The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28
Nfarfialaae.

we promised, IN one OF our last num-
bers, few words concerning Mr.. A. F.
Perrinon, the late Commissary. general in
Martinique. This martyr of truth and
honesty has had to endure the Judgment
pronounced by vice and absurdiiy. lie has
been recalled, under the pretence that in
the actual state, he will be in better po-
sition to serve the colonial interests, as a
member of the National Assembly, than
~, guvtuuur Of MortiuiYuv.' But siIv truth
is, the result may fairly be attributed to
TIE foul calumnies Of the press, and the
irtrigu,ss of certain planters in the metro
polls. The colonial minister, affecting TO
give credit TO those calumnies, has, on the
one hand, written the most ilattering de.
spatches 10 Mr.. Peninon, compIimenting
hun or the successful and prai:xworthy
manner in which the gallant officer has
gone through the difficult circumstances in
which he was placed on his arrival in
Martinique; and, on the other hand, Mr..
Bruat is sent out for the express purpose
of reducing the insunectionp We have it
from good authority that, on landing at
Fort-de- France, Mr.. Bruat could not help
expressing his establishment at finding peace,
order, and prosperity, where he had been
prepared 20 see the people in state Of
revolt and civil war. So persuaded was
he that he had been sent out on military
expedition. that he left behind him his wife
end family, bis furniture. &c. 1t is very
difficult, then, TO reconcile Mr.. Bruat's ia.
norance OF the real stale Of affairs with the
minister's knowledge OF il, as exhibited in
the dispatches above alluded to. But the
matter will soon be brought to light. when.
after having been an instant obscured by a
cloud, truth will rise with more glorious
majesty.
Mr.. Peninon has evinced, throughout,
in his administration, that ardent zeal, that
eager solicitude, which anticipates wants
and nrlltiplies and prepares the means Of
relief. The very popularity Of his name
has operated as check upon the otherwise
inevitsble consequences oft fatal scene:
displayed on May last. Besides what was
his strict duty, there are other things which
his generous heart prescribed him, and which
he executed with that loftiness of purpose
which is characteristic of the man. BY his
strenuous efforts, he has shown himself in
strumental in organising work on fair and
solid basis throughout the colony, both to
the satisfaction Of the planters and the la
borers--public and private dIssensions have
been crushed down by his sole influence
And Il he has committed an error, it i,
that Of obeying his too keen sense of deli
cacy. Had he, as he undoubtedly ought Il
have done, renewed the whole personnel o.
the administration, he would not have beer
calurnniated by those very individuals who
have reaped the benefit Of his delicate for
bearsnce. They have falsely charged hin
with having appointed mulattoes, To the ex
clusion Of whites, to the different posts o
honor and emolument under his control
This charge is not only fallacious and un
founded, but it proves that, even in TN
opinion Of his calumniators, sound polio,
ought to have dictated to him a cours
which he has not adopted. He has deal
most generously by the whites, thereb
teaching to the whole population the prac
: Teal forgetfulness Of past injuries. ---S. Lu
cia Independent Press.
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