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tion of the constitution of the United States,

which was as little regarded as that of Dominica,

while the law of nations in its.commanding prin

ciples was set at defiance—all of which appears

too plainly on the facts.

ALLEGATIONS IN FORMER SPEECH NOW RE

PEATED.

When last I had the honor of addressing the

Senate on this grave question, you will remem

ber, sir, my twofold allegation, first, that the

usurper Baez was maintained in power by our

navy to enable him to carry out the sale of his

country, and, secondly, that further to assure

this sale the neighbor republic of Hayti was

violently menaced by an admiral of our fleet,

both acts being unquestionable breaches of pub

lic law, constitutional and international. That

these allegations were beyond question at least

by our government I knew well at the time, for I

had the official evidence on my table; but I was

unable to use it. Since then it has been com

municated to the Senate. What I then asserted

on my own authority, I now present on docu

mentary evidence.'My witnesses are the officers of

the government and their official declarations.

Let the country judge if I was not right in every

word that I then employed. And still further let

the country judge, if the time has not come to cry

“halt” in this business, which already has the

front of war.

WAR.

War, sir, is the saddest chapter of history. It

is known as the last reason of kings. Alas! that

it should ever be the reason of a republic. “There

can be no such thing, my lords, as a little war,”

was the exclamation of the duke of Wellington,

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Springfield weekly Republican. (1871). Springfield, Mass., 1871-03-31. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1871-03-31/ed-1/?sp=6

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1871-03-31.