The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-27

| lie following extracts are from u letter pub.
lished some time since in the New York Journal
Of Commerce, under date Of Hayti, July, 1850:
"Ths most important event in the history OF
affairs here for the last few months ia the rumored
effort Of the English, French, and American Con
suls to prevent the march of the Emperor against
the Domin'cans' and bring about treaty between
that those Consuls use, il is uncertain how their
lators will result. The Emperor has seemed
madly bent on subduing the Dominic ans, and the
past few months have been one scene Of prepara-
tons for another onset. When crowned, he was
declared Emperor Of the entire island and at that
time, and since then, the Domincans retained
possession OF their territory, which is about two
thirds OF the Island. None Of Souuquas prede-
cessor., since boyer's reign have reigned over the
Spanish part. Yet Souluaue
declares himself their Emperor, and at an immense
sacrifice OF money and life, has been laboring TO
reduce them TO snblection. If these Consuls shall
succeed in dissuading him from his march. and
thus restore peace to this long distracted and
most unhappy Island, they will richly deserve the
plaudts of the civilized world. am sure that the
civilized world are ignorant Of the manner in
which wars are carried on here, or they would
long ago have exerted their influence IN some ray
to prevent the barbarous scenes enacted and en-
| acting here.
Since that signal defeat, lat the battle of Coca,
where 5O0 Domlnlcans routed with great saugh-
ter 1,OOO Hayttens,) the Emperor seems con-
scious Of the great mistake it was to undertake
this march wlthou, the aid Of war vessels, TO ena-
Die him 10 effect thisNpass; consequently. he has
oeen making great efforts to increase his navy,
which he has good deal more than doubled
within The last few months. These additions con-
slst Of an Austrian ship Of about 600 TONS ut the
rumored price Of 100000, two Danish briggs,
which, together, said to have cost them
$4o,0OO, and a CuraGoa schooner for $4,000.
Besides these, 1t IS said that steamer is being
built for him in England, and vessel of some
kind have not heard what's to be furnished
from Boston. need hardly say these vessels
have paid somebody a good round profit
With this statement before you,
you, and each Of your readers, will say, in ad-
vance, that no man with spark OF manliness or
civilization about him, wOuld, for mercenarv or
any other considerations, go to work deliberately
to increase the infatuation of this government and
goad them on IN their inhuman career With the
lniensest modification, and may add Indignation
am compelled to say this has been done, and by
Americans too Yes, by Dostonans! y
odious as the slave trade is justly regarded, PHI
lanthropy and humanity would say, far sooner
furnish vessels for that service than for this In
regard to the forcibe seizure Of Victims they are
the same; but IN Africa, these victims have
| neither intelligence nor civilization, and are but
little above the brutes. While here, have seen
he soldiers, in their rage, surround the chapel of
4 TIC NACtbpuIht iUlSStOUuTy OIL the CAOOdln, ana
take young men, whose intelligence and moral
worth were such as to render them an honor to
any church IN America, and march them with
lnsoent triumph to LA place, from whence they
were inhumanly sent on board the slave vessels,
(the writer means by this the Hayten nAvy,)
without so much as an opportunity to bid adieu to
mothers, wives, and children. There are those on
this Island, who have been slaves, and also free
| blacks from nearly every Southern State. AgQn
and again, have heard them say that the Hay
lien military service was worse than any slavery
they had ever known. Whatever else is done in
the ships, old or new, protest, in the name of hu
mainly against their being sold to this govern
ment."
The letter from which the above extracts are
made, clearly shows that it was written by a
friend of the hluck race.
The history of the Dominican republic is brief
y as follows:
"rhe Island of ST. Domingo formerly belonged,
the eastern part to Spain, the western part TO
France. Under a low system Of morality, a con
siderable population Of free people of color had
sprung up in the French part of the island, when
the French revolution began. One of the early
results of that revolutionI was the decree of the
Constituent Assembly of France, Of the 18th
May, 1871, declaring that men of mixed blood of
all shades, born Of free persons, should be adms-
sible to the colonial assemblies. This admission
Of free people Of color to political equality with
themselves, was resisted by the white inhabitants,
who, rather than submit thereto, made proposals
to Sir Adam Williamson, then Governor of ia
| macn, to place the island, or rather the French
part of It, under British protection. Their pro-
positions were accepted, and British force sent
to occupy the posts Of Jeremi and ST. Noss
| Mole. Sanihonax, the French commissioner,
alarmed at the prospect OF the colony falling into
the hands of Great Britain, proclaimed the gene
raj emancipation Of all the slaves. This was fol-
lowed bya coalition Of the free people Of color
| with the blacks, to murder and drive out the
whites. The atrocities committed on lettering
age, helpless infancy, and feeble womanhood,
have given TO the island terrible interest.
| The people Of color, who united with and en-
couraged the blacks in these atrocities have since
met with their merited punishment in the oppres-
sion, Punishment, and massacre of which they
have in turn become the victims.
| Its great error into which many have fallen
to suppose that the inhabitants Of the eastern or
Spanish part Of the island, had any part in these
| scenea of vice and crime, which have rendered in
| famous the very naVe Of that beautiful island -
Those excuses were confined entirely to the
French part The Spanish part Of the island re-
manned undisurbed and, until 1921, in quiet sub
mission to Spain, Of whose colonies il was, in
climate, soil, and mineral productions, perhaps
the most valuable, tho most neglected. Over
looked and neglected by the cabinet of Madrid,
and their only of prosperity their COM
merce with the other Spanish American colonies,
being cut off by the revolt of those colonies, in
Dec. 1921, the Dominicans declared their indie
pendence Of Spain, and hosting the Columbian
| flag, sent commissioners to ask admission one
Of the States of the Columbian republic That re-
public was at that time too much engaged in the
organization of its own government and affairs nj
home to attend TO the application of the Domini.
cans. Spain engaged with her other colonies,
left the Dominican revolutionists TO themselves
Boyer, then President Of Hayli, under pre,ence
of marching to their assistance, took possession
ofthe country. The Dominicans, few in number
and unprepared for resistance, were compelled to
submit, and found that they had exchanged The ne
glect and restrictive commercial policy Of Spain,
for the far more oppressive tyranny Of the blacks.
Under this yoke they suffered I'LL l843. In that
year, driven to desperation, few persons, not
a hundred, rose in the night and took possession
Of the principal gates Of the city Of ST. Domingo.
| BY the influence Of some Of the foreign residents
whose sympathes were with them, and who
between them and the Hayden garrison in the Cit
adeI, exaggerating their numbers and strength,
the garrison was induced to surrender before