The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-15 00:00:00

HAYTIAN REPUBLIC.

The 'Wesleyan Methodists have, on several
occasions, complained of the treatment their
Missionaries have received in the Island of Hayti
from the Government of President Boyer.--
These grievances have been frequently Werred
to itr their publications, and induced severil in-
dividuit
fin,tdeeply interested in the extensrOn of
civil and religioni liberty 'on the one hand, d
in the well-being of the Ilnytian Repot)lic ojhe
other, to address the President on the subject,
urging on him the great importance of conciliat-
ing the good opinion of the religious public, snd
entreating him to give no real ground of reprots-
tion to the many and the bti4y enemies of negr°
emancipation. The following is a translation of
the reply which has been sent to Mr. Bowling:—

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" REPUBLIC OF HAYTI.
Port-au-Prince, July 31, 8124.
" Sir,—l am desired by his Excellency the President of
Ilayti, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated th3tl
of April, as well as of the ease of military books which your
friend has been kind enough to send. The taste slush is
evinced in this small collection, and the feeling which directed
its emission, have given sincere pleasure to his Excellency.
The President of Hayti is equally sensible or the warm interest
Which this gentleman takes in the prosperity of the Republic,
manifested in the letter written by him to you, and which you
have forwarded with yetfr own ; his Excellency 1141 expressed-
his acknowledgment in the enclosed letter. With relation to'
the grievances of the Methodists, they are of so delicate a ea.-
ture, that you will permit me to reply to them. ,
" The first Christians, and at a later pe7i.hi, the first Proics.•
ants were said to be persecuted, were called the Imo, WI Of ii. • r
1"
faith, when they were robbed of their propertywho; th,w.•'
banished their native land—Or when they were made to uni:c!
punishments the most cruel, or to sniffer death. Assuredly t::e
Methodists have endured nothing like this in Hayts have been
i. t tu-
mults have been excited against them ! their lire
menaced ! an armed force has seized 30 of them
! The magis-
trate caused them to be conducted to prison; and in order to pro-
cure a release, they were compelled to pay one dollar per head
.
Whenever one sect endeavours to make proselytes in a country
where there exists another sect which is more numerous and
more powerful, it is unhappily in the nature of human passions,that the one should consider the other as an enemy,
rtion of whom!
exertions tend to nothing less than taking y p
o
that which it regards as its inheritance. Thus the zeal•of
the Methodists aroused the zeal of the Catholics. Evil loss
the inevitable consequence. To prevent this, the
it
meat, with whom the well-being of the people is the supreme
law, was conipelled to invite the Missionaries to rettre.--
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Hence arose the complaints of the Methodiats. Now let "
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suppose that the Government had pursued a contrary course,
and what would have been the result? There were notatho more
than thirty Methodists,—there would be a hundred Clics,
who must be thrown into prison, and who could not depart
thence until they had paid the gaoler the customers' ree.l
Would the M issionaries and their converts remain unnadesteam
The hundred Catholics released, and their relattralTeir
they rest quietly on the first going forth or assembling o !
antagonists? I imagine not. There would be at once a thou
sand Catholics whom it would he necessary to imprison. 47
gstlio;
even then would the Methodists be more undisturbed ? :‘ !
The zeal of the persecuted Catholics would be inflamed more
and more, and Hayti would become the prey of religious war&
The thought alone makes me tremble.
n'uNthii3O:en:sd,:n.hnliaricythfheiasrs tphroatawaeinsllemaltloblerae acticouns!tsliorfitvhiooulattdinogulo3tuireF
man, of whatever colour, of whatever nation, of whatever re s•
he assured of the protection f the law, as Jong
as he does not seek to make converts, and is content to worshiy
God in his own way. But from the moment that his zeakoa:
dresses itself to others, he incurs a hazard. If no voice is Woo
against him, the Government, which gives to all the libertY
of conscience, t le, is silent, and tolerates; but if the peoPie ar
enraged against the new missionaries, and consequences
most evil are likely to result, it becomes obligatory oP°O she
Government to invite them to retire, for their own interest• ill
it not thus that all wise Governments act ? Toleration Si
Hayti has fewer restrictions than in any other place. Evejl
citizen, whatever be his belief or his worship, is free to OP'
all civil and political rights, and to fill all public situstiolll*
Do the Catholics, I would al of you, experience this critt4bti
of rights in Great Britain ?
" The principles of our Government are not altered. ,If
oo underffatit.ai
sire ootpitliiirrete,osilaet: ti.ni)a.r.Pstrurbesemesicituaidenluetnsst.et:
ttaih,inveedirt3fiboniodrel
ethsyoodmnhi
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sydttsLinconocetnnjjoef ttyetethwriaititiohicterlinacfc..F3: 1
eoqcuelly favourable to them ; but at the present momenit,teA
the presence of their Missionaries will cast the torch of discos
amidst our families, the Government cannot tolerate their.ii"-

selytism.
" The conduct of the Government with regard to the Cl"
tholic Bishop Glory, whose presence was the cause of distill'•
bances in Hayti, must prove to the Illethodists its impallialig
towards all worships ; and the pecuniary donation which tiw
pasteresnt President sent to their society, in recompense lot their
sufferings, and in consideration of their charitable inten•
uons, must give assurance to them of his personal sentiments

in their favor.
" I beg, sir, to offer to you the expression of my high con.
sidcration, &c.
(Signed) cc B. INGINAC,
" General of Brigade and Secretary-General
to his Excellency the President of Ilayti."
" To John Bowring, Esq. &c. London."

SPANISH AND ITALIAN REFUGEES'

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MANSION tioust.—A Iready we have to a"
pounce the excellent effect of the appeal made to the nehlle.b,
the Loan MaYon. in behalf of the Spanish and Italian au"...
ers on Monday. His Lordship received yesterday morning IP
vt eral contributions from persons who a few moments before 11W
the account of the distressing scene at the Justiee.roorn durirl_g
he application of the starving foreigners, in the NewaPaPt
—lt is rather extraordinary that the earliest ccintriblitora Perotii
their hands into their pockets and gave all they
some mechanics, who, the moment they saw the statementsl_,l
could
.anuto`;
from their own families. Some workmen, who Went into
badly afford to
public-house to breakfast, clubbed a shilling a Pieet:ethewjay,
Three or four poor fellows, who looked as
they intended to have had in beer after the litho.'" mounted to
fo_r the relief of their poor fellow-creatures. This a sent 11.
11. The journeymen of Mr. Ross, the hairdresser, ala° , , veryy they ou'u s
a shilling each, and spot° izid for the site. of the benerldTaa„
The Lours 3IAYOIt told them, that he knew he should
visits upon the occasion from all ranks of his fellow-cilia
that they (his present visitors) bad the merit of being ant o-
che first, and that their contributions were the more littide
able, however small they might be,
subject of a subscription, which they frondse proinPo tr.•
with which they were brought forward in MSC Of e$ rho
give any thing, entered the iudice-room, ga .
mity. Several gentlemen called upon his fArddliPe upon
loPee
would be very general throughout the empire. TheY nth
his Lordship,. whether fancy had not something to do ILra.
description given of the situation of the refugees. Ills being
ship replied, that the statement was very far Nat been
highly coloured. The feelings of the public might Its had
more highly excited it' those who wrote the se, 'llectail
thought it necessary to give each case of misery 01, vicw of
but they probably thou
ght that a simple and genera' tlii , of
wretchedness was sufficient to command the srlnP4riegitate
the humane who were numerous enough to g ster.a`" lee
gates, relief to a handful of distressed gentlemen. One 0. .„..,,, I,e
expressed their iced
represented, said in emphatic language,
gates, his Lordship added, in describing the state ilf
,t,°:
::r.,,,,.
to the British people in every thing except our priobif,
for we are, with the abilities to support ourselvee respee,re di,
walking idly about the streets, hungry and in tags. " lace,
grace the English people by a shameful exhibition, in se;„.
where industry and character are ever crowned with Pr°9l3 to Ihe
In the course of the day three or four Spaniards curl mot.
Justice-mom, for the purpose of communicating ti!bitu,soship
4, we are ts, i'..;
ship on the subject of the expected meeting. 111$,_,'-thern•
asked them in what manner they had been supPort„ufand 40
selves ? " W," said they, 4; we, and between •s•
h, an ola
other brother officers, have liecn regularly sup Yore, "1 4' /1111!
comrade !" " A comrade !" said the boan al
vgrit' eras.
replied
comrade could afford to assist you ?" " Captain vuerl P°
replied
reached his hands. his visitors received a share, and vier,„ from
by his means and his advice, prevented from beggins'
door to door.
the Spaniard. So sure as the char!tY °f the ;thits.
it a finding
The lenter'Mayon expressed the pleasure be fe-- - th,,- t sp:
that his opinion of Captain Venegas, when that officer '-ialse°
peered before him was not a mistaken one, and bighlY P Ens
the generosity of that mild and gentlemanly
Lordship was informed in the course of the or) that tame"'
taro had gone into the country with strong !atoll 01 rec- ,
dation as ateacher of languages. se which
The Loan Mayon
said, that backed as veil ea e„, he
called for the exercise of humanity was, by the public Pr f test.
the efforts o
anticipated a rivalry of. benevolence through
channel of public information. petitisg; e..„.

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