The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-30
qlitImonh Qispatth.
Emirrniion 10 IInYti.


TUESDAY MORNING .oOr'R 30 1869.
Emigration 10 Hayti.
The present raler Of iayt, GEfFRAhp !"
pursuing policy in direct opposition 10 ''e
short sighted aud illiberai system OF So.
IoouR. who endeavored 30 exclude from 'he
country all foreigners. and was more anxious
to asgraadize his own fortunes 'ha@ 10 ue-
xelop the resources of his empire. ohoef the
government OF SouLooUE. no Inducements
were held ont TO the emigration OF the free
blacks Of America, and no pains were taken
10 make known 10 the world the vast and va
Rad agricultural and mineral treasures Of
Hayti. The truth is, no other island OF the
Western Archipelago can compare with 1t Tor
= moment in the extent and variety OF It's pro-
duclions. Under French dominion. ana De-
fore the overthrow Of slave Institutions u
was literally the garden spot of the nts'ein
World. Eyen now, IL rs more 'e""''"' """
productive in its ruins than many ~
countries under careful cntu'a"o"' Al"
richest metals. including soia, anu 'i@' il"
,,.,,,, :, vast abundance, are found beneath its
III. hat there is neither capital nor skill 10
mako these treasures ayailableS all the tropi-
al produc ions are found in the greatest per-
fa,tIon. but there are no enlightened and patient
hands
.unply the demands Of commerce the genial
soil bursts forth into spontaneous richness,
vet people starve In the midst OF almost fabu-
Tons PLENTY, because they are literally too
law 70 pluck the fruits of the earth. Next in
Importance TO retaining the island entirely
from the hands of black barbarlans, desider-
a,um which the pseudo philanthropy OF the
world seems a; present to render impractical
make tia theatre for the colonization OF free
blacks from America, q policy which Will be
bepefclal to this country by removing from II
a class whose condition gives rise TO constant
suspicions alike annoying 20 others and pain
full 10 themselves, and which could not but
result in good 10 Hay I'll, from tie Introduction
OF a more Intelligent class OF laboreTs WHO
would ala in retaining the rich soil, ana se,-
ting an example 10 the indoient Lay 'iens OF
industry and enterprise which, however Ihie-
rior III comparison with those qualities ID tue
dominant race OF America, are energy IL>eI IL
comparison with the improvidence ana Aa%l-
ness Of Hay ten negroes. the voyage 70 Lay u
from New Orleans can be accomplished IN tess
time than is occupied between some points III
our own country, AID has now been tsrCorsi.
mora rand than ever before by the establish
,oant of a steamer, made necessary b the
increase Of emigration on the line between
New Orleans and Hayti. We venture to say
that If such an island were in the hands Of
The white race even though it were double its
comparatively short distance from the coast
of the United States, il would soon be over
nowlpg with hardy emigrants, who would
readily sacrifice ties of home and kindred Ter
Ihe brilliant prospect of improving their con-
ditiou. The enormous voyage around the Cape
10 California did not, for a moment, daunt the
adventurous spirits Of the Anglo-Sax0n race
in the United States and even the vast dis
zauces Of Australia and New Zealand do not
deter the inhabitants OF Great Britain from
bidding adieu to their native land and all The
ties OF blood and friendship; but here is an
island surprising all The lands We have men
toned in agricultural wealth, and possibly
equalng them in mineral treasures, lying al
most under the shadow Of our own coast,
which the free negroes Of America have never
till lately shown the faintest inclinat ion to
visit, although by so doing they might not
only improve their pecuniaTy condition, but
live among men of their own race, and be ex-
enpt from the unsettled and uneasy circnm-
stances of their peculiar position III America.
We trust however, that The movement
which has now begun from Orleans to Hayti
IL 3
New Orleans Picayuns says that the emigra-
tion Of free negroes from louisiana 10 Hayti
which was commenced small scale ana
prosecuted with irreguiarlty, has ass uEled IN
unexpected magnitude since President GEF-
FRARD's Government has made known 10 the
black people of the United States the truth
fuluess OF Its promises and the sincerity of It's
desire TO give every facility 10 the emigrant
who in return carries 10 H2yti his labor and
capital his more industrious habits and re-
spect for the lava acquired by his constant,
contact with the White people Of the South, III
word, his " civilization 50 much needed by
the Hayiiens. A. l.. BoREE GBFFRARDs
agent, born and raised in New Orleans, where
he has conciIiated general esteem by his in
tesrity, modest behavior, intelligence, and
other coed qualities, is said by the Picayuns
10 have been quite successful in organizing
systematically the emigration 10 Hayti, and
hundreds of free colored families, shipped by
tied On the rich lands of their home,
where they now live happily, enjoying GER
tain peaceful prosperity. We think few peo-
Tile in any part of the country Will refuse 10
concur Tith the Pieaypne in its opinion that
ii is desirable for the " lite race in this coup-
try, and fer the negro race both bond and
Tree, that the latter should emigrate, whether
u Liberia or 10 one of the West India islands,
may be a question with many, but about the
expedency Of their emigration somewhere
there is no question with nybody.