New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-19
HAYTI.
Petition for the Recognition OF her INDIE
Dendence.

Tohe Honorable he Senate and House Of Representatives
ofhe United S1les Of America in CoaSress assembled
The Undersigned merchants of Boston, respectfully
represent 10 Congress:
That lay,i de fdcto an independent state since the
first of January 1904 by the Declaration of her indie
peDdence, aud djursnce july le25 by the recognition
of France under Cn4rles the Tenth and all the great
powers OF EurOpewhich, subsequently, has been con-
hrmed by treaties passed and ratified between the Gov
erIment of King Louis Philippe of the French, and
Hayt as an independent State has however been
recognized by the UHicd States; for which this petition
now respectfully aud earnestly prsyeth
The great interests OF our shipping, agriculture
growing manufactures and commerce In general Inn
peTatlvely require that this very important and grow
ing trade should be regulated and established upon
firm a basis 1t is already with regard TO the most
favored European nations-whe it now exists only by
suferance
The importance of this trade is in the reports of
the Secretary the Treasury OF the United States end
ing June 1850 and 1851, which show That in the fiscal
year of 1850, had engaged in the Haytien trade
seventy four thousand Elk hundred aud seyentyone
tuns OF American shipping which was naylgated oy
1901 American seanlen, and this Independently OF that
trade In foreign shipping, clearing from and entering
into potts. And during the year the United
States exported b Hay Ii 10 the amount OF million
three hundred and nifty thousand hundred aud
eight thousand dollars, while China tuis country in
the year, only exported to the amount OF mil
lion six hundred and five thousand two hundred and
seventeen dollars and only employed one-halt the tun
page which II has engaged in the Haytien tra1e-.he
tunDsge in the China trade being, in the year 1850 3D.
100 tuns
The tunnsge of the United Ltates engaged in the
trade 10 Hayt in $50, exceeds 10000 tuns that to Ire
land and Scotland together 10000 tuns to the Hanse
towns, andis as much as that to Bel GUM.
II exceeds by two thousand tuns that trading with
both the Atlantic and Mediterranean ports of Spaln
and deubles that trading with France the Mediter
raneaD, taking together the French West Indies the
French fisheries French Guiana, and the Isle of Bour
bon
Il equals the aggregate amount of that trading to
Do no fba Garpd 10 lard al
andt Italy, Sicily Trieste, and all the other Austrian
ports, ana Turkey.
1t exceeds by more than twenty thousand the trade
with Holland and the Dutch East Indies. Brazil, with
her population of five millions, only employs one.thrd
more American shipping, and Mexico employs one.
third less American shipping, than Hsyd.
Indeed Venezuela, Bolivia the Cisplatiue and Ar.
geniine Republics, and Peru all together only equal
Hsy in this respect. Now, this Hayten trade has in
creased this last year, ls5l SA5,l97, making, In ALL
trade amounting to 81 sS996o, ratio OF increase OF
nearly twenty I'VE per centum
And although our trade TO China has much increased
during the last year. $751; yet our unnsge in tue Hay
ten trade is still equal to that With China and our ex
ports Ina domestic produce is only s4o13 more than
that which we exported 10 Hay during the same year
the amount OF our imports being Sl,c699bo and our
exports, In domestic produce ; b913, and In domes-
tic sno foreign 81 80. Indeed, with the 81 differ
ent tries with which the foreign commerce OF the
United States Is transacted, Hayu is the eighth in the
shipping employed exclusively Of New Grenada, whose
poIts serve merely stopping places, or transit.
Nor Is the interest of the Hayuen trade confined 10
portion OF United States, for the Nsw England
States export thereto their sh and dOmestcs Pennsy-
vania, Northern Virginia. Maryland and the Western
States, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri, their
pork; Vermont New.York Massachusetts, illinois and
Ohio their beef; Philadelphia and stCD their soap
finally, Maine North and South Carolina, Virginia aud
Kentucky, their lumber, rice and tobacco Oar manu-
isctures Of New England, NewYork and Pennsylvania,
have begun 10 supply the Hayden market with our
cheap cotton goods and those of Georgia might
with the enterprise, compete as successfully with
European goods, Jas do already those which are no"
exported to that market by our rising nnutacture'
Mexico, with population OF eight millions, took est
year from the United States TO the amount OF $3.50 5Ol
less than Hayt, ami employed twenty.sx thousand
tuns lees than cur trade 10 the latter.
Then the trade to Hsy'iis more profitable; for from
the former our vessels return la ballast elsewhere
10 seek cargo while from Hayti freight may always
be had ii not always In coffee certainly IN mahogany,
lcgwoOd or hemp Hayt imports from toe United
States eoy times cotton goods than Cuo4-tus
last years report showing the comparison OF Two hun
Ore and ninety six thousand dollars worth OF exports
10 Hsy:, and only twenty six thousand dollars worth
TO Cuba
Hsyt consumes three times more e our aour than
Cuba; six times more PORK; FIVE times more soap
1925 6g2 boxes 10 SO, s4o IN Cuoa six times more
picked hsh-iO2s9 barrels, and much more dried aud
smoked nsn being hundred and sixy5wo thousand
dollars CO.. pared 70 eighyfOur thousand dJIars which
lsst article ,lsb De considered OF the highest n
poitsce - NE United States the shing trade being the
great LurteTy OF seanen Indeed, !. vas tue hsI-
cries which gave the irst impetus 10 snip-5ddlng,
when had no other market out liberated aud inde-
percent Hay all the other principal colonies being
cutet 20 our enterprise directed ~ that trade.
Ano these beneficial Effects are known IN every town
aud city OF New gland and telt and acknowledged as
the origin OF o. the princey fortunes 0i the ia
lies and rchans IT those enterpsiOg states, which
bsve carried Nag every country on toe g.ooe.
Now the Wet indies Is g'eit a1d principal foreign
market for ire Aforesaid arlc!es and for Toich H4y
sti our beet Customer md sands foremost tue list
az our largest market II me world and fac aoJve all
others who irare III 70 Ia tots import ant article.
JUDGED. cur exuOits ot dried and pckl-d Lsa n all
the West lnG-s 6Caos therein includ-o) in 1880
amounted a. S352 --o; Il which Bayu took SIJ0sJ9
Whicn lsst asuourt the Hay,ieu trade IS about oac
third OF ias ag7re.l,e INIT Of our trade in thai a-.
Gle 20 al the ord - y is4
This sun &c: deserves more the seu ton Of our
country from TIE We l-klowa fact that France aud
England are now hol41g out their fstsr.ng hands 20
tntir impor ant fisheries. ~ tenetng hayn we ben.
err our asnirg. shipping, cur manufacturing our
teHcuitDr.l sId our Commercial intsres- generally
Hyu mas ither TIE will the soiity oinure ina
Unifsd States but she eh have the aud tue other
lhS were ihe depeHdsI.y or foreign poser
LAY t-s given IEoe: G. Eer L;iliiy - mda,ln her