New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-02

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ment of certain formalities connected W..
the affair previous to the arrest Of Can't NJ
The Government refused to pay the rnor.v
and our Capt Parker was ordered To po,.
su-Prince with a naval force to get il. u.
correspondence with Dir. Da Fresne. II.
Minister of Foreign Relations, wasiu s,o,.
of appropriate politeness and respect. T,
his complaints the Minister re Piled tia,
Capt. Mayo had merely been subjected ;.
the laws Of the country, and had suffered
nothing more than would have befal.s an,
Hsytisn in such case. 1t was true ,h,,
be had been confined in common pn,o,
and with other prisoners, but that ".
owing to the fact that the Governmenth,I
no other prison at that place, and could
rot confne him elsewhere. And a. to s,v
obligation on the part of the Governments
indemnify him for damages suffered ia ii.
affair, no such obligation was recognized bv
the laws of the empire, and none could b.
admitted.
Such is the present state of this case
and it remains to be seen whether the psy.
ment of the indemnify will be enforced.
On legal principles we do not think it can
be. According To the French law, which
is also that of Hayti, the government eau.
not be called on for damages in conse.
quence of an unfounded prosecution Of this
kind; the only remedy Of the party W.
Justly prosecuted is against the informant
who has denounced him. We do not IN
derstand that foreign trader in any cOun.
try is exempt from the laws of that coQn.
try, or can claim any privileges beyond
those they afford him in common with its
citizens. If the proceedings against Capt.
Mayo were perfectly legal,-a point as to
which we have rot sufficient information
to speak with absolute certainty-his claim
is bat a doubtful one. Only the fact that
our government is moving TO enforce the
claim, makes US presume that it musthavc
some grounds with which we are not &C.
qusinted.
tbs probable that Soulouque would pay
the $4,000 demanded rather than soc his
capital bombarded, though he is capsule o.
refusing even in view of that inillchOn.
IL is Justly said that he does not regard
our Government or its forces with any
great respect. This is natural la the
first our Government has not recognized
his, and in the second place he knows thai
if ho chooses to resist, he can retire into
the interior, leave Port 10 It's
fate and defy the consequences. To Amer
lean commerce any serious difficulty with
Hayti would be misfortune, for il would
close TO us a profitable and ever increasing
market. The value of this trade is not
generally understood and tho journal which
recommends an expedition to hel tho Do
minicsns take Hayti, labors to make 1t ap'
pear of very little consequence. Previous
to last year our trade with Hayti was Ia
deed small, but in 1850 the Empire took
above a million and half of our goods.
This trade, we say, may be increased. For
instance, in 1924, according to McCu!lOch
England sent goods to Hsyti to the amount
of ,f251 1919, three quarters Of which were
cottons and linens. This businessour mel
chants can monopolize if they choose to
Try it and if no trouble intervenes.
The condition of the Island is said to DO
far worse than before the revolution Of
1889. This is mistake. Then there wer
large plantations filled with slaves, pro-
duction was carried as far as possible with
slave labor, and large quantities of coffee,
sugar and cotton were exported still the
expectation Of coffee is now two thirdsos
what it was then, while dyewoods, tobacco,
castor oil, which are now exported In con-
siderable amounts, were not then produced
at all. Now there are no plantations, but
every man has his small farm less is e1-
ported, but every family lives in comPna-
tive comfort. There are a million Of people
in Hayti, but no paupers, fact which our
civilization, freedom and intelligence can
not match.
The Spanish part of the Island is held
up as superior to the Empire. Facts do
not bear out the assertion. In Dominica
robberies and murders are frequent and
every traveller must go armed. la Hyf
no man need go armed, and such is tho
honesty of the people that the Captain OF
merchant vessel, who has made above fof'
ty voyages to Hayti, assured as but tho
other day that he could take the first DOCK
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