The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-07-04

Of the discriminating duty on American commerce,
though no equivalent was profered and to back
these requirements, old claims were trumped up,
and the agent "was invested with strong argu-
ment in the shape Of demand for spoliations on
American property" OF course, Soulouque
yielded, for how could he brave the wrath Of this
mighty Republicl Whether we have added to
our national fame by thus bullying feeble and
prescribed People, is another question.
The action of our Government toward Hayti
has given occasion to the Mem York Herald to
utter great deal of nonsense. IL talks In gran
eloquent style of the White Republic in Domin-
lea, in which it finds a population OF 23O,ooo
whites and Ga 900 colored This is about as near
the truth as the Herald generally is, when dis
cussing any matter relating to the colored race
We have yet to see any authentic proof that there
are 900 thousand white persons in the Eastern
part of St. Domingo. Having bad occasion two
years ago to examine every volume in the Library
of Congress, on the subject Of st. Domingo, we
found that, according to the best estimates, the
population of the island in 1889, was as follows:
In ths French section.
Whites 3O,S26
Free colored 27,54S
Slaves -.~c~.ss.s AsHA2a
In The Spanish portion.
Free people of all colors l22, $40
Slaves 10000
We all know that what with the exterminatng
war of the revolution, and the fight of the plant
ers, on the breaking out of the revolution, COM
paratively few whites were left in either portion
of the island and since that time, causes have
been constantly in operation, preventing their in
crease.
The Herald 10 in the interest of the Slave
Power, and Its appeals to the passion for plumber
and speculation rampant in certain portions of our
population, are absolutely detestable IL expa-
tiates on the want of resources of the island de-
nounces negro-dominion exaggerates the i'm
portance Of the eastern portion of the island in
ssts that 1t should be taken under the protection
of this Government
"There is great danger" it says, in delay.
A quarter of million of whites may be acred
by the fsrocious negroes Of Hayti, unless frater
nal and friendly hand is extended to them by our
GG9sSsssasaa' The sympsthieS % iSS rnnssss. Il
the American people are with the apparently
sS,p.Sas An SeSS.-, hhttr 80 e St {ao,aingo
who have battled like brave fellows, as they are,
for more than six years, against ten times their
number Of brutal negroes. We have no doubt that
meetings on this subject will be held in the South,
from Norfolk to New Orleans, as fast as the news
spreads of the critical situation of the whites and
the ultimate designs Of the blacks of St Domingo.
Why should not meetings be called in this city at
once, to take up question 80 vital to thousands
Of our white brethren? There are plenty of
brave and gallant spirits 10 our midst who would
be welcomed in that beautiful portion of ST. Do
mingo belonging to the republic of Dominica.
There is no law to prevent such gration-there
is room in st. Domingo for hundred thous md
northumberland emigrants can 90 as fast as
they please to Dominica, and for any purpose
whatever. The empire of Hayt has no political
existence with u.s. We do not recognise her. nor
her Government or her people, any more than
we recognise the ourang and monkey chiefs,
and their tribes Of chatterers, at Sumatra or
BorneoD
A diabolical appeal the publisher of such in
famous sentiments is pirate at heart. This at
tempt to drum up piratcal expedition against
Hsyti will meet with no success now but, let the
Presidential Chair Of this nation be filled by "a
slavery Propaganda, or such man as Cas-, or
Buchanan, or Woodbury., and the appeals of that
unprincipled journal would find plenty of scoun-
drels to respond to them.