New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-22
HAYTT.


-. ~ n f. Gus tof wars VI '"OO''
-.;,,,y struggles have caused She expression
. N.oSy seems Of st. Domingo to pass almost
"a. ,royerb. The subjugation Of the Indian
vss characterized by crueliies such as prop
m. lave mot been known elsewhere in the ne"
vsrd. The peoplDg OF the i'lAtd with Aiho'n',
a., .s,harous treatment while in slavery, ana
N. terrible yepg, anee they inflicted upon their
,nru.or, in their successful struggle for free
dom. have all passed into history as scenes OF
reality stranger than fiction. The hayean people
are stropsly imbued with the spirit OF hperty' a.o
Nave ,t,ussled perseyeriOgly and at times ssn-
sui,,r,ly to obtain and preserve 1t. Yet, IRON
t~.l,s years Of residence among them, L have
xu,a them possessed naturally Of mild aud
nsaen,iye character. They are very considerably
mixed up With European blood, and, IN common
~nb the other inhabitants Of the new world, are
.enersy of republican sentiments. Still, as II the
,,nios OF destructiOn-the spirit OF war, blood
slsd and ruin-wOud ever preside over their
Ssstisiss they have been three times cursed with
fyyanpieal and bloody monsters in the shape OF
Isblie rulers The reigns Of Christopbe, Dessa-
Epes ard Of Soulouque have learfully sued the
otherwise fair pages Of their history. But the
friends Of Hsyh may now take courage, and nope
Nat radical change has come over her destiny
The reign Of Soulouque, more terrible than any
nat preceded il in its barbarOus Ignorance and
P,tish boodshed and fpan cial ruin, has been over
thrown by a moral revolution, effected without
Abodsbed. This revolution differs essentially from
al preceding ones in Hayti, and for humanity, gen.
eretity and elevated moral sentiments, Is an In
tsrestisg example to the world
The more intelligent of the citizens have for
.,,Ta nha haIiUx Ear
10 crushed by despOtsm and fettered by clrcum-
stances quite beyond their CONTROL that they were
driven almost to despair. The burdens became
more and more intOerable, until even the ignorant
msss,s previously the chief reliance OF S0ulOuque,
becsme iatigued with the oppression and their con-
sequsnt poverty. They found that dancing, fehch
and pillsge, which had so much Delighted them IN
she early part Of SOulouque's administration, dld
net profit Them as they had hoped, and at Last we're
shd to welcome as delIverers the very men whose
Ssllsge and destruction they had been taught by
1hsir chief TO regard as a virtue la the depth OF
affection and shame through which the nation mas
been called to pass, many man was LED 70 most
serious reflection. The aid of history and phlioso-
pAy was invoked, aud not few resOrted 10 tne
sacred Scriptures for light and principle to guide
Tie through the struggle which they saw to be
Inevitable The wiser heads consulted cautiously;
plans were carefully laid; the Christian principle
Of forbearance, humanity-the spirit OF pfesersa
ten rather than Of destrUctlon-was carefully
inculeated by the leaders, and finally, on the
SAD Of December, Gen. Fabre Getirard landed ut
HE City Of GOnaiyes, with four men In citizens
dress, and called upon the citizens to JOIN with MN
in proclaiming the Republic. This call was met
with such speedy aed generous response that the
authorities soon found themselves under the neces-
aty Of yielding to the popular will, and, without
Ermg q gun in a few hours all was settled IN the
new order, and the edicts OF the Republic were
bang carried by swift cOuriers TO all the daerent
Provinces Of the Departments OF the Arh6onite ana
of the North, all of which, IN the course OF one
week, peacefully declared for the Republic, and all
the political prisoners were set at liberty.
In the mean time, Soulouque and his satellites ut
Portau-PIince were venting their spite upon all
suspected of having any sympathy with the revo,
khsnary movement. The prison was crowded
With the best citizens; E ~. women ,,, ana
ohnaren were not exempt ana INC VIE a.u ialliuy
0f Gen. Gefirard were obliged TO suiier the same
humiliation; and had it not been for the energetic
eeorts of the foreign cOnsuls many lives must esi-
IDENTIFY have been sacrificed SOuouque went out
with q considerable force to quell what he called
an insarrectOn, and the pillage and murder OF the
Republicans was promised as reward 10 all VINO
should prove faithful In this emergency. The two
forces met near ST. Marc, where had 1t not been
for tbe Christian spirit and wise craftsmanship Of
Gen. Geffrard, terrible destruction OF life must
have occurred. Ii was fasorite idea with him to
avoid the shedding of blood and accomplish moral
revolution, the spontaneous Outburstlng ana Tree
expression of the will OF the people. Having I'm
basd his army with the same spirit OF moderation,
he sncceeded in routing SOulOuque and his forces
with only one man killed on either side, and few
wounded. The Republican forces then made their
way toward Port au-P Prince where, on the morn.
isg Of the 10Th INST, they entered, and proclaimed
the Republic, without firing gun. So great wal
\ Ne joy of the citizens that they almost thought
themselves under the enchantment of dream. II
was on that very day that host of citizens were II
% murdered and pisged by order of SOulOuque,
who at the hour he had fixed for the destruction
Of 90 many, was obliged himself to seek pr0tec-
taa on board an English man-of-war, and was forced
- acknowledge the generosity of the President IN
allowing him to escape from the fury of an out
Eaged, but now free people.
Guided, evidently, by the Divine hand, as Presi.
dent GefiIard himself confesses so quietly did he
and the northern srmy enter and take possession OF
abe forts and arsenal that nearly the whole pOpua-
koa were swoke from sleep by the simultaneous
cry going up from every street and quarter of the
toNn, "Viye la lbertei Viye regslite Viye la
~repubhque sHsyti Vive President Gefrard %
Even SOulouque WAS aroused from sleep by the
animating sound Of this cry, thousand times re-
peated, sent up most energetically by near two
thousand prisoners just then released from their
bonds. The joy and astonishment of the people
were unbounded, and up to this time they can give
Ne other reason for such an extraordinary deliver
snee than that which the President himself has
given, viz: at is the hand OF the Lord !" While
iein them most heartily in this conclusion, | was
ssvertheless not surprised at this peaceful entry
inte the capital. Being on my return from mis-
sieaary tour in the north, VAS detained for more
than q week with the Republican army at ST. Mare
and continued with them three days after leaving
Pert-au-Prnce, during which time | enjoyed free
ssnyersaticns with the leaders of the revolution.
TlA prss;3ant "a an old frisnd and contributor tn