New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-04
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iJrresronfenfr ~ The y. Y. l-ogus
PORT Az PRINCE March, 1850.
There Is not the least doubt and Wa express
ttis with zeal pol >DtLropcsl regret that the
negro eupro of H.;t, 10 goicg down rapidly
wiki tyerJ yssl. and ~ig BE- lost without hep.
TIE rotten m-ctiney Of stare aud society ~ens GA
pretty wtn i,r Soile, 81 long a. the illusion OF
the usper.mouey l,sged snd me 'gEorant negro,
b, habit or paot 1t reflec ion, received the bad
SHIN. pasters 81 this Govern mebt TOR good current
money. Dutipg the time # ,he Republic, tue
rulers If IIa5ti were 40 p'u3eu. a. MT 70 carry
20 an excess me manufacture Of tits paper, whlcn
bas no specie os,i.. Urd-r President Boyer, the
whole isisnd formed on single State, thee peoses
of tho Government were mode sIe, and living in
HaJii w6s ottapes thon anywhere else ia the
West Indies Even uDCer the las. President,
Rich, tie amount OF the paper-Honey in crcula-
ton was Lut sl7,Ct ,0O0. During tho reign OF
the Emperor Soulouque. the expenses of the state
have increased immensely, and in an equal pro-
portion the poverty of the masses has augmented.
The circulating paper money has reached the inn
m.usc sum Il $50 CC0, eco. Forged banh-notes
have been imported in grett quantities. and
are not easily to be distinguished tr,m the good
o., The paper las almost entirely lost it, value.
living is actually as expensive in Port-au Prince as
in any luxurious capital OF Europe. The army,
the public officers the whole Government costs
Low almost three times as much as at the time OF
tie Republic, which, it is true, WAS likewise by
no means model state, yet. even in lts worst
condition did not attain such Ill., d, gree oil rot
tClHess and corruption as the Empire.
sOUlOUduc s"lZCs, as h We'll known, nIth part
of the whole annual c0fiee-crOp for his evil list,
u. ho Vat nj
gfces are obliged TO sell their crop to certain priv
legged speculators from whom alone foreign mer-
chants are permitted to buy. 1t is from the
privileged "specHlators" that the Emperor re-
ceives this fifth part. he coffee crop is decreas-
ing IatLer than augmehting with every year.
According 20 & gentleman well-iniOrmed in these
matters the coffee product now amounts to
about 100000 OF pounds annually while under
the administration OF President Boyer, It reached
more than 100000 of pounds. On account OF
the increasing depreciation of the paper money,
and tn great injury suffered form the usury
Of the licensed spectators, the profit of the
cultyatOrs Of coffee becomes smaller and
smaller; they dlsuse certain things which they bad
formerly bought from foreign manufacturers.
Their dress resembles more and more the simple,
primitive fashiCn Of their ancestors 10 SOudan or
Guinea. They hardly know shane, and the ch-
mate ofllsytiis so delightfully."- warm that its nhab
tants require hardly more luxury in dress than it
was the iashior 10 wear in tie old Paradise. Some
bacon and a few plantains sufficient to fill the
Negroes stomach, eFen without any labor. In case
SOulOugUe. " 10 governs with t. rdnnlcal Oppres-
sion should not modify his system and should
continue 70 refer bis very numerous but extremely
badly paid soldiers and public officers 20 fraud,
bribery Ed robbery, in order to be able TO gain
their support there is nothing better to expect
than a return to complete barbarian On account
OF the bad cordtiOn of the finances of the State,
the deficient organization OF the army, and hls
personal ayarice it is not likely that Soulouque
will ever venture again march toward the neigh
borirg hepubc Of st. Domingo. Upon paper
the number of the Haytien army is put
down az 5000 lien. Tae real number
however, amounts scarcely to 10, 1000 men, among
whom there are at least 200 generals The ne
gToes ere not so strong and robust as the ancient
slave population Of It. Domingo, and We have the
conviction that a small corps OF few thousand
disciplined white soldiers. would be perfectly able
to put in end to SoalOUque's imperial grandeur
AID the Whole negro empire.