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tions of America, was the first to follow our ex-

swple by establishing Ler independence, and

which has maintained it for half a century, cer-

tsinly merits far more than Dominica that we

should acknowledge ber existence. Liberia, too,

the only colony off this continent that we have

ever founded, a successful experiment in repub-

lican government, and a most hopeful agent in

the civilization of Africa, Las claims upon us

which, to common scnse, appear quite impers-

tive; and yet we bave never admitted her to in-

ternational relations, The reason for this in-

justice is no doubt a plain one. Doth these States

are inbabited and administered by negroes; and,

as we hold three or four millions of that race in

brutal bondage, we cannot afford to receive indi-

vidual members of it on equal terms as diplo-

matic agents or consuls. Hence it is that we

Lave never recoguized either Hayti or Liberia:

but, if we are now to depart from our estab-

lished policy, aud to admit negro governments

into fellowskip, it will hardly do to extend that

civility only to the youngest and least deserving

of them, for the mere reason that it is the one

It it is time thai the people of the North were

and exist only in the brains of fanatical alarmists,

The annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, and

the passage of the Nebraska bill, all accom-

plished by the same restless, encroaching and in-

satiable power, must have passed fom the mem-

ory of those who new seck to lull the public

mind into repose and coufidence, by crying peace,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York daily tribune. (1854). New-York [N.Y.], 1854-10-20. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1854-10-20/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1854-10-20.