, 1861-04-04
IMPORTANT FROEI ST. DOMINGO.
Tho Spanish Usurpatton---Pretes of
the People.

from the y. y. Evening Post, 1et1
By the arrival Of the brig Echo at this rc1s
we are llac' d In possession Ut our Hayti flies
to March 9th.
The attempt of Spain to seize st. Domingo
eScites the livtlleet interest III Ha,tl. ll!:.
following singular proclamation, issued by ts4;.
Doiniuiclans, We translate from tho H., /;
papers:
ArFEAL TO TIE NATION.
"Dominlcans! The country is in danger
and there Is but one way to save it-by Reyo.
luton.
Santana, since bic last elevation to powtr,
has sold the Republic
" The price OF the Yankees did not suit hi,...
To day he las adiudgei it tc Spain; and j:
preparing to crush the Dominican people pndtr r
the colonial yoke for the vile Price Of 1eH
puerile dignltles, and OF tha gold thst will la
distributed to him ard five or six principal &C
culnriices.
Io-1no!roW the TaTtars will enjoy in quist
tie inches gained by this criminal bargain,
and vii! Welcome us with an ironical smile 1 Il
hearing the c1ank Of cur chains.
Tomorrow shame will ecttlc OF o,:v
hcartflstones, and tie stigma Of sgnominy vii
soil our hrowe.
To morrow, our wivea will 1y from orr
arms, our mothers will refuse their cart sses,
and our children their slniics-a de5eU e1a:~
people merit them NIT.
"Tsnlerrow we sLan be able to leave 10
onF families pelthtr country, elor5, Iontr,
property, nor even the repose cf the dimes
tic hearth.
!" 10 morrow-to express II once for olive
shall have changed the noble agis Of the Cross
for the livery Of slavery. What then shall liz
tie way Of restoration: Revolution.
"a revolution, holy. noble, Just, grand, b.
cause II has tor lis OBJECT lie reservation Ut
a nationality created st the price of TIC bloe-l
and fortunes ofits citizens; revolution, hols,
noble, just, grand, because it is undertaken Il,
save our country aud liberties.
Fiat !erlaud! Liberty + this was tie hcro:,:
cry Which preceded the revolution Of 1874
and 1ht sa1ar cry rfccedea the revolution vi
1851; thu t;y Of q ration, which nov sur-
presses forever the cries of mtre ftclions.
Domnlcians. to arms let each citizen | c
soldier Of liberty, and to the CT; cft Fi1c IL
nation + the tyrant will be forever aanihllatet
Let the fire ot pa rlotis1u burn il, our hecr.5
as BE tropical enn WHITES u: existence
Dominicians 10 arms. Shame to tLos,
who Galy III the rear:
In thls great day Of our country there are
eut tTo classes-tho6e Who are good citizens,
a2d those who are traitors!
"Domlnlcans! to arms! We must con-
91er or die; fer death is preferable ia dcgra-
cation, and if VIC remain impossible we GU:
no longer pretend to the dignity Of free mes,.
"D1minicars to arms! Let us arise on
tue same day and at the same moment, as 4
single man. No mercy to the traitors. Na
must conquer at any price!
Let lot reverses discourage US. If VIC
triumph not III the cities and palaces, NC will
triumph In tic villages, in the suburbs, in tho
plains, in the tore St..
We should make a light of giants, whie.,
will astonish the world, and make the earth
t1enble under our fccs.
"Dtmiaicsn=! liel.ry OF death, before the
fall It the Kc!sub!ic Lat Us pray to proyE-
dence that before his beloved land OF Co{rn,-
bus be disacaorcd, it rlay ae cngu1ph=d in tie
ocean.
aDom means TO arme. T., combat! to vie-
tory! Let US wear the crt.I=r of heroes ts.
fore We clasp tic martyrs Ea:m,'
Tee general uf The armi,s nc the Republ.
cans. Jose Marie Cabral, also Issued al spp-sl
to the people.