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iroui the help of foreign intriguers,

and Irom the fact that behind them

stands the Hay tien nation, which has

early three limes the population

aud revenue of the Domiuican Re

public, which has never relented in

its aggressive policy, and whose

uead is a President elevated by

bloody revolution, involving the

murder of his predecessor, binds

Haytien aggressions. Other causes

aggravate tue difficulties of the Do

minican Republic Among these

causes are provincial jeoiousy be

tween the North and South sides ol

the island; a number of military

chiefs, heading small clans in various

districts, and the convenience the

neighboring islands afford for revo

lutionists and insurrectionary opera-;

tions. All these difficulties, the

Commissioners believe, would dis

appear, should the Dominican Re

public be effectually protected by

conuection with a strong nation. The

local self-government in the island

has been greatly obstructed by inter

nal difficulties and disturbances; yet

mauy town councils still preserve an

efficient existence and aie composed

of members of good character and

ability. The Spanish occupation of

th. island in 1861 is found to have

been consummated by fraud and

most unsatirfactory and oppressive

in result, civil and religous, threat-

euing danger to the masonic frater

nity, a large and influential order in

the island, and the re-establishment

of slavery, either by importation or

reduction of the in habitants to bond

age. The people revolted and

drove the Spanish into strongholds

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Fremont weekly journal. (1871). Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, 1871-04-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038229/1871-04-14/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Fremont weekly journal, 1871-04-14.