Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-04

Excitement in st. DOmin go-PrOtest OF the
Haytians against Spanish Esurpntion-
An Appeal to Arms.
The attempt of Spain to seize ST. Domingo
excites the liveliest interest in Hayti. The
following singular proclamation, issued by
the Dominicans, is translated from the Hayti
papers Of the 9th ult.
Dominicansl The country is in danger,
and there is but one way to save it--by rev.
olution.
Santana, since his last elevation to power,
has sold the Republic. ..
The price of the Yankees did not suit
him. To-day he has adjudged it to Spain,
and is preparing to crush the Dominican
people under the colonial yoke, for the vile
price of few puerile dignities, and of the
gold which will be distributed to him, and
five or six principal accomplices
To morrow the Tartars will enjoy in quiet
the riches gained by this criminal bargain,
and will welcome us with an ironical smile,
on hearing the clank of our chains.
IL To morrow shame will settle on our
hearth. stones, and the stigma of ignominy
will soil our brows.
To morrow our wives will fly from our
arms, our mothers will refuse their caresses,
and our children their smiles-a degenerate
people merit them not
Tomorrow we shall be able to leave to our
families neither country, glory, honor, pros
perity, nor even the repose of the domestic
hearth.
To morrow-to express it once for ALL
we shall have changed the noble egis of the
Gross for the livery of slavery. What,
then, shall be the way Of restoration Revo-
luton.
A revolution, holy, noble, just, grand,
because it has for its object the preservation
of nationality created at the price of the
blood and fortunes of its citizens; a revo-
lutionl holy, noble, just, grand, because it
is undertaken to save our country and lib
critics.
"Fatherlandl Libertyi" this was the
heroic cry which preceded the revolution Of
lS44 and the same cry precedes the revo-
luton of 1861; the cry of nation which
now suppresses forever the cries of mere
factions.
Dominicansl to arms let each citizen be
soldier of liberty, and to the cry Of >" Viue la
NdtionP the tyrant will be forever an
initiated. Let the fire of patriotism burn in
our hearts as the tropical sun WHITES our
existence.
Dominicansl TO arms Shame to those
who daily in the rear
In this great day of our country there are
but two classes-those who are good citizens,
and those who are traitors
- OUIululCdubI 70 dTmSI we must conquer
or die; for death is preferable to degradation,
and five remain impossible we can no longer
| pretend to the dignity of free men.
q Dominicansl to arms Let us arise on the
same day and at the same moment, as a sin
| gle man. No mercy to the traitors. We
must conquer at any price
Let not Teverses discourage US. If we tri-
umph not in the cities and palaces, we will
triumph in the villages, in the suburbs, in
the plains, in the forests. ~
We should make fight of giants which
will astonish the world, and make the earth
tremble under our feet.
| Dominicans Victory or death, before the
fall of the Republic. Let US pray to Prov
/ idence that before this beloved land of Co
lumbus be dishonored, it may be engulphed
| in the ocean.
Dominicans, TO arms to combat to vic
tory! Let US wear the crown of heroes be-
fore we clasp the martyrs palm.
The general of the armies of the Republic
ans, Jose Marie Cabral, also issued an ap-
| peal to the people.
These appeals are dated some two months
ago, and have been in secret circulation.