Washington sentinel., 1853-10-15
Ma sbiaaton geatineI.
From the National Democrat
The Dominican Republic.

American trade; by its favorable make and ex-
tent by the value and variety Of its produc-
tons, and by the political significance of its
close contact with Cuba and Jamaica.
1t is inconceiyable how the United States re-
CARDS with such cruel indifference a country
which may become to this people a fountain of
ceaseless wealth, or the cause of serious polit-
cal vexations.
Two nations inhabit the island Of Santo Do
mingo-one an empire Of negroes, the other a
republic of whites. Hardly had the white re-
public made its first step in the path of free
dom and progress, when it was. overrun by the
superior numbers and abundant arms of the
blacks; and only by the heroic efforts Of her
constant sons was she enabled to break her
chains and reconquer an honorable indepen-
dence among the free nations of the earth.
The United States did not aid the suffering
republic when her sons raised the war-cry of
| independence; they did not aid her in the des-
perate struggle with the negro empire; they
looked on TRANQUILITY when she sunk, bleeding
and exhausted, under their temporary yoke;
| and TRANQUILITY they saw her children rise in
arms again, and achieve alone the liberty she
now enjoys.
| From this neglect of the United States, one
would suppose it no had no interest in the fate
whether prosperous or adverse--of the nation
of whites who had won their independent posi-
| ton under such perilous disadvantages and re-
covered precious State to civilization and the
commerce of the world !;
| IF the white republic of Dominica had no.
thing to fear but the black empire of Hayti,
unassisted by European policy, the United States
would be more excusable on thus leaving her to
sustain the contest alone, but it is not so. What
ever European power has an interest in disturb
| ing the prosperous advance of the white race
in the Antilles, or wishes to destroy the produc-
| ton and wealth Of the only independent Amer
icdn government in all the West India Islands,
| is assured of the eager and crafty aid of the
Haytiens; and the Emperor Of Hayti, on the
other hand, may, when the time comes, seri-
ousy hope for the concurrence of the European
powers, who aim at Africanizing Cuba and the
other islands, in his plan for subjugating the
white republic to the yoke of the blacks
The auxetics of its peculiar situation check
the prosperity of Dominica and her calm and
| competent statesmen are forced to keep them in
view in whatever steps they take for the adj
vancement of their State. Relieved from this
pressure, Dominica would astonish the world
with her progress, for wonderful and incompu-
table are the mines of wealth locked up in her
thrice-imprisoned bosom.
European policy, the policy Of hereditary
princes, sees with trembling the aggrandize-
ment Of the United States, and searches obsta-
cles to oppose to tins daring growth. To seize
the rule of Dominica, or to subugate it to the
negroes Of Hayt, would be to blot from the
list young and growing member of the family
of American republics, and make its place a
stain on their chart of progress.
1t would complete the chain Of African pre-
| dominance, under European masters, without
i break or hindrance in the entire West Indies,
4 and would man the whole unbroken range that
| guards every outlet and inlet of our American
| seas with an irresponsible and alien race, en-
| tirely subservient to European interests and
policy. Does this seem an extravagant state
| ment2 Unroll the map Of America, and see
how every site that commands our American
seas and our isthmus lines of trade is garri
soned by strong naval and not too friendly,
European powers. Point out one foot of soil
under American control in all the island en-
pire, cradled in the heart of our double CONT
nent, save only that one little, heroic, neglected
State of Dominica to which we have never
even given cordial and sisterly welcome to
its Just place in the American family
We leave Dominica unrecognized, and at the
mercy of Europe and the negroes, although it
offers them such splendid and inviting vantage
ground for operating on Cuba.
The first duty of this government, for the
protection of its own interest and the safe
guard of Cuba, is to make ample treaties of
recognition and alliance with Dominica, so that
the princes Of Hayti and Europe may clearly
understand that its territory is no longer open
to their usurpations
AS the coffee, cocoa, mahogany, and other
products of the island are those which we do
not produce, yet want for daily use-as the
Dominicans require, but do not produce, our
-four, fabrics of cotton and iron, and other mat
ters--the terms of interchange should be ar
ranged on the most generous scale by both
republics, so that the natural fruits OF either
should be mutually considered and accepted
as national products. This would give a
strength and impetus to the social prospects of
Dominica that would insure her independent
position, and make her the invaluable ally of
the Union and the bulwark Of Cuba, instead of
a point of offence for the plans of Europe
against the integrity and peace Of that island
From this secure elevation, Dominica would
dictate her own terms of peace to restless and
presumptuous Hayti. She would nourish mil
lions of inhabitants in her rich wales, and her
woods, fruits and fisheries would supply ex-
haustless wealth to her people and q vast tribute
to the commerce and industry Of the Union.
We will be compelled to resolve at an early
day whether the dominion Of the Antillas shall
belong to the white or black race. Placed as
they are in the centre of American interests, the
requirements of her exterior trade and interior
policy will force this republic to intervene in
the decision Of their fate and in the final supre-
macy of the white race.
Already the American peopleand government
have declared for the salvation Of Cuba; and
can they forget meanwhile, how closely it is
linked the future of Dominica, or that Domin-
lea herself is capable of concentrating in her
ports the tributary production Of Jamaica and
Porto Rico? How can they fail to observe that
the Misunderstanding ofCuba would begravely
complicated, if England were to encourage her
imperial brother Faustin to the preliminary
Afrieanization Of Dominica?
As England is the only power on earth which
can cause uneasiness to the American Union,
! by interference with Cuba, there is eminent
reason for guarding against the subtle mean
derings Of her policy in Hayti If this govern
ment occupies the right position in Dominica,
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