Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-14
: REcOGNITIoN of HAY TT.
The Tribune says:

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? 7FREcoGN1TIoN OF HAYrI. . n
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1--WE observe that England has just
recalled Mr.. Spencer St ohm from the
East to place him at Charge d'Affaires
and Consul General at Port "a u Prince,
the capital Of Hayti. Mr.. Henry By
ron, who has a thorough knowledge of
Haytian AFFAIRS is to act with him as
Vice Consul. France, also, has just sent
the Marquis de Forbin Janson as her di-
plomate representatiyeand Gousul Gen
eral TO the same place, together with a
new Chancellor and Secretary of sLega-
tion. IS Spainy too, has taken more sig
nifcant1 step still by transferring to
Poit.au- Prince, as Charge d Affaires and
Consul q eneral, Senor Antonio Alvarez,
who represented his nation at st. Do
mingoa City, during the recent annexa-
alton Of Dominicaa toaathe Spanish do
minfons,' and who. has just arrived in
Hayti, accompanied by Senor Month
nero, a newly appointed Secretary Of Le-
gation. .a5. ,e5- 70 y4a LIS IS L.a1 =r.aE
These changes indicate, to say the
least, an intention on the part of the
European Powers to make Port au-
Prince one of the chief diplomatic, as it
has long been one of the chief CONNER
cial centres of tropical America; and
they show, also, that vigorous effort
is to be made to divert from the shores
of the United States-;their only formid-
able rival in this respect-the golden
and swelling stl cam of. coniasercial riches
which flows out, more and more, from
tina hatincomparable island. What further
schemes or visions of conquest may be
behind, We do not know; but, it is clearly
high time that the United States were
fully awakened to a sense ofztheir posi-
tien in afIayti. ifswe' mean toado any
thing to ward saving our vast and extern
sive ommercial interests there, or re-
gaining with the Haytian people, tha
moral and political influence on which
the security and prosperity of commerce
always depend. - q
We do not put our. proposition on the
ground of philanthrophy. justice, or
common civility (though all these lead
to the, same, conclusion, when we say
that our Government ought lot to delay
longer in acknowledging the independ-
ence of Hayti, and entering into the or
dinary, diplomatic and commercial rela-
tions. with her. The commercial world
are4already fully informed how import
ant and of what constantly increasing
value is our Haytian trade, and how
sharp the competition fori has become
among all maratime nations. By little
care, It can -now-be more firmly and -fa-
vorably5 established than ever. BY a
little-neglect on our parti will all pass
into other cunning hands that are play
ing for it: -Hayti, though her resour-
ces have just begun to be developed, is
already the third coffee country of, the
world, land her coffee harvest, this year,
reached $4,000, ,0000:s pounds Besides
this staple, her matchless and exhaust.
less soil pours out to us, s,alt.sost without
labor or effort, cocoa, logwood, @mahog-
any, ,dye-woods, cotton, sugar, and all
| tropical fruits. In return, we~send~ her
-four, beef, pork, fish, lard, bacon, do.
mestics, furniture, and all sorts of ssY an
kee notions This exchange Of pro-
ductions with the, United~ States is OF
the most profitable and desirable kind
That it is anatural and legitimate trade
is proyed-frem its having grown steadily
but slowly np-in- the-face of the utter
neglect and studied .hostiiitysao of our
Goyernment.-~Luekily -other Anations
were not then aware. of its growth and
value, or we should long ago, with, the
system we have been pursuing have
been, driven from the Island. "zs 52-s : :
1t IS now more than two generations
since Hayti became independent and has
been acknowledged and treated as ma
tion by every Government of the world
except our own. At this moment she
has treaties of friendship and commerce
with England, France, Spain, Belgium
Holland, the Hanse Towns, Prussia
Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
aud. in fact, every other foreign power
which has occasion to have any inter
course with her. Even the new King.
dom of Italy is represented at Port-au
Prince. We alone stand isolated
silently and blindly refusing to this
vigorous Republic the common civilities
of life. We make treaties with every
score of drunken savages on our from
tier, but we can make none with ma.
tion whose free Constitution is one oi
the best in existence, and at twhose head
is Fabre Geffrard, the ablest living Wesl
Indian. We make broad the phi ylacte
ries of Ministers Plenipotentiary te
several nations, whose united intercourse
with the United States is not a tenth
part Of either the commercial or politi
cal importance of that of Hayti.
We think that the American people
understand the position of this question
and that they expect and demand of the
present Congress and Administration
some immediate action. Ifthere is any
body in the country, not secessionist
who is opposed to the acknowledgment
nc Hovt;op Tn oa, e.,