New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-21

Eastern part, this was an Noticeable thing.
and when the article was adopted. several
Deputies from that section rose and with.
drew from the Convention. They ws,.
intolersnt Catholics, and would not eo0.
sent TO admit other professions TO canal
privileges. Accordingly, on the 18th ~
January following, the Dominicans pub.
lished their Manifesto, declaring them.
selves separate from and independent Of
Hayti. That document We have now b.-
fore US it alleges many grounds Of com.
plant, but the only one that We can T..
to be perfectly well founded and in6,.
putable. is that relating to their religion,
Ard the only attack the Hayti.ns mad.
on that, was, in public Convention wher
all sections were equally Represented, 10
establish it as a Constitutional princiOl.
that all religions should be equally 70
spected and protected by the law.
When this event happened, our country
enjoyed the glory of having Messs. Tyler
and Calhoun at the head Of the Govern
ment. Mr.. Calhoun lost no time in sending
out an scent to foment and con6rm the
split between the two parts of the Island.
The opportunity was good one for a stick.
of Southern policy, and the Secretary in
proved it. Hayti united, might by som,
means rise to importance and power, sad
where then would be that utter incapacity
of the black race for improvement and sell
government, in which Slavery seeks its
final apology! Besides, what effect would
a fourishing negro State on our very Dor.
ders have upon the domestic interests Of
this country Mr.. Calhcun's agent vent
out to st. Domingo City and stsid there
some time; when he came back the patty
which sent him had got the Mexican war
under way, and nothing farther was done
about the matter that We are aware Of.
His report no doubt lies among the dusty
papers Of the State Department.
In the year l849 Mr.. Green, son Of Gen.
Duff Green, aud Southern man, was again
dispatched on a semi-diplomatic mission to
the Island. He arrived at st. Domingo City
in November, and remained till the May fol-
lowing. While he was there an American,
whose name we arc not now at liberty to
mention, made overtures of a peculiar char
acter TO the Dominican Government. This
gentleman stated that he was charged by
responsible parties, high in influence in the
Southern States to negotiate with that Gov
eminent for the introduction of large body
of American colonists and the prevention Of
all further hostilities on the part of Haysi.
He proposed that the DOminicans should
grant to body of 10000 such cOlOnists SO
acres of land each, and in addition tract Of
one square mile to each family OF FIVE per-
sons. Ifthey would sign a contract these
conditions be would undertake on behalf Of
his principals, to procure the colonists, and
further, he would become bound that the
American Government should Interfere and
forbid Soulouque from prosecuting any fur
ther the pending hostilities.
On tho one hand the Dominicsns wers
tempted by the exgencies of their position
to accept the offer. Ten thousand Amer-
cans would certainly be valuable increase
of their defensive power, and the nterven'
ton promised would relieve them of dan
ger. But on the other hand, the Texas az
fair had made them suspicious Of such
friends and besides, they knew that they
being all of pure or mixed African descent
could not live with the newcomers, with
tho ferocious prejudices of the latter against
color, on terms of equality. Some other
influences, derived probably from Euro
pean diplomacy, confirmed them in sasF
conclusions, and at lsst the offer was re-
jected altogether, and SO ended, for th'
the present at least, the hope of colonizing
St. Domingo, and 'annexing' it to the
American Union.
In May of last year Mr.. Green finally
reached Port-eu-P Prince and with naval
force to back him, demanded from the
Haytian Government indemnity tor certain
claims ofAmerican citizens; The. removal
the di6erentiaL duties upon american ''lP'
ping; and the recognition of our CONNER
cial agents and their admission to discharge
all the functions belonging to their Office
The claims presented by Mr.. Green
were Of various kinds; some of them were
above forty years old; some had been a.
ready settled by the Haytian Governm'h
which had receipts in full; some had al