The weekly Caucasian

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be arrested by impeachment, my feelings

have been most stirred bv the outrage to

Hayti, which, besides being a wrong to

the Black Republic, was au insult to the

colored race, not only abroad, but here

if home. How a t hief Magistrate, wiih

lour millions of colored fellow-citizens.

could have done this thing, passes c un-

prehensioii. Did he suppose it would

not be known 'r Did he imaging it could

be bushed iu othcial pigeon-holes? Oi

was tie insensible to the true character

of his own conduct The tacts are iudis

pitiable. For more than two generations

Hayti had been independent, entitled

under international law toeoualitv among

nations, and, since emancipation iu our

country, commended t us as an example

oi sell-government, being the urst lu tin-

history ot the Atriean race and the prom- j

iae ot the future. And yet our President.

in bis effort to secure that Naboth's vine- j

yard on which he had set lus eyes, u t

content with uiaiitaiiiing the usurper Baez

in power, occupying the harbors ot Dom

inica with war-ships sent other war-ships,

being none other than our most powerful

monitor, the Dictator, with the frigate.

Severn, as consort, and with yet other

monitors in their train, to strike at the

independence ol" the Black Republic, and

lo menace it with war. Do! err in anv

way, am I not entirely right when I s.y

that here was unpardonable outrage to

the African race As one who for years

has stood by the side of this much oppi ---ed

people, sympathizing always in their

woes and struggling for them! I felr the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The weekly Caucasian. (1872). Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., 1872-06-15. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85033995/1872-06-15/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The weekly Caucasian, 1872-06-15.