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in exchange for assistance with his revolt, though the report says that Môle Saint-Nicolas was never specified as a location. President Légitime would eventually resign and
Hyppolite assumed the presidency of Haiti. Shortly after Hyppolite assumed the presidency of Haiti in October 1889, President of
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These writers, such as ... , assume to consider Haiti as a responsible member of the family of nations. The world knows what she is and the world is rarely altogether wrong. ... It is absurd to talk of the law to a nation which has no respect for law or its precedents, and the sooner the people of
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to Port-au-Prince on 15 April 1891 with the apparent intention to intimidate the
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was instructed to use his influence and employ his knowledge of
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for his credentials on 20 February 1891; having been confident of a swift victory, Gherardi had not attempted to secure the cooperation of
Douglass. Secretary Blaine replied to Gherardi saying that his documentation would arrive by the steamship
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Haitians "semi-barbaric minds saw in it a threat of violence". Under these circumstances, President Hyppolite was compelled to stand firm against the Americans. Firmin refused the deal on the grounds that the
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that island are given to understand this the better it will be for all concerned. The United States has exercised rare forbearance and leniency to Haiti. She can afford to, but there is a limit, and Haiti has almost reached it.
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Harrison and Blaine were not discouraged by their failed attempt to acquire Môle Saint-Nicolas. Still bent upon acquiring a naval station in the West Indies, they applied in 1892 to the
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or other territory in its dominions, or grant any special privileges or rights of use therein to any other Power, State, or
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that in a short time Haiti would experience further instability, suggesting that future governments in Haiti would abide by the demands of the United States. Twenty five years after the incident,
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was reportedly the steamer line destined to benefit from the deal, which would force the Haitian government to pay $ 50,000 USD annually for services in a contract lasting ninety nine years.
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amount of explanation and no number of articles in the North American Review can smooth away". Upon returning to the United States in 1891, Gherardi said in an interview with
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