the

United States, by Mr. BB. C. Clark of Boston,

Soulouque’s Consul General in this country,

This lund-piracy was defended by Gen, Cass on

the ground that present occupation did not neces.

sarily involve permanent possession, The island

ig vuluable only for ite guano, and its surrender

again to Iayti, when that was exhausted, would

be to return, if it should ever be given back,

only an empty shell from which the meat had

been extracted. The Government of Hast,

Lewever, was compelled to submis, as a ship-of-

war was sent to protect the guane-diggers,

President Jeffrard, nevertheless, seems not to

have forgotten the rights of his country, and,

watehing Lis opportunity, has broken up the nest

of squatter-sovereigns upon Alto Veta,

Hayti, us well as Cuba, is among the coveted

treasures of the Slavery propagundists of the

South, Jt has been easy to begin with guano

islands, aud such projects Lave disarmed sus.

picion at the same time they have proved profita.

ble adventures, The act of taking possession

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New-York daily tribune. (1860). New-York [N.Y.], 1860-12-31. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1860-12-31/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1860-12-31.