Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-04-13

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.-a iu4 From the N. Y. Tribune e1-."aA -h'
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
For nearly seventy years. the leland Of Hayti
has been the theater Of revolutions. To Hispani-
ola was carried the frst African slave, and by the
la5ors Of q pious monk. Las Casas, was ixed upon
the continents and islands Of new world q sys-
TEN which has cursed it for centuries, and may
curse il for centuries to come. St. Domingo, as
Hayti was called after il lost lite first Spanish
name of Hispabiola, only f~fty-fOur miles from
Cuba, and second only to thas leland in size and
natural wealth of all the islands of shoseL seas,
was once known az the Garden Of the Antilles"
At the time of the breaking out Of the French
Revelation, it was divided almost equally into two
colonies, a French and a Spanish aud the rich
and lordly white oproprietors of the former en-
braced with enthusiasm and passion, as the mas
tiers Of slaves have elsewhere done, the principle
of liberty--liberty and equality, that is, for men
who were the owners of negroes 1t requireG,
however, only a very few years for the enthusi-
asm and passion 60 pen etfats down ward through
the lower s~trataaOf society. even to the lOwest.
In l70l, the French National Assembly decreed
the civil freedom Of all "persons Of '~'dOlor"-mix-
ed blood-born of free PARENTS in179S, %univers-
al freedom was proclaimed TO- The slaves who. had
already achieved their freedom 8 in l795, the
Spanish colony was cedsd tosFrances and q year
later, Too ssaiptl 10 Overture, anegro. aod Eve gears
before. & plantation slave, was proclaimed COM
maederrst ca iefsaoUndsIh is WISE peaceful and
energetic bdministrstien, the beautiful land,
y hich i'm she long s~stssggle, Of oOhtending races
for the privilege, on the one hand, of holding
slaves, and, onIthe other, for the RICH. of free,
dom from bondage, had lapsed into o wilderness,
was again male TO- blossom as the rose. q The
|emancipated but ignorant blacks we're not permit
ted9to indulge in the mistaken belief that liberty
means license but slaves. who had been still
further. eortupted1by being made soldiers, were
reduced to order and compelled to- Systematic Ia
Dor. Commerce and agriculture revived schools
were established; marriage was introduced, and
made sacred ;bciVil government was rendered sys
semA,ie, strong. and respecsable apdoin six yeart
Sts Domingo had become more prosperous AND
more promising than ever before, p Butin 1901
Napoleon determined to .lreestablish Slavery il
che Island, and nls1S02 attempted il. Toussain
was eapturedby treacberyp apdlsent to- France
where be las starved to death in sldungeen ! bn
his people rose as one man against the ityrann,
~tbatiwould again reduce them to Slavery , al
ARM of 10000 faded away before their T~esistanc,
and the dead inaoe nee of the climate and tw'
years later. HaSti " s free and Independent, 10
Butno new Toussain, arose to lead the peopl
in a career of prosperity aud honor. Dessalincs
who soon proclaimed himself Emperor, reigneC
onlgtYo yearss when o military conspiracy endeC
his government and his life together. For th,
next ten years, the history of the Island ia q Sc
ties Of bloody strugglesbetweenl diferentim mill
tarS chief,ains, in the course of which the East
ern and, since known as the Dominican .oRspub
tic, foil again into the hands Of Spain. From thit
yoke. the people Of that section reVolted. and de
elafed themselves an independents republic lbuI
IN 1922 President Boyer OF Hayti,l taking sd
vantage ofths distractions and disturbances of hi
neighbors, united the whole island once. more
Under o single government, wherein remained tiil
lS44oi Boyer fed in 1912, before O new revolt.
zion, and Risiere succeeded him. Against him
in their turn, the people OF Thea East rose in re
volt, and declared their Independence. He march
ed against themgwitha 20. 000i men, but WAS re
pulled with disgrace by Santana. for which &C
Nsiefe's own go bjsCss bsuished him by anew rss
%olution.i HeueeforwaId, the Eastern end of, th,
Island has maintained its own independence frs
under Ssntana, and then Zimenss, Gwhe attempts
tosbetfhs the RepublicI 20 SonlOnque lats Enlpe
ror Of Hayti, in $780, bet who Mas bdefeated b,
0 Sansansb recalled 20 the head Of 3 affaire9 by th
: people. This short war ended Baez wac Gbosel
8 President for foar,ysarss when Santana was again
4 called 80 tie bead Of ~affsirss0 1t sass during Ali
9 Administraslon that % tseatywas negotiated witt
I hooi. or Mrs. 0aznsau, by which, il was supposed
2 the Boy Of Samauas swas' cededl tofths Unite.
> SAtes.o' Bdsi ahea treaty 1whateser Sci was.A ma
never been ratiAsds nor has the Republic seve
r been rscegaifedsby bar GSvtFnmsnts Tho nnpep
~uiarity iof This ace hosessr, gate Basz abe IPresi
dency once more silta uss . m olgtioni as 1876
headed by Santana, again deposed lin. Tn
circle noy, seeps complete and comes round agaiI
90 berstptoEsto he assertion Of Spanish tightt
her ancieat oolOny.T 70 gaazoToO al 10 so,,sq
rhs Doufii6icaaa Republic Il about tbrse-dhhsVo
the whole oftbeS Island o. fiayti, and contains
population q About aiS6, OoesS oistehtbi Of WHOM
chain Sobss MAys. The sisnihsspss Dis Jas
resoi1tion We mnss . wajt lsslhsss jpteligsAees Y
fore dssidfJg asoR. Lila Soua rs3sIssl yssrs sgasl
TnmqSoifl All % ffASHr6 me Pps6pB pfspossd shettbl
Republic should return toll 6Id CONDITION
Spanish colony, but Spain had then other mai