The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-10
st. Dommgo-The Negro Here anc
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st. Dommgo-The Negro Here and
There.
What is the difference Exactly that
one is here and the other is there As we
said the other day, there could be but one
obstacle TO the annexation Of Cuba and st.
Domingo to the United States, and that was
because he negro predominuted in both.
We have been looking for this objection,
and we have il.
Messrs. BAHAs and ORTIZ, of the House
Of Representatives, are engineering schemes
for the annexation Of the island OF st. Do
mingo divided into the barbarous nations
Of Hayti and St. Domingo) to the United
States and the New York Times "a promi
nent Republican newspaper comes down
upon both propositions with impetuous de-
nunciation. The objections Of the Times
are based wholly upon the character Of the
population. 1t declares that they are
INCAPABLE Of RISING ABOVE ANARCHY :;
that they are "iqnOrgnt, tr,acherous, jrlt-
'aiised, and lay"
The country should be obliged TO the
movers in this matter because they have
brought out q little truth concerning the
negro RepuJHC$ of Hayti and st. Domingo
in quarters where the real character OF
those Republics and that Of their people
have been for some years kept very dark.
with an occasional effort to break the force
~ ~ xub.1 h a lYnh
on their savage features. The Times, en-
ragged at the mere idea of association with
such population, declares: " Both parts Of
the island have long been and still ar,
"the scenes Of what SEAMAN describes as =
succession of instructions and revolu
"tions, civil wars and deyastations, mas.
- sacres and assasSinutious,' the nature ana
"results Of which should deter this country
- as we'll from the folly Of pretectorate az
81 from the danger of ennexation."
Again, says the Times:
But the republicanism OF the whole
island Is Il Surlesque. In Hayti, for Instance
only negroes indians, mulattoes, and the
mixed races are invested with citizenship
AL white persons being DISTINGUISHED, eNcli-
ded from office. and even den led the privilege
OF holding real estate So also III st. Donin-
90, white is prescribed, the blacks ana mixed
races insisting upon the retention OF all real
control. something more than political jra
lousy actnates them in every portion of the
Island They are habitually taithless when
white men and their intercS Is are concerned -
Something more than "political zeal
ousy." WHAT'S that7 Is it a jealousy OF
race or blood Evidently that is wha. is
meant. And yet these Haytiens and Domi
means are Of the same race Of negroes with
those inhabiting these States-the very
same which the New York Times demand,
shall be allowed to hold office in Georgia,
and because the State of Georgia has pro
hioltea them from holding office that paper
demands that the State of Georgia shall be
remanded TO territorial condition until
she comedies this point
What constitutes this crea, difaror.s .
Why is it that the negro in St. DOMINGO
anu hayu Is incapable of rising above
and here must not only be ner.
ynited TO vote, but to hold Office ~ coma,
WIFE race or men which has no s,,ncr;o,
on earth
Ihe truth IL, the negro in St. Domingo i
out Of this country. He can be viewed il,
hls true light without any collateral inhu-
ences TO warp the judgment. Here he may
0ose and form en- element in party calcua
tions and schemings. This is all. Other
r!Se, ne 10 the same here that he il in 81