The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-12-21

solemn farce. aud that their decision upon ssthe grave
question OF national interest communicated to them by
The Emperor, Will also be communicated 10 them by the
same august parsonage there would be good ios
predicting that Their voices will not be for IA bis
Majesty should intimate the expcdency OF peace he viii
unquesuonaby receive The most willing and eonseen-
ous advice TO that elect from his faithful senators and
deputies, but sill in state of uncertainty to
his Intentions. They Will be revealed however, before
the end of this week faA 81 kNl 10000
You will by the journal the correspondence which
has taken place between the Minister OF Foreign Adams
and the Chambers, IN regard 10 request made by my
eoengu and myself to be present at the discussion OF
the Dominican question II seems 10 have embarrassed
the Legislators, and a, last they determined to sit with
closed DOORS that obtain no satisfactory intel.
ligence OF their proceedings.
With great respect, your obedlsn! servant,
.F...t. ROBERT M WALSH
Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER. Secretary OF State 8
Mr. WIsh TO Mr.. Webster
PoRr Az PRINcE. April TO- 1851
SIR am Informed that The Chambers have appointed
joint committee to make report upon the Dominican
question: and that the Emperor has added 10 ii gen.
erals, in order that the army may be represented 10 the
business. The town is now full OF military personages
all the principal officers OF the empire having been
moned here. 10 the number OF nearly i've hundred gen
erals, and twice many coonels for the double pur
pose OF ascertanng their views concerning the and
Of giving them the decorations just arrived from France,
OF the order OF 81. ansilnan order Instituted by the
Emperor in honor OF himself and the saint whom he has
selected his patron | say selected, because his real
name is Quassie. and not Faustin but there being no
saint Of the former appeation in the calendar he ex-
changed it for epithet OF more civilized and Christian
sound The order is strict imitation OF similar in
stituons in other achies, with all the different graz
datons of knghhood, and bands and crosses and these
are bestowed upon the princes. dukes counts. barons
and chevaliers Of the empire" in recompense for their
'zeal, patriotism, merit, and talents" military
thes That the civilians also who 'mert distinctions
for the services which they have rendered. and
tue to render, TO the country, might be duly reward
ed. another order, the "Legion OF Honor" estab
lshel, which already. in consequence OF the quantity OF
meritoous and distinguished Haytiens reoices
ly many members its French namesake, originated
| by Napoleon. tf 158sas l1U #EE 4@H
| A Hayden without decoration is very rare as we'll
very unhappy individual, at least among the inhabt-
ants OF the towns In the country banana is generally
regarded with more interest and admiration than the
Grand Cross OF St Faustn. Two other ORDERS il is said,
be instituted honor OF the empress and the
princess and their patron saints ST. Anne and ST. Olive,
for which the insignia now IN course OF preparation
By Partisan artists. Ladies of eminence to be the
amiable recipients of them when they arrive and it ia
said that they will be almost multtadinous those
appertaning to the confraternities of cavaliers.
| trust, sir, you will pardon me ii sometimes wander
from the serious tone appropriate TO despatch but is
difficult 10 preserve ones gravity win so absurd carl
of civilization before ones eyes is here exhibit
| ed In every shape. siE
Nothing saves these people from being infinitely rdcu-
lons the circumstance OF their being often supremely
disgusting by their fearful atrocities The change from
ludcrous farce to bloody tragedy s here as frequent
as it is terrible; and the smiles which the former irress-
IDLY provoke only be Iepressed by The sicksnng SEN
salons occasoned by the latter.
| Its conviction which has been forced upon me by
what have learned here that negroes only TO be
children when they degenerate into savages As long
they happen to be in genial mood il s the rattle and
the straw by which they are tcked and pleased; and
when their passions once aroused, the most patent
weapons OF subjngation alone prevent the most hor
ribe evils residence here. however brief must cause
the most determined philaDthrops to entertain serious
doubts OF the possibility OF their attaining the full
stature of intellectual and civilized manhood unless
miraculous nterpostion is vouchsaed in their behalf
In proportion the ecoliectlols and traditions OF the
old colonial civilization fading AWAY and the ima
L - = IL AZ
African, losing its opportunities of exercise the black
inhabitants OF Hayi reverng TO the primitive
from which they were elevated by contact with the
whltes-a whose innate superiority would seem 10
be abundany proved by the fact that il approach
ing the goal OF mental progress, while the other has
scarcely made step IN advance OF the position in which
general rule, Intelligence and education 10 be
found; but they neither sufficiently numerous,
viriuous, enlightened 10 do more Than diminish the
rapdlty oil the nations DESCENT and every day accee
rates the inevitable catastrophe by essening their au
ence and strength.
The contrast between The picture which is now pre-
scented by this country and that which exhibited when
under the dominion OF the French Affords melancholy
continuation of what have said. 1t was then, indeed,
an 'exultng and Astounding" and-a land literally flow
ing with mix and honey; now II might be affirmed
without extravaganza that where IS not arid and
desoae waste. ii is flooded with the waters OF bitterness
or covered with noisome and poisonous weeds "When
arrived here, TO quote the words OF an intelligent for
egner who has been in Hay since the epoch OF ITS indie
pendence, " there abundance of everything;
there want oil everything. The cultivation OF sugar,
which once the main fountain OF wealth. is en-
tIrey abandoned excep, for the production OF ntox
ealing drink and that OF coffee has much decreased
that il would in The least be of surprise IT.
long, the supply OF that indispensable article for Hay
ten commerce be insufficient for the ordinary con-
sumption oil the inhabitants themselves I'd
The government in spite of its constitutional forms, is
despotism oil the most ignorant, corrupt. and vicious
description with military establishment enormous
that, while Al absobs the largest portion oil the
for lis support, II dries up the very of national
UrDS hv fol pf thair ~
laborers to fill The Town with pestient hodes OF de-
PRAYED and irreolaimabe oilers The treasury is bank
Tupt, and every species OF profgae and runous expe
dent j. resorted 10 for the purpose OF obtaining the
means OF gratifying insane passion for ffivoleus
expenditure. great portion OF the public revenue
is wasted upon the personal vanues of the Emperor,
and his ridiculous Efforts 10 surround himself with
rial. II is fact that the legislature which voted
him several hundreds OF thousands of francs for
absurd costume refused an appropriation OF twenty-five
thousand francs Tor public schools. The population,
for the part, Is immersed in Cimerian darkness
that can be pierced by the few and feeble rays
which emanae from the higher portions OF the social
system, whilst there - constant fermentation OF zeal
only class at all capable OF guiding the desnies OF The
land, which threatens at every moment TO shalle the
political vessel in which they perlonsly working
As TO the refining and elevatng influences OF civilized
febe influences OF religion, OF literature OF science,
OF arhey do not exert the least practical sway,
they he said to exist at all The priests of the altar
SET the worst examples OF every kind OF vice. and
universally mere adventures, dlsowned by the church,
who alone here IN consequence oil the assump-
lion by the Emperor Of eccle sasca authority whch mil
ltaes with tina, Of the Roman pon,iH The press is
shack led To such degree the least freedom