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suggestion en this point is wholly useless, as no

Dominican can ever fail to entertain the most

friendly sentiments towards his heroic brothers.

In the second place, it is not decorous to volunteer

to satisfy demands which have not as yet been made

on the part of that government, nor would it be

proper for us at any time to recognise and bind

cnrselves to [t\M reparation of damages caused by

the ruler ef the West. Everjr man, *Ir. President,

must answer for his own acts, nor can he be rea

sonably called to account for the deeds or misdeegg

of others. Does it stand to reason, then, that we,

who have a just indemnity to demand of Hayti for

her odious war, and the atrocity of her conduct

towkrds onrseivps, should have al->o to do so for the

people of the Pehinttll&r, and that we Bhould take

the obligation of doing them justice upon us, while

our own indemnity would be subject to Jtnumerable

contingencies

The ex- President deplores the bid condition of

the prisons, where, he says, the individuals confined

are subject to great suffering. Congress bears iu

mind that it has ever voted sums of money for re

pairing public edifices, and that even had not this

been the case, the ex-President might very well

have ordered the prisons to be repaired, with tue

fame authority as that with which he provided for

tbe acquisitiou and putting up of the light houses.

The ex-President expresses regret that Congress

should not have put into execution tho improvements

which he bad pointed out in his former message, and

be intimates that, having a full year's truce in view,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1853). New York [N.Y.], 1853-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1853-08-09/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1853-08-09.