The liberator

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Our missionaries have gladdened nearly every be

nighted spot,

From Greenland’s icy mountains

To India’s coral strand.'

But it is a melancholy fact that Hayti has been

overlooked. A million of people at our very door

stone have been permitted to grope in comparative

darkness.* How far this neglect is to be attributed

to the contemptuous tone of our Government to

ward these Islanders, may be inferred by those who

are familiar with American missionaries.

In the present state of things, a manifest disposi

tion on the part of the United States to aid the Do

minicans would lead to difficulty. Not only would

the measure be considered by the world as anti-re

publican, ungenerous and unjust, but on the misera

ble score of policy, it would prove perplexing and

dangerous in the extreme. It is well known that

the French King entertains the best feelings to

wards the Haytiens, and that the most liberal in

dulgence as to the payment of the indemnity has

lately been granted by him, with the kindest ex

pressions of good will. France will not allow us

to tamper with her debtor with impunity; and by

an ill-timed, impertinent interference with another

Government^lestroy her chance for the recovery

of her claim. A difference with the French, how

ever, is less to be shunned than the foul dishonor

which wotdd attach itself to the act of robbing a

Government less powerful than our own, of the fair

est portion of its territory. B. C. C.

The writer knows of but one missionary in Hayt

from the United States. He embarked with his wife

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The liberator. (1846). Boston, Mass., 1846-01-16. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84031524/1846-01-16/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The liberator, 1846-01-16.