Springfield weekly Republican

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United States.” This letter was written with the

guns of the Dictator and Severn behind. It ap

pears from the minister’s report to the state de

partment, that these two warships arrived at the

capital of the black republic on the morning of

February 9, when the minister, as he says, “ar

ranged for a formal call on the Haytian govern

ment on the same day.” The minister then re

cords, and no blush appears on his paper, that

“the admiral availed himself of this visit to com

municate quiie pointedly to the president and his

advisers the tenor of his’ instructions." This as

sault upon the independence and equality of the

black republic will appear more fully in the re

port transmit ted to the Senate by the navy de

partment. For the present I present the case on

the confession of the state department.

RECORD OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.

If the report of the state department is a con

fession, that of the navy department is an au

thentic record of acts flagrant and indefensible,

unless we are ready to set aside the law ot nations

and the constitution of the United States, two

great safeguards. Both of these are degraded in

order to advance the scheme. If I called it plot I

shou'd not err, for this term is suggested by the

machination. The record is complete.

The scheme first shows itself in a letter from

the secretary of state to the secretary of the navy,

under date of May 17, 1869, informing the latter

that the president deems it “desirable that a man

of-war, commanded by a discreet and intelligent

officer, should be ordered to visit the several ports

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

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.