New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-09
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~. M ,,,nuntaineer loves his horne with an
-os. - Inre. because Il Is flute, and COM
HSLe-s1i7ic by his senses. The mountain il
- hi,, 4 thing apart from earth. II stands
III against the sky. lie can compass Il on
-. and he can take all Ia at glance, from
re green and fowery base to its cold and
sroVvy crown. So OF the isles oc the sea.
You may love them es things having definite
existence, and foun, and space, and outline.
Won NAV sal! around them. You may ira
verse theu from shore to shore, and from the
hi8h points see all their contour. Not SO
wiki avast confident. You cannot compre-
herd il all. cannot make q mental unit Of
4. While thinking Of one part, YOU lose tho
thought o. the rest.
7 lave liking fer the globous' earth, as
The genera! home Of nv race q more defined
ssectlon foI the struggling continents but
love the Isles Of the sea. Especially do l
I5ve lie isles &C Greecc; for theiz classic
g!or.es. !og their living beauties, for their
etsrnai sunshine, and for the memory Of
youthful years, compauorsA!p in arms with
;ae. struggling inhabitants. 1 love the
Stands q the West Indies for ihe.s gorgeous
;gop.ca, beauty; the which who hath not
seen, his eyes have not seen the earthly
glory CT the Lord. love them for their de-
.vious climate, thei, soft-blowing winds COM
ing flesh from tho sea every morning, and
ate. tanning the mountains, going out again
az night IS land breeZes. ! love them for
;he!r c.ea. and ever-aow!rg brooks, .heir
sveT-N.Coiaing flowers. their eveC-tepid crvs-
=. seas. They arc the Eden oc The earth,
,..acA the choicest races 0. men In the foil
ness Ct zinc skal. POSSESS andregard as para
,Gsa .egaincd.
Especially 30 love Uayii, the mountain
oC:, the Quecn ofthc Antilles, whose natural
beauties and advantages distinguish her, even
fR ta.rrfif,,1
take deep interest in the condition and fate
Q. tic two Peoples who to-day divide her ter
litc-y between them. The Western End,
:Ae scat Of the negro Republic, Is land Of
rare beauty, Of marvellous fertility, O: varied
srescuEces ; and notwithstanding the dreadful
sinsalubfty 0! its scaboard, it is we'll fitted for
The l!ac!: man TO try the experiment OF self
government and TO maintain the indcpend-
cDce 50 calamity won by his ancestors. Il
Is sadly true that during seventy years Of that
Independence very little progress has been
made toward civilization, even IN the sea-
board towns, and that barbarous superstition
and pagan sacrifices prevail in the interior,
among negroes as uncivilized as those Of
Centra! Aaica. With reason did Frederick
Douglas exclaim, after brief sojourn at
Poft-au-PT.nea: ALAS, if this is all that my
iellow-inci. @; color can accomplish in seventy
years :" II ruay be, perhaps, that the black
+ANNS Nfats astNG AIa-t.dit IL 1T" ana II1U
; CIVILIZATION o. Their own, but they can GER
tainly initiate and carry Gat form Of ciyilHa-
ton Originated by others. But there is much
n the history oE Haytt % account for its
present wrctchei condition; aud there are
men among tie Nly..cus who would DO honor
to any country.
Tic French Save ;,5tein was far more
cruel and GcbssEg than the Spanish, which |
prevailed over the Eastern End and during |
re n NOT in IN h. q,
Druta!Zsc. Their long and bloody war for |
freedom was so full Of horrible atrocities on |
either side, that it further brutalized them. |
Then, after gaining their independence, thew |
adopted the fatal policy Of national isolation. |
They drove away most oc tho whites, and
continued to keep them ont. They DENY TO
them ownership of land and right Of full citi-
zenship. Thus they have attempted to found
and conduct Republic. upon the narrow
ossts OF color. Their friends abroad have
sustained them in this foolish policy; and
the end IS the establishment Of a cOnserya-
i've ana od!ous aristoccacy Of estate, which
sustains itself by rcisa ot terror But in
spite Of all this, We must give to the black
man all the aid and comfort we can, and say |
1sa-silsF, RiGs La RcaaLliqus de -Hali qgand !
asmei believe the best way to help the |
Haytian is to set up in his neighborhood-
Immediately over the mountain border-the
Tag g cur tnlcn, ana 70 carry TO Inn our
political aid acCta, Institutions, our arts, and
our agriculture th-tlse sec them, ind
;ata them, and profit by them.
know no better way than to profit by tie
CHE which !; now open, and to obtain he
yigbt to say: Peace shall be kept in these
regions; and they shall be opened to the
peaceful spread o. Gu. Commerce and oC our
Institutions. 1t is partly for this end that
have laborcd, and shall labor, for the annex
alton q tie Eastern Or Spanish end OF the
island, now occupied by the Republic Of
San Domingo. This country Is far more felic-
itous il geographical position, and in sulu-
brity Q! climate. 1t Is well adapted for the |
residence Of the whlto race; and its varied |
agricultural and minera! resources present !
vast Geld FOX Northern industry. Il lies to
windward, and the trade-winds, drawing
through The valleys between he'two noun
tain chains which traverse it from east to
west, deposit their moisture, which is con-
densed by these mountains, keeping every
thing green to their very SUBMITS, and trick
ling down in constant rills on either side.
But By tie time the trade-winds reach the
cross-chain, which, running from north to
south, separates the two Republics, they
have become dry and hot, and bring neither
moisture nor GOODNESS to the western end.
Hence proceed, mainly, the salubrity Of the
former and tho insa!ubrity Of the latter Sec
ton.
SautO Domingo has been still more favored
ihan Hayti in respect to its civil and political
conditions. Its inhabitants were mixed
race Of Spanish, Indians, and blacks, who
1--we together ca terms q equality They
fought side BY sila in the wars fox driving
cut the EGyt.aus and other invaders. and
have coInn.on and strong feeling Of nation
atty. The Spauiards during their long DOM
inat!on maintained mild FORM Of slavery
over the blacks, but, with their usual liber-
ality, they accorded to the inhabitants con-
siderable municipal rights and privileges.
Hence, instead Of the baybarism and the
heather practices which prevail In TIA inte-
rlor Of Hayti, VIC find throughout that Of
Santo Domingo q genueand peaceful people,
living in Villages and observing the customs
Of civilized lite. We Gnd regular civil inst.-
euaons, with c!vl! magistrates chosen by tho
people.
we ind property pretty equally divided,
anu regular reS!stries Of titles, Of births,
deaths and the Ike. We find in almost avery
village "eil-dressed and we!l-behayed men
speaking Spanish and French, and sbowjpS
considerable intelligence. We End evory.
where a tolerant and Democratic snir;,
There is cot only general desire for ednca.
ton and Improvement, but there are men
VINO comprehend the situut!on OF their coun-
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