New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-05
A VISIT TO HiYTL No. NH.
GStIvEs.

tine OF boyer, III '1-
AMERICAN E,nGRaTioNs To HAYTf.
There was great emigration of Americans az
thar t,mt-I mean, Of course. Of American blacks.
Mackenzie says that thirteen thousand came They
we're brought TO Hsyti free Of charge, and guaran
teed az month"; provision BY the Government on
their arr val. The contract was fulfilled, yet mo't
Of them retorDed b their native country, d'gusted
with the Government aud pc ,pls Of Hayii, although
sill dissatisfied with their degraded Posi,on' o''h
social and political, in the United st1tes. toos
great pains to ascertain the cause OF the laaio vi
this American smigrsti0p.
Nv l.ndlady at Cape HsytieD, herself an emf
,rant attributed the failure 10 Encouragement,
tr,.ebery and the Jealousy OF the people. al
tkonob her philosophical comprehension was ex-
ee,dloely limited, these her three reasons CON-
pIeteI, covered the whole subject OF the failure.
ANYBODY and every body, black, without any re
gard TO their character or qualifications, wer
ssIected at once BY the Commissioners Of Boyer
and furnished with free passages 10 Hayt: Among
the persons thus rent, were maby families oi re-
stecfabty snd means butth far greater portion
were the worthless idlers Of the Northern Cities
runaway slaves and their Uneducated children, VINO,
untitled BY their early life to maintain themselves
in comfort at tbe North, were far less qualined 70
impress a bolder stamp of civilization on toe
Hs, tsns Than their bat,onal training had been able
10 imuart 70 them. Under the most favorable car.
cumstabces, with such crowd, undlsciphned and
under 10 command, il is tasy to imagine what SUI
ferDg would eDsuo.
Ard certainly it did ensue. Ny landlady ~
Cape Hsyrien described several incidents OF the
suh,riDes of the emigrsntr, when We're amply con
6rmed by the old lady at Gonalves, aud sub.e-
meIty also at the capital and Jacmel botn by
American and native blacks. She SAID that the
better portion of the emiT,nts got farms 10 the
maintains and soon astonisbed the natives by
their success in cultivation. The clvll AUTHORITIES
favored them and publicly commended them. J his
eonJuct aid success aroused the Jealousy OF the
native population. Their fences were cut down,
their trees erdled and their crops destroyed Ia the
pieht time So great was the jealousy of the M.
tive population that the people Of the cities would
NOT bpy their produce-thus compelling them to
dispose Of it 10 the Wholesale merchants, or TO
the officers Of Government. Discouraged or
ruined, the greater potion ran 0h--ior 70 leave
the island without passport was against the laws
Of the copptry. The Government, refusing to fur
ni,h these papers, thus compelled the emigran's
10 leave oil their property behind them; Tor,
Although it was easy enough or possible u Snug
ole Themselves off, il was utterly impossible 70
carry of or dispose of their goods and laDds. Inc
o,est.r portion of those who remsined, dsheartened
spd oi.eusted, soon became as immoral as the ns-
t,yes and stlll more Bbprnclpled IN trade.
But, on the other hand, the men of character
xho sis,eo, have done well for themselves aud
their race. They have produced, by their exam
pie greater decency IN dfess, manners and Ideas,
than AT that tine prevailed; they have transpibted
the Protestant faith, the marriage institution many
hspdicrafts and trades, industrious habits, the Ed
ehsh ,ouQue. They ore few in number iodeed,
and .ca,t.red, but their influence has been great
And bepe6cai They have shown that Of all the
agencies of cisilization which can be brought t.
b~ar ON the negro nationality of Hayti, there can
be- none So efficient, irresistible and profitable as
the plsn cf ri organized emigration movement,
which shall locate colonies in negoorh6ods, and
carry with il and within II all the elements aud en-
ersirs Of highly developed social ORDER; whle,
on the otDer baud, the sad example and fate OF the
weaker brc,hren--the poor persons who are inca
ps,e of resisting the influence of surrounding CIR.
snm,tspc,s and ideas-as conclusively demon
strait that the shortest method Of brutaiiz0g and
nagnnizinc our colorec population is to send theIn
sinry aud uupI otrcied, as emigrants TO H,yn.
i .,krd my d.dy at Gcn.iSes the general
character Of the American Blacks.
They're no better-in fact worse, sue sald,
I" than the native Haytans. They soon learn their
habits, apd are both greater llbertines, and more
blasphemous In their laDgusge.
An English missionary (Mr. b made slml-
lar stat. N ent at Cape Hayten.
asked the same question OF the American Com
nercisl Agent;
{" The American and tans1lsh negroes, bc Sa'p,
" soon become the greatest rascals 10 the country!
and iust as lazy ss the natives.
Similar stories are told of them at Port-sn-Prince
and Jscmel.
One of these emgrants OF 1s2i, who has had con-
slant Government contracts and has done wei,
stated that great numbers were s~indied by the
very agents sent out by Boye to induce al emigra
tion. One Of them in particular, whose name !
cannot recall who obtained the name of father OF
the Ahericans, hired great numbers OF toem on Ms
own estate. under the pretext OF working 1t on
shsre,. but managed, before the crop was iiPe, TO
quarrel with one after aoother and TO turn then OIL,
in this way evsding the payment OF their w,ges.
The Courts then, under S"ulouques reign, pore
The same relation ~ temples Of justice that Chat
ham street suctioo-rooms bold 10 established aod
honorable marts Of trade. Justice w.s an article
of merchandi,e-the heaviest purse was always IN
the right,
Ooe Of these emisrauts. at least has become a
leading member of the Vandoux order-an idoater
l saw her, siDgulsIly enough, at the house OF
missionary. She is an OLD, frail woman; abe had
been tlave, if / mistake not, in her early youth;
but abe IT the United States free woman. and
the tears in her eyes as she spoke of Pennsyi
vsnia. She had cause, thought-out she was not
thinking Of Buchanan
"Ah, Sir !" she said, al do wish was home
again"
HoMEi still home, after thirty -four years of ab-
sence, notwithstanding ENtraditon avs aud Dred
Scott decisions There are few thugs more
pathetic to an Amercan traveller than 70 see with
what fond tenacty these emigrants adhere to the
name Of American.
"lt's no country, this" she ssid q for person
that s got religion. j had religion when l came
here" she added, 10 truly plaiutiSe tone, bat
lost il ALL vel We lost II all I"
She is not alone in the loss, fear.
Sir" said the missionary-Mr. Webley-" in
v;.u of many snch cases a this | would not