Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-19

His saving power remains
Thy realm forever lasts
Thy own Messiah reigns." up.
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From the London News.
THE UNITED STATES AND st. DOMINGO.
On the 18th Of December, 1901, a single
Waterman sat on the steep promontory OF
SANTANA, on the east coast Of st. Domingo,
counting the ships Of war which came to in
wade the island. The First Consul had al
ready decreed the re-establishment of slave
ry; and he now sent ffty-four ships of war to
re-conquer the French part Of the island, and
reduce the colored population to bondage.
Last month"; after lapse Of fifty-three years,
was again critical December at SANTANA.
For some time past it has been known to all
who were aware of the Importance of the fact,
and who therefore attended properly to it.
that the slaveholding party in the United
States were resolved to get possession Of st.
Domingo, as well as Cuba ; and that the rem
nant of President Pierces term Of office would
be diligently Employed in preparation tor such
annexation.
The American shareholders cannot be ig-
norant, as too many Europeans are, Of the
real cause of the horrors of the st. Domingo
war, which they choose to treat as conse-
quence of negro emancipation. They cannot
but know that the war was one Of race
between the whites and mulattoes-and that
slaves were released only when wanted as a
reinforcement in the struggle. That release
gave the world the services and the example
Of Toussant L'Ouverture--a man, a leader
and ruler-whom the flbusering Ameri-
cans would find it hard to match from among
their agitators. He was the solitary watch
man on the SANTANA heights on that December
morning, ffty.three years ago. His place is
not vacant, it seems. There are eyes wide
awake at SANTANA, and ears open to the It'd.
ings from the friends and foes of social and
political freedom everywhere.
On the 9th of last month, the treaty pro-
posed by the United States-the first step to-
wards annexation-was rejected by the Do
minican Congress, without dssenticnt vote.
And whys What is the foremost reason al
legged for the rejection 1t was the case of
Manuel Pereira, the seaman in the British
service, whose imprisonment at Charleston, on
account of his color, was brought before Par
Lament by Mr.. Moncton Mines, kept in view
by the Daily News, and made the subject of
negotiation and legal proceedings between the
British and the American governments, and
in the court of the United States. The St.
Domingo Legislators have kept their eye upon
that case, and have read the American treaty
by its light; and, finding that the third clause
denied equal rights to them in the South ern
States of the Union they, without hesitation
refused their sanction to it. They know the
consequences. They have been watchtul
enough to see that the slavcholding power in
the United States, though numerically weak,
has in fact determined the whole policy and
action of the country, from the time when the
institution of Slavery was first practically
brought into question, more than twenty years
ago. They have taken warning by the an
nexation OF Texas-as high.handed theft as
the Gar or his predecessors ever perpetrated.
They understand, no doubt, the true history
OF the Seminole war, and of the Mexican war
no less than Of the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, and its consequences be.
com,nng too burdensome for the great repub.
lie to endure. They have watched the Cuba
business throughout, and, no doubt have their
own opinion of Lord John Russell's slashine
letter, and Mr.. Everett's suicidal reply. They
know all about Manuel Pereira, we find, and
the care taken of hi person by his Charles
ton jailors, and of his rights by British states
men.
They also know that their tempting pro
montory and bay of SANTANA will bring upor
them such expeditions as Cuba has been threat
ened with; and, indeed, the American plen
potentary on the spot has made no secret o
the risk He has thrown out hints that Grey
town is not the only place that the Americans
can lay in ashes. and that the city Of St. Do
mingo is within their range. His countrymel
Immediately picked quarrel in the roadsteaC
Of st. Domingo, which speedily brought t.
the spot two British steam-sloops, and ;
French frigates and two war briggs It is il
Sanana, however, that the Americans desir
to effect a Judgement, and theuce witt look
out be still kept for the approach of invaders
These wide-awake Dominicans are probably
aware, also, that the invasion Of their coast
will be partly determined, as to time and man
ner, by the course of the war in the Crimea
We have had occasion to show, more tina,
once since the war began, how the policy o
the United States is affected by the politics o
Europe, through the regular practice Of thu
Cars of Russia to stir up pro-slavery agi
tation in America whenever liberal movement
are impending in Europe. The Fugitive Slav
law and the Nebraska bill-which may thu
be regarded as the fruits of the European re
volutions Of 1848 and I849-are found to b.
too bad, though both are extolled by one o
the Cars favored guests, DR.. Oottman, an(
one-the Nebraska bill--was actually pro
cured by another St. Petersburg courtier, Sen
ator Douglas. The more intolerabe thes
, measures are found, the more necessary it j
to have fresh ones of the same tendency.
We witness, accordingly, the perseverin,
, declaration of the President that Cuba shall
be obtained; the recent attempt on the Do
minican Congress, and the organization of
new slave Territory, extending over $4,000,
, 900 Of acres, between the southern boundar,
of Kansas and the Red river. The bill 70
constituting this new Territory of Neosho wa,
quietly brought in, just before the rising o
Congress. 1t is plot of the slaveholdins
$ interest, as much as the carrying on of tn,
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