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two governments. The eastern half known

as Hayti, belonging to ihe free blacks. Thi

western half is Dominjca, a slave-holding

republic of French and Spanish Creoles.

The boundary between them is unsettled

indeed lor the past few years they have been

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even existence of Hayti. Its blackness and!

freedom have been insurmountable obsta

cles to friendly relations, as they have in the

case of Liberia. If, therefore, we publicly

make friends with the Dominicans, there

will be a chance to lend them help enough

to master their black neighbors, and when

that is done, we have only to offer them

annexation. The Dominicans wqiild be

overjoyed at the prospect, and we fdiould

gajfi a new slave state, admirably adapted

tp ihe production of sugar and cotton pop

ulation 1,QQQ,QQQ, pr about that of Virgi aia,

lependeuce, or

entitling it, under the three-fifth rule to two

Senators and thirteen Representatives.

If we acknowledge the independence of

one-half of the Island, why not of the other

That would disarm the proposition of all

that makes it unfair, and probable of all

that makes it acceptable to Mr. Douglas.

Those who tell us that "agitation will

die out, now that the Nebraska bill is passed,

will not let the prediction be fulfilled if

they can help it. That measure is but onu

of the series. The others are to be brought

forward in quick succession. Our submis

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Perrysburg journal. (1854). Perrysburg, Ohio, 1854-06-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85026192/1854-06-03/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Perrysburg journal, 1854-06-03.