Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-06-15

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these American States, for their wealth and
strength contribute to our own. 1t is SO much
added to the aggregate of American force, in
opposinon to the present and future pretensions
OF European dictation. This is the principle
OF tne Amercan system, or it has none. In
accordance with that principle, / have been
urging upon my friends the propriety Of giving
to the Dominican republic the encouragement
OF friendly recognition, as long and as steadi-
y as the Post has opposed it in the service of
the black Emperor Faustin Soulououe.
The only plan j have ever heard Of or adj
yocated, in speaking with Mr.. Calhoun. or any
successor of his in Office, was to strengthen
our friendly relations with all the Spanish
American States, and to establish them where
they did not exist, as in the case Of Dominica.
It was only on this principle Of American poll
cy the recognition Of Dominica was discussed
with Senators Rusk, Douglas, Mason, James
and many other distinguished members of
both houses of Congress, in my conversations
with them; and those gentlemen should be as
good authority with an enlightened people as
the allies of Faustin.
"We infer" says the Post, coming at last to
the real question, that it is the intention Of
the dominican party to claim that Dominica
and Hayti are under the control of different
toSSS cliu shaS ~ 10 LILO luJeTtSG Oh the WQlLeS
for which they are so much so concerned.
This is precisely the issue; they are different
races; Dominica is Castilian in language and
manners, with democratic constitution, and,
! repeat, white government. defy the Post
| to name one man, either in the cabinet, Con-
| gress, or the convention that has Just adjourn
ed, who has one drop Of African blood in his
veins. Hayti is an intolerant irresponsible,
stubborn negro despotism, without language,
though their tongue assimilates to the French.
They are governed throughout by men of
| negro blood and negro ideas. In their wars,
they are as merciless enemies to auadroons as
to whites, for they audaciously proclaim their
intention to wholly annihilate the white and
mixed race on the island. This creed Of ex
termination is the leading point in those nriphts
of Hayti," which the Posts editorials main
tain in terms SO remarkably like the official
bulletins of Soulouqe.
The Dominican people, on the contrary, are
brave, orderly, and progressive. That they
are not without character and courage is
proved by the manner in which they have sus-
tanned themselves since the establishment Of
their independent government in 1874 They
have been victorious in every battle with the
Haytiens, and always against great Odds At
the battle OF Las Carreras, Faustin had five
eDOuoohu ACuJ GdHIdud less CQau Six nNnQreQ Z
yet the Dominicans had the " character and
courage" to put him to fight, with the loss Of
several pieces of artillery. His retreat across
the frontier was characteristic Of Haytien war.
fare it was marked in blood and ashes, by the
destruction of property and the cruel slaughter
of women and children.
Hayden emissaries came among the colored
Dominicans last winter while / was in the
country, to incite them to rise and murder the
whites In the interior districts. They were told
that the Americans were coming to make slaves
OF them--in the style of the Post philippics
about the " extension of slavery !" but the Do
minican blacks were not ignorant enough to
believe these monstrous absurdities. Their
prudence does not excuse and should put to
shame an American journal in continually pre-
senting the case in shape to alarm and ex-
cite the blacks into instruction, while it de-
tends the "rights of Hayti" to make general
destruction Of the white race.
The editor Of the Post may not intend to adj
vocate grand universal murder Of the whites
in the Spanish portion of the island he pro-
badly would not desire the burning alive Of
whole families merely because they were white !;
but he must have learned, in his intercourse
with the negro officials, that this is the Haytien
mode; yet he censures President Fillmore for
WISHING " PiCSSut tulS CdLdSLrODle.
The colored population outnumbers the
| whites in Dominica, as it does in some Of our
southern States but it is peaceable, contented,
and obedient to the laws, which, as in Massa.
chusetts and New York, give them citizenship
and votes under property qualification.
not only pretend to believe but positive
| y assert, there is no African tinge in that brave
| soldier and patriotic statesman, President San
tana Don Benigno de Rogas, the president
Of the Dominican Senate, was educated in
Louisiana, and Senator BENJAMIN, Of that State,
can answer whether he did not look upon that
accomplished gentleman as "full-blooded
white man." The American consul or com
mercial agent, at Santo Domingo city may IN
form the Post whether he considers his father.
in-law, the dignifed Don Domingo de Ia Rocha,
white man. He is the minister said to be now
in charge of the government, while Santana
| heads tho army. Baez was quadroon, but
| he owed his shortlived elevation to European
intrigues, which are always at work in the An
| TILES to elevate the African and harrass and
subdue the white race. He attempted, with
their aid, to fraternize with Hayti, and was
banished from the country in consequence.
| The editor of the Post probably met some Of
the Baez party last winter, in the select circles
OF the negro nobility, during his visit to the
AAoJssCh Soull 0uu outdlucu IIOm LAel some
Of his extraordinary information in regard to
Dominica; for example" that there are not
two hundred and fifty whites all told, sailors
and diplomats included" in the republic.
The editor of the Post informs his readers
that he knew nothing about me six months
ago. This is very natural, considering the diff.
ference in our tastes and associations; but there
is no occasion for the rancorous violence he
exhibits because prefer the free government
and intelligent white society of Dominica to the
attractions Of his Hayden circle. Neither had
ever heard of him until he made his con-
genial visit to Hayti; but did not thereupon
write home slanderous attacks upon his posi-
ton and motives, or offer dasardly insults to his
family. Men do not engage in work like this.
My only business with him-through the press
is to expose those Misrepresentation which are
calculated to lead to the wholesale murder Of
the white race in the Island of Santo Domingo.
WIN. L. CAzNEAU.
From the New Orleans Crescent May rs.
The GAINES SUR NOT ENpED.-It is known
that the talented, indefatigable, and heroic wi
dow of the late General Gaines arrived in this