Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-23


WAY, then, it may be asked has not the L.
land p'ospered in a greater degree. Why is
not the French indemnity entirely paidl Let
II tie remembered that the country has suffer
ed, in many ways, from its efforts 10 meet its
obligation to the French honorably. They
did not over estimlte their ability, at the time
the debt was contracted; but since that peri
cd, the produce OF the Island has declined, in
value, at least two thirds. Moreover, rhs
losses (both public and private) by fires in the
principal towns, have been immense. Added
to these, the earthquake of 1912 deluged and
completely destroyed the Cape, and nearly
every other town in the North. These ca
lamities could not all have been avoided
The President might, perhaps, have checked
the decline in coffee throughout the world,
and forbade the fires; but lie could not veto
the earthquake.
On the score of Incidence, the Haytisns
may be justly chargeable, but in no greater
degree than the inhabitants Of the other ia
lands. We must not go within the tropics,
amongst the children Of the sun, TO find tie
characteristics of the New Englander and the
S~cotchman. 1t is very true that the capabil-
tiles of Hayti have not been taxed to the Ut
most; the resources of such countries never
are fully developed by voluntary labor. How
much rice would the Carolinians 'lrrjng' from
tIlPlT SWlUpS WIFI lneII OUN Hu1luS!
As regards the other, and more important
attribute Of the people, in the interior, (whs
have been denounced as "blood-thirsty bar
barians,") it may safely be affirmed that the
peasantry Of the Island, particularly in the
North, will compare favordbly with the cult.
vator5 Of any country, for mildnesS, hospital.
ity. and freedom from vice. Their opportunt
ties, however, for religious and moral teach
ing have been slender-circumstauccs have
deprived them Of these blessings except in q
very limited degree.
Oar missionaries have glsddsnsd nearly Ov-
cry benighted spot
"From Greenland's icy mssntaiss
To lndia's coral sirlnd."
But it is a melancholy fact that Hsy,l has
been overlooked. A million people at cut
very door-stone have been permitted 70 grops
in comparative darkness!t How far this neg
loct is to be attributed to the contemptuous
tone Of our government towards these Island
srs, may be inferred by those who are famil.
lar with American missionaries.
I In the present state Of things, 4 manifest
, disposition on the part Of the U. s. 10 aid the
4 Diminicans would lead to difficulty; not only
a would the measure be considered by the world
n as antI-Republican, ungenerous and unjust.
but on the miserable source 9fpofty it would
prove ptrplexing and dangerous in the ex-
r IRENE. 1t is well known that the French
King entertains the best feelings oward Hay
a., items, and that the most liberal indulgence
as to this payment Of the indemnity has late
:, ly been granted by him, with the kindest OK.
preSsions of good will. France will not all
, low US to tamper with her debtor with impu-
nifty; and by an ill-timed, impairment inter-
ference with another government, destroy he.
chance for the recovery oil y sr claim. A diff
ference with the French, however, 10 less u
be Stunned than the foul dishonor which
would attach itself TO the act Of robbing .
Government, le9s powerful than our own, Of
r the faircst portion Of ~ territory.
=, B. C. O.
In addition to the above, a correspondent Of
: the Tribune, writing from Mobile, states
: sons further facts in exposition Of this newly
, broachel scheme of annexation, and of the
y fellow Hogan, who has been selected as one
$ Of the principal tools for its accomplishment.
u The writer who is evidently a man OF
a character and extensive intelligence-then
d goes on to state facts which are within his
i own knowledge, in rofutation of the calum.
MES which Hogan, through a creature" OF
" his, writing over the signature of "W.' had
. been publishing concerning the Haytians.
Q 81 have been in both countries-Hayti and
Dominica, and in communication with the
e governments Of both. Having no prescribed
II or interested views, | gathered very different
l. opinions from those imbibed by this writer.
On Dominican ground | might very easily
ID have formed un.avorable opinions Of Domin-
lean government, but as it had barely emery
ed from the revolution OF separation, | fel,
that eny conclusions founded on appearances
6 must involve some degree of Injustice. Dor
=, Pedro Santana, an influential creole, had as
,o sumed the Presidency; Senior Bobadilla, tho
direction Of affairs as principal Minister
-, while q Doctor Cuminaro took upon himsel
:" the Office of COMMISSIONS to invoke III,
Ir good graces of John Tyler g. Co., in aid o
the movement and its collateral objects. T,
49, the popular dissatisfaction in Hayt!, whicl
aa5 ended in the Punishment Of REVERE, Herard
T. Inginac, and their friends, the Dominica
.rs government owed even this imperfect orgs
,ra n~ization, and 10 the exhaustion Of resource
as produced by the causes, operation and consc
a quences combined, of two important govern
y" mental revolutions within two or tire
r. years, il now owes its existence. Let me al
as sure "W.' that superiority Of intellect, me
~, THE writer knows Of but one missionaI
,,' in Hayti from the U. $. lie embarked vii
az his wife in January ~tast,in a small uucomfoI
able schooner, for Port all Prince. His nan
~ is William NJ. Jones. II il were not supe
hous to allude to denominations, in view o
wa true "Soldier Of the Cross" we would q
sktu MAN h-tla Grnn, ap.nnusN Nka naR.tAAa