Note 773 — Chapter IV

Morse, op. cit., pp. 13 et seq. Morse gave as his authority in this instance Robert Goodloe Harper’s “Sketch of the Principal Acts of Congress during the session which closed the 3d. of March”. See Note A, p. 33, of Morse’s Sermon. Reference to Benton’s Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, vol. ii, pp. 339, 343, discloses the fact that sentiments embodying this apprehension were expressed in the Third Congress. The struggle which France and England waged for the control of the island of St. Domingo, a struggle that had as its principal development the insurrection of the blacks of the island under the leadership of Toussaint l’Ouverture, properly enough was full of deep interest for Americans. Cf. Hildreth, The History of the United States of America, vol. v, pp. 269 et seq. For a recent discussion of American policy with respect to St. Domingo and the state of affairs within the island, see Treudley, Mary, The United States and Santo Domingo, 1789–1866 (doctoral dissertation, Clark University), pp. 125–138.