The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-12-23

Majesty OF Wnat nad sald, IN Oruer the' "0
mi ht fully appreciate all the dangers OF pro,
crastination and this he assured me he would
don
Filibustering intervention, this. The state
ment of Mr. Walsh throws some light upon the
enterprise of General Green. Has our Govern
ment been as vigilant in looking after this ex-
petition as the movements of the Cuban plot
ters?
Subsequently, the following note was re-
ceived from the Minister of Foreign Affairs;
PORT AU PRINCE FEB. 81, 1851.
The Minister of Foreign Relations OF Haytl
has had the honor to receive your collective
note, dated the 1th instant, in which you re-
quest from the Government of his Majesty a
categorical answer to the propositions made by
you in the name Of your three Governments, in
regard to the question of the eastern part of
the island
The questions raised by this note are of the
gravest nature, and the Government OF his
Majesty believes that they ought to be mature
ly considered and seriously treated and it has
just appointed commission, composed of
Messrs. A. La Rochel, d. Labonte, n. V. Pie
sance, Senators, and Mr.. Laforestrie in order
to come to an understanding with you concern
ing the object Of your communication.
The undersigned, &c. &c, L. DUTRERE.
The allied powers demurred to this-they
wanted no more discussion. The Minister of
Foreign Affairs replied firmly
PoRr AU PRINCE Feb "a, 1851.
The Minister of Foreign Relations of Hayti
has had the honor to receive the note of the
agents, &C., &c, dated the LIST instant, in which
they decline all discussion of the propositions
which they have presented in the name of their
Governments.
Those propositions raise too serious questions
and those questions are too vital, not to give
the Government of his Majesty at least the
right of knowing the reason and the motives of
them, and of having the satisfaction of not
taking, in regard to them, any resolution what
ever, unless with full comprehension and after
mature elaboration
The Government of his Majesty insists, there
fore, that its commission should confer with the
agents Of the three Powers concerning the OBJ
ject of their note of the tn instant
L. DUFRERE
Further negotiation took place, in which the
Haytien Government proved itself more than a
match for the allied powers. The final resolve
of Faustin was announced to them, by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, April 10, as fol-
lows
This reply contains the resolution of his
Majesty's Government, in accordance with
that of the legislative body
THE Constitution does not permit the Hay
ten Government to subscribe to the first prop
Ostion Of the three Powers because, by so
doing it would violate Articles |, 4, and l6,
OF that Constitution and consent to the aliena-
ton of part of the territory of the Empire.
"The second proposition, which tends in eff
feet to the same result cannot either be ac-
cepted by the Haytien Government for the
reasons.
Nevertheless deeming it a matter of urgen-
cy to give solution to the question of the east
and to arrive, by some means compatible with
the rights the interests and the dignity of the
nation, and definite paciication of the island,
the Haytien Government, actuated by the
principles of humanity, in the name of which
the three Powers have interfered in the dis
pute, proposes that all the points of difference
be regulated and settled by deputies named
for the purpose by the two parties, in equal
number on both sides, and that the decision be
effected under the mediation and guaranty of
the representatives of the three Powers
"The Government of his Majesty takes upon
ITSELF besides, the engagement, from the pres
snt moment of continuing the truce which ex-
SITS, in fact since the commencement of the
negotiations to this day. In testimony of its
lesire of peace and Cancellation, it further pro-
poses to the inhabitants of the east that rela-
ions of commerce and friendship should be
re.established between them and
he rest of the Empire.
"The desire of a pacific solution so clearly
manifested by the Hayden Government, the
Importance of the commercial relations and of
the interests of the three Powers with Hayti
the kindly intercourse of constant friendship
between the latter and the Governments rep
resented by the three agents, the principles of
the strictest justice and of the impartiality of
mndiators who, in an arrangement between
two parties To d. .ovUnciled cannot eXacU nvII.
one of them, exclusively, sacrifices incompatible
with its existence-all give to the Government
of his Majesty the hope that the agents of the
three Governments will second its desire Of
pacifying definitely the east but on equitable
Even the Norfolk expedition had failed to
intimidate his sable Majesty.
The upshot of it was that Mr.. Walsh came
home at the expiration of his four months mis-
sion; and thus terminated this ridiculous chap
ter in our diplomatic history.
There is an episode connected with it, how
ever, that must not be forgotten We have
referred to Mr.. Webster's letter in relation to
consular appointments. Mr.. Walsh undertook
to communicate the substance of it to the Hay
ten Government, and received dignifed re-
bukc, which greatly offended his delicacy. In
his despatch to Mr.. Webster, March 81, he
says
"The Haytien Government, it seems, took
great umbrage at the phrase in my first note
not of African extraction which | tran
scribed frem your instructions and after nour-
ishing its anger for nearly a fortnight, gavo
vent to it in expressions which appeared to me
30 impairment as to call for immediate rebuke
| trust that my reply will meet with your ap-
proval, especially as | know that it has had u
good effect"
We submit the whole correspondence, and
the enlightened reader will be at no loss to de-
termine which was the impertinent party. The
language of the Minister of Foreign Affairs is
digniHed, and though it conveys an intense re-
buke it is marked throughout by great cour-
tesy:
Mr.. Walsh to the Minister of Foreign Relations
PoRr AU PRINCE, March IA, 1881
The undersigned bsgs leave to say to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, that some time
since he addressed under instructions from his
Government, note to his excellency, in regard
to the appointment of Mr.. B. C., Clark as Hay
ten consul at Boston. No notice whatever
having been taken of that note, the undcrsign-
ed finds himself under the necessity of request
ing at least an acknowledgment of its receipt,
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