The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-05

eoclalism N Hsyti-Ths Late Censptrs or
and the Late EzecutSens. kop
| The New York Journal of Commerce, referring to
the recent executions at Hayti, says the facts have
heretofore been mjsrepresented; that, instead of
thsre being arbitrary act of power or authority
exsrted in repression Of menaced insurrection
that had in view not simply the overthrow Of the
empire aud the establishment Of republic, but also
thorough revolution in the institutions and rela
tons of society conspiracy to effect these results
was discovered a. long ago as January last
ION the goth of that month robbery occurred
In the warehouse Of Lewis Poulli 4 Co., OF Port au
FRINGE. OF nearly thirty thousand dollars in mo
ney The thieves, when detected and arrested,
alleged that they had given portion Of the stolen
property to Chevaler Cadet. young artillery Of
ficer, who, being ON guard the night Of the rob
treasure behind tho arsenal. Cadets apartments
were examined TO obtain his portion Of the plum
der; and in the progress Of the search the officers
ton Of the empire and the establishment OF a re-
public. This document further declared that the
right to the soil should no longer remain in the
present propretors, but in those who cultivated the
land; that lAborers, and all who received wages in
whatever occupation should nevertheless be allow
cd to possess the products Of their labor; and that
| the right Of inheritance. without being destroy
ed, should DO limited, with view to the promo
ton of public interests Cadet was Imprisoned,
| and on his examination avcrred that Eugene San
non, an officer Of the customs, had given him the
manifesto. Sannon, on being arrested, confessed
that he had written il at the dicaton Of the Baron
Cszenu, representative from st. Marc. Cazsau
was arrested and brought to Port au Prince.
Pending the examinations, which were continued
from the 2sth January to the lst Of March, devsl-
opments were made duplicating in the conspiracy
Brutus Adam, Guerrier Lazarre, CHINA Baptiste,
Joseph de Lamotte, Charles de Francisque, Fred
eric. SEN. and Jean Baptiste de Francisque, Duke
OF Limbo, all Of whom were arrested accom-
plices. After the commission of inquiry had per-
iormed its part, the case was RENTED to the pro-
Of March, and continued till O'Clock in tho morn
ing of the 18th, when it terminated in the convic-
ton Of the crime of attempting TO overthrow the
government legally and cOns6tutionally establish
ed, and to substitute another in it's place." Of
Sannon, Frederic, Caxeau, Cadet, and Jean b.
Francisque, who werc condemned to death. Adam
Lamotte and O. Francisque convicted of conceal
ing their knowledge of the conspiracy, were con-
demned to imprisonment for three years. Lazarre
lowed the greatest latitude in their defence, but
the proof of guilt was overwhelming. An appeal
was allowed to those condemned to death, and their
sentence was confirmed by another tribunal March
18th. j B. Francisque, Cazeau, and Frederic were
shot on the Goth; simon and Cadet ON tho 2lst.
Two or three days before, on the 18th March, Du-
verni Simon, . military officer Isaac George, and
the Lord of Bobo, were shot at Cape Hayticn, con-
demned for completely in the same conspiracy,
whose objects it was proposed to attain by smulta-
neous insurrections in the north and west u.
"Ali these men were leaders in the contrivcd
movement They were entitled by birth and odu-
cation to an exalted social position, but, leading
absolute lives, had become ruined by extravaganza
and waste, and engaged in this desperate adven-
ture with the hope Of repairing their private for
tunes by the spoliation Of the community"