Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "The New York Times" gbachiteere Rear-Admiral Bancroft Gherardi site na nsonaazụ nke ihe ahụ merenụ, na-ekwu na nkatọ ọ bụla nke onye isi ndị agha mmiri bụ "ihe ọjọọ". Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ kama ịta Frederick Douglass ụta maka ihe ahụ merenụ ma kọwaa ya dị ka "ọ dị nwute... maka nwoke nwere aha ọma na ọnọdụ ya, na ọ bụ nke enweghị nkọwa na ọnụọgụ edemede na North American Review nwere ike idozi". Mgbe ọ laghachiri United States na 1891, Gherardi kwuru n'ajụjụ ọnụ a gbara ya na "The New York Times" na n'oge na-adịghị anya, Haiti ga-enwekwu ọgba aghara, na-atụ aro na gọọmentị ndị ga-eme n'ọdịnihu na Haiti ga-erube isi n'ihe United States chọrọ. Afọ iri abụọ na ise ka ihe ahụ mechara,
United States ga-awakpo ma weghara Haiti ruo afọ iri na itoolu.