The southern press

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of their masters. They were protected by civil- j

ized States. They possessed the richest island i

on tlie globe, with the richest commerce at their

doors. The result is very notorious. Famine j

ravages often that fertile land. Petty but hideous

wars occupy its sections. The only government

which subsists is that of a bloody and stupid

beast who is emperor over one corner of the

island. Off from the seaports, the. people have

lost arts, religion, industry, decency? have relapsed

into absolute cuuibalistu. Dr. Nott states,

011 the authority of an eye witness, that on tivo

occasions while travelling in Hayti, he saw the

negroes roasting and eating their Dominican

prisoners by the Toad side.

in the free States of this country, the negro

race can reach every advantage which the white

possesses. A large portion of them are educated.

Hut where have they evinced capacity

to make use of our civilization Where have 1

their best classes achieved a higher destiny than

that of tavern waiters? Where have their

massjs risen above tho very lowest level of the

worst population Where has any individual

even, attained, not to say distinction, hut even

respectability, in any profession In England,

many mi^roen who were supposed to exhibit

talent when children, have been subjected to a

hot-bed process of culture, and two of three of

these have been brought up to the mark of writing

verses. These have been collected in a

volume; and Bishop (iregoirc of Blois has i

written n very stupid book to prove therefrom I

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The southern press. (1851). Washington [D.C.], 1851-04-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014764/1851-04-08/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The southern press, 1851-04-08.