The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-08-27

dies contains accounts a COLLISIONS or
curing in the Island OF Flasfi between
sh- IIaylisns and he Domiairsns. yssf
few. ne believe. have Sser fskea ilsc.s
trouble 10 inlsrm themselves Of The merits
n lhesrzses@n me senisi sfasss ofssrngs !
ON that Isl.ad. and consequently bat lit
lie inlertsl i ltli in q matter. whseh. in
truth. sppesls most warmly 10 our SYM
nssh,fs IN fssor Of branch Of our own
race Smuggling against : military despo-
sism, welded by.a semi basbaroos negro.
calling himself = Frns,fni L. Empsfor of
Hart. - 80
pnsinus IA 1871. I{zxti belonged No
France and Spain The French nosses-
sions cnmprised The Western pcrlioa of
The Island. ssd the Spanish The Eastern.
In 1871 ahe slaves iashe Frenrhsor Wes-
fern mari. co<erinp- about oue..bird of
The ~hale s.ea OF the Island. rose upon
and murdered their mssters and dreve he
European authorities from the cmni,y.
The revolt did moi extend M tie Spanish
por,ion. everything there urmsiuiny As be.
fore. The relation a mas eSaad slaves no,
being M all affected by the reroltin. the
West. although, two ,Iesso recublics had
been established uhese. 49,
France. by treaty OF cessinn- with Snajn..
Obtained and held possession OF The Span.
ish poriian from ahes year 1875 or s96 10
1909. in which lasisr..Tesr- the French
were expelled. by. .ihe nasise fnhsbi,an,s- :,
This re-pnssession by the Spsnishs Colo
miss was Afterwards ennfrmed 10 she
Spanish. Crown By the. treaty Of Paris.
From ihas lime onward, llre cpIony was
ruled by Spanish royal governorsuniil the
year 1921. when The inhabitants Of the
capital, .Sauto Dmingo ci,y. revol,ed a.
painst the royal authority. teposed The
Governor. and SEM him uii of the Country.
With This expulsion ended the acinaI
possession of Spain. the only European
power ,llat had the shadow of a claim
90 The Dominican territory. And il is in
point to remark that this clam, which
was never seriously re asserted, has been
virtually reiiuuaished by The fac, thai ,ha,
Government has wi,b,utbe last few wears
once promised 10 recoenize the Domini.
can independence, an'aci which.was on
ly left incomplete in firm, a.shc time, by
u crisis in lhe Spanish cabinet.
The Dominican territory, then, is itlen.
IDEAL in lis limits With the ancient Spanish
part of The Island, 81. Domingo being The
Eastern portion and embracing two-thirds
OF lis area: while Uayti proner includes
The remaining or Western Jportion-the
tsrriory of The oil French Colony. Du-
ring The confusion consequent npon The
overthrow uf The Spanish authorities and
The institution of proyision,l GOVERN
men,, Bower. who had united ibe Two
black republics of the Yves, under himself
rs dictator, marched a large and well an
pointed army against Ssnio Domingo. The
rapilil OF the Eastern portion, which. un.
der The circumstances. could MOI be resist.
ed, and a capilu!a,iou was made. bn, mn
der The Stipulation that the inh ,bilanis
shoul,l he Ief, ~ lie en;ovmon, or ,Le;.
sHcieut rights, laws, ussges, and customs.
Such was the origin of The Dominican
union with Hayli in 1922. In direct
coniraveniian Of this stipulation, Boyer
p oclaimed The universal emancipation uf
,he slaves. and adopted other measures
calculated 10 depress and rain the white
race; among The rea. requiring the d.
ninican landhol lers,. mostly whites, 10
exhibit their lille deeds as a requisite con.
dilian Of avoiding The forfeiture of-.iheir
estates. sub decree in a cauDiry
where the tile 10 fand. in the majority OF
ras $. restel upon oral tradition aL.ne,
hh The effect Of coniiscsling 10 the Slate.
o. in other words, 10 Boyer's hack min.
ions, very much Of The landed property of
the white Dominicans. By these and.
similar measures II oppression. The while
race in that p uii,n Of The Island had been
diminished in number one third, aud pro.
poriionably with this Jlmimuiinn had lis
appeared, in The words Of The Dominican
manifeso, wealth, commerce, and agri.
culture"
These and oiher charges of grave char
acter. having directly in view lie exiting
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