1824-January-15: The Propagateur of Port-au-Prince published a digest of Monroe’s message, offering a critique that was both respectful and pointed.

1824-January-15: The Propagateur of Port-au-Prince published a digest of Monroe’s message, offering a critique that was both respectful and pointed. The editor praised the “generous” and “happily conceived” character of the doctrine but expressed profound confusion as to why Haiti’s name was entirely absent. The paper asked if the Haitian cause was somehow different from that of the Spanish-American nations, or if Haiti had shown “less courage or devotion to the cause of liberty.” This editorial highlighted the Haitian government’s awareness of their exclusion from the emerging “Pan-American” political framework orchestrated by the United States.