The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-19

tie naraor u 6u1A, (wAc intsrSsrsd TO prsvene
his beating HE wifs) ysstsrdsy sentenced
70 6ea&A BY judge Edwards, In accordance with the
decisive srder Of tAe Court Of Appeals. The nm
happy criminals arc TO b executed on the 18th Of
February.
We have barely room to call attention to the in
tsresting local and religious intelligence, court
prosee dipgs, accounts Of maritime disasters, SO :,
contained in this sheet The great press of and
advertisements render il impossible TO make moro
particular reference to the variety of local matters
which Occupy our columns.
The Black Empire OF Hayta-Mr. Walsh's
TestilM 0ny.
The official eorsrps adenee Of Mr.. Walsh, which We
publAhed the other day, in relation 70 the existing
state Of things in the black Empire Of Hayti, under
the government Of that repnaive black savage,
Faustin Soulouque, conveys TO the world the
strongest tsstinsny of the utter insapacty of the
African for Advancement or improvement under IN
indepeI dent sell government in any FORM in any eli
mate, or under any circumstances, however favor
able to the experiment.
In regard to the imperial selfc,noeit of the stu
pid black barbarian who sways the destiniss Of
Hayti, the picture given by Mr., Walsh presents
Linn in most amusing light; but the subsequent
account given by our Coasul, Of the degraded eea-
dison OF his Aajsstys subjects, and OF the gradual
decline Of his empire to African barbarian, is mel
ancbo)y and painful in the highest degree Mr.
Walsh gives the facts from his own observation.
The statistics Of the commerce Of the island fully
bear him ont. Under the colonial governments Of
FraEsc and Spain sugar was the great and abun-
6snt product of Hsy.i Now, il is almost reduced
to nothing So Of coffee, hides, tallow, indigo aud
other products. The dminution in everything is,
in fact, astounding. For example, in 1879, under
the French colonial management, nearly sixty mil
lion pounds of sugar were exported, while for the
year past the exports have not exceeded half mil
lion, ali told.
The reason is obvious. Under the French, the
black man Of Hay IT, fresh from the wilds of Africa
was q slave, and his master made him work, and
took care Of him. A free man, be became free sa-
wage INDECENT lazy and regardless ofths wants Of to-
morrow. Hence We find not only most lamentabls
dseresfs in the products of Hayt but correspond
ing natural decay in the intelligence Of the blacks
of their capacity to take care Of themselves and
friahtful diminution of their aggregate population
We have had the same results exhibited, but to q
less extent, in the British West Indies, since the
emancipation act Their statistics we have so re-
peatedy given heretofore, that it is only necessary
for our argupent here to advert to them What a
contrast between the present impoverished, pestl-
lence and :ken island of Jamsisa and the
incompetent management Of the Spaniards
British philanthropy has ruined the British West
India colonies, by liberating their slaves; and the
slaves themselves have been ruined by it Let any
one doubling this fact, compare the state of things
in tha1A ,uI~ d. IL =
the emancipation act of 1886, including the ratio of
disease restitution, crime, and mortality, among
the black population, and he must be convinced
that the best condition for te fullest develops aent
of tho limited capacities Of the African for civilized
life, is the condition under which he exists in our
Southern States, and even in our Northern States,
or Canada, il you please, the condition Of depen
dent upon the white man.
Look ut Africa - look at the monuments Of
Egypt-which show that the condition of the black
man upon his own continent, for six thousand
years. has been that Of slavery or the most savage
bsrbarism. look at the cannibal King Of
Dahomsy. who lately entertained the agents Of
Queen Victoria with the exhibition Of caupibal
feast by bis subjects, apon the bodies of large
uumber Of negroes like themselves taken prisoners
from a neishbonpg tribe, and turned loose, to be
Slaughtered and eaten in the presence Of their white
visiters. and for their entertainment. This same
King Of Dahomey it was who wished to have mo-
nopoy of the slave trade and tn 1t the competition
Of his neighboring kings might be pat down for
chat object. The Emperor of Hayti and his en-
pirs are drifting "a the same level Of savage barba-
rity and cupidity.
In word, there appears to be no medium for the
African, between absolute slavery and gradual
decline into barbarian. Under q white master, as
in the Southern States, he becomes comparatively
refined good natured faithful and inseigs hu nan
beings but left to HIMSELF andremoved from the con-
troll Of the white man. and he detcrorates naturally
back again to the level fthe revolving black
savsges of Africa. The curse of Ham isupon hirn.
and in attempting to escape 1t, he is d'ssr..,ea
Philanthropy-tru philanthropy adopts d. word
of God and recognizes the true cond. don Of the
black man to be tina. of dependence upon more
intelligent race, better able to provide for him
than himself.
1t win not answer to cite the republic Of Liberia
in proof ef the black mans capacity for self govern
nent. That experiment is under the control Of
eolored men, most of them liberated slaves, educa-
ted under the institution Of slavery ia the United
States Bat let the annual supply from this country
be cut OF for twenty years and Liberia win proba
bly, soon become but another Hayti-only . single
remove from unmitigatod savage life.
We recommend the careful perusal Of DR. walsh's
Haytien letters BY those beautiful philanthropists
the poets Of the Ereaing Post and the philo-
sophers Of the Tribune. They are welcome to
their yrctest-bis imperial black majesty Of
Hayti-but we are fearful that his time is
short. Mr. Walsh, as We verify believe, most
truly says "tha. he cannot sustain himself for
any length Of tins and when he is overthrow, the
beginning Of the end may be anticipated. Univsr
sal confusion will probably ensus with all its pes
sible hcrrors II is the dread Of such consequence
Of his fall which is, perhaps, the strongest support
Of his throne Beneath its ruins, in the apprchen.
sisn Of the most intelligent, not only the empire.