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461    DOUGLASS' MONTHLY.    May, 1861.
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First, that the experience of Napoleon, called the Great, conclusively proves that France could not conquer Hayti if she were to try; and, secondly, that Nepoleon, called the Little, is too shrewd a statesman to voluntarily attempt to defy the moral sentiment of Christendom and the physical power of England combined, when, even if he were successful in conquering both, the possession of Hayti would not begin to balance the expenses of governing it.  Algeria, near at hand, Madagascar, easy of conquest, are more inviting fields for his ambition than Hayti, the cemetery of the flower of his uncle's greatest army.

I have also official authority for stating that last January England and France offered to be the mediators of a treaty of alliance and of defense between Hayti and the Dominican Republic, [[italics]]by which the integrity of the territory of both countries against all foreign powers is guaranteed[[/italics]].  The proposition was accepted; commissioners named to conclude the treaty; and when it is signed, France and England should be pledged to enforce it.

But, even if France did not stand thus pledged, is it likely that England would permit her to seize Hayti, in violation of the laws of nations and her own treaty stipulations?--Never.  For Hayti in the hands of a first class power, would command the Gulf, and the Mole St. Nicholas, by the expenditure of a few thousands of dollars, could easily be made a second Gibraltar.  England would not permit her trade with Jamaica to be thus imperiled.

Respectfully, 
JAMES REDPATH.

APPEAL TO THE NATION.

The following singular proclamation, issued by the Dominicans, said to have been in secret circulation for months, is translated from Hayti papers of recent date:

Dominicans!  The country is in danger, and there is but one way to save it, by Revolution.

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 a 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.

To-morrow, shame will settle on our hearthstones, 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 degnerate people merit them not.

To-morrow, we shall be able to leave to our families neither country, glory, honor, prosperity, nor even the repose of the domestic hearth.

To-morrow--to express it once for all--we shall have changed the noble aegis of the Cross for the livery of slavery.

What, then, shall be the way of restoration?

Revolution!

A revolution, holy, noble, just, grand, because it has for its object the preservation of a nationality created at the price of the blood and fortunes of its citizens--a revolution, holy, noble, just, grand, because it is undertaken to save our country and liberties.

'Fatherland! Liberty!' this was the heroic cry which preceded the revolution of 1844; and the same cry precedes the revolution of 1861; the cry of a nation, which now suppresses forever the cries of mere factions.

Dominicans! to arms! let each citizen be a soldier of liberty, and to the cry of [[italics]] 'Vive la Nation!' [[/italics]] the tyrant will be forever annihilated.  Let the fire of patriotism burn in our hearts as the tropical sun vivifies our existence.

Dominicans! to arms!  Shame to those who dally in the rear!

In this great day of our country there are but two classes--those who are are good citizens, and those who are traitors!
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Dominicans! to arms!  We must conquer or die; for death is preferable to degradation, and if we remain impassible, we can no longer pretend to the dignity of freemen.

Dominicans! to arms!  Let us arise on the same day, and at the same moment, as a single man.  No mercy to the traitors.  We must conquer at any price!

Let no reverses discourage us.  If we triumph not in the cities and palaces, we will triumph in the villages, in the suburbs, in the plains, in the forests.

We should make a 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 prey to Providence that before this beloved land of Columbia be dishonored, it may be engulphed in the ocean.

Dominicans! to arms! to combat! to victory!  Let us wear the crown of heroes before we clasp the martyr's palm.

Later advices from the Island state that Santana has issued a proclamation to the Dominicans, in which he declares that all their attempts to maintain a separate national existence have been unsuccessful, and recites the conditions on which Spain proposes to resume her dominion over the Dominican territory.  This announcement had taken the people by surprise, and a bloody retribution is expected.  It is stated that the English and French Consuls protested, and struck their flags.
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MAN-HUNTING IN THE NORTH.
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ARREST AND RENDITION OF FIVE FUGITIVE SLAVES IN CHICAGO.

The Chicago [[italics]] Journal [[/italics]] of April 3d has the following:

A colored man, named Harris, his wife and three children, were arrested this morning at six A.M., by Deputy United States Marshal Webb, on a warrant issued from the Southren District of Illinois to the Marshal of the Northern District, and sent in a special train to Springfield, where an examination will be held before United States Commissioner Corneau.

The fugitives were found on Clark street, third door from Jackson street, and were so minutely described in the warrant as to be impossible to mistake them.  They were also identified by two gentlemen from Missouri, who claimed to be their owners.

As soon as the affair was noised abroad, an intense excitement prevailed among the colored people.  They commenced collecting in large crowds upon Clarke street, in the vicinity of the house, canvassing the arrest, and threatening vengeance against all parties interested in the matter.  While in this excitable condition, a colored expressman named Hayes, who was suspected of giving information, approached the crowd and was set upon by the mob and severely beaten, but finally managed to make good his escape by rushing into a second hand clothing store and securing a back door exit.  Large numbers of colored people hired hacks and other vehicles and drove rapidly down to the Junction in hopes to catch the train at that point, but of course were unsuccessful.  The mob at one time became so large and turbulent that it was found necessary to call the police and disperse them.

On their arrival at Springfield, President Lincoln's home, the poor man and his family were taken before Commissioner Corneau, and after a short examination were delivered up to their owners.  They were then taken to St. Louis in the evening train.

The [[italics]] Tribune [[/italics]] of that city, in alluding to the case, says:

The new United States Marshal of the Northern District of Illinois--has been compelled, willingly or unwillingly, to signalize his entrance upon his official duties by the capture
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of five fugitive slaves, all of whom by this time have been condemned by the ministers of that atrocious Fugitive Slave Law to a life of unbroken bondage.  We have no heart to comment on the case.  The obligation, which the North has re-affirmed, to uphold and execute that abominable statute, and the common humanity which whispers in every ear that the law is a plain violation of all right and justice, are in conflict; and at any time a casuist might be honestly puzzled to know in what direction his duty lay.  At this time, when the entire South unites in disregard of the fundamental law of the Republic, and when the rights of any Northern man in the South are disregarded or violated with impunity, and riot and bloodshed are rife in the land, the people of Chicago might have been spared the pain of seeing the man-hunters dragging their prey through the streets.  At any moment that spectacle would make a Christian patriot weep.  At any moment it is an aggravation of insult that will not be without its point.  Men who heard the cries of the victims about to be plunged into the darkness and abomination of slavery--that father and that mother, with their precious little ones, will, and well they may, ask how long shall we suffer outrage and insult for a Union and a Government in which such things are sanctioned by law, and in which the officers of state are degraded to the work which blood hounds would not perform?  The inquiry is pertinent.  Let each man put it to himself, and listen for the response.

It seems that the wretch who betrayed the fugitives is himself a fugitive slave, who is in a fair way of again tasting the bitter sweets of slavery, if we may credit the following from the [[italics]] Democrat: [[/italics]] 

THE BITER BIT.--The private detective Hayes, who betrayed the five fugitive slaves into the hands of the man-catchers on Wednesday morning, is himself a fugitive slave, and has been caught in that pit which he dug for others.  He is known to have betrayed several other fugitives before those whom he sold on Wednesday morning.  He had to be placed in jail on that day in order to save his life from the vengeance of the people.  His name becoming so notorious, his master learned of his whereabouts, and last night a writ for his arrest as a fugitive slave arrived here.  We presume there will not be much objection made to his being taken back to slavery.

Some members of the old Liberty Party in Chicago, at a recent meeting, passed resolutions requesting the President to remove from office the new Republican Marshal, for neglecting his other official duties, and devoting himself with so much avidity to the business of kidnapping colored people and running them into slavery, stopping at no fraud or stealth necessary to carry out his purpose.

Since the arrest of the family, the runaway slaves of that city are leaving for Canada in hundreds.  The [[italics]] Democrat [[/italics]] chronicles the departure of one hundred and ten of them as follows:

Sunday evening one hundred and ten fugitive slaves, of all ages and of both sexes, left this city for Canada, on a special train provided for them by the managers of the Underground Railroad, but which, on account of the great pressure upon the rolling stock of that road at present, went over the Michigan Southern track to Detroit.  The train consisted of four cars, and left the depot at Van Buren street about six o'clock on Sunday evening.

Within the last week it is believed that over three hundred fugitives have left this city for Canada.  Some of them have started on foot, taking the track of the Michigan Central, and bound for Canada as straight as they could go.  There are still many fugitives in the city, but they are generally those who are prepared to fight, but not to run.--They are willing to take the risk of staying here, but swear that they will never be taken back to bondage.  If they are arrested they will die--but they will not surrender.  These
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