The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-19

man, seems, was born in Virginia, and belongs to
the colored race. About twenty years ago, he emf
grated to Hayh, embarked in business for himself,
and realised handsome competency bat it also
seems that by the last change in the political in
s,itutIons of the island, he was deprived Of the
greater part of il. When he left the United States,
and for many years AFTER he was in total darkness
in regard to all things appertaining to future state
Of existence-or, in other words he was absolute
inidel; but, fortunately for HIMSELF his mother,
who was a very pious woman, gave him, when he
was leaving Virginia, Bible, and made ii a re-
guest that he should keep il and dill gently study it.
He kept il, net because OF ITS own intrinsic value,
but because OF ITS having contained some family
records; and to this circumstance, under Divine
Providence, he owes his conversion from state Of
inidelity to the light of Gods holy word, and to
acknowledge the Saviour.
After the church services were performed. which
consisted of prayer by the Rev. Doctor Lathrop,
and two hymns, which were sung by the choir,
and gave the political history Of the island of Hay
from The time Of its discovery by Columbus, to the
present day, and then ssave very graphic account
of the moral and religious stale Of the people,
which, by the way, is not very encouraging; but,
as Mr.. Wariag says, Europeans are every day
pouring into the country, from France, Germany,
and other parts of Europe. Their influence on the
inhabitants is beginning to be felt, the hight Of the
and its benign influence is being felt in almos.
every part of the island, and especially a! the ives!
end Oft. But We will let the reverend gentleman
speak for himself. He began by saying that he
felt delighted at having an opportunity Of address
ing himself to those whom he had reason to believe
are, of all others, the most interested in n
Sav'our's kingdom. He felt specially happy in
addressing himself to Baptist congreg alion, be-
cause, amongst the Baptists there il one principle
that has direct bearing on the Church Of Rome
that church differs from all other Christians, o
Nhyfcf Ahnr has H. &c
man for the word of God and, therefore, il any
denomination Of Christians ought to be interested
IN The work OF regeneration. should be the Bap-
tsls lie also felt il to be pleasant crcu instance
10 appear before them, and be enabled represent
the real interest OF Haytiens, and to do so not
q sectaYy, but a Christian and a member of
church, which, OF all others. most thoroughly
understands the gospel Of salvation. He was
Baptist, and he agreed with the sentiment uttered
by his brother who introduced him, that it is the
principles and support of the Baptists that will
generate and sustain the people Of Hayt.
But itistime to say something about the Hayiiens.
II is but justice to them and to you that you should
know something about them, and be made ac-
quanted with some of their wants; but | will con-
hne myself TO their religious conaition-it is that
winch chiefly occupies met is q work OF great
importance, and one which should engage US all,
because il is the dissemination OF the principles of
the religion Of Jesus Christ, which, if psrsevered
10 and carried out, will supersede the idolatries
and corruptions OF Rome. will now make some
remarks on the religious and neral state OF the
give outline Of the early history Of the country,
and the various political changes II has undergone
from the time of its discovery to the present day.
y was discovered by Columbus, and was amongst
the rst Of his discoveries this part of the world
j, was then inhabited by race OF Indians, who
Were subsequently extirpated by the Spanards,
the latter having first enslaved them but they were
unequal TO the labor imposed upon them BY their
TASK masters, and they gradually disappeared from
The face Of the earth. II was then the Spaniards
rst thought of resorting to Africa to repenlsh the
cordingly large numbers of Africans were, from
ilrne 10 time, transported 10 Saint Domingo, and
subsequently became numerous III the island, SO
much so that settlements were formed In different
paris Of II, particularly where the Spaniards were
not numerous, so that finally the western part of
il became entirely peopled with blacks--ihe French
having possession OF one part OF il, and the Spani-
ards OF the other In the part of the island held by
the French, as q matter Of course French senti-
ments end feelings predominated, and in that part
of II the blacks were mostly located. Therefore.
after he French revolution, the principles of
freedom, that is-the principles Of the revolution
became prevalent, ard race OF men sprang
~ that embraced those doctrines. They were
h mixed popu alton, end most Of them had obtained
Gated, having received their education ia Europe
As soon as II became known in the island thai
France was declared republic, the colored pr
ton CT the inhabitants made strong effort to OBJ
tain their freedom. Their first step was TO send
deputies 10 France and finally the National As
mbly declared that there should be an equality OF
rights among all citzens without distinction of CO.
ior The colored people, and more particularly
those Of them who were the most ciamorous for
freedom, were not pre- pared for this sweeping de-
clGration, and the consequence Was great dissats-
faction amongst the whites, and ultimately they
and the colored men came TO blows. A battle was
fough,--the whites were sustained by the Fre0ch
soldiers, end the people Of color were defeated The
people Of color, finding that OF themselves they
could not make head against the white popua-
tion, subsequently applied to the negroes TO make
common cause with them. The latter embraced
the proposition, and a civil war Immediately COM
menced, until the whites were either m assacred or
expe lied the island Several attempts were subse-
quen,ly made, both by the French and English, to
recapture II AMI bring II again under subj ection
but after years of hard ightiag, the negroes
drove all intruaers out OF il, and have since
continued TO hold j, themselves. The speak
eT then went on to say that the French intro.
duced blooehounds from the Spanish Main
guilty Of acts OF great aud unnecessary barbarity;
that the negroes retaliated, and finally succeeded
10 destroying the whole OF The French population,
and then commenced massac ring each other rne
negroes having been now In the undisturbed pos
session OF the Island together with what aimed
a the colored men, established what they called
republican governmcnt-or, rather the island
vac governed by two factions. Petion, who
claimed to be the tirst President, governed one
part OF II for some years, while Christophe govern
ed the other part. Alter the death Of Potion, he
was succeeded by Boyer. Boyer organized a large
force. which he called the national guard, which
was tended 10 strengthen his power and secure
IL ia his own hands This force has been contin-
ued through all the revolutions and vicsstudes OF
the Island, until the last revolution. But the pre-
sent ruler who has assumed royalty, has destroyed
IL. His government, however, cannot last long
In fact, we do not consider we have any govern
mt nj al present, and in the eastern part OF the
island the people do not acknowledge IL, and h ave
established a government Of their own. Me- War
ing then gave some statistics relating TO the island
lie said the whole Of the population amounted I }
about 500 600, which he divided into three classes
The white, the colored, aud the black. The Ca
tbolic religion being the prevailing or predominln.
religion, the people are nece ssarily in deporable
state OF ignorance; but the blacks are the lowest
"a the scale. While the other two classes are in
crsasing, the blacks every day decreasing; but
10 make amends for this, for some years pa It
foreigners have been arriving from France, Ger
many, and other paris OF Europe, which, in the pre-
sent state of affairs most fortunate for the coun-
he, . uexu de.axahI .4.xt ol naa.l. and