US/DR Newspaper Timeline
[Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.] Military Preparations in Hayti. PORT AU PRINCE, July —, 1850. The most prominent item of news, in public affairs here, for the last few months, is the rumor of another onset by Soulouque upon the…
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The *Southern Press* reported that the Republic of St. Domingo placed Santanna in chief command to form an army against the Haytiens, noting they are well-supplied with arms, ammunition, and a ten-vessel war fleet. A public dinner was celebrated, presided over by the President and attended by the British Consul, to mark the ratification of a treaty in which England acknowledges the Republic's independence and grants its vessels a fifty-cent reduction in tonnage duty compared to American vessels. According to the British Consul's speech at the dinner, England will not interfere in the upcoming contest between the Republic and Hayti.
El *Southern Press* refirió que la República de Santo Domingo confirió la comandancia general a Santana para levantar un ejército contra los haitianos, apuntando que disponían de bastimentos suficientes, parque y una flota de diez buques de guerra. Tuvo lugar un banquete oficial encabezado por el presidente y con la asistencia del cónsul británico con motivo de ratificarse el tratado mediante el cual Inglaterra reconoció la soberanía de la república y otorgó a sus buques una rebaja de cincuenta centavos por tonelada frente a los estadounidenses. Conforme a las palabras del representante consular en el acto, Inglaterra se mantendría al margen del cercano choque entre dominicanos y haitianos.
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The newspaper reported that a project involving the Dominican Republic was described as purely commercial, lacking any reference to annexation or the extension of slavery. The correspondent stated that their political objective in communicating the proposals was solely to help protect the Dominicans from attacks by their black neighbors, the Haytiens. Additionally, the excerpt referenced efforts by English, French, and American consuls to dissuade the black Emperor (Soulouque) from invading Dominican territory in order to restore peace to the island.
El periódico comunicó que el proyecto formulado en torno a la República Dominicana fue conceptuado como de índole estrictamente mercantil, desprovisto de miras anexionistas o de propagación de la esclavitud. El informante aseveraba que el móvil diplomático de elevar tales propuestas radicaba con exclusividad en coadyuvar al resguardo de los dominicanos ante las agresiones de sus convecinos haitianos. Se rememoraban por añadidura los empeños diplomáticos de los representantes inglés, francés y norteamericano orientados a apartar al emperador de color (Soulouque) de irrumpir en predios dominicanos para afianzar la pacificación de la isla.
By an arrival here to-day, we have dates from St. Domingo to the 30th. The markets were glutted with American provisions. Coffee was much depressed. The excessive issue of government paper money, has had a disastrous effect on business. The…